Yusuf Islam has taken his time between tours, 33 years. The popular folk singer who was known as Cat Stevens will open in Dublin this Sunday on his "Guess I'll Take My Time Tour."

Two aid workers kidnapped by armed men in July in the Darfur region of Western Sudan have been released, after an ordeal which lasted more than 100 days.

According to the United Nations human development index, Norway takes the number one spot. The UN human development index makes judgments based on the country's life expectancy, literacy, school enrollment and gross domestic product (GDP) per capita.

Over a million Ugandans, who fled their homes during the decades of violent conflict have begun returning gradually to their homeland.

The international aid agency Oxfam has launched a £9.5 million ($15 million) emergency appeal for East Africa as 23 million people in the region find their lives under threat from hunger.

In an effort to save the Ugandan mountain gorilla the Uganda Wildlife Authority have launched a programme which will involve the endangered gorillas appearing on line as they look for friends.

When I visited the World Refugee Day celebration that was held in Minneapolis on June 20, one of the people I met was Therese Gales, the Public Affairs Manager with the American Refugee Committee (ARC).

In the newest HIV/AIDS study conducted by various researchers from Oxford University, the Population Council of Ghana and the Kenya Medical Research, they found how men who have sex with men have no safe access to relevant HIV/AIDS information.

An Uganda study has suggested that females are not protected from contracting HIV if a man is circumcised. It has been prior knowledge that women are better protected from HIV if the male has been circumcised.

Microinsurance works like microfinance: It enables the poor who live in developing nations to access life insurance, crop insurance, and insurance for damage caused by natural events.