Month: May 2005

Nairobi, 17 May, 2005— Women activists have demanded for more involvement in the implementation of the southern Sudanese peace process that followed the 9 January agreement between Khartoum and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A). […]

Lome, 16 May, 2005— The main opposition parties in Togo have agreed to meet President Faure Gnassingbe at a reconciliation summit in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Thursday to discuss their possible participation in a […]

Addis Ababa, 16 May, 2005— Millions of Ethiopians went to the polls on Sunday in elections that were widely expected to hand Prime Minister Meles Zenawi a third five-year term. At dawn, huge queues of […]

New York, 16 May, 2005— United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed a weekend agreement by the Government and armed opposition in Côte d’Ivoire to undertake a disarmament, demobilization and reintegration process (DDR) and called […]

Washington, 16 May, 2005— An influential congressman and champion of human rights worldwide for more than two decades has criticized the government of Eritrea for acting slowly in the release of one of its citizens […]

Avoeme, 12 May, 2005— The disused school sheltering some 200 refugees who fled across the border from Togo to Ghana has no doors, windows or even latrines, and some people are complaining about snakes and […]

New York, 12 May, 2005— Because Jingaweit militia continue to attack civilians in Darfur and thus perpetuate a lack of security in the region, bringing short-term stability to the area will require considerable strengthening of […]

Washington, 12 May, 2005— Speaking French or Portuguese as well as English, the 39 African military officers clustered outside the classrooms at the National Defense University (NDU) are united by a desire to hone their […]