Chinese diamond firm Anjin failed to remit revenue from its operations in Zimbabwe's controversial Marange fields in the first quarter of this year, Finance Minister Tendai Biti says. Read the original article... More»

Greece now has a new caretaker government, following the political parties' failure to form a coalition government. Greece's president says that close to $900 million worth of euros was withdrawn from Greek bank accounts on Monday. Meanwhile Spain has seen its borrowing costs rise on the international markets as investors fear the crisis could... More»

The 2010-2011 drought in the Horn of Africa affected over 13 million people, most of whom were pastoralists. Pastoralists are people who earn a living by raising livestock, producing firewood and charcoal, and a variety of other non-salaried forms of work. The size of this population in the Horn of Africa is estimated to... More»

UPDATE: After a spirited twenty-four hour online campaign aimed at TED, which urged the group to make available a talk given in March by venture capitalist, Nick Hanauer, on the negative impacts of income inequality on the economy, the non-proft group released a statement addressing what they termed "a non story," offered their side,... More»

Source: Yemen Times Country: Yemen, Ethiopia, Somalia Published on 17 May 2012 in Report Amira Nasser (author), Amira Nasser (photographer) Despite the revolution which exploded last year in Yemen with demands for human rights and opportunities, thousands of Yemenis still work in slave-like conditions with little hope of escape. Surviving in Yemen's harsh economy... More»

South Sudan produces most of the oil in the two countries, but Sudan has the infrastructure to transport, refine, and export the oil. Read the original article... More»

The members of the United Nations Security Council will leave New York on Friday for an official mission to West Africa. Read the original article... More»

PARIS, France - France's new president, Francois Hollande, is heading to the United States (Friday) just days after taking office. The G8 and NATO summits will offer a glimpse of France's foreign policy under its new leader. Francois Hollande took office this week, promising to unify France and help fix its economic problems. His... More»

WASHINGTON -- Leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) nations meet in Chicago this weekend to address two major challenges -- how to dial down their involvement in Afghanistan and, perhaps more vexing, how to maintain military readiness in the face of sharp budget restrictions.   The heads of state and government from... More»

A Global Research Council, announced this week, has agreed on six principles for reviewing research grant applications. Read the original article... More»

Source: Government of Canada Country: Canada, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Gambia (the), Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger (the), Senegal, Somalia, Syrian Arab Republic (the) Ottawa―This week, the Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, met with Ms. Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator of the United Nations Office for the Coordination... More»

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa, which receives a quarter of its crude from Iran, is holding almost daily discussions with the United States, EU Union and Iran about reducing its purchases and is "confident" a deal can be struck to avert U.S. sanctions, a senior energy official said on Thursday. Read the original... More»

The United States is expanding its military role in Yemen.  Yemeni officials say U.S. forces assisted Yemeni troops in launching a wide air and land offensive against militant groups in the south of the country.   The United States has a long history of advising and assisting Yemen in that country's fight against the... More»

A leading Tibetan exile group says a crackdown by Chinese authorities in the Tibetan Autonomous Region is turning Buddhist monasteries and nunneries from places of worship into facilities dominated by the study of Chinese state propaganda. Jamphel Monlam, a top official in the Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy , said in an... More»

UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations has deployed more than 200 unarmed observers to Syria who are monitoring a month-old cease-fire that appears to be in jeopardy of collapse. Increasingly, the U.N. monitors are getting caught up in the violence.    The U. (...) Read the original article... More»