Month: October 2004

Nairobi, 14 October, 2004— The European Union (EU) on Wednesday told Sudanese President Umar Hasan al-Bashir that it was concerned over increased violence in the western Sudanese region of Darfur, Bart Jochems, a spokesman for […]

Monrovia, 13 October, 2004— Rebel fighters are proving slow to come forward for disarmament in the far southeast of Liberia because they hope to get more money by handing their weapons in over the border […]

Johannesburg, 13 October, 2004— Zambia’s labour ministry on Wednesday said greater efforts would be made to create jobs for millions of unemployed youth, as the country grapples with widespread joblessness. With around 65 percent of […]

Kinshasa, 13 October, 2004— The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has asked Belgium to hunt down and send back 12 Congolese army officers who were recently reported absent without leave (AWOL) […]

Peshawar, 13 October, 2004— Usman is just 11 years old. Dressed in ragged, greasy clothes, he holds heavy engine parts as he awaits orders from his employer, who is busy fitting a head gasket to […]

Washington, 12 October, 2004— Secretary of State Colin Powell welcomed Afghanistan’s successful holding of a presidential election and said that Iraq will soon be able to follow suit with its own exercise of democracy. ”The […]

NEW BRUNSWICK/PISCATAWAY, N.J, 12 October, 2004— U.S. and German researchers have announced discoveries about the origins and evolution of maize, with implications for breeding, genetic engineering and future genomic studies, according to an October 12 […]

Yaounde, 12 October, 2004— President Paul Biya has taken an early lead in Cameroon’s presidential election as vote counting gets under way, Interior Minister Marafa Hamidou Yaya said on Tuesday. The announcement came as no […]