Month: July 2004

Lagos, 2 July, 2004— A Nigerian student said on Friday he had been booted out of a Lagos journalism school after he told the director he was infected with the virus that causes AIDS and […]

Nairobi, 2 July, 2004— A daily intake of multivitamins can significantly delay the progress of the HIV/AIDS virus, according to the results of a study of HIV-infected women in Tanzania, the Harvard School of Public […]

Berlin, 30 June, 2004— President Paul Kagame of Rwanda today called on the African Union to mobilise support to help in dealing with the problem with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Addressing a news […]

Abidjan, 1 July, 2004— ABIDJAN, 1 Jul 2004 (IRIN) – Cote d’Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo and opposition leaders have ended their first face-to-face talks in three months but it is unclear whether three sacked ministers […]

Johannesburg, 1 July, 2004— JOHANNESBURG, 1 Jul 2004 (IRIN) – The US Senate’s move allowing African countries to continue exporting garments to the United States duty free until 2015 has given a new lease of […]

Addis Ababa, 1 July, 2004— The chairman of the African Union (AU) has called on the international community to ”trust” Africa’s leaders to solve the continent’s many crises. In an upbeat message on Wednesday, Alpha […]

Nairobi, 1 July, 2004— Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has brought in several opposition politicians into his administration by way of a reshuffle, saying he wanted to form a government of national unity that would be […]

Johannesburg, 1 July, 2004— President Thabo Mbeki is to visit the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) shortly in a bid to bolster the country’s troubled peace process. A recent coup attempt and tension between the […]