Month: January 2006

Warri, 16 January, 2006— Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has pulled workers from four oil platforms in Nigeria’s volatile Niger Delta after armed militants launched the third attack in a week on its facilities. Heavily […]

Berlin, 12 January, 2006— President Horst Köhler of Germany has reiterated Germany‘s commitment to the European Union. Speaking at a reception he hosted at the newly renovated Castle Bellevue for members of the Diplomatic Corps […]

Addis Ababa, 10 January, 2006— An estimated 11 million people in the Horn of Africa are “on the brink of starvation” following a severe drought that has already caused some deaths, the United Nations Food […]

Ndjamena, 9 January, 2006— Oil-producing Chad is urging the World Bank to rethink its decision to suspend all loans – a move that came after parliament scrapped a ground-breaking scheme where a chunk of petrodollars […]

Kampala, 9 January,006— Uganda’s high court found a Rwandan soldier-turned-rebel guilty on Monday of the murder of eight foreign tourists and a Ugandan game ranger in the country’s famed mountain gorilla sanctuary. “In this case, […]

Beirut, 8 January, 2006— Local and international human rights groups are demanding that the Lebanese government drop all charges against a human rights lawyer, due to appear in court on Monday accused of slandering the […]

Washington, 7 January, 2006— The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has begun offering financing with longer — up to 15-years — repayment terms on U.S. exports related to hydroelectric and other renewable […]

Washington, 7 January, 2006— The United States remains “gravely concerned” by actions of the government of Ethiopia in jailing opposition leaders and others, including staff members of the Voice of America, and charging them with […]