Month: August 2004

Johannesburg, 30 August, 2004— Malawi has formulated a plan to clear abandoned landmines and other unexploded ordnance (UXO) from areas along its border with Mozambique. Colonel Reuben Ngwenya of the National Mine Action office in […]

Bujumbura, 30 August, 2004— An estimated 3,000 civilians were displaced on Saturday following fighting between rebels and government troops in the northwestern province of Bujumbura Rural. The displaced sought refuge in the commune of Kabezi […]

Islamabad, 30 August, 2004— More than 2.2 million Afghans have returned home so far from Pakistan since the voluntary repatriation programme of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) started in […]

Khartoum, 30 August, 2004— Reports of rape are still rife in Darfur, western Sudan, perpetrators of abuses act with impunity, and civilians are being pressured to return to insecure areas, a UN team said on […]

Bangui, 30 August, 2004— A new and democratically elected government will be installed by March 2005, according to the chairman of the country’s electoral commission. The parliamentary and presidential election will take place in the […]

Khartoum, 27 August, 2004— A team of United Nations and Sudanese government officials arrived in the western Sudanese Darfur region on Thursday to assess the implementation of Khartoum’s promises to restore calm in the area, […]

Washington, 25 August, 2004— The U.S. Army general investigating military intelligence abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad in late 2003 says there were 44 instances of detainee abuse that could generate criminal charges. […]

New York, 25 August, 2004— At a private Security Council meeting August 24, U.S. Ambassador Stuart Holliday urged the international community to support the efforts of the African Union (AU) and the United Nations to […]