Women in Africa have yet to receive the financial recognition they deserve for the time and effort put into domestic and reproductive work, ...
Former France international defender Basile Boli, under investigation by prosecutors here for embezzlement and handling stolen goods, said on Thursday that he had ...
The UN Hunger Summit on Monday vowed "urgent action" to combat food shortages but drew fire for failing to pledge new funds or set a timetable to beat the scourge affecting more than one billion people. As Pope Benedict XVI slammed the ...
Pairing family planning services with HIV/AIDS treatment can help curb Africa's population growth rate which records a yearly increase of 2.5 percent, health experts said Monday. Many of those seeking HIV/AIDS information are often the ones who need to be offered birth ...
ROME (Reuters) - Libya's Muammar Gaddafi called for an end to the purchase of African farmland by food-importing nations at a U.N. hunger summit on Monday, describing it as "new feudalism" which could spread to Latin America as well. "Rich countries are ...
Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on Monday warned against the rise of "new feudal lords" in Africa where foreign companies are acquiring vast tracts of farmland. "In Africa, foreign investors buy farmland, transforming themselves into new feudal lords against whom we must fight," ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Keeping workers healthy, happy and at work through so-called wellness programs remains a priority for many companies despite financial pressures from the global economic downturn, a survey found on Monday. Globally, most employers offer at least one program ...
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - So crammed is Tanzania's only cancer treatment center that Rukia Kondogoza, wrapped in bright kanga cloth, has to share her bed with another patient. A farmer from the rural south of the country, the 40-year-old has cervical ...
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters Life!) - Carrying a golden dagger on her first African catwalk, supermodel Naomi Campbell emerged from behind a shimmering veil to make a pointed attack on the developed world's discrimination against black models. "Where do we see a ...
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who will represent Africa at next month's Copenhagen climate change talks, said on Thursday it was unlikely the world was serious about tackling global warming. The United Nations summit in Denmark will try ...
Infrastructure development in sub-Saharan Africa needs 93 billion dollars annually over the next decade, with half to target the continent's power supply crisis, the World Bank said Thursday. A study in 24 states estimates that spending needs to double -- to roughly ...
Russell Simmons at The 'Life Project for Africa Benefit' for the NJIA Health Center in Tanzania, Africa and held at Ben and Jack's Restaurant New York City, USA - 10.11.09 Copyright 2009 WENN
