Full Coverage: Politics

30.07.2007 The Ethiopian government has denied blocking aid and trade to parts of its southeastern Somali region but analysts and aid agencies say humanitarian access is limited and rising prices of food are evidence of security-related restrictions.

27.07.2007 NEW YORK, Jul 27 (OneWorld) - Calls for increased help from Washington are on the rise as global efforts to tackle the world's burgeoning water and sanitation crisis have largely failed to produce any meaningful results so far.

27.07.2007 BANGKOK, Jul 27 (IPS) - Dr. Weng Tojirakan was in a defiant mood the morning after he was detained by the police at the Criminal Court in the Thai capital. "This happened because of the tyranny in our country," the 56-year-old medical doctor said in an interview Friday.

27.07.2007 South Asia Partnership International (SAPI) is organising the South Asian Regional Conference on Invisible Faces of Violence on Women in Politics: Breaking the Silence, from 18-20 September 2007 at Hotel Soaltee Crown Plaza, Kathmandu, Nepal.

27.07.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 26 (OneWorld) - Peace advocates in the United States are welcoming a Congressional vote Wednesday that may be a political stepping stone to ending U.S. participation in the war in Iraq.

13.07.2007 Congolese women have been thwarted in their ambition to improve their showing in the National Assembly after the first round in the Congolese legislative elections.The results of the 24 June vote show that only one woman has been elected and it is unlikely the numbers will improve in the upcoming second round.

03.07.2007 Social Watch India – a broad network of CSOs and communities – monitors governance processes to push forward the national democratic agenda. Its recent report analyses the performance of four key bodies: the parliament, judiciary, the executive and the panchayats, with particular focus on new policies like the NREGA, SEZ, etc.