The gulf has been suffering for decades before the rig explosion, with the oil industry, farming and lax oversight contributing to a dead zone in the gulf.
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Gulf of Mexico Has Long Been a Sink of Pollution
Gulf of Mexico Has Long Been a Sink of Pollution
Voices From the Spill | Dajayne Thomas, Day Camp Counselor: For Camp Counselor, Her Routine Changes, After the Spill
Phoenix, an African-American fishing town south of New Orleans, was devastated by Hurricane Katrina, and rebuilt only slowly. Now, in more subtle ways, the spill is taking its own toll.
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Voices From the Spill | Dajayne Thomas, Day Camp Counselor: For Camp Counselor, Her Routine Changes, After the Spill
Gates Assails Document Disclosures by Wikileaks
The defense secretary said the breach had endangered lives and damaged the ability of others to trust the U.S.
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Gates Assails Document Disclosures by Wikileaks
Kenya: Debate Heats Up in Final Week Before Kenyan Constitution Vote
Campaigns in Kenya for the referendum on a new constitution enter the final week, with President Mwai Kibaki leading a spirited effort for the adoption of the draft, while a number of influential politicians and church leaders are waging a concerted effort to defeat it.
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Kenya: Debate Heats Up in Final Week Before Kenyan Constitution Vote
Madagascar: Women Form Own Political Parties for Fair Representation
Brigitte Rasamoelina and Yvette Sylla are women with two different approaches to politics in Madagascar. One formed a political party, while the other decided to legalise her organisation as an association. But both women are considering running in Madagascar’s November elections.
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Madagascar: Women Form Own Political Parties for Fair Representation
Nigeria: Electoral Body Chairman Revises Estimate on Cost of Elections
NATIONAL Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Attahiru Jega, yesterday, said what the commission needed to compile a credible Voters Register was N84 billion and not N74 billion as he earlier said.
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Nigeria: Electoral Body Chairman Revises Estimate on Cost of Elections
Small-Business Bill Falters on Senate Partisanship
The procedural blockade underscored how determined Republicans are to deny Democrats any further victories.
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Small-Business Bill Falters on Senate Partisanship
Somalia: Militants Sneer at African Union
Sheikh Ali Mohamoud Raghe alias Sheikh Ali Dhere, the spokesman of al Shabaab, the radical Islamist group vehemently opposing the Transitional Federal Government in Somalia, sneered at the outcome of the African Union Summit in Kampala, Uganda.
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Somalia: Militants Sneer at African Union
Sudan: Darfur Peacekeepers Attacked
Peacekeepers on patrol in the west of the war-ravaged Sudanese region of Darfur were ambushed today by unidentified gunmen, with seven blue helmets sustaining injuries, the United Nations reported today.
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Sudan: Darfur Peacekeepers Attacked
Uganda: World Cup Bombs Death Toll Hits 85 Mark
Nine more victims of the July 11 twin bomb blasts in Kampala have, in the past two weeks, succumbed to the injuries.
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Uganda: World Cup Bombs Death Toll Hits 85 Mark