Section: Africa&ME
UN Report: Inequality, Denial of Reproductive Rights Threaten Development
A U.N. report warns gender inequality and the denial of reproductive rights and family planning threatens development goals, weakens national economies and will undermine efforts to eliminate poverty by 2030. In its annual State of World Population report, the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) describes the poorest women in most developing countries...
Thousands of anti-government protesters rally in Ukraine
Several thousand anti-government protesters rallied outside Ukraine’s parliament Tuesday and some urged President Petro Poroshenko to step down …read more Source: The Daily...
Saakashvili leads mass anti-government rally in Ukrainian capital
Former Georgian president and Ukrainian governor Mikhail Saakashvili has led a mass anti-government rally in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. …read more Source: Iran...
Head of Norway’s Delegation: ‘Crimea Legitimate Part of Russia’
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Hendrik Weber, the head of Norwegian delegation to Crimea, has told Sputnik about the aims of the visit. “My wife Mette and I were here [in Crimea] last year as members of a German delegation. We were here as the leaders of the first official Norwegian delegation since 2014. We are working for a good dialogue between Russia and...
Head of Norway’s Delegation: ‘Crimea Legitimate Part of Russia’
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Hendrik Weber, the head of Norwegian delegation to Crimea, has told Sputnik about the aims of the visit. “My wife Mette and I were here [in Crimea] last year as members of a German delegation. We were here as the leaders of the first official Norwegian delegation since 2014. We are working for a good dialogue between Russia and...
Jewish coach leads Colombia into soccer’s World Cup
Jose Pekerman, born in Argentina, is a descendant of Ukrainian immigrants The post Jewish coach leads Colombia into soccer’s World Cup appeared first on The Times of Israel. …read more Source: The Times of...
Four die as plane crashes off Ivory Coast
Four Moldovan nationals were killed on Saturday when a transport plane chartered by the French army crashed off Ivory Coast, firefighters said. Another six people were injured in the crash of the Antonov aircraft which had 10 people on board, firefighter Colonel Issa Sakho told local television. Four French nationals were among the injured, a...
Four Dead As French Army-chartered Plane Crashes
French soldiers stand on the beach of Port-Bouet in Abidjan near the wreckage of a cargo plane that crashed off Ivory Coast, killing four, on October 14, 2017. PHOTO: AFP//ISSOUF SANOGO Four Moldovan nationals were killed and three French soldiers hurt on Saturday when a transport plane chartered by France’s army crashed off Ivory Coast,...
4 die as French army-chartered plane crashes off Ivory Coast
Four Moldovan nationals were killed yesterday when a transport plane chartered by the French army crashed off Ivory Coast, firefighters said. Another six people were injured in the crash of the Antonov aircraft which had 10 people on board, firefighter Colonel Issa Sakho told local television. Four French nationals were among the injured, a...
Anti-fascism activist receives death threats
Activist receives threats for opposing Ukraine city’s honoring of Nazi SS officer. …read more Source: Arutz...
