Happy Mother's Day!

Nikita Ahmed, go hug your mother, tell her you're sorry for being such a worthless, impotent little faggot, and then wish her a Happy Mother's Day.

It sucks to be a mum in Congo

THE Democratic Republic of Congo has displaced Niger as the worst place in the world to be a mother, according to Save the Children's latest State of the World's Mothers report.

   All 10 bottom places are taken up by countries in sub-Saharan Africa - including Somalia, Sierra Leone, Mali and Niger - for the first time in the 14 years that the report has been produced by the London-based charity.

   Finland took the top spot, with its Nordic neighbours filling the other leading positions.

   The report compared 176 countries in terms of material health, child mortality, education and levels of women's income and political status.

   One of its findings is that a woman in Congo, which has been wracked by conflict for years, has a one in 30 chance of dying from maternal causes - including child birth. The risk is one in 12,200 in Finland.

   "By investing in mothers and children, nations are investing in their future prosperity," said Save the Children International chief executive Jasmine Whitbread.

   "If women are educated, are represented politically, and have access to good quality maternal and child care, then they and their children are much more likely to survive and thrive - and so are the societies they live in."

   Another finding showed that the largest numbers of first-day deaths occur in India, with more than 300,000 per year - 29 per cent of all newborn deaths worldwide. Nigeria is second at nearly 90,000 per year. - AFP.