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 outbreak […]

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 unequal […]

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 made […]

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 rapid-assessment […]

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 onward […]

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 very […]

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 in […]

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 TV […]