A journey through life
Posted in Africa on Mar 13th, 2009
The governor of Sudan’s North Darfur region is reported to be negotiating with kidnappers who abducted three aid workers from medical charity, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). The workers were abducted at gunpoint in Saraf Umra, North Darfur on Wednesday. Their abduction follows the expulsion of 13 charities from the region last week. President Omar al-Bashir [...]
Posted in Africa on Mar 13th, 2009
Angola is renewing efforts to return refugees still displaced in neighbouring African countries seven years after its civil war ended. More than 200,000 Angolan refugees are scattered around camps in Zambia, Namibia and Congo DRC and Brazzaville. A representative for the UN refugee agency Bohdan Nahajlo, told AFP news agency they will hold meetings with [...]
Posted in Events on Mar 11th, 2009
The birth of Sessu(South East/South South solidarity union earlier in the month in Nigeria marked the beginning of a new dawn within the polity . The Union will seek to project the common interest of Nigerians from the region particularly in the ongoing constitutional review. Ensure that the next President of Nigeria comes from the region and that the current President [...]
Posted in Africa on Mar 11th, 2009
The number of women in Namibia dying in childbirth has been steadily rising. A representative for the United Nations Development Programme, Simon Nhongo, said while other countries had been making gradual progress, the situation in Namibia was worsening. Nhongo said maternal mortality rates had risen from 225 per 100 000 live births in 1992 to [...]
