[Wellbeing Foundation]Cannes -Harnessing the Energy & Innovation of Global Creative Community To Solve Challenges of Maternal & Child Health Issues in Africa
[ENOUGH]Washington, DC -Nineteen advocacy groups and Congo experts applaud U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for his appointment of former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) as the new U.S. Special Envoy for the African Great Lakes region and the Democ…
[State Department]Washington, DC -Remarks by Secretary of State John Kerry, Press Briefing Room
[CIFF]London -The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation applauds G8 leaders for putting the Global Nutrition for Growth Compact on the international agenda.
[VOA]GENEVA -A top African Union official says Africa has everything it needs to move toward a prosperous future and to become a leading player in global affairs. AU Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma says Africa has many hurdles to overcome…
[VOA]United Nations officials say world cultural heritage sites are under attack in such places as Syria, Mali and the Central African Republic.
[VOA]June 17 is World Day to Combat Desertification. In 1992, the Rio Earth Summit described desertification as one of the greatest challenges to development. This year’s theme is drought and water scarcity.
[VOA]ADDIS ABABA -Egypt and Ethiopia are taking steps to defuse tension over Ethiopia’s diversion of the Nile River to construct a massive hydroelectric dam.
[VOA]Last summer, Nigeria suffered its worst floods in 40 years. Hundreds of people were killed and millions more were displaced. Authorities say this year’s flooding could be just as extreme in some places, and worse in others. But many of the flood v…
[VOA]Malnutrition continues to be a major contributor of death in young children and infants. In a recent report in the Lancet medical journal, it was cited as the reason for 45-percent of child deaths worldwide.
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