Month: March 2004

Dakar, 25 March, 2004— The United Nations Security Council meets in New York headquarters on Thursday to look at ways to tackle cross-border security issues in the troubled West Africa region. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan […]

Monrovia, 25 March, 2004— Police and UN peacekeeping troops took up positions around the University of Liberia campus in the capital Monrovia on Thursday following serious disturbances at the campus on Wednesday as students protested […]

Johannesburg, 25 March, 2004— Malawian civil society has drawn up a manifesto to ”guide” people towards an issue-based general election, scheduled to be held on 18 May. The manifesto, drawn up by the Malawian Economic […]

Mbabane, 25 March, 2004— Swaziland’s ailing health care system is expected to undergo major changes this year as the government prepares to tackle increasing rates of HIV/AIDS infection. A seven-point programme of action, focused on […]

Nairobi, 25 March, 2004— Conflict in Northern Darfur State of western Sudan is devastating social infrastructure and placing an increasing number of people at risk of hunger, according to agencies working in the region. A […]

Nairobi, 25 March, 2004— The food security situation in Eritrea remains bleak despite a partial improvement in agricultural production last year, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies reported on Wednesday. In […]

Abidjan, 25 March, 2004— Suburbs across Cote d’Ivoire’s main city were plagued by violence on Thursday after security forces shot at crowds in an attempt to disperse a banned opposition protest, residents said. According to […]

Nairobi, 25 March, 2004— The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) contributed on Wednesday audio equipment worth US $200,000 to support the efforts of some 800 community mobilisation groups across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), […]