News: The Guardian Newspaper of 14th March 2014 reported that Tanzania needs almost twice the number of medical personnel that it has now if the country is to enjoy better and improved medical services. The spokesman of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Nsachris Mwamwaja said currently the ministry has a shortage of 119,969 personnel, equal to 41 percent. He noted that while the minimum requirement of staff in…

News: The European Union and United States have agreed to impose sanctions against Russian and Ukrainian officials deemed responsible for a contested independence referendum in Crimea, officials have said. [Source: aljazeera] Comment: Rejecting the results of Crimea's referendum which showed that a large majority of Crimea's residents want to join the Russian federation the White House said the vote was held under "threats of violence and intimidation from a Russian…

News On the 8th of March, 2014, Malaysia Airlines confirmed and issued a press statement about the loss of a Boeing 777-200 aircraft from Kuala Lumpur heading to China. Concurrent with this announcement, various media around the world also covered this news regarding the lost plane carrying 239 passengers including the crew. Experts around the world too gave their insights and helped in the investigation of the loss of the…

News On the 8th of March, The Independent paper in the UK ran the headline, "International Women's Day 2014: The shocking statistics that show why it is still so important." The piece presented sobering figures regarding women's lives 103 years after the first International Women's Day in 1911. It stated: globally 1 in 3 women will be beaten or raped during their lifetime; 70% of the 1.2 billion people living…