Critical refugee needs in East Africa marked by sanctions in Eritrea
Dr. Mirjam van Reisen – WNN Opinion (WNN/IDN) BRUSSELS: Should the European Union help a merciless dictator or come to the …Continue reading →
View ArticleClimate change with chronic food shortage impacts refugees in Niger, Africa
Alice Thomas – WNN Opinion (WNN/RI) Abala, NIGER, AFRICA: Food insecurity and malnutrition are chronic in Niger. But things this year …Continue reading →
View Article‘Food shortages are very stressful’ says woman farmer in Mali, Africa
Kaidia Samaké – WNN Opinion (WNN) Gwelekoro Village, MALI, AFRICA: Food shortages are very stressful here. It is different from this time …Continue reading →
View ArticleWith amnesty off the table Ugandan rebels could remain in force
Gillian Lamunu – WNN Opinion (WNN/IWPR) Gulu, UGANDA, AFRICA: Last month, the Ugandan government dropped its 12-year-old amnesty for rebel combatants …Continue reading →
View ArticleGirls, not guns: The promise of progress for South Sudan
Tracy Fehr – WNN Opinon (WNN/EP) Juba, SOUTH SUDAN, AFRICA: During the first year of independence for the world’s newest …Continue reading →
View ArticleA decade of triumphs still includes needs for African Women
Rainitou Sow for Make Every Woman Count – WNN Opinion Appointed to be Mali's new Prime Minister Cisse Mariam Kaidama talks about the impacts of climate change in Mali at the Clinton Global Initiative...
View ArticleAFRICA: Poverty Zimbabwe hits women and children hardest
Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda – WNN Opinion Zimbabwean mother suffering under the pressures of poverty walks with her children in a dried up river bed August 19, 2007. Image: Sokwanele (WNN) Rural ZIMBABWE,...
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Jessica Horn – WNN Opinion Women from The Greenbelt Movment in Kenya work to save the ecosytem 2007. Image: Kasuga Sho (WNN/OD) OPINION Africa: In the company of souls departed and souls vibrantly...
View ArticleCritical refugee needs in East Africa marked by sanctions in Eritrea
Dr. Mirjam van Reisen – WNN Opinion Children of refugee families in the capital city of Asmara, Eritrea, May 27, 2011. Image: Adulis Mokanan (WNN/IDN) BRUSSELS: Should the European Union help a...
View ArticleClimate change with chronic food shortage impacts refugees in Niger, Africa
Alice Thomas – WNN Opinion A Malian refugee woman and her children sit in a makeshift shelter in a camp near Gaoudel, Ayorou district, northern Niger. Image: UNHCR/H.Caux (WNN/RI) Abala, NIGER, AFRICA:...
View Article‘Food shortages are very stressful’ says woman farmer in Mali, Africa
Kaidia Samaké – WNN Opinion A Malian woman farmer plows a field to mark the land and begin to turn the soil. Image: World Bank/Ray Witlin (WNN) Gwelekoro Village, MALI, AFRICA: Food shortages are very...
View ArticleWith amnesty off the table Ugandan rebels could remain in force
Gillian Lamunu – WNN Opinion Displaced children in the Pabbo Refugee Camp look starkly at the camera near Gulu, Uganda, March 12, 2009. Image: John O’Keefe (WNN/IWPR) Gulu, UGANDA, AFRICA: Last month,...
View ArticleGirls, not guns: The promise of progress for South Sudan
Tracy Fehr – WNN Opinon A female ex-combatant (former girl soldier) in South Sudan works in her current chosen career as a seamstress July 2012. Image: UNDP (WNN/EP) Juba, SOUTH SUDAN, AFRICA: During...
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