Month: March 2004

Abidjan, 24 March, 2004— Despite a last-minute mediation attempt by the Ghanaian president, Cote d’Ivoire’s opposition leaders said on Wednesday that an officially banned march would still go ahead in the economic capital, Abidjan, on […]

Kabul, 24 March, 2004— Two years after the Tokyo conference, Afghanistan is preparing to participate in a two-day international donor meeting in Berlin next week. The Afghan government will ask donor nations to make a […]

Kinshasa, 24 March, 2004— At least 6,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in camps around Bunia, the main town of Ituri District in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), are preparing to return to their […]

Nairobi, 24 March, 2004— The government of Sudan has said it is committed to a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in Darfur through political dialogue. ”Through political dialogue a final agreement can be […]

Abidjan, 23 March, 2004— The army has been ordered to help maintain public order by presidential decree in what is the latest sign of rising political tensions. Opposition and rebel politicians are planning to stage […]

Nairobi, 23 March, 2004— The EC has allocated €14 million (about US $17.5 million) in humanitarian aid to vulnerable people in Uganda and Somalia, a statement issued by the EC on Monday said. The funds […]

Nairobi, 22 March, 2004— Eighty-one Eritrean civilians were repatriated from Ethiopia on Friday, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced on Monday. It said ”the group included a medical case and 12 unaccompanied […]

Addis Ababa, 22 March, 2004— Eritrea has reiterated its opposition to the appointment of a UN special envoy tasked to help break the deadlock affecting the peace process with Ethiopia, the United Nations said on […]