Aid News
News on development and aid topics collected by The Road to the Horizon
Philippines: Dengue in Digos City, Davao del SurThe Department of Health sent a team from the National Epidemiology Center (NEC) to Digos City, Davao del Sur to validate the 253 dengue cases with 10 deaths reported in the media last July 8. The… |
SA coaches build capacityHordes of South African coaches are leaving the country to visit various countries in South America and Europe to carefully study their coaching styles in order to personally improve themselves and… |
Nutrient-rich algae from Chad could help fight malnutrition, Dihe boosts local women's incomes tooRome, 29 July 2010 - A nutrient-rich indigenous produce holds out the hope of a better life for the impoverished women who harvest it on the edges of Lake Chad, and may also one day make a… |
Kenya: Ex-President Moi trades insultKenya’s ex-President Daniel arap Moi has traded insults with successor Mwai Kibaki over the adoption of a new constitution. A body set up to promote peace has called on Moi to respect the presidency. |
JAPAN SUPERTANKER INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT, CAUSE UNKNOWN BUT EARTHQSource: Reuters JAPAN SUPERTANKER INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT, CAUSE UNKNOWN BUT EARTHQUAKE RULED OUT - PORT OFFICIAL … |
Chalco, Rio Tinto formalise Guinea iron ore ventureBEIJING/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… |
Chile: La reconstruccion: un verdadero esfuerzo comunitarioChile - ‘Nos sentimos orgullosos de estar haciendo un beneficio a la comunidad’. Fernando Villarreal, teniente a cargo de cuadrillas militares que han colaborado en la instalacion de viviendas en la… |
Philippines: Dengue - Information bulletin n1, July 2010During the first six months of 2010, the Philippines recorded a significant number of dengue cases. According to the Department of Health, some 29,000 cases were reported between 1 January and 10… |
Albichir: Analyse approfondie des marches et de la securite alimentaire au Niger - No. 08 Juin 2010Les prix constants du mil restent en deça des seuils eleves de 2005 a la même periode. |
Jailed Kazakh Journalist Appeals To UNRamazan Esergepov, the founder and chief editor of the Almaty-based ‘Alma-Ata Info,’ was sentenced last year to three years in prison for revealing state secrets in his newspaper in 2008. He says the… |
Colombia: Gobierno pide a Corte levantar Estado de Cosas Inconstitucionales en atencion a desplazadosA juicio del Gobierno Nacional, el Estado de Cosas Inconstitucional declarado por la Corte Constitucional debe ser temporal Gobierno ha cumplido con la totalidad de los requerimientos iniciales de la… |
Colombia: Emergencia por inundaciones en Barbacoas - Narino, Informe de Situacion no. 1Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
Iran / Iraq: ICRC helps repatriate remains of two Iranian soldiersInternational Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Switzerland Tehran/Baghdad (ICRC) - The mortal remains of two Iranian soldiers killed during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War were repatriated today at… |
Medvedev Signs Law To Broaden Powers For Security ServiceThe controversial bill, which passed its third parliamentary reading on July 19, is a tamer version than the original draft, which proposed that the FSB could summon potential suspects to their… |
Moldovan PM Says EU May Double Wine ImportsMoldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat says the European Union has promised to import more Moldovan wine just as Russia has threatened to embargo wine shipments from Moldova. |