Month: March 2005

Lagos, 21 March, 2005— In Nigeria, child-trafficking is a multi-headed beast. West Africa’s regional powerhouse attracts hoards of children from its own impoverished rural areas as well as poorer neighbouring countries and while some are […]

Bulawayo, 21 March, 2005— British Prime Minister Tony Blair is in for a hiding when he contests Zimbabwe’s 31 March parliamentary poll, according to 65-year-old Thokozile Hlatshwayo, a subsistence farmer in rural Matabeleland. Although she […]

Bulawayo, 21 March, 2005— British Prime Minister Tony Blair is in for a hiding when he contests Zimbabwe’s 31 March parliamentary poll, according to 65-year-old Thokozile Hlatshwayo, a subsistence farmer in rural Matabeleland. Although she […]

Addis Ababa, 22 March, 2005— The European Union (EU) has fielded one of its largest ever teams of election observers to Ethiopia for the 15 May general polls, the mission chief, Ana Gomes, said. Gomes […]

New York, 21 March, 2005— The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is sending an evaluation team to Ethiopia to prepare for the return of one of the country’s most iconic monuments, the […]

New York, 21 March, 2005— Calling for action, not more words, to fulfil pledges already made, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today laid before the General Assembly his plan for United Nations reform, ranging from greater investment […]

Washington, 21 March, 2005— The “fundamental inability and unwillingness” of certain African political and justice systems to treat women fairly continues to undercut efforts to address human rights issues on the continent, said an Amnesty […]

Johannesburg, 17 March, 2005— The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on the global community to ”differentiate between the politics and the people of Zimbabwe”. ”Every day children in Zimbabwe are dying of HIV/AIDS; every […]