Month: November 2006

Washington, 29 November, 2006— The United States supports international diplomatic efforts to introduce an African-led force to promote stability in Somalia, a State Department spokesman says. “Ultimately, our end goal is establishing a reasonable security […]

Gaborone, 29 November, 2006— Eight years after a failed secessionist bid in the Caprivi Strip of northern Namibia, many refugees who fled the short-lived conflict are still in the Dukwi refugee camp in Botswana, fearing […]

Bujumbura, 28 November, 2006— A senior Burundian health official said on Tuesday the government was implementing measures aimed at preventing the possible introduction of avian flu to the country, since it was a destination for […]

Maseru, 28 November, 2006— A local nongovernmental organisation (NGO) has called for the scope of an ongoing corruption investigation into tenders allocated in the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), the world’s largest water transfer operation, […]

Conakry, 28 November, 2006— Children are sometimes being packed in two to a bed in the dark, airless wards of Conakry’s only children’s hospital as the facility copes with double the number of starving children […]

Abidjan, 28 November, 2006— Armed troops were out in force on the streets of Cote d’Ivoire’s largest city, Abidjan, on Tuesday as already tense relations between President Laurent Gbagbo and Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny […]

Dakar, 28 November, 2006— International relief agencies on Tuesday began evacuating non-essential staff with the help of the French military from the eastern town of Abeche after a rebel assault on Saturday. By late Tuesday, […]

Nairobi, 28 November, 2006— As another sign of improved security in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, the powerful business community has agreed to hand over their weapons to the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC). “We have […]