Month: December 2003

New York, 2 December, 2003— U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell should use his visit to Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco this week to urge the governments of those countries to take meaningful steps toward expanding […]

Nairobi, 2 December, 2003— The government of the Republic of Congo and the African Development Bank (ADB) have signed two grant agreements worth US $1.22 million to help the government fight against Ebola, an hemorrhagic […]

Abidjan, 1 December, 2003— Several hundred hardline youth supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo staged a rowdy demonstration outside the French military base in Abidjan on Monday demanding that 4,000 French peacekeepers patrolling a buffer zone […]

Johannesburg, 1 December, 2003— The impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on Southern Africa has shaped the current humanitarian crisis in the region, where more than 6 million people will need food aid to survive the […]

Nairobi, 1 December, 2003— A crucial round of talks, between the Sudanese government and rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) resumed on Monday with both sides reiterating their earlier commitment to reach a final agreement […]

Kampala, 1 December, 2003— Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s younger brother – Reserve Force commander and army representative in parliament, Lt-Gen Salim Saleh – has resigned amid persistent allegations that he spearheaded his country’s plunder of […]

Kampala, 1 December, 2003— Uganda’s ministry of health on Monday committed itself to offering free antiretroviral (ARV) treatment to HIV/AIDS sufferers who urgently need it but cannot afford it, starting January 2004. The announcement was […]

Nairobi, 1 December, 2003— The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday officially approved and recommended the use of three generic versions of an antiretroviral (ARV) drug for people living with HIV/AIDS. The move will immediately […]