Rotavirus Vaccine Arrives in Rwanda More than 3,000 Rwandan children die every year from diarrhea. But health officials say thats about to change with the introduction of the rotavirus vaccine. Rwanda is the latest in a growing number of African coun...
Former Military Officer Fights African Poachers Ofir Drori traveled to Kenya between high school and the start of his military service. He's been fascinated ever since. I chased giraffes, zebras. I saw all these interesting things. I was just zigzagg...
'Solar Suitcase' Aids Doctors in Developing World Every expectant mother wants a healthy baby. But many clinics in sub-Saharan Africa lack the basics that doctors and nurses need to ensure safe deliveries for parent and child. One of these basics is...
Survival of Portuguese Health Care Questioned Portuguese citizens have their vices like anyone else. But if their health deteriorates, they know, like most Europeans, there is a high quality yet mainly free health care system to look after them. But...
London Not Gripped by Olympic Fever At Trafalgar Square, in the heart of the city, the official Olympic countdown clock gets a steady stream of people posing for pictures. But most of them are foreign tourists. Many Londoners appear indifferent, worr...
DRC Misses Deadline for High Speed Internet Officially, the Democratic Republic Congo is about four months behind schedule to connect to the West African Cable System (WACS). This is not the first time the DRC has missed out on a high speed Internet...
Affordable Housing Growing Scarce in US Paola Nunez, is a childcare worker in Washington. Until recently, she lived with her mother. But she decided it was time to move out and get her own apartment. She quickly learned there are few housing options...
Egypt's Conservative Rural Vote Appears Split As Egyptians await the results of their first truly open presidential election, fault lines between Islamists and old guard secularists appear to cut across the nation. In the village of Kafr Kandil, sout...
Report: More Troops, Resources Needed to Stop LRA A new assessment has been released on efforts to end LRA rebel attacks in central and east Africa. The Enough Project says despite the deployment of U.S. advisers, current operations lack resources an...
Report: Sub-Saharan Africans Resonate with Arab Spring Amnesty International says many of the conditions that led to uprisings in North Africa exist in sub-Saharan Africa as well. The group has released its 50th annual human rights report. The overal...
Tanzanian Boxer Strives to Win Olympic Gold Selemani Kidunda grew up and still lives on the outskirts of Tanzanias commercial capital, Dar es Salaam. He says when he was a young boy he saw a former world heavyweight champion fight and that got him in...
Burma: US, EU Investment Will Not Weaken China Economic Ties Burma is changing and so is its relationship with the West. Pro-democracy advocate Aung Sung Suu Kyi is now a member of parliament. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is an honored gue...
Greeks Face Decisive Vote as Anti-German Sentiment Soars Athens oldest university has become a canvas for citizens venting their anger. Anger at the government... anger at capitalism...calls for banks to be burned. There is much anger too at Germany....
NATO Approves Plans to Transfer Combat Operations in Afghanistan After more than 10 years of war in Afghanistan following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, leaders of the 28 countries of NATO have agreed to wind down thei...
Yoga in the Nairobi Slums Provides Empowerment, Hope Africa Yoga Project Paige Elenson has been teaching yoga for 15 years. The former Wall Street consultant came to Kenya in 2007 to live and volunteer in the Nairobi slum of Kibera. She co-founded th...
