Month: June 2006

Arusha, Tanzania, 19 June, 2006— Burundi’s remaining active rebel group, the Forces nationales de liberation (FNL), and the Burundian government signed an agreement on Sunday to end hostilities, effective immediately. Rebel leader Agathon Rwasa signed […]

Kathmandu, 19 June, 2006— Over a million Nepalese children are working as child labourers in Nepal, with 127,000 involved in the worst forms, according to the government’s National Living Standard Survey (NLSS). “This is our […]

Harare, 16 June, 2006— As winter sets in, the Zimbabwean government has launched another operation to purge the capital, Harare, of “illegal” homes and market stalls in an effort to “clean” the city. The demolitions […]

Addis Ababa, 16 June, 2006— The Africa Union on Friday urged its member states to put an end to the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM), saying the ritual traumatised millions of girls and women […]

St-Louis, 16 June, 2006— Plumped on a sofa with a bevy of children, grand-children and nieces and nephews sitting all around, Awa Cheikh Sow is trying to keep her eyes glued to the television screen, […]

To fully appreciate the gravity of the far-reaching implications of the neocolonialist tenor which the Convention People’s Party (CPP), chaperoned by President Nkrumah, represented, both on the Ghanaian political landscape and the African continent in […]

Washington, 12 June, 2006— Even though the historic African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has done much to expand U.S.-Africa trade and investment, much remains to be done and much is being done to help […]

Washington, 12 June, 2006— Two years after the creation of the Liberian Forests Initiative (LFI) much work remains to be done, but the new administration in Liberia and recent progress are reasons for hope, according […]