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The new president, seen here in a campaign poster for the 2010 election, has to tackle the violence in the east, say analysts (file photo)
HARGEISA, 28 July 2010 (IRIN) – Negotiating a swift end to a conflict in the east that has displaced thousands of civilians in recent weeks should be a top priority for Somaliland’s new president if a much larger crisis is to be averted, say analysts.
Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud “Silanyo” was sworn into office as the fourth president of the self-declared independent state on 26 July, amid clashes between government forces and a new armed opposition group in the eastern Sool region.
The group is called Sool Sanaag and Cayn (SSC), after the Read full entry »
Santiago metropolitan region suffering power outage
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The announcement followed several blackouts this month, the latest being earlier this week, throughout the Santiago Metropolitan Region, as …
By Gillian Applewhaite
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) — There have been over one million Chinese "visitors" to Barbados during the past three months, with another four million expected by the end of October.
Word of this comes from …
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A woman and her child in the capital Conakry (file photo)
DAKAR, 28 July 2010 (IRIN) – More than two million Guineans do not have enough to eat, basic health services are a …
Photo: Julius Mwelu/IRIN
Kenyans are hoping not to see a repeat of the violence that rocked much of the country after a 2007 presidential election, but tension is running high in the run-up to the …
Photo: Julius Mwelu/IRIN
Anti-riot police at a funeral for people killed in post-election violence in Ligi Ndogo, Nairobi, in January 2008 (file photo)
SABOTI, 30 July 2010 (IRIN) – With only days to the constitutional referendum …
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Mother’s milk still best
HARARE, 30 July 2010 (PlusNews) – Health and nutrition experts in Zimbabwe are worried that one of the lowest exclusive breastfeeding rates in the region could have a negative …
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People receiving yellow fever vaccination in Odienné, northern Côte d’Ivoire, in December 2009
ABIDJAN, 30 July 2010 (IRIN) – Ivorian health officials are vaccinating people against yellow fever in Abidjan, the commercial capital, …
MIAMI, USA (JIS) — Jamaica’s Minister of National Security, Senator Dwight Nelson, has assured nationals in Miami that relations between Jamaica and the United States remain strong.
He cited President Barack Obama’s nomination of career diplomat, …
Unasur Secretary General Nestor Kirchner didn’t turn up
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“I regret we could not reach a definitive consensus”, said Bermudez following the meeting convened by Unasur …
LONDON/ WASHINGTON (AFP)
An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in Iran pleaded to be allowed to hug her children, in a letter attributed to her released by human rights activists in London …
The closest they could get: Venezuelan Maduro and Colombia’s Bermudez with Patiño in the middle
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Given the lack of consensus the ministers asked the Unasur …
GENEVA (Agencies)
The United Nations refugee agency called on Saudi Arabia on Friday to halt expulsions of Somalis to Mogadishu, rebuking the kingdom for deporting 1,000 a month by aircraft to the violent capital.
Neighboring countries should …
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — Given the void at national levels for policy formulation, implementation and evaluation, including the lack of data management systems for policy analysis, the Caribbean Regional Agricultural Policy Network (CaRAPN), which has been …
By Wellington C. Ramos
It was reported in the news two weeks ago that the people who own the port in Big Creek, which is about forty miles from Dangriga Town, have received millions of dollars …
By Jean H Charles
President Barack Obama built his career as a lawyer and as a constitutional law professor; yet, his short credential as a social work/cum community organizer was his preferred ticket on the road …
UNITED NATIONS (Agencies)
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon pressed Israel Friday to further ease its blockade of the Gaza Strip and to restrain settlement activity in the occupied West Bank as he met Israeli Defense Minister Ehud …
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Photo: Jane Some/IRIN
The new president, seen here in a campaign poster for the 2010 election, has to tackle the violence in the east, say analysts (file photo)
HARGEISA, 28 July 2010 (IRIN) – Negotiating a …
Santiago metropolitan region suffering power outage
Zoom Image
The announcement followed several blackouts this month, the latest being earlier this week, throughout the Santiago Metropolitan Region, as …
POLICE in Leicester are probing how a health drink came to be contaminated with horse tranquilliser after two women were rushed to hospital moments after drinking it.
Two women from the city developed a number of …
By Gillian Applewhaite
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) — There have been over one million Chinese "visitors" to Barbados during the past three months, with another four million expected by the end of October.
Word of this comes from …
A summer school for media professionals, organised by the International Research and Exchanges Board, was held earlier this month in Serbia.
By Sasa Ilic for Southeast European Times in Belgrade — 30/07/10
USAID and IREX train media …
LONDON/ WASHINGTON (AFP)
An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in Iran pleaded to be allowed to hug her children, in a letter attributed to her released by human rights activists in London …
