Month: November 2006

Nairobi, 22 November, 2006— Humanitarian agencies have stepped up efforts to help an estimated 1.8 million people affected by floods in the Horn of Africa countries of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia amid fears that more […]

Berlin, 13 November, 2006— President Horst Köhler today received the credentials of four ambassadaors accredited to Germany at a ceremony at the Castle Bellevue in Berlin. They are His Excellency Mr David Donoghue, Ambassador of […]

Johannesburg, 20 November, 2006— Tensions flared briefly in Madagascar as an army general’s call for President Marc Ravalomanana to stand down ahead of next month’s presidential elections was “misinterpreted” as a coup attempt. Local media […]

Kabul, 20 November, 2006— Some 4,500 families are in urgent need of assistance after recent flash floods hit their villages in the western Badghis province, killing some 56 people, local authorities said on Monday. “Thousands […]

Dakar, 20 November, 2006— Armed men on horseback killed a worker with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Chad’s embattled southeast and wounded another, while seven employees of the relief agency and 3,200 displaced people they […]

Khartoum, 20 November, 2006— Several thousand civilians who have fled armed militia attacks in Birmaza, North Darfur State, and sought shelter in nearby hills, have no blankets or food, and only limited access to water […]

Washington, 20 November, 2006— The United States wants the current conflict in Darfur to be the Sudanese region’s last, said Andrew Natsios, the U.S. presidential envoy to Sudan. The United States supports the United Nations’ […]

Bangui, 20 November, 2006— The army of the Central African Republic has told aid agencies to suspend their activities in the northwestern town of Paoua until military operations against armed groups in the area are […]