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By Bill Rodgers Washington D.C. 24 January 2008 Human rights and press monitoring groups consider the Middle East and North Africa as regions having the worst record for press freedom in the world. Outright censorship, restrictive laws and intimidati
Aid Agencies Reassess Somali Operations Sixteen aid agencies say they face new challenges in Somalia, after the al Shabab militant group banned their activities in the southern and central parts of the country. Al Shabab accuses the agencies of bias
By Gary Thomas Washington 27 September 2006 The leak to American newspapers of a secret National Intelligence Estimate on terrorism prompted President Bush to make public portions of the estimate itself. The NIE, as it is known, is the product of co
By William Eagle Washington,DC 04 March 2008 The United States Ambassador to Cameroon, Janet Garvey, has reiterated US support for freedom of the press and peaceful political reforms in the country. Her remarks come in the wake of a government crackd
A coalition of 21 international aid agencies says in a new report the Middle East Quartet is failing in its efforts to improve the prospects for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. The report was released on the eve of the Quartet's next meet
By Sonja Pace London 24 May 2007 A group of British-based relief organizations has launched an urgent public appeal for funds to help some 4.5 million Africans affected by the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region and surrounding countries. VOA's Sonja P
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 25 September 2007 With the security situation growing more precarious in Darfur, Sudan's government is warning U.N. agencies and other aid groups that they should accept offers of military escorts, when they travel through the
United Nations agencies are warning of a growing humanitarian emergency in the Horn of Africa region. As Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, the agencies are calling on donor countries to provide more funds to stem a worsening crisis in Somalia, Ethi
Aid Agencies Face Conflict, Shortages in Mogadishu 摩加迪沙难民状况不容乐观 More than 300,000 Somalis are seeking refuge from drought and famine in the capital Mogadishu. But, because of security problems, many aid agencies have been unab
Somalia's extremist insurgent group, al-Shabab, says three U.N. agencies working with the country's U.N.-backed transitional government have been declared enemies of Islam and their operations in Somalia have been shut down. A statement released by
By Cathy Majtenyi Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 29 October 2007 The Committee to Protect Journalists says Ethiopia is the worst country in the world for press freedom. The international press watchdog group says that Ethiopian journalists routinely face cens
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By Kane Farabaugh New York City 12 February 2007 watch Red Cross Terrorism report Emergency responders Representatives from Red Cross agencies in Spain and Britain joined American colleagues in New York at a recent symposium to share the lessons the
BEIJING, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- China lacks quality environment assessment agencies, according to a government report issued on Monday. The Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) publicized a report after a three-year survey into the country's envir
International aid agencies are withdrawing from Sri Lanka's war-battered northern region, as fighting intensifies between government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi that the withdrawal comes a week after the gov
By Caroline Sawyer Nairobi 07 August 2007 Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki is reviewing a controversial amendment to the country's media law that, if approved, could send reporters to jail for refusing to reveal their sources. Caroline Sawyer has details
SAN FRANCISCO, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Facebook has hired Joe Lockhart, who was former U.S. President Bill Clinton's press secretary during the last two years of his second term, as the social network company's vice president of global communications, U.
International aid agencies are expressing concern about the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan, noting that problems have spread to previously stable areas and attacks on aid agencies and their staff are on the increase. Tendai Maphosa
President Barack Obama is asking Congress for authority to merge a series of federal agencies that deal with trade and commerce. Addressing reporters in the East Room of the White House, he said consolidating the U.S. Commerce Department with several
East African countries may be inundated with heavy rain, but Zimbabwe is reeling under one of the worst droughts in its history. The government and humanitarian agencies have been left struggling to find ways to avert a hunger crisis. The unprecedent