Month: April 2005

Accra, 7 April, 2005— The world fell apart for Ghanaian primary school teacher Haruna Ibn Hassan three years ago when his wife died of AIDS and he found that he too had contracted the disease. […]

Geneva, 7 April, 2005— Speaking on the eleventh anniversary of the start of the Rwanda genocide and addressing the very human rights body he wants to replace, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today warned Member States that […]

New York, 6 April, 2005— The United Nations General Assembly today paid tribute to Pope John Paul II, standing in a minute of silence after its President, Jean Ping of Gabon, extended his condolences to […]

Dakar, 5 April, 2005— A cholera epidemic in central Senegal has spread nationwide after more than a million pilgrims visited the Muslim shrine of Touba last week and the number of new cases and recorded […]

Niamey, 5 April, 2005— Severe child malnutrition is increasing rapidly in the Maradi and Tahoua districts of southern Niger which were hit by low rainfall and swarms of locusts last year, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) […]

Addis Ababa, 5 April, 2005— Ethiopia, one of the poorest nations on earth, will boost Internet coverage from a handful of users to the entire country in three years, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi announced on […]

Beirut, 5 April, 2005— The United Nations envoy seeking the withdrawal of thousands of Syrian troops from Lebanon continued his talks with Lebanese leaders in Beirut today, underlining the importance for the country’s stability that […]

New York, 5 April, 2005— With the United Nations being ”hammered” daily by attacks alleging fraud and mismanagement in some of its key programmes, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today vowed to make the UN more accountable […]