Dakar, Senegal (IRIN) - One day after being sworn in on 2 April, Senegal's new President Macky Sall reversed months of public denial of the hunger affecting over 800,000 of his people - part of the Sahel-wide crisis affecting 16 million inhabitants -...
Diane Alter - AHN News Reporter Atlanta, GA, United States (AHN) - Contaminated dog food has been linked to 14 human illnesses in the United States. An FDA spokesperson reported that the sickened people were not eating the pet food contaminated with ...
Diane Alter - AHN News Reporter New York City, NY, United States (AHN) - U.S. stocks tumbled Friday following a report from the Labor Department that revealed employers added fewer than expected jobs in April. The closely watched April jobs reports s...
Paula David - Fourth Estate Cooperative Reporter Victoria, Australia (4E) - A team of scientists from Monash University in Australia has developed a paper that can tell a person's blood type in text. The 1 x 1 inch paper is a sensor made from a water...
Antsohihy, Madagascar (IRIN) - Daughters as young as 12 in the villages surrounding Antsohihy, the capital of Sofia Region, in Madagascar's remote, traditional north, often suffer the harmful consequences of falling pregnant and giving birth too youn...
Kigali, Rwanda (IRIN) - Renewed heavy fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) North Kivu Province has pushed some 3,000 Congolese refugees into northern Rwanda where they are in need of humanitarian assistance, says a senior UN offic...
Taylor Blayne formally of the Hip-Pop group Vistoso Bosses releases the single and video from her solo EP. Paper Dollz is the first in a series of abstract concept records by Taylor Blayne. It draws inspiration from hip-hop fused with a myriad of other genres. Taylor teamed up with longtime producer/director STJAMES among other...
United States (KaiserHealth) - Six in 10 Americans, including Catholics, said they support a requirement by the Obama administration that health plans supply free contraceptives as a preventive benefit for women, according to the latest tracking poll...
Kigali, Rwanda (IRIN) - Drought is likely to return to Somalia and other parts of the Horn of Africa over the next three months, say regional climate scientists meeting in the Rwandan capital, Kigali. The forecast comes just weeks after the United Na...
Windsor Genova - AHN News News Writer London, United Kingdom (AHN) - The government of England is planning to offer free HIV treatment to foreigners to prevent them from infecting citizens. Foreign students, asylum seekers and victims of human traffi...