The United Nations today started to airlift urgent food aid for tens of thousands of people who have fled ethnic violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and are seeking refuge in neighbouring Republic of Congo (ROC).
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Congo-Kinshasa: Food Airlifted to Refugees
A vote kept alive a deal to pay $536 million for land from United States Sugar, but officials said they continued to struggle with whether the agency could afford it.
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Board Extends Deadline for Everglades Land Deal
Despite a highly critical state audit, the FAME school won renewal of its charter for another five years in a vote by the Alameda County Board of Education.
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FAME School Gets Extension of Its Charter Despite Audit
The United States should accept an “Islamist authority” in Somalia as part of a “constructive disengagement” strategy for the war-torn country, according to a new report released here by the influential Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) on Wednesday.
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Somalia: U.S. Should Accept Islamist Authority, Report Says
A Senate panel learned that more students in more countries graduate from high school and college and score higher on achievement tests than students in the United States.
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Many Nations Passing U.S. in Education, Expert Says
A TERRORIST suspected to belong to the Al-Qaeda network, Ibrahim Haman Ahmed, who was extradited to the United States of America by Nigerian government officials had been on the wanted list of the United States Central Intelligence Agency for more than two years, security and diplomatic sources in Abuja told Vanguard, yesterday.
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Africa: Nigeria Extradites Al-Qaeda Suspect to U.S.
With five years more left to achieve the targeted goals of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, signed by Ghana and some 189 world leaders at the September 2000 United General Assembly, Ghana seems to be lagging behind.
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Ghana: Country Lagging Behind Millennium Goals
Six people have been confirmed dead and five others are reported missing following flash floods as heavy rains pound parts of the country. Two of the deaths were reported in Nakuru, one person in Mogotio and three children who drowned in Dukana, Marsabit district, according to Kenya Red Cross.
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Kenya: Disaster Alerts as 6 Perish in Floods
To help victims of the deadly mudslides in eastern Uganda, the United Nations refugee agency today announced that it will help thousands of people forced from their homes by the torrential rains.
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Uganda: UN Refugee Agency to Rush Aid to Victims of Deadly Mudslides