The International Labour Organisation (ILO) will launch its "Red Card to Child
Labour" campaign this week to coincide with the start of the 2002 African Cup
of Nations that begins Saturday (Jan. 19th) in Bamako, Mali.
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International donors pledged $4.5 billion over five years for rebuilding efforts at a Tokyo conference attended by dozens of nations and international organiza...
Following last weeks eruption of Mount Nyiragongo and the damage caused by lava flows to the nearby city of Goma, aid began to trickle into the area, with Cana...
In Syria prospects of ending the crisis look bleak, with the UN Security Council struggling to agree on an appropriate response. The Assad regime?s brutal crackdown, including shelling of central city Homs, shows no sign...
In Iraq, the official withdrawal of the last U.S. combat troops, nearly nine years after the invasion, was quickly followed by a political crisis. Authorities issued an arrest warrant for the country?s top Sunni politician,...
The Democratic Republic of Congo?s presidential and parliamentary vote went ahead on 28-30 November, after a campaign marred by violence and amid allegations of rigging and mismanagement. Political rallies were banned in the wake of...
Deadly clashes between government forces and the insurgent Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) broke out in the troubled southern Philippines in October.
In Sudan a Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) offensive in Blue Nile state, and renewed clashes in Southern Kordofan between the SAF and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, fuelled fears of a return to civil war.