Month: December 2003

Addis Ababa, 17 December, 2003— The UN refugee agency has evacuated its non-essential staff from western Ethiopia after violence that left an estimated 30 people dead and dozens injured. UNHCR spokesman Kris Janowski said the […]

Abidjan, 16 December, 2003— Rebels occupying the north of Cote d’Ivoire who walked out of a government of national reconciliation three months ago, could resume their seats in cabinet within the next few days, government […]

Addis Ababa, 16 December, 2003— Armed forces’ leaders from Ethiopia and Eritrea have committed themselves to maintaining military stability between the two countries, the UN said on Monday. The pledge came at the latest Military […]

Monrovia, 15 December, 2003— The United Nations will suspend its campaign to disarm the warring factions in Liberia until late January, when it hopes to have more peacekeeping troops on the ground, the UN Mission […]

Antananarivo, 15 December, 2003— Aggressive attempts by Madagascar to curb corruption and kick-start economic development have begun to bear fruit after a political crisis in 2002 threatened to undo many of the economic gains made […]

Addis Ababa, 15 December, 2003— Chinese premier Wen Jiabao on Monday warned of the threat to global order from poverty, diseases like HIV/AIDS and western political dominance. “It is all too clear that world peace […]

Ouagadougou, 14 December, 2003— The government of Chad signed a fresh peace agreement on Sunday with the rebel Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad (MDJT), which has been been fighting a low-level guerrilla war […]

Washington, 14 December, 2003— Saddam Hussein had been living in ”two small rooms in an adobe hut” and seemed disoriented and bewildered when captured by U.S. soldiers, the general in command of those soldiers said […]