POLITICS-SUDAN
By Mar 20
African Leaders Call for Peaceful Elections - With less than a month to the historic multi-party poll in Africa’s largest country, Sudan, eminent African leaders are calling for a peaceful and calm election process.
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U.S.
By Mar 19
Families Sue Over Guantanamo Deaths - The families of two prisoners who died at the U.S. Navy Base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, are asking a federal court to reconsider its ruling dismissing their lawsuit, which seeks to hold federal officials and the U.S. government accountable for their sons' torture, arbitrary detention, and ultimate deaths.
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NIGERIA
By Mar 19
Acting President Consolidates Power Amid Unrest - This week, acting Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan dissolved his cabinet, further securing his tenuous hold on the country's top post amidst rising unrest in the Niger Delta and flaring religious tensions in the central region of the country.
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LATIN AMERICA
By Mar 19
Still a Long Way to Go, for Black Women - At the age of 17, Meybelin Bernárdez is clear about the future: "When I finish my studies, I'll return to help my community get on its feet," the young Garifuna woman from Honduras, who is studying medicine in Cuba, says without hesitation.
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ZAMBIA
By Mar 19
School Policy for Teen Mothers a Partial Success - Naomi Mulenga is determined to beat the odds by finishing her school education and becoming a nurse – despite being a teenage mother.
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KENYA
By Mar 19
Trying to Rebuild Communities After Floods - After torrential rains and floods claimed lives in Kenya’s North Rift region, hundreds of displaced people are now in dire need of relief aid.
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Q&A
By Mar 19
Sri Lanka Remains Defiant of U.N. Chief - The Sri Lankan government continues to challenge U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's right to appoint a panel of experts to advise him on the human rights situation - euphemistically called "accountability issues" – following the end of a protracted conflict against a secessionist group widely considered a terrorist organisation.
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MEXICO
By Mar 19
Kidnapping - A Growing Risk for Central American Migrants - The increase in kidnappings of Central American migrants crossing Mexico on their way to the United States will be brought up at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) current session next Monday.
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POLITICS-BURMA
By Mar 19
A Poll, Yes, But Not Political Change - In teashops and markets, the national election due this year in Burma is the talk of the town, so much so that Thuzar, who did not take part in the 1990 poll, is quite eager to cast her vote this time.
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IRAQ
By Mar 19
Seculars Gain as Religious Parties Lose Ground - Iraq's largest secular bloc appears to be the biggest surprise of the parliamentary elections at a time when some of the most well-known religious groups and figures have sustained great losses, preliminary election results so far indicate.
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