Month: April 2006

Washington, 18 April, 2006— The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has approved a two-year, $24.3 million Threshold Program with Zambia to fight corruption and improve government effectiveness, the corporation’s board of directors announced April 17. The […]

Kinshasa, 13 April, 2006— Like other government institutions that were neglected during years of civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the justice system is in dire need of reform. Since 2002, the […]

Johannesburg, 13 April, 2006— South Africa’s health minister is holding the media responsible for publicising former deputy president Jacob Zuma’s testimony in his rape trial, saying it might reverse gains made in HIV/AIDS awareness. A […]

Ndjamena, 14 April, 2006— Chad President Idriss Deby on Friday threatened to expel 200,000 Sudanese refugees sheltering in the east of the country after repeating accusations that Sudan supports rebels who launched a new offensive […]

Lilongwe, 14 April, 2006— Although the government has increased salaries and tried to improve the conditions of Malawi’s health workers, the country’s health professionals warn it is not yet enough to stem the brain drain. […]

Kathmandu, 14 April, 2006— King Gyanendra on Friday called on Nepal’s seven main opposition parties for a dialogue with his government to ‘activate’ multiparty democracy, following a week of violence in the Himalayan kingdom. The […]

Kampala, 14 April, 2006— The Ugandan army has stopped providing military escorts to convoys delivering non-food aid to war-ravaged northern Uganda but relief workers say the decision is premature because the security situation in the […]

Washington, 12 April, 2006— Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice welcomed President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea to the State Department April 12 for what she called a “full set” of talks about the […]