Mel Frykberg RAMALLAH, Jun 20 2009 (IPS) – Forty international aid agencies and NGOs have released a joint statement condemning Israel s blockade of Gaza,… Read More »MIDEAST: Aid Agencies Slam Gaza Blockade

Fanja Saholiarisoa ANTANANARIVO, Jul 9 2009 (IPS) – Eight Malagasy women die per day while giving birth, either due to complications during the pregancny or… Read More »HEALTH-MADAGASCAR: Eight Women Die During Delivery Each Day

Ntandoyenkosi Ncube HARARE, Aug 12 2009 (IPS) – City council turns off the water. National minister in charge says turn it back on. Domestic and… Read More »ZIMBABWE: No Water, Just a Bill

Stanley Kwenda interviews ERIC GOOSBY, United States global AIDS coordinator for PEPFAR HARARE, Sep 12 2009 (IPS) – The United States has embarked on a… Read More »HEALTH-SOUTHERN AFRICA: Learning From Criticism, U.S. Committed to AIDS Fight

William Fisher NEW YORK, Dec 9 2009 (IPS) – Advocates for greater freedom of information are expressing approval of the Obama administration s new Open… Read More »US: Obama Launches Freedom of Information Initiative

Jessie Boylan COBUE, Mozambique, Oct 31 2009 (IPS) – When Dorothy Kakongwe smiles, her creases tell stories no history book can recount. This elderly nurse… Read More »MOZAMBIQUE: Quiet Progress Against HIV/AIDS

Matthew Cardinale ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov 24 2009 (IPS) – Activists from the U.S. and Colombia are targeting the World of Coca-Cola museum, located near its… Read More »US-COLOMBIA: Activists Target “World of Coca-Cola”

Paul Virgo ROME, Dec 26 2009 (IPS) – Lake Chad was bigger than Israel less than 50 years ago. Today its surface area is less… Read More »AFRICA: Drying, Drying, Disappearing…

Zofeen Ebrahim KARACHI, Feb 7 2010 (IPS) – As Kanwal Gul, 25, lay on the delivery table a year ago, preparing to give birth to… Read More »PAKISTAN: Community Midwives Gain Recognition But Concerns Remain

Mitch Moxley BEIJING, Mar 12 2010 (IPS) – After Chen Lusheng, a police sergeant from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, died in December after… Read More »CHINA: Binge-drinking Culture Turning from Fun to Lethal