A senior World Bank official has called on economists to do more to measure the contribution made by rich countries to cut poverty in poorer countries.
Ivory Coast’s rebels and government negotiators prayed together for peace on Saturday, and despite signs of deadlock in talks to end a bloody uprising in the West African nation, a top official insisted it was too early to talk of failure.
West African mediators say they will investigate the reported killing of 120 people in an Ivory Coast village after rebels blamed government forces for the slaughter and threatened to pull out of stalled negotiations to end their nearly three-month uprising.
Hundreds of Togolese youths are taking part in a tough annual initiation ceremony in the country’s north to prove their manhood.
Ivory Coast troops and mutineers were battling on Tuesday for control of the rebel-held central city of Bouake, where machine-gun bullets flew within meters of terrified foreign schoolchildren.
A significant city of the Xiongnu culture — an Asian tribe of Huns — has been uncovered in northern China after being entirely covered with sand for more than a thousand years, China’s state news agency reported on Thursday.
Most people take pains to avoid nettles. But while most of England was celebrating the World Cup win over Denmark, Simon Sleigh was claiming the title of world champion nettle-eater.
THE United States and Russia have set up a joint task force to prevent terrorists from acquiring radioactive substances for use in building weapons of mass destruction, US Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham said.
Angola’s Defence Minister Kundi Paihama says demobilisation camps set up for Unita soldiers have taken in people who have falsely claimed to belong to the rebel group.
Watching television on September 11 could seriously damage your health, warn recent scientific studies.