Despite considerable progress over the past 20 years in improving the lot of the world’s children, including a 28 per cent drop in annual mortality of those under five from 12.5 million to an estimated 8.8 million, their rights are still far from assured, according to a new United Nations report issued on Nov. 19, 2009.
(Full Story)
|
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) received a boost today for its emergency relief efforts feeding millions of hungry people in the Horn of Africa, with the announcement of a $112 million donation from Spain.
(Full Story)
|
A contingent of the Korean Navy's Cheonghae anti-piracy unit will leave for Somalia on Friday to replace the group currently there.
(Full Story)
|
A Turkish frigate is set to return to its base on Thursday after completing service as part of a NATO mission to fight against Somalian pirates in the Gulf of Aden.
(Full Story)
|
A U.S.-American warship working on anti-piracy off Somalia rescued three Yemeni fishermen after pirates took their boats and threw them into the sea.
(Full Story)
|
Panama-flagged MV ALMEZAAN, the mysterious weapons ship captured for the second time on 7th November after a similar incident in April 2009 and this time held in Garacad at the nort-eastern coast of Somalia, has been released this morning - with all its ...
(Full Story)
|
The composite leading index increased 0.7% in October, its fourth straight advance.
(Full Story)
|
Foreign demand for Canadian securities was up strongly in September, as non-residents added $13.6 billion to their portfolios.
(Full Story)
|
Wholesale sales in current dollars edged up 0.2% in September, following a 1.5% decline in August.
(Full Story)
|
''Piracy off Somalia’s coast is a symptom of wider problems ashore, and any strategy to tackle it must also deal with its root causes and strengthen regional capacity, the United Nations envoy to the country warned today.
(Full Story)
|