Month: February 2004

Paris/Abidjan, 5 February, 2004— President Laurent Gbagbo said on Thursday that disarmament had to be the next step on the road to lasting peace in Cote d’Ivoire. However, bending to US pressure, the United Nations […]

BOBO DIOULASSO, , 4 February, 2004— A consortium of European banks has agreed to pump a further 62 million euros (US$78 million)into Burkina Faso’s booming cotton sector, which provides a cash income for hundreds of […]

Accra, 4 February, 2004— Northern Ghana was former US President Jimmy Carter’s latest port-of-call on Wednesday on a regional tour aimed at highlighting a Guinea Worm eradication programme in West Africa. Although some some success […]

Nairobi, 5 February, 2004— The Norwegian Refugee Council has appealed to international actors for a comprehensive response to the protection and aid needs, as well as a return strategy, for an estimated 3.4 million internally […]

Monrovia, 4 February, 2004— The UN peacekeeping force in Liberia said on Wednesday it was increasing its patrols in the interior and had ordered the country’s three armed factions to remove all their remaining roadblocks. […]

Johannesburg, 4 February, 2004— Four people have been killed and 13,000 left homeless after tropical cyclone ”Elita” returned to Madagascar for the second time in a week. Elita, which left two people dead and 5,000 […]

Nairobi, 4 February, 2004— Kenyan Foreign Minister Kalonzo Musyoka, who is also the chairman of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) ministerial facilitation committee for the Somali peace talks, has called on Somali leaders to […]

Ankara, 4 February, 2004— Dushanbe needs at least US $13.5 million in aid over the next five years to remove landmines from its territory, Jonmahmad Rajabov, head of the Tajik Mine Action Centre (TMAC), told […]