COTE D’IVOIRE / STAMPEDE
At least 19 people die in a stampede at a Football World Cup qualifier in Abidjan. Côte d’Ivoire’s interior minister has announced an investigation into the tragedy. ONUCI
At least 19 people die in a stampede at a Football World Cup qualifier in Abidjan. Côte d’Ivoire’s interior minister has announced an investigation into the tragedy. ONUCI
In the southern Nigerian state of Ogun teams of community health workers have begun a four-day campaign to immunize more than 50 million children against polio. In 2003 controversy over the polio vaccine in northern Nigeria, led some to refuse immunization. This resulted in a tripling of cases of the crippling disease. UNICEF
With the Central Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty coming into force on 21st March, the region became the first in the Northern Hemisphere to be free of such weapons. Ambassadors from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan agree that it will be “an essential element to strengthening regional security.” UNTV
A United Nations-backed study says two million children are suffering from acute malnutrition in Bangladesh, where one-quarter of all households are hungry. UNICEF / FILE