Zimbabwe gender assessment
The aim of this report is to gather evidence that will identify priorities and actions by stakeholders towards positively influencing, up scaling and accelerating gender equality and women’s empowerment
Zimbabwe
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Forcing of wet phases in southeast Africa over the past 17,000 years
Intense debate persists about the climatic mechanisms governing hydrologic changes in tropical and subtropical southeast Africa since the Last Glacial Maximum, about 20,000 years ago. In particular, the
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Erratic Rains Threaten Southern Africa Food Output
Rainfall patterns in southern Africa are becoming erratic as climate change takes its toll, threatening long-term production of staple and cash crops in the region. Countries like South Africa, Zambia
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Miners market shrinking as China begins looking elsewhere for iron ore.
PANJIM: In a development that could send shivers down the spine of Goan iron ore exporters, China on Saturday said that they have already started looking out for alternate markets considering the unstable
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Bangladesh ranks higher in world's prosperity index
Bangladesh has enhanced its status by one notch to 95th among 110 nations in a worldwide assessment of wealth and quality of life. The country was ranked 96th in the last year's Legatum Prosperity Index
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Scarce Resources, Climate Biggest Threats To World Health
The Earth's natural resources like food, water and forests are being depleted at an alarming speed, causing hunger, conflict, social unrest and species extinction, experts at a climate and health conference
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Melbourne named world's most liveable city
Melbourne has edged out long-time front-runner Vancouver to be rated the world's most liveable city, a world-wide survey from the Economist Intelligence Unit said Tuesday. The Australian metropolis topped
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Cholera and the super-loo
“CHOLERA most forcibly teaches us our mutual connection. Nothing shows more powerfully the duty of every man to look after the needs of others.” So said Titus Salt, a Victorian wool baron who worked to
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Poor forced to eat less but work harder: study
The food price hike in 2011 has forced the poor to work harder, eat less, live more frugally than ever before, and draw on any resources or assets that they have to cope with the situation. It was revealed in a research report released on Wednesday by the Institute of Development Studies and Oxfam GB at the latter
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Agriculture at risk
The people of Zimbabwe have to cope with a difficult political situation, but they also face many other problems daily. Climate change is making entire areas of land infertile and may halve crop yields by 2020. Zimbabwe
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Govt ban on diamonds from Zimbabwe to hit Surat
Melvyn Thomas TNN Surat: In a major setback to Surat