Allama Muhmmad Iqbal Words, without power, is mere philosophy.
Quaid-e-Azam Expect the best, Prepare for the worst...
WASHINGTON, August 30, 2012 – World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim will visit Africa in his first official visit outside the U.S. since taking up his new position in July 2012. He will visit Côte d’Ivoire and South Africa September 4-6 to meet with national leaders, government ministers, women leaders and young people, along […]
Earth over-using underground water reserves The world is depleting underground water reserves faster than they can be replenished due to over-exploitation, according to scientists in Canada and the Netherlands. The researchers, from McGill University in Montreal and Utrecht University in the Netherlands, combined groundwater usage data from around the globe with computer models of underground […]
This article is a continuation of Child soldiers in Congo – Part 1. Under Lubanga learned the rudiments of his new job, a child soldier in Africa. In recent months the service of the UPC, Gestaing became familiar with the knife, the Kalashnikovs and rocket launchers. In mixed classes using traditional tools and techniques of […]
A former child soldier abducted by the forces of Lubanga recounts his ordeal and the ordeal of rehabilitation in Congo "I’ve seen my friends die. Not many. At all. " Gestaing talks fast, as if telling the life of another or, simply, as if unwilling to realize that theirs is the one drawing with broken words. Talk while surfing […]
Failed States Index: Pakistan Ranks 13 Washington: (Tuesday, June 19, 2012) Pakistan, a country that has always been ruled by civilian and military elite which is bent upon stealing all that it can and pays almost no taxes, has been placed at 13th number in the latest rank of the failed states. This ranking has […]
The term pygmy is used to define a human group of hunter gatherers living in Africa and that have as main characteristic its small size. The average height of Pygmies living in the African equatorial forests does not exceed five feet in male individuals and is even lower in female individuals. A new study seems […]
A curfew has been introduced in Tunis from 9:00 P.M to 5:00 A.M and seven other regions after a wave of violence that saw more than 100 people lose their lives This decision was made by Tunisian Prime Minister Hamad Jebali shortly after a sudden outbreak of violence during which the Salafists and youth clashed […]
Somalia has managed to declare an end to the famine that has plagued the country over the past six months. However, several organizations in the country warn that this statement does not mean that the emergency is over. Six months after it began, the United Nations has declared an end to the famine that has […]
The 60-year-old Islamic theologian has asked Tunisians to defend the sanctity of their religion and to work towards the restoration of Sharia Ayman al-Zawahiri, who took over from Osama bin Laden as the head of Al Qaeda, has asked Tunisians to defend sharia (Islamic Law) despite the promises made by the moderate Islamist party in […]
On Monday, June 4, a Libyan military court convicted nineteen Ukrainians, three Belarusians and a Russian accused of having been mercenaries of Muammar Gaddafi to ten years imprisonment with hard labor. The Russian, considered the group coordinator, was imposed life imprisonment. Ukrainian and Belarusian ambassadors present at the announcement of the verdict, have described it as "heavy" and announced that the convicts would […]
If you are not aware of who Eskinder Nega is, you are not alone. The said individual is a prominent Ethiopian journalist who covered the developing human rights violations in his native country. Ironically, he is now held in contempt of the same crime he set off to raise his voice against. Nega’s trial will […]
German Govt. Supports IOM’s efforts to reintegrate Chadian Migrants from Libya IOM’s efforts to provide social reintegration assistance to Chadians who have returned empty-handed from Libya has received new backing from the German Government. The Euro 1 million German funding will support returnees and host communities in areas with high levels of returnees by […]
