Sierra Leone launches program to stop child soldier recruitment
Sierra Leone is the first West African country to adopt an official child soldier policy aimed at preventing a new generation growing up in violence
ACT Alliance Alert: Conflict and displacement in Jonglei, South Sudan
ACT Alliance Alert Reference Number: 09/2013. ACT member The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) will ask for a Rapid Response Payment to implement a solar-powered motorized system on one of the boreholes with an elevated tank and 2 or 3 water distribution points. This would ensure that safer water is pumped to the community. The RRF will take additional activities to make sure that the interventions have longer term effect over the communities.
Ushering an end to gender-based violence
From across the globe, grassroots voices joined World Pulse's Digital Action Campaign, proving that women not only bear the brunt of the world's violence -they are holding the solutions
Kenyans await outcome of tight presidential vote
Kenyan authorities are racing to gather final election results after a partial count gave the lead to a politician wanted in The Hague over violence following the previous vote
INSIGHT-Mending Mali poses political and ethnic puzzle
Mali and its foreign backers are focusing on elections and reconciliation talks to reconstruct a state once hailed as a model democracy in Africa
China's new leadership faces growing environmental pressures
As coal use rises and social pressures over pollution worsen, China may need a resource tax - and a realization that it can't "point toward the U.S. as the bad guy" anymore on emissions
Kenyans await outcome after tight presidential vote
Authorities hope to deliver the final outcome of a presidential vote on Wednesday, after partial results gave a lead to a politician wanted in The Hague over tribal violence after the last election