Somali president travels to Nairobi

Afghanistan – to be or not?

By: AriRusila

"democracies make elections, elections don't make democracies" After Afghanistan's fraudulent elections President Obama's future politics in failing state is still foggy. Conflicting views of Obama's staff, escalation of War to Pakistan, lack of clear vision and strategy are not making choice easy. The rest of the world is waiting U.S. leadership ...

27 days ago

trophy distribution

By: GHFarooqi

SPO distributed cheques among different civil societies to kick campaign  for decreasing suicide ratio among the women folk.   CHITRAL:  Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) held a cheuqe distribution ceremony in a local hotel of Chitral. Cheques worth rupees 111000 were distributed among representatives of different ...

26 days ago

UN treaty to protect rights of children, only US and Somalia have not ...

By: northsunm32

The US is undertaking a thorough and thoughtful review of the treaty. Yes indeed it has been 15 years already since it signed the treaty. Neither the Clinton administration nor the second BushBush administration nor now the Obama administration have seen fit to have the treaty sent before Congress for ratification. Obviously the issue is not a ...

11 days ago

On 20th anniversary, Convention on the Rights of the Child Embraced by ...

By: chnarendra

The United States should ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which is supported by nearly every other nation in the world, Human Rights Watch said today. The United States and Somalia are the only countries that have failed to ratify the Convention, which was adopted 20 years ago, on November 20, 1989. The Convention on the Rights ...

12 days ago