Month: October 2006

Kabul, 26 October, 2006— Dozens of civilians have been killed during NATO air strikes in the insurgency-ravaged southern province of Kandahar, officials and local tribal elders said on Thursday. Atta Mohammad, 40, from Zangawat village, […]

Gaborone, 26 October, 2006— Media watchdogs have criticised attempts by the Botswana government to control state media coverage of a controversial programme to relocate the San community from their ancestral land in a game reserve. […]

Baghdad, 26 October, 2006— Abu Zaineb, 56, is one of the most well known small arms dealers in Baghdad. He sells guns under the table in his upmarket shop in Mansour, one of the capital’s […]

Kampala, 26 October, 2006— Disagreement over the terms of a revised truce accord between the Ugandan government and the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has held up peace talks between the two sides in the […]

Johannesburg, 26 October, 2006— Providing HIV/AIDS treatment and care in countries at peace is hard enough; extending those services to people on the run from conflict or disaster seems, on the face of it, hopelessly […]

Washington, 26 October, 2006— The board of directors of the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) October 26 announced approval of a five-year, $461 million agreement to fund poverty reduction projects in Mali. The major development […]

New York, 26 October, 2006— Bird flu is likely to remain a health threat to animals, and possibly humans, for the next decade, the U.N. coordinator for avian influenza says. Dr. David Nabarro said October […]

New York, 26 October, 2006— The five permanent members of the Security Council have begun negotiations on a draft resolution that would impose sanctions on Iran’s nuclear activities. The resolution was drafted by Security Council […]