Month: August 2005

New York, 11 August, 2005— United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on all political, religious and civil society leaders in Iraq to exercise the vision and the political will needed to come to an […]

Washington, 11 August, 2005— In response to the humanitarian crisis in Niger and Africa’s Sahel region, the U.S. government and U.S. nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have joined in the worldwide effort to relieve the hunger and […]

Washington, 11 August, 2005— An American legislator who has championed human dignity and political freedom from Burma to El Salvador is taking on Africa, where countries such as Ethiopia and Sudan are trying to ride […]

Vienna, 11 August, 2005— The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) adopted a resolution August 11 calling on Iran to halt all nuclear reprocessing activities. The resolution demands that Iran halt uranium enrichment and reprocessing activities […]

ZIMBABWEANS should open their eyes to what is happening to them, through attempts by the metropolitan powers to use them as pawns in pursuit of metropolitan interests like they did in Ghana in 1966 when […]

Ankara, 10 August, 2005— The case of more than a dozen Uzbeks who fled violence in the eastern Uzbek city of Andijan in May and are currently being held in custody in southern Kyrgyzstan, now […]

Bissau, 10 August, 2005— Guinea-Bissau’s electoral commission on Wednesday formally declared one-time military ruler Joao Bernardo “Nino” Vieira the president of the small West African country, dismissing his challenger’s claims that last month’s ballot had […]

Johannesburg, 10 August, 2005— The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved another three-year flow of funds to Malawi after improved economic performance. Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) the IMF board on Friday […]