Month: May 2004

Dakar, 24 May, 2004— Four Disarmament, Demobilization and Re-Integration (DDR) teams from United Nations peacekeeping missions, national governments and development partners have discussed how to stop the circulation of fighters and weapons through porous regional […]

Freetown, 24 May, 2004— Voters expressed little enthusiasm to cast their ballots in local elections – the war torn country’s first for 32 years – on Saturday with observers estimating a turnout of less than […]

Banjul, 24 May, 2004— Local media reports in Gambia denounced on Monday as “repugnant and reprehensible” President Yaya Jammeh’s comments on the current standoff between the government and the private press over a newly created […]

Lome, 24 May, 2004— A court in Togo has sentenced nine students to 18 months in jail, accused of causing violence and damage to goods and vehicles during days of protest at the campus last […]

Jos, 24 May, 2004— The newly appointed administrator of Plateau State, Retired General Chris Alli, has offered cash payments for the return of weapons in the hands of rival Muslim and Christian militia groups that […]

Johannesburg, 24 May, 2004— Malawi’s new president, Bingu wa Mathurika, was sworn in on Monday amid threats of a court challenge to the election results by opposition parties. His inauguration came a day after opposition […]

Ankara, 24May, 2004— The executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Maria Costa, started on Monday a six-day tour of four Central Asian states to review the drug control […]

Kampala, 24 May, 2004— The Ugandan army has arrested two battalion commanders following last week’s killing of 42 internally displaced persons (IDPs) by rebels near the northern town of Gulu, an army spokesman said. The […]