
AROUND four million children in Pakistan still live near potentially life-threatening floodwaters, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef).
It is now more than four months sincew monsoon rains washed away their homes and villages.
The children face skyrocketing rates of acute respiratory infections, made worse by the presence of contaminated and stagnant pools of water, Unicef said on Sunday evening.

As the Alliance of Sahel States and southern African nations advance pan-African goals, the African Union must listen and learn rather than parroting the Western line on these positive developments, writes ROGER McKENZIE

Money makers already exploit cleaning and catering contracts while the military-industrial complex diverts billions from health to warfare — but Bevan’s vision will endure as long as people fight for it, writes ROGER MCKENZIE