Month: July 2004

Addis Ababa, 5 July, 2004— African leaders are due to meet in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Tuesday for a summit of the African Union (AU), where they will discuss an ambitious road map […]

Johannesburg, 5 July, 2005– Civil rights activists in Zimbabwe have welcomed a move by the African Union (AU) to address allegations of ongoing rights abuses, but called on the regional group to take ”concrete steps” […]

Bangui, 5 July, 2004— Health authorities have introduced a new treatment for trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness, in the eastern province of Haut Mbomou in the Central African Republic (CAR), an official told IRIN […]

Washington, 2 June, 2004— U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell’s recent two-day visit to Sudan drove home the point that the Khartoum government can only expect normalization of relations with the United States if it […]

Kigali, 2 July, 2004— Rwandan President Paul Kagame promised on Thursday to reopen his country’s border with the Democratic Republic of Congo ”as soon as possible”, a measure that could signal the lessening of tension […]

Kigali, 2 July, 2004— The advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) asked the government of Rwanda on Friday to reject a request to dissolve a leading human rights group in the country, which a parliamentary […]

Addis Ababa, 1 July, 2004— Ethiopia has appointed a human rights commissioner to investigate alleged abuses, parliamentary officials told IRIN on Thursday. Dr Kasa Gebre Hiwot was announced in parliament as head of the Human […]

Addis Ababa, 2 July, 2004— Media freedom groups were meeting in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Friday to discuss ways of encouraging African governments to ease restrictions on journalists, ahead of a three-day African […]