News headlines in 2011, page 198

One person dies weekly in Kenya due to a shortage of anaesthetics and the situation is worse in slums and rural areas across the country.

Women activists in Bahrain have acknowledged their poor showing in the recent unrest as well as in efforts to fight sectarianism, and blamed it on rifts within their organisations. Many have accused Bahraini women — with their long history of struggle and victory — of failing to leave their mark in the recent uprising in the country.

It is a warm spring day as citizens go about their business. Colourful bougainvilleas climb the building housing the Yaffa Community Centre (YCC). Inside the centre’s kindergarten children play while older students attend a class at the media centre. A group of foreigners is touring the attractively decorated building and getting a brief introduction to its history.

He should be inside a classroom but instead Jawad Ali spends his days selling sandals on the sidewalks of Khyber Bazaar in the city of Peshawar in northwest Pakistan. 'I want to be in school, but it’s not possible now,' said 11-year-old Ali.

The pieces on Venezuela's political chessboard have shifted as a result of President Hugo Chávez's illness and convalescence in Cuba. His surprise return to Venezuela Monday has opened questions as to how the game will be played in future.

A non-governmental organisation set up by five women 25 years ago in Bolivia gave birth to what is now the largest microcredit bank in the country, catering to those otherwise marginalised from the financial system.

Despite the many limitations on access to digital-age technology in Cuba, a taste for computer games is spreading in this country, giving rise to a youthful movement that is beginning to conquer new public spaces.

In August 2007, two Mexicans tried to get their brother into the United States illegally, by hiring a people trafficker or 'coyote' for a fee of 2,500 dollars for the journey. But the would-be migrant never got across the border, and the money disappeared.

One person dies weekly in Kenya due to a shortage of anaesthetics and the situation is worse in slums and rural areas across the country.

Across villages, towns, and cities in northeast Thailand, a mood of political empowerment is bursting to the surface, with people gathering in groups since Sunday evening to celebrate political history. After all, they helped put Yingluck Shinawatra on the road to becoming the country’s first female prime minister.