Joy Online West Africa will not meet MDGs - Dr Chambas Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas, immediate-past President of the ECOWAS Commission says the sub-region would not meet the Millennium Development Goals by the 2015 deadline. | He said despite progress in some ... (photo: UN)
IRINnews ETHIOPIA: "No woman should die while giving life" campaign makes headway web | ADDIS ABABA, 15 March 2010 (IRIN) - Ethiopia has made some headway towards improving maternal and child health, but more needs to be done to reduce the high number of preventable deaths, says an... (photo: IRIN / Tiggy Ridley)
IRINnews NIGER: Experts explain why malnutrition is recurrent web | DAKAR, 15 March 2010 (IRIN) - IRIN has asked a range of experts over the past year why malnutrition is recurrent in Niger even after decades of donor support and government programmes. Two of th... (photo: IRIN News / Anne Isabelle Leclercq) AfricaChadHealthNigerPhotos
Independent online Mubarak is improving after surgery | Berlin - The health of Egypt's president is improving following gallbladder surgery last week, a spokesperson for the German hospital where he is receiving treatment sa... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert) BerlinEgyptHealthPhotosPresident
The Siasat Daily S. African President condoles Fatima Meer's death | Pretoria, March 15: South African President Jacob Zuma has expressed codolence over the death of anti-apartheid stalwart Fatima Meer. | Meer, a friend and biographer of... (photo: Creative Commons / albert bredenhann) AfricaDeathPhotosPresidentZuma
The Siasat Daily Egypt cancels synagogue ceremony | Cairo, March 14: Egypt cancelled the formal opening Sunday of a renovated 19th-century synagogue in Cairo to protest what antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said were "provo... (photo: AP Photo ) CairoCenturyEgyptHawassPhotos
Al Jazeera Nigeria vows to tackle violence | Nigeria's police chief has said that police officials in Nigeria's central Plateau State will be held responsible for future violent incidents. | Ogbonna Onov... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba) AfricaCrimeNigeriaPeacePhotos