Month: September 2003

Bangui, 23 September– The Central African Republic has performed satisfactorily in applying an international diamond certification scheme, known as the Kimberly process, designed to unsure that all stones reaching the global market do not originate […]

Johannesburg, 23 September– The rising the number of street children in Zimbabwe was an indication that the ongoing humanitarian crisis, coupled with the current economic decline, has had an extremely negative effect on the country’s […]

Abidjan, 23 September– The rebel movement in Cote d’Ivoire suspended its participation in the country’s broad-based coalition government on Tuesday and delayed the start of a disarmament programme, accusing President Laurent Gbagbo of obstructing the […]

New York, 23 September– Afghan President Hamid Karzai warned on September 23 that terrorism continues to threaten his country and can harm the region as a whole. In a speech to the U.N. General Assembly, […]

New York, 23 September– The unilateralism of recent events has called into question the decades-old tradition of global consensus on collective security and brought the international community to a fork in the road, portending a […]

New York, 23 September– In his third annual speech to the U.N. General Assembly September 23, President Bush urged the United Nations to ”take decisive action” and ”show courage” to address the challenges of the […]

Bissau, 22 September– The military officers who seized power in Guinea-Bissau a week ago, have agreed in principle to let a civilian take over as president of an interim government which will rule for up […]

Monrovia, 22 September– President Moses Blah has told Liberians living outside the country to stop meddling in the country’s affairs and barred top officials from traveling abroad without his permission. His strongly worded statement, issued […]