The United Nations is calling for increased aid from donors to avert a humanitarian catastrophe in Africa's drought-hit Sahel region. John Holmes, the outgoing head of the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said more than $229m was still needed to respond to the crisis in Niger, the worst hit of the countries in the region. Holmes said UN agencies and non-governmental organisations were present on the ground in Niger and better prepared to respond than during a similar crisis five years ago, but need to "step up that capacity even further ... because people have no food or where there's food, they need money to buy it". (July 21, 2010)
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Two co-ordinated bombs exploded at two locations in the Ugandan capital Kampala, targeting crowds watching the World Cup. Is Uganda paying a price for contributing to the peacekeeping force there? And is the Somalia conflict spilling over to other countries?
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The BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico is now the biggest oil disaster in US history. But beyond the media spotlight in Nigeria, environmentalists say as much as 550 million gallons of oil have poured into the Niger Delta River in the past 50 years and people who live there blame Shell for ruining their land and livelihoods.
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Burundi's 15-year civil war ended in 2008, but the country still bears the burden of the violent conflict. Stockpiles of leftover weapons have found their way into Burundi's towns and villages and are often used to settle personal scores. Al Jazeera's Malcolm Webb has this report from the capital, Bujumbura. [July 6, 2010]
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BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Aluminum Corp of China Ltd (Chalco) has agreed to invest $1.35 billion in a Guinea joint venture that partner Rio Tinto claims is the world's largest undeveloped iron ore deposit.
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Aluminum Corp of China Ltd (Chalco) has agreed to invest $1.35 billion in a Guinea joint venture that partner Rio Tinto claims is the world's largest undeveloped iron ore deposit.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Thousands of South Africa's public service workers will on Thursday march for higher wages in some of the country's major cities after negotiations with the government became deadlocked, a union official said.
