Year: 2004

New York, 7 December, 2004— Throughout November violence in Sudan increased and there has been ”a marked deterioration” in Darfur, a senior U.N. official told the Security Council December 7. Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs Kieran […]

Washington, 8 December, 2004— Senegal is ”a beacon” that can ”show the way” to free elections and a democratic way of life in other sub-Saharan countries, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright told a […]

Hargeysa, 8 December, 2004— The UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, Jan Egeland, has urged Somali political leaders to encourage a peaceful resolution of conflict in the war-ravaged, Horn of Africa country. […]

Nairobi, 6 December, 2004— The UN and other relief agencies in Somalia launched an appeal on Monday for about US $164 million to, among other things, provide urgently needed aid and services to hundreds of […]

Harare, 6 December, 2004— Mujuru was sworn in as Zimbabwe’s first woman vice president on Monday. Her path to the vice presidency was cleared by a ZANU-PF congress resolution at the weekend, which stated that […]

Washington, 6 December, 2004— Iraqis are united in their sense of common Iraqi identity and in their determination to exercise their right to choose their leaders through democratic elections, according to interim Iraqi President Sheikh […]

Washington, 4 December, 2004— Ethiopia continues to be a staunch ally of the United States in the global war on terror in spite of internal political problems and destabilizing influences from within the Horn of […]

Washington, 6 December, 2004— President Bush and Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade held talks December 6 at the White House. Speaking to reporters after emerging from his 30-minute meeting with President Bush, Wade said he thanked […]