Burundi
Almost 200 million children undernourished in poor countries
By James Brewer, November 13, 2009
There are currently 195 million children under the age of five in underdeveloped countries whose growth is stunted due to chronic malnutrition, according to a UN agency.
Somalia: Obama administration sends arms to prop up Islamist government
By Brian Smith, August 3, 2009
The Obama administration has been sending weapons to Somalia to support the Transitional Federal Government against a rebel insurgency that threatens to overwhelm the government.
A reply to correspondence on the Rwandan genocide
By Chris Talbot, February 13, 2009
The World Socialist Web Site has received two letters strenuously objecting to our line on the genocide that took place in Rwanda in 1994, when hundreds of thousands of Rwandans identified as Tutsis w...
Letters on Rwanda
February 13, 2009
A selection of recent letters sent to the World Socialist Web Site on Rwanda.
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
December 5, 2008
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East and Africa
November 28, 2008
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
World Bank forecasts falling trade, global recession and rising poverty
By Peter Symonds, November 14, 2008
In the lead-up to tomorrow’s G-20 summit in Washington, the World Bank released figures this week confirming that the global economy is rapidly heading into recession. Its global outlook predicted a...
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
September 26, 2008
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
Britain: Demonstrators oppose deportation of refugee activist Amdani Juma
By Robert Stevens, June 4, 2008
On June 2, some 150 demonstrators protested in the Market Square in Nottingham, England to oppose the imminent deportation of Amdani Juma. Another demonstration was held the previous Saturday in the t...
Letters from our readers
April 17, 2008
The following is a selection of recent letters sent to the World Socialist Web Site.
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
April 11, 2008
Ireland: bus drivers strike in Limerick
Further war threatens in Congo as rivalry for resources intensifies
By John Farmer and Ann Talbot, January 22, 2008
A major escalation of the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) erupted as President Joseph Kabila carried out an assault on rebel forces led by General Laurent Nkunda at ...
