Month: April 2006

Berlin, 24 April, 2006— Six newly accredited ambassadors to Germany today presented their Letters of Accreditation to President Horst Köhler at a ceremony in Berlin The Ambassador of Romania, His Excellency Mr Bogdan Mazuru was […]

Addis Ababa, 21 April, 2006— The United States will provide an additional US $25 million in humanitarian aid to Ethiopia to alleviate the effects of prolonged drought in the Horn of Africa country. Michael Hess, […]

Monrovia, 21 April, 2006— In an effort to get more women to sign up to Liberia’s revamped police force government and United Nations officials on Friday re-launched a flagging police recruitment drive. Authorities said the […]

Washington, 22 April, 2006— Sub-Saharan Africa, which had long lagged behind other regions of the world in economic growth, achieved an annual growth rate of 4.8 percent in 2005, surpassing its 4.1 growth rate of […]

Washington, 21 April, 2006— Each April, the United States celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), an opportunity to savor a major American contribution to world culture. Initiated by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History, […]

Washington, 21 April, 2006— Actress Bo Derek officially was named U.S. special envoy of the secretary of state for wildlife trafficking in an April 21 ceremony at the State Department on the eve of Earth […]

Washington, 21 April, 2006— International donors should make better use of natural disaster forecasts when planning their development programs, says the head of a World Bank evaluation unit. “More can and must be done to […]

Washington, 21 April, 2006— Top policymakers for Africa gathered at the headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) April 20 to observe the swearing in of Katherine J. Almquist as mission director for […]