United Nations Refugee Agency Helping Congolese Refugees in Gabon Return Home

The United Nations refugee agency is helping hundreds of Congolese in Gabon, that left their homes during the 90s civil war, to return to their country over the next week as a Sunday deadline by the Gabonese government looms for the 9,500 people to either...

Changing Attitudes in Nigeria to Contraception

Health workers say an apparent rise in contraceptive use in Nigeria stems largely from a willingness by traditional and religious leaders in some regions to use their influence in promoting reproductive health.

Husband’s Employment Status Threatens Marriage, But Wife’s Does Not, Study Finds

A new study of employment and divorce suggest that while social pressure discouraging women from working outside the home has weakened, pressure on husbands to be breadwinners largely remains. The research, led by Liana Sayer of Ohio State University...

Kenya to Host First Africa Insurance Conference

The first Africa insurance and re-insurance conference will be held in Nairobi, Kenya between June 22 and 23, 2011.

UK Temporary Work Visas No Longer Able to Convert to Permanent

Migrants coming to the United Kingdom (UK) to work on temporary visas will no longer be able to apply for settlement, under proposals just announced by the government.

United Nations World Food Programme to Feed Refugees in Northern Mozambique

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will provide over the next few days a further ten tonnes of food to the Maratane refugee center in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula, following hunger-related deaths, notably among Ethiopian refugees,...

Thai Border Camp Population Constant Despite Third Country Resettlement

The population of the nine refugee camps along the Myanmar-Thai border in Thailand, which have been in existence for more than 20 years, is relatively stable, despite 11,086 refugees being resettled in third countries over the past year, according to...

US Population Living Longer

The age-adjusted death rate for the U.S. population fell to an all-time low of 741 deaths per 100,000 people in 2009 — 2.3 percent lower than the 2008 rate, according to preliminary 2009 death statistics released today by CDC’s National Center...

South Africa And Netherlands to Partner on Immigration

South Africa intends improving its own immigration procedures by drawing on the experience of countries such as the Netherlands. An agreement between the two countries will see an exchange of information, technology and skills related to immigration.