Month: September 2003

Huambo, 29 September– Aid groups in Angola have called for the emergency repair and de-mining of roads and bridges if the country is to avert a new humanitarian emergency. Most of Angola’s transport network was […]

Lagos, 29 September– Nigeria’s police authorities on Friday returned 116 children brought into the country to provide cheap labour to the neighbouring Benin Republic, where they are believed to have originated, officials said. Nigeria’s police […]

Washington, 29 September– ”While the world is finally responding to the global pandemic of HIV/AIDS, still much more needs to be done,” according to former Congressman Ron Dellums. ”The president’s announcement of a $15 billion/five […]

Tokyo, 30 September– Calling for international support to use humanitarian aid more wisely to overcome Africa’s food crises, the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme, James T. Morris, said the final goal […]

Nairobi, 29 September– The UN Food and Agriculture Programme (FAO) has launched its 2004 agricultural campaign in Burundi, targeting the most vulnerable of the country’s population with a major seeds and tools distribution, the agency […]

Addis Ababa, 29 September– A rescue package to slash Ethiopia’s food aid dependency in five years will cost the international community US $3 billion, government officials have said. Deputy Prime Minister Adisu Legese spelt out […]

Brazzaville, 29 September– A coalition of NGOs in the Republic of Congo has called upon petroleum companies operating in the country to make public the amount of revenue they provide to the Congolese government. In […]

Nairobi, 29 September– Djibouti has pulled out of the Somali peace talks saying the technical committee, which is meant to steer the conference, is no longer neutral. The technical committee of the regional Inter-Governmental Authority […]