By Thalif Deen — ROME  –  Since its founding in 2007 to help developing nations fight poverty, hunger, illiteracy, disease and gender discrimination, the Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund (MDG-F) has financed about 130 joint programmes in 50 countries. Tweet This PostTweet…

By Erol Avdovic UNITED NATIONS —  Talking on Syria again, it looked like everybody did its own job, UN secretary general, American and Russian envoy as well, jet what had to be the primary task – speaking with the one voice of International community on this world’s hot spot  –…

(Webpublicapress/New York) – Several thousand people gathered outside the Bosnian parliament in Sarajevo on Sunday and placed dozens of lighted candles, children’s toys and flowers at a silent commemoration for baby Berina Hamidovic, who died last week after vital medical treatment was delayed by the ID dispute. Tweet This…

(Webpublicapress/New York) – According to Turkish Today’s Zaman website in Istanbul Prime Minister Erdogan delivered a passionate speech  full with numbers and facts about Turkish advance in past ten years. Bosnian media reported that Mr. Erdogan wanted his speech to be heard in Sarajevo, Skopje (Gostivar – city in west…

By Thalif Deen – ROME,  (IPS) - The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has long warned that a quarter of the world’s farmland is “highly degraded”. Tweet This PostTweet…

By Thalif Deen — ROME, (IPS) - As the United Nations prepares to launch an ambitious post-2015 development agenda later this year, the message from one of its Rome-based agencies is unequivocal: the eradication of hunger and malnutrition should remain a high priority when the current Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) end…