Month: October 2003

New York, 29 October, 2003— A United Nations committee investigating the plunder of gems and minerals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) published its final report today, listing the names of companies that […]

New York, 29 October, 2003— The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today announced the publication of a report on child prostitution in the German-Czech border area detailing what it called a ”harrowing” problem involving the […]

Washington, 29 October, 2003— As part of the international community’s support to the Senegal River Basin Authority, the Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du Fleuve Sénégal (OMVS), the World Bank Board of Executive Directors […]

NDJAMENA, 28 October, 2003— Chad has begun to export oil to the United States, but this desperately poor African country remains incapable of producing electricity to meet its own power needs. Just two percent of […]

Bangui, 28 October, 2003— Regional leaders underlined their hope for peace in the Central African Republic on Monday by attending the closing ceremony of national reconciliation talks, which ended on 16 October, for an expectant […]

Nairobi, 28 October, 2003— The government of Sudan has completed its ratification of the Mine Ban Treaty six years after signing it, thereby committing itself to destroying all stockpiled antipersonnel mines within four years and […]

Abidjan, 28 October, 2003— US and Nigerian oil companies have bid over US $500 million for the right to explore deep waters in the Gulf of Guinea shared by Nigeria and the small island state […]

Washington, 27 October, 2003– The Western Hemisphere and Africa are important sources of oil and natural gas for the United States and their importance is likely to grow in the future, predicted John R. Brodman, […]