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West's Failure over Climate Change 'Will Kill 182m Africans'
The poorest people in the world will be the chief victims of the West's failure to tackle global warning, with millions of Africans forecast to die by the end of the century, Christian Aid says in a report out today.
5/17/06
- The Independent (UK)
Eleven million at risk in E.Africa drought: UN
As many as 11 million people are threatened with starvation across east Africa because of a combination of drought and conflict, a U.N. special investigator warned on Monday.
2/20/06
- Reuters
UN's Annan wants US, Europe to consider force in Darfur
The United Nations wants the United States and European countries to help form a tough mobile force that would stop the bloodshed, rape and plunder in Sudan's Darfur region, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Thursday.
1/16/06
- Reuters
Millions on the brink of starvation in Horn of Africa, says UN
Six million people are on the brink of starvation in the Horn of Africa region due to severe drought, crop failure and depletion of livestock herds, the United Nations said on Friday. The U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said about 2 million people needed urgent humanitarian help in Somalia, 1.5 million in Ethiopia, and 2.5 million in Kenya.
1/6/06
- Reuters
Economies Are Growing, But Unemployment and Poverty Remain High in Africa
Despite significant improvement in economic growth, nearly half of the population on the African continent remains poor and jobless, a new study by the United Nations points out. Despite significant improvement in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in recent years, 46 percent of the total population still earns less than a dollar a day.
12/22/05
- OneWorld US
On Anniversary of Rwanda Genocide, Activists Demand Action on Darfur
Activists invoked this week's anniversary of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda to ratchet up calls for stronger action on what they termed another unfolding genocide neglected by the international community, this time in western Sudan's Darfur region.
4/8/05
- OneWorld US
U.S. Thwarts Justice for Darfur (Sudan)
The United States is blocking U.N. Security Council action on the human rights crisis in Darfur on account of the Bush administration’s hostility to the International Criminal Court, Human Rights Watch said today.
3/25/05
- Human Rights Watch
UN Approves 10,000 Peacekeepers for Southern Sudan
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Thursday to authorize a 10,000-strong peacekeeping force for southern Sudan but remained deadlocked on any action for Darfur in the west.
3/25/05
- Reuters
U.N. Now Estimates 180,000 Dead in Sudan
The United Nations now estimates that about 180,000 people have died in Sudan's western Darfur region as a result of violence, disease or malnutrition since October 2003 — 2 1/2 times the previous estimate.
3/17/05
- Associated Press
UK Seeks the Lead with Plan to Lift Africa's Poor
The British-led Commission for Africa has urged rich countries to double their aid to the continent and challenged African nations to do even more to root out corruption and promote good governance.
3/15/05
- OneWorld US
Over 180,000 Darfur Deaths in 18 Months -- UN Envoy
The U.N. emergency relief coordinator, Jan Egeland, estimates that more than 180,000 people have died in Sudan's Darfur from hunger and disease over the past 18 months, his spokesman said on Monday.
3/15/05
- Reuters
Groups Blast U.N. Security Council for Inaction in Sudan
A coalition of nine non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has blasted the 15-member U.N. Security Council for refusing to take drastic action to end the continued killings in Darfur, western Sudan.
3/14/05
- Inter Press Service
UN Envoy Says Deaths in Darfur Underestimated
A senior U.N. envoy said on Wednesday that far more people had died in Sudan's Darfur region than the 70,000 previously estimated and chastised African nations for not sending enough peacekeepers.
3/9/05
- Reuters
Africa Report Provides Map to Recovery
Prime Minister Tony Blair's commission on Africa has come up with a road map to recovery for the continent, but countries must now cooperate and focus on priorities if the project is to succeed, the only American member of the task force said.
3/9/05
- Associated Press
Up to 89 Million More AIDS Victims in Africa by 2025 - UN
A further 89 million people in Africa could be infected by the HIV virus by 2025 in the continent's biggest crisis since slavery, the United Nations said on Friday.
3/5/05
- Reuters
U.N.: AIDS May Kill 80M Africans by 2025
More than 80 million Africans may die from AIDS (news - web sites) by 2025, the United Nations (news - web sites) said in a report released Friday, and infections could soar to 90 million — or more than 10 percent of the continent's population — if more isn't done soon to fight the disease.
3/4/05
- Associated Press
UN, Groups Warn of Renewed Catastrophe in Eastern Congo
The United Nations and several independent groups are warning that renewed fighting in the eastern Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) threatens a major humanitarian catastrophe in the six-year-old conflict that has claimed nearly four million lives.
12/22/04
- OneWorld US
Uganda Heads List of World's Forgotten Tragedies
The kidnapping and torture of children by a Uganda religious sect was high on the list of a new United Nations appeal Thursday for the world's forgotten tragedies.
11/12/04
- Reuters
Bush's Many Unfulfilled Promises to Poor Africa
Despite his demonic reputation outside the United States, President George W. Bush has not been too unkind to Africa though, as with all his predecessors, he is full of promises that are rarely followed through.
11/4/04
- The Nation (Nairobi)
Africa Expects a “Business as Usual” Approach From Bush
While the American presidential contest was nail-biting, there appears to be little suspense amongst analysts about what George W. Bush’s re-election as head of state means for Africa.
11/4/04
- Inter Press Service
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