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Mexico has reopened its embassy in the Nigerian Federal capital of Abuja. The move is aiming at improving relationship with countries in the West African region were Mexico has no diplomatic representative. Ambassador Luis... [read full story]
KANO, Nov 28 (IPS) - Nigeria ratified the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in 1985 without reservations. But few of its citizens have ever heard of the document. Day-to-day life for women in...
On Boxing Day last year, less than two months after he assumed the highest judicial post in the land, the Chief Justice of Malaysia, Tun Zaki Azmi, decided he wanted to take a first hand look at the courts – unannounced.
THE economic recovery that the euro zone anticipates in 2010 could bring with it new tensions. Indeed, in the extreme, some countries could find themselves considering whether to leave the single currency altogether.
When African representatives travel to Copenhagen in early December for crucial international talks on climate change, they will strive to speak in unison. "For the first time in history," says Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles...
