Reports of Christian Aid Workers Killed by Taliban in Pakistan Still Unconfirmed
Mystery surrounds reports that three Western Christian relief workers were kidnapped and killed by the Pakistan ...
Pakistan faces hunger, homelessness and desperation
Torrential rains and flooding have battered Pakistan over the past month, leading to the south Asian ...
Profile: Fr. Joseph Tobin, Archbishop-elect and newly Appointed Secretary of the Congregation for Religious
By virtue of this selection, Tobin becomes an archbishop. The date of his Episcopal ordination has not yet been ...
U.S. Redemptorist Fr. Joseph Tobin to Lead Congregation for the Clergy, Become Archbishop
When the 58-year-old Redemptorist voiced his reluctance to take up the appointment Pope Benedict XVI's ...
MOZAMBIQUE: Price increases ‘irreversible’
MAPUTO Thursday, September 02, 2010 (IRIN) - A volley of price increases in basic commodities and services has sparked two days of rioting and looting in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, but the government is refusing to rescind them.
Analysis: No political mandate, no development in Côte d’Ivoire
ABIDJAN Thursday, September 02, 2010 (IRIN) - Continued election delays and political turmoil have for years been used as excuses to justify poor governance and the lack of investment in public services, say civil society groups and public sector workers.
Second survivor announced in Tamaulipas massacre
There has been a second survivor identified in the Tamaulipas massacre, in which the bodies of 58 men and 14 women ...
U.S. expresses confidence in Iraq forces
U.S. forces have begun to formally hand over the reins to Iraqi security forces, and many military officials have ...
ETHIOPIA: Pastoralism against the odds
JIJIGA Thursday, September 02, 2010 (IRIN) - Pastoralists’ disproportionate contribution to Ethiopia’s economy is belied by their marginalized status and by policy assumptions that they would be better off farming. But those who raise livestock tend to make the most of marginal land, according to experts, and are often proficient at adapting to changing circumstances.
MYANMAR: Rural poor hit by arbitrary “taxes”, says report
BANGKOK Thursday, September 02, 2010 (IRIN) - Myanmar’s military government, with soldiers scattered throughout the country, is arbitrarily levying fees from the rural poor, pushing some into hunger and debt, experts say.