Month: October 2004

Johannesburg, 27 October, 2004- – The World Food Programme (WFP) will provide targeted emergency assistance to some 50,000 pregnant and nursing mothers and children under five in Mozambique’s northern Nampula province. The response follows an […]

Nairobi, 27 October, 2004- – The richest 10 percent of Kenya’s households control more than 42 percent of its total income, according to a report that ranks the East African country among the ten most […]

Lilongwe, 27 October, 2004- – The European Union (EU) has rewarded the new Malawi government’s commitment to poverty reduction by renewing budgetary support to the country. An EU delegation, in Malawi to review economic progress […]

Addis Ababa, 28 October, 2004- – A full-blown emergency is threatening Ethiopia’s Somali region, the UN warned on Thursday. Wells are drying up and malnutrition is beginning to set in, according to a joint UN […]

Accra, 27 October, 2004- – Five foreigners and a Ghanaian were sentenced to 20 years in jail with hard labour on Monday for their part in smuggling nearly 600 kg of cocaine into Ghana for […]

Ankara, 27 October, 2004- – Freedom of the press remains poor amongst the Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, says a new report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). ”The situation is […]

Johannesburg, 27 October, 2004- – A senior agricultural expert on Wednesday appealed for additional resources to control an outbreak of locusts threatening the new harvest in Namibia’s northeastern Caprivi region. ”Fortunately, there are no crops […]

Mekele, 27 October, 2004- – She became the face of famine, yet no one knew her name. Barely alive Birhan Weldu’s emaciated face became the despairing image of Ethiopia in 1984 and was beamed to […]