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Lord Provost shows South African pupils the Mandela Room : “ South African students are tremendously aspirational in the face of dire poverty , they celebrate and grow strength from their culture and they highlight to Scottish students how much more they can do to make the best of their own resources. They also ... The Edinburgh Reporter

Invisible Men: Why It Matters That There Are No Black Male Couples on TV : True, cable channels have featured gay African -American males in and out of stable relationships. The unforgettable and violent Omar Little on HBO's The Wire was gay in an extremely homophobic milieu but he wasn't celibate: he had three partners over ...

As President Declares One-Year Prayers - Nation's Woes Beyond Me Alone ... : Prayers were said for the president and other leaders of the Nigerian nation, and against moral decadence, indiscipline and corruption, poverty , unemployment and natural disaster, insecurity, terrorism, conflicts and unrest. Our destiny is in our hands ...

We Agree With President Sirleaf : The president planned to use the opportunity, when the world is listening, to address the plight of women, girls, and the youths in Liberia close to a decade after a bitter civil war that wrecked the nation and reduced most of its population to ... Asia | Africa | العالم العربي (AR) | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

`Tanzania set to reach goal on mortality in children` : The report, which was issued earlier in September by the UN Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality puts the under-five child mortality rate at 68 per 1000 live births in 2011 against the target of 53 per 1000 live births in 2015. “These model estimates ...

Ivory Coast to admit Ghana flights, keep land, sea borders shut : ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast will reopen its airspace to flights from Ghana but keep land and sea borders with its neighbour shut, said the Ivorian government on Sunday, after a series of deadly attacks last week in Abidjan and at a border crossing.

The Fight Against Malnutrition : Supporters of the UN campaign dubbed Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement believe that preventing stunting is one of the single most cost-effective interventions in breaking the cycle of poverty . "Recent data from countries like Ethiopia, Rwanda , Peru ... Asia | Africa | العالم العربي (AR) | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

Mary makes a difference : Poverty -stricken children in Africa have inspired a young Auckland woman to do all she can to give them a greater chance in life. Mary Duncan, 20, has been working hard to help youngsters in Arusha, Tanzania , after spending time with them as a ... Asia | Africa | العالم العربي (AR) | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

ActionAid Ghana invests in GH¢83.5m in poverty alleviation : Mr Yakubu Mohammed Saani, Deputy Country Director for ActionAid Ghana (AAG) says in the fight against injustice and poverty , the organisation has invested GH¢83.5 million in various poverty alleviation programmes in some most deprived communities in ... Ghana Business News

Britain urged to investigate Trafigura scandal : ABIDJAN , Ivory Coast — Six years ago on a morning burned into the collective memory of this West African nation, Abidjan residents awoke to a smell that was a mixture of rotten eggs and gasoline fumes. Overnight on Aug. 20, 2006, toxic waste from the ...

Financial inclusion to address poverty Since then, seven more institutions have committed to the declaration, and more are expected to join before this year's forum in Cape Town, South Africa , where experiences will be shared and progress assessed. The Alliance understands that ...

Former child soldier Khadr must be handled with care Despite protestations by many, this makes him a child soldier according to international law, much as those youth and boys who have fought with the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka, the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda, or the Revolutionary United Front in ...

In China, parents desperately search for missing kids : This weekend is when Chinese families traditionally reunite for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Yang and four other fathers of missing children have driven hundreds of miles to Beijing in a minivan covered with photos of victims of child trafficking . In a ...

Mary makes a difference : Mary Duncan, 20, has been working hard to help youngsters in Arusha, Tanzania , after spending time with them as a volunteer two years ago. Miss Duncan, who grew up in ... "Volunteering in such extreme poverty isn't easy. It is incredibly hard in every way.

Constitution Amendment - the Ekweremadu/Kwankwanso Tango : Our poverty level is caused by instability. We must have a Constitution to allow for stability. If there is stability, there is enough on the ground for the happiness and unity of Nigerians wherever they are and we shall be more stable, united and be ... Asia | Africa | العالم العربي (AR) | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

Saudi starts expelling Nigerian women pilgrims : More than 60,000 people are expected to descend upon Central Park in New York City this evening for a free concert featuring the Black Keys and Neil Young aimed at calling attention to poverty worldwide. Neil Young, John Legend, Black Keys, and others ...

Nigeria's economy gasps for breath : The average Nigerian , lacking access to the most basic of needs, has become the epitome of poverty . Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, said most of the growth took place in the non-oil sectors of the ...

South Sudan: Building bonds of humanity : He's returned with the optimism and success of an educated, successful American man, convinced that flowing water will change this dusty patch of Third World poverty into something cleaner, something better. The journey alone was daunting, from South ...

Climate Crisis Threatens Food Security Of Iran , Kuwait , Libya , Maldives ... : A number of countries in the Middle East like Iran , Kuwait and Libya make this list because of the high vulnerability of the Persian Gulf to climate change, with an expected 50-percent decline in fisheries. Ironically, those nations are major oil ... Asia | Africa | العالم العربي (AR) | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

Traffic Police Should Revoke Reckless Drivers' Licences : Statistics issued by the Traffic authorities show that in Dar es Salaam alone last year over 400 people (and probably more) lost their lives in road crashes and over 15,000 died on Tanzania's roads. It is very clear that many families have gone through ...

Elections Are Meaningless If They Don't Produce Better Leaders : As a flock of humans, Kenyans have come from colonial servitude, are currently stuck in a desert of poverty and are looking for greener pastures in industrial development. Equally Kenyans are people who are burdened with a myriad of problems, from ...

Ivory Coast needs peace, talks for growth: World Bank : "There's a tremendous economic growth dividend with peace, and there is also a tremendous cost with conflict," Kim told journalists in the commercial capital Abidjan before flying to South Africa, the second leg of his African trip. Ivory Coast ... Asia | Africa | العالم العربي (AR) | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

Our wasteful aid betrays the needy : Large sums, amounting to millions of pounds, are instead going to countries that are far from being among the world's neediest – countries such as Iceland, Morocco , Russia and Barbados. Approximately a sixth of our aid budget, about £1.4 billion, is ... Telegraph.co.uk

Clinton's Message On Guinea-Bissau's National Day : Guinea-Bissau National Day Message. On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I am delighted to send best wishes to the people of Guinea-Bissau as you celebrate your Independence Day this September 24. We share the desires ...