National Government News

7:40 AM EST
2/9/2012 Indigenous groups - stateless and sickThe health of millions of indigenous people across Asia is at risk, experts say, as lack of recognition of their legal status hinders data collection, making their medical problems invisible in most national health surveys.

Source:IRIN Topics:Politics, Government, National Government, Social Issue, Minority Group, National Or Ethnic Minority

3:10 PM EST
2/8/2012 Tanks, army shell Syrian city killing 40 residentsTroops fired rockets and mortars while tanks shelled residential neighborhoods in the Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday killing at least 40 civilians, according to opposition activists and residents.

Source:AHN Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Armed Conflict, Politics, Government, National Government

10:35 AM EST
2/8/2012 Pressgangs 'still operating in Khartoum'Rebel groups fighting South Sudan's government have bolstered their ranks through the forced recruitment of southerners living in Khartoum, according to a senior official in Juba, a self-styled rebel leader, and a man who escaped a pressgang in Sudan's capital.

Source:IRIN Topics:Politics, Government, National Government

11:07 AM EST
2/7/2012 Quetta's Hazara community living in fearWidespread fear of harassment, discrimination and killings has prompted some Hazara community members living in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan Province in southwestern Pakistan, to consider leaving the country, even by illegal means.

Source:IRIN Topics:Politics, Government, National Government, Social Issue, Minority Group, National Or Ethnic Minority

7:31 AM EST
2/3/2012 Never so divided, never so unitedA month after an angry public launched protests across Nigeria over skyrocketing fuel prices due to the removal of a government subsidy, a measure of calm has returned and people seem to have settled into accepting a compromise. The removal of the subsidy on 1 January raised petrol prices from 65 naira to 141 naira (40 to 90 US cents) per liter, and led to sharp increases in food and transport costs.

Source:IRIN Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Demonstration, Politics, Government, National Government, Economy, Business And Finance, Energy And Resource, Oil And Gas - Downstream Activities

10:34 AM EST
2/2/2012 Mortality rates among world's highest in SomalilandThe self-declared Republic of Somaliland is grappling with high child and maternal mortality rates, malnutrition and inadequate medical personnel, health officials told IRIN.

Source:IRIN Topics:Politics, Government, National Government

10:12 AM EST
1/25/2012 Little hope of swift return for Abyan IDPsWhen Abdullah al-Hasani, 55, fled his home in the Khanfar District of Yemen's Abyan Governorate eight months ago, he hoped some day to return and grow watermelons. But on a visit there in January he found nothing left of his two-story home and his watermelon farm -- the family's sole source of income -- had become a wasteland.

Source:IRIN Topics:Politics, Government, National Government, Refugee

8:14 AM EST
1/20/2012 Governments falling short on R2P, says new studyThe governments of 15 countries most affected by internal displacement have failed to adequately protect internally displaced persons, and in many cases have themselves been perpetrators of violence or abuses that led to the displacements, according to a Brookings-London School of Economics study.

Source:IRIN Topics:Politics, Government, National Government, Refugee

7:45 AM EST
1/19/2012 Nepali students on warpath against fuel hikeNepali students affiliated with various political parties took to the streets Thursday to protest the government's hike in the prices of petroleum products.

Source:AHN Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Demonstration, Politics, Government, National Government

12:04 PM EST
1/17/2012 Congress cuts staff, computers and office suppliesWith government deficits running high, Congress voted last year to cut its own spending by 5 percent, but not everyone agrees that it was the right thing to do.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Government, National Government, Civil And Public Service, Economy, Business And Finance, Economy