Posts Tagged ‘Africa’

Somalia needs NZ$3 billion

Friday, August 5th, 2011

The British public has raised NZ$80 million for Somalia in just over three weeks, but three more regions have been hit by the famine, so much more is needed. Brendan Gormley, chief execution of the British Disasters Emergency Committee said: “To raise NZ$80 million in just over three weeks is a wonderful demonstration of public Read more

Congo women raped – one a minute

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

More than 400,000 Congo women and girls between the ages of 15 to 49 were raped during the 12-month period of war in 2006 and 2007. This new figure is 26 times more than the 15,000 women that the United Nations has reported were raped there during the same 12 months. The figures were published Read more