REFUGEES-ZAMBIA: Making a Home For Themselves
By Danstan Kaunda
LUSAKA - Zambia is home to over 90,000 refugees, many of whom have been in the country for up to 15 years. A voluntary repatriation programme is now drawing to a close, but many of the refugees will likely remain in a country where they have established themselves.
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US-GEORGIA: Expats Unite Against Russia
By Sam Cassanos
NEW YORK - When the Russian military launched a military invasion of its small neighbour Georgia -- operating at will in Georgia’s secessionist provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as well as Georgia proper -- New York’s Georgian-American community responded almost immediately by gathering outside United Nations Headquarters here to protest the invasion of their homeland.
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POLITICS: U.S. Debates Putin’s Ambitions
Analysis by Daniel Luban
WASHINGTON - Just days after the outbreak of war between Russia and Georgia, the debate in Washington over how to view the crisis historically has become nearly as contentious as the debate over how to respond politically.
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POLITICS: ‘UNAMID In Boxing Ring With Hands Bound’
By Haider Rizvi
UNITED NATIONS - Calls for an increased U.N. peacekeeping presence are growing as warring parties in Sudan’s troubled region of Darfur remain mired in a vicious cycle of violence that has taken about half a million lives in the past four years.
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GEORGIA: Saakashvili Asked To Step Down
By Omid Memarian
UNITED NATIONS - A few hours after the 15 member U.N. Security Council discussed a draft resolution aimed to ask Russia to stop using massive force in Georgia Monday evening behind closed doors, Russia said it would stop military action. This came Tuesday, after five days of bombing and destruction of cities and military bases in Georgia and the deaths of more than 2,000 people.
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AUSTRALIA: 'Refugee Detention Reforms Fine - More Needed'
By Stephen de Tarczynski
MELBOURNE - While refugee advocates have welcomed recent changes to the government’s policy of mandatory detention of unauthorised arrivals to Australia, they argue that reforms should go further.
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DEVELOPMENT-TOGO: High Cost of Living Exacerbated By Floods
By Noël Kokou Tadégnon
LOME - Recent flooding in Togo caused the collapse of over 10 bridges connecting the capital of Lomé to the north of the country. The consequences have been increased transportation costs and a steady climb in the price of consumer products.
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MALAYSIA: Immigration Racket Turns Workers Into Commodities
By Baradan Kuppusamy
KUALA LUMPUR - Like thousands of migrant workers Mir Hussein Wahab, 29, from Lahore, Pakistan, is a victim of a new phenomenon called ‘jual-beli’, a local Malay term that describes a human trafficking racket that rakes in millions for international syndicates.
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KENYA: Supporting Single Mothers
By Najum Mushtaq
NAIROBI - There are increasing numbers of single mothers in Kenya. Is it a sign of growing independence of women, or a consequence of poverty and lack of sexual education?
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PHILIPPINES: 'Church Ban on Contraceptives Adding to Poverty'
By Kalinga Seneviratne
MANILA - A growing and heated debate in this predominantly Catholic country revolves around the church’s uncompromising stance against the use of contraceptive devices that is said to be contributing to poverty and affecting the quality of life for many Filipinos.
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