Month: July 2005

Johannesburg, 4 July, 2005— Results trickling in from general elections held at the weekend in Mauritius show an initial surge for the opposition, the chief electoral commissioner, Irfam Rahman, told IRIN on Monday. Although it […]

Sana, 4 July, 2005— Although the number of confirmed polio cases in Yemen has soared to 300, a massive immunisation campaign starting on 12 July should go a long way to reducing further infections, the […]

Harare, 4 June, 2005— After a week of meetings in Zimbabwe with the President as well as ordinary citizens who have been evicted from their homes, a United Nations special envoy plans further travels in […]

Sirte, Libya, 4 July, 2005— Addressing leaders of the African continent meeting today in Libya, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced the launch of a new initiative to financially support States undergoing the democratization process. […]

Washington, 2 July, 2005— It’s being billed by its organizer as the “greatest political lobby ever formed.” LIVE 8, a star-studded, globe-spanning concert event, is expected to attract millions to concerts July 2 in Group […]

Dakar, 1 July, 2005— The UN Security Council has voted to close down the UN peacekeeping operation in Sierra Leone by the end of December, with the next contingent of troops due to pull out […]

Abuja, 1 July, 2005— Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has met the leaders of the two main rebel movements in Sudan’s Darfur region in an attempt to resurrect peace talks that have become bogged down by […]

Nairobi, 1 July, 2005— The chairman of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), John Garang, appealed on Thursday to all militias operating in southern Sudan to put aside their differences and reconcile. “Maj Gen Gordon […]