Month: December 2005

Ankara, 26 December, 2005— Reconstruction efforts in Iran’s southeastern city of Bam were continuing on Monday, following the successful construction of thousands of permanent shelters for survivors of the devastating earthquake that levelled the city […]

When the Executive Director of Ghana’s Center for Democratic Development asserts that “it is not the responsibility of the media and non-state actors to prove allegations made against public officials” (Ghanaweb.com 12/15/05), and that “the […]

These days, as perhaps also in days past, members of the so-called National Democratic Congress (NDC), the main opposition party in the Ghanaian parliament, appear to be on a hallucinatory trip largely engendered by their […]

Addis Ababa, 23 December, 2005— The disputed frontier between Ethiopia and Eritrea remains militarily “tense and potentially volatile” despite a pull back of some troops, the United Nations said on Friday. Azouz Ennifar, deputy head […]

Johannesburg, 23 December, 2005— Congolese and Angolan refugees in Zambia face a bleak new year with the threat of a 50 percent cut in food rations from 1 January unless urgent funding is secured. The […]

Brussels, 23 December, 2005— Belgian authorities have positively identified a decomposing body discovered in a Brussels canal as that of former Rwandan Commerce Minister Juvenal Uwilingiyimana who was indicted by the UN International Criminal Tribunal […]

Washington, 22 December, 2005— As the world faces the further spread of avian influenza and the possibility of human pandemic influenza, Africa will encounter special challenges preparing its own defense, says development economist Asif M. […]

Washington, 22 December, 2005— The potential for economic growth and development across sub-Saharan Africa is “huge,” according to international economist Asif M. Shaikh, the president and chief executive officer of the Washington-based International Resources Group […]