Gorillas and chimpanzees will be virtually extinct within a decade
unless drastic action is taken. Thats the message of a new
study of mans closest animal relatives in Africa, and published
in the journal Nature. Hunting and the deadly Ebola virus have
contributed to a collapse in ape numbers in Gabon and
neighbouring Congo, where four out of five...
The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, today assured the Government of China that the UN stands ready to assist in responding to the needs created b...
After a foru-year hiaturs, UN inspectors resumed their interviews of Iraqi scientists on Dec 24, questioning at length an expert at Baghdad Technical Universit...
Just one day after the statue was unveiled in central Copenhagen last Monday, a quick search on the Internet revealed a vast media coverage: Le Monde and Le F...
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.