Month: December 2003

Johannesburg, 8 December, 2003– Zimbabwe’s human rights and pro-democracy groups said on Monday they were concerned that President Robert Mugabe’s decision to pull Zimbabwe out of the Commonwealth had scuppered hopes of dialogue between the […]

Bangui, 8 December, 2003— Pygmies in the village of Gbokila, 26 km from the Central African Republic (CAR) capital, Bangui, have asked that pygmy women be trained on HIV/AIDS, especially on the importance of condom […]

Addis Ababa, 8 December, 2003— Africa is facing an enormous water crisis afflicting 300 million Africans and claiming 6,000 lives a year, a major summit heard on Monday. Water scarcity is also rapidly increasing the […]

Paris, 8 December, 2003— The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced today that it will work with a Swiss government agency to set up 150 multimedia centres in marginalized communities in Africa, […]

Rome, 8 December, 2003— Though some regions in Sub-Saharan Africa can expect bumper crops, food shortages are forecast in 23 countries, with some facing a critical situation, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) […]

New York, 8 December, 2003— Senior United Nations officials paid tribute to the late Sergio Vieira de Mello at a memorial symposium today, with Secretary-General Kofi Annan declaring that his former top envoy in Iraq, […]

Korhogo, 8 December, 2003— Rebels who control northern Cote d’Ivoire on Sunday freed 40 government soldiers held prisoner for over a year, but again ruled out a quick return to Abidjan to rejoin the government […]

Monrovia, 8 December, 2003— Hundreds of Liberian fighters handed in their guns to United Nations peacekeepers at Schieffelin camp, 35 km southeast of the capital, Monrovia, as the formal disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration of an […]