Month: May 2004

Kinshasa, 17 May, 2004— Representatives of seven armed militia groups from the embattled Ituri District in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed an agreement with the government on Friday to disarm and participate […]

Baghdad, 14 May, 2004— United Nations officials are in Iraq continuing their discussions on the country’s political transition at the end of June and the organization of elections slated for early next year. Secretary-General Kofi […]

New York, 14 May, 2004— Members of the United Nations Security Council today condemned human rights violations in Côte d’Ivoire, especially those that occurred during the deadly demonstration in March, and called for the immediate […]

Kano, 14 May, 2004— At least 57,000 people have fled their homes following sectarian violence involving Christians and Muslims in northern and central Nigeria, officials said on Friday. More than 30,000 Christians have been displaced […]

Addis Ababa, 14 May, 2004— Ethiopia has defended armed militiamen who entered the UN-patrolled demilitarised zone, saying they were retrieving stolen cattle. In a statement released on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said several armed men […]

Nairobi, 13 May, 2004— The World Bank has approved US $100 million to expand safe drinking water and sanitation facilities to benefit three million people in Ethiopia over five years, the bank reported on Wednesday. […]

Johannesburg, 14 May, 2004— Rights group Amnesty International on Friday expressed grave concern at the Zimbabwe government’s cancellation of a food assessment mission aimed at establishing possible need for relief aid. ”The government has told […]

Islamabad, 14 May, 2004— Improved trade ties between Pakistan and the Central Asian state of Tajikistan would allow the South Asian nation to establish itself as a gateway for Central Asian trade and commerce, and […]