It was heartbreakingly easy to prevent this tragedy in Africa happening and with relatively tiny sums of money
As was the case during Sri Lanka’s protracted civil war, in the wake of the tsunami, international NGOs are generating an economy all their own, writes John R. Van Eenwyk, in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The visit to Washington this week by India's prime minister, Manmohan Singh, symbolizes a change in the relationship between the world''s two largest democracies.
For Sri Lanka to move forward towards peace, the Sinhalese, Tamil and Muslim political forces need to stop making zero-sum ethnic calculations.
The stability of President Chandrika Kumaratunga’s government is assured because none of the other parties want an election at this juncture, the Jaffna-based Uthayan newspaper argues.
If our economic policies are based on fanciful ideas of non-existent bountiful natural resources, we are heading for disaster.
In the on-going battle for political supremacy, the self-styled kingmakers will have to deliver as promised.
With tensions between the Sri Lanka military and the Liberation Tigers on the rise, Tamil Guardian staff writers examine popular thinking in the Tamil areas with regards to a renewed conflict.
Africa cannot fight poverty and epidemics like AIDS without more doctors and nurses, argues Hetherwick Ntaba, health minister of Malawi.