“Why don’t we have a Global Fund for maternal health, like the one for TB, malaria and AIDS?”, implored Dr Siriel Nanzia Massawe, an obstetrician in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. I was jolted by this desperate doctor’s question, buried in a recent New York Times article about the prevalence of maternal deaths during pregnancy and [...]

It’s one of the oldest and most controversial conflicts in history: The Israeli-Palestine Conflict. We’re dedicating this week to examining the issue, presenting views from all sides. In the ISN Special Report Paradigmatic Progress in Israel-Palestine?, Mouin Rabbani, a contributing editor for the Middle East Report and senior fellow with the Institute for Palestine Studies, [...]

In the wake of the news that a Russian investment company had coughed up $200 million for a 2 percent stake in Facebook (and yes, that amounts to an estimated $10 billion value for the whole thing), and that Facebook itself had reached the coveted 200 million user mark (making it the 5th largest “country” [...]

Bonn is hosting the second Global Media Forum (GMF), 3-5 June, organized by Deutsche Welle, Germany’s international broadcaster. The forum addresses conflict prevention in the multimedia age, with the main topics including media freedom, media in Africa and the challenges posed by new technologies. Read all about it, as the Deutsche Welle has recently launched [...]

“It doesn’t seem like a big deal around here. It’s what we know and it’s what our parents have done for so many years. [...] It’s not really about being racist or having all white friends or all black friends [...] it’s about your attitude and how you present yourself and how you take care [...]