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Politics: U.N. in Final Push for 2015 Development Goals

2009-11-20T00:00:00-08:00

A special U.N. summit of world leaders, scheduled to take place next year, is expected to make 'a final push' to help reach the world body's widely-touted development goals by the targeted date of 2015.

Botswana-Politics: I Lost the Election, But I Am a Winner

2009-11-20T00:00:00-08:00

When Kgomotso Mogami threw her name into the hat to contest the Gaborone Central parliamentary seat it was easy for many people to write her off.

Climate Change: The Danish Example

2009-11-20T00:00:00-08:00

Whether a new internationally binding treaty to reduce greenhouse gases and forestall climate change will be signed next month remains to be seen. What is clear though, is that if there is a place in the world that deserves to be the stage where this treaty ought to be signed, it is the Danish capital of Copenhagen.

Q&A: Maternal Mortality Rates ‘One of the Saddest Cases’ in Asia

2009-11-20T00:00:00-08:00

Nearly 15 years after a landmark international conference to advance the rights and freedoms of women, the picture in the Asia-Pacific region is mixed, says a leading women’s rights advocate and senior United Nations official.

Energy-Tanzania: Charcoal A Dirty Trade-Off

2009-11-19T00:00:00-08:00

The sun is setting slowly over Dar es Salaam's Tabata Changombe neighbourhood. Ameenah and Skukulu Juma lean against the corrugated iron walls of their makeshift charcoal shop.

Africa: Growing Use of Cellphones for Family Planning

2009-11-19T00:00:00-08:00

The growth of cellphone use, particularly in the developing world, is providing health experts with a new channel of communication to provide family planning information.

Q&A: Recognise the Benefits of Slowing Population Growth

2009-11-19T00:00:00-08:00

Family planning: key to reducing child mortality and improving maternal health; a way to put less strain on the environment; and a smaller population makes the challenge of providing adequate education and health services that little bit easier.

Development: Child Rights Make Headway, But Millions Still Suffering

2009-11-19T00:00:00-08:00

The international community, which has been hit by a financial meltdown and a global food crisis, claims it is doing its best to protect and safeguard the rights of children worldwide.

South Sudan: Media Give Us a Fair Deal - Women

2009-11-19T00:00:00-08:00

The guns have gone silent — except for sporadic conflict in parts of the vast South Sudan region, such as the Eastern Equatoria State. It may not be the absolute end of the conflict in the region, but it is a reason for renewed hope.

Environment: Listen to the Earth, Say Indigenous Peoples

2009-11-19T00:00:00-08:00

The idea of wilderness is 'an interesting concept; it is a Western concept. Our people have always lived and interacted in the environment,' said Illion Merculieff, an environmental activist from the Aleut community in the north-western U.S. state of Alaska.