http://www.worldpress.org World News Review en-us Copyright 2012, Worldpress.org. All Rights Reserved s.babayev@worldpress.org alex@worldpress.org http://www.worldpress.org/images/objects/somali-soldier-thumb.jpg http://www.worldpress.org http://www.worldpress.org/Africa/3913.cfm Until the Somali National Security apparatus is able to stand strong on its own, Somalia will not be able to achieve full sovereignty. Thu, 17 May 2012 19:02:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Africa/3900.cfm For quite some time, international players have been conducting operations related to Somalia from across the Kenyan border in Nairobi. Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:48:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Africa/3899.cfm Although it succeeded in shining an international light on Somalia's ongoing conflict, the London conference failed in some respects to address dangerous issues of tribalism. Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:01:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Africa/3897.cfm Although much more of the world's population has access to clean water than a decade ago, sanitation progress in Africa continues to stagnate. Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:50:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Africa/3877.cfm The Global Fund has been fighting disease for a decade in 150 countries, but the time is ripe for reform and reassessment of its operations. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:25:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Africa/3872.cfm International efforts are being made to address Africa's energy deficiencies by developing renewable energy sources on a grand scale. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:43:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Africa/3853.cfm Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara came into office promising to uphold democracy, but members of the press find themselves under threat. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:29:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Africa/3903.cfm Nine years after the Kimberley Process was formed to stop the trade in conflict diamonds and ensure that diamond purchases were not funding violence, the KP has refused to evolve and address the clear links between diamonds, violence and tyranny. Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:01:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Africa/3898.cfm The Kony 2012 video has led to increased U.S. pressure on the Ugandan regime to catch the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader. Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:15:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Africa/3865.cfm With economic malaise in the West and a growing population of young people at home, Africa faces significant challenges and opportunities in the coming year. Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:07:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Africa/3860.cfm Four years after a young French aid worker was assassinated in a small Burundian town, family members and coworkers are still pressing for a proper investigation. Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:36:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Africa/3856.cfm A large number of HIV infections have been treated or prevented in the last decade, but in some ways the battle against the global epidemic has just begun. Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:05:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Africa/3848.cfm Disabled people in countries like Burundi and the Congo face harsh discrimination, but organizers are advocating for their rights and advancement. Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:01:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Africa/3845.cfm While the exact motives of all the players involved are hard to discern, many people are being endangered as Kenya chases al-Shabaab in Somalia. Sun, 04 Dec 2011 23:58:00 GMT