Month: October 2005

Washington, 10 October, 2005— The United States strongly condemns both the recent attack on African Union (AU) mission personnel on October 8 in the southern Darfur region of Sudan and the detainment of AU personnel […]

Washington, 7 October, 2005— The American military is more dedicated now than ever before to helping Africans deal with security concerns that threaten their stability and hard-won economic gains, says Marine General James Jones, commander […]

Washington, 6 October, 2005— Ephraim M. Hlophe, the new ambassador of the Kingdom of Swaziland to the United States, presented his credentials to President Bush at the White House October 3. Hlophe, a graduate of […]

Washington, 6 October, 2005— The U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Africa Bureau is working “in an urgent way” to help sub-Saharan Africa achieve its economic growth and development goals, in line with President Bush’s […]

Accra, 6 October, 2005— President John Agyekum Kufuor has sent a goodwill message to the Black Stars ahead of their World Cup decider Against Cape Verde at Priar on Saturday, October 8. He said the […]

Lagos, 5 October, 2005— At least three people were killed when soldiers and police exchanged live fire in Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos, on Tuesday, as an incident between a police officer and a soldier degenerated […]

Monrovia, 5 October, 2005— The top negotiator in Liberia’s peace process, Abdulsalami Abubakar, flew into Monrovia on Wednesday to try to ensure that the country’s first elections since the end of a bitter civil war […]

Johannesburg, 5 October, 2005— A senior food security expert in Zimbabwe says the government will have to work more closely with the international community if it hopes to feed millions of people facing shortages this […]