Her face is soft and round, cocooned in a loose blue cotton hijab. Her eyes, black onyx full of mystery. But Maryam Mohammed covers her smile with hennaed fingers, casts her gaze downward, a picture of shy anxiety -- not the image of someone who has done the most dangerous job in one of the most dangerous cities on Earth.

In transferring land to black ownership as part of government efforts to right apartheid wrongs, South African officials have to balance the country's interests, IPS reports. In Zimbabwe, transfers away from thousands of white commercial farmers decimated the economy. South African officials hope to transfer 30% of land by 2014.

An expert group meeting on "Female Migrants: Bridging the gaps throughout the life cycle" was organized in May 2006 by UNFPA and IOM in light of the opportunity to highlight the issue of female migrants at the High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development organized in September 2006. The brochure gives a summary of the recommendations and conclusions from the meeting.

Militant groups in the Niger Delta are proliferating, and the country’s security situation will degenerate further unless President Obasanjo and his administration urgently address the region’s grievances.

There are less than 3 weeks to join the world on October 15-16 and STAND UP Against Poverty! From schools in Kathmandu to churches in Texas , the world will STAND UP to remind their governments that promises to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and help the billions living in extreme poverty, must be kept.