10 stories you haven't read

The United Nations Department of Public Information has selected
10 stories from around the world that, though out of the
international spotlight, are in need of serious coverage:

1. Somalia: Steps on a path to fragile peace in a shattered
country

2. Tragic blind spot in health care for women

3. Northern Uganda: A humanitarian crisis that demands sustained
focus

4. Sierra Leone: Building on a hard-won peace

5. Actors for change: The growth of human rights institutions

6. Cameroon: Farming in the dark

7. Island after the hurricane: Grenada struggles to recover from
devastation

8. Behind closed doors: Violence against women

9. A viable alternative: Curbing illicit drugs through
development

10. Environment and health: New insights into spread of
infectious diseases

http://www.un.org/events/tenstories/