Month: April 2006

Washington, 6 April, 2006— President Bush announced April 6 that the United States is committing an additional $92 million to prevent widespread famine in the Horn of Africa and to diminish the underlying causes of […]

Washington, 6 April, 2006— Although the United States acknowledges recent progress by the United Nations in implementing much needed management reforms, a top State Department official says it still has a very long way to […]

Washington, 6 April, 2006— A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) shows that the number of people on HIV anti-retroviral treatment (ART) in low- […]

Washington, 6 April, 2006— Although U.S. initiatives have been responsible for achieving significant human rights gains across sub-Saharan Africa, “serious challenges remain” and “significant violations” of human rights continue. That is the finding of a […]

Washington, 6 April, 2006— President Bush will welcome Ghanaian President John Kufuor to the White House April 12. The visit will signal U.S. recognition of Ghana’s “strong democracy” as well as Kufuor’s efforts to invest […]

As a critical thinker, at least I like to perceive myself as such, I take such words as “friend” quite seriously. Thus, I immitigably resent it when total strangers who pretend to intimate familiarity with […]

Washington/Baghdad, 3 April, 2006— During a surprise trip to Baghdad. Iraq, April 2, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Iraqi leaders and urged them to complete their political negotiations by selecting a prime minister […]

Juba, Sudan, 3 April, 2006— The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) today protested against the Government’s refusal to let UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland’s plane land yesterday in the country, which is suffering […]