Month: January 2007

Nairobi, 24 January, 2007— Eighty percent of Africans who experience frequent food shortages live on poor land in rural areas – neglect of such communities is one of the main causes of hunger on the […]

Luanda, 24 January, 2007— Torrential rains are lashing Angola, Mozambique and Zambia, killing scores of people, leaving thousands homeless and causing severe crop damage. In the Angolan capital, Luanda, floodwaters are still rising and the […]

Bissau, 24 January, 2007— The Guinea-Bissau army has denied reports that it sent troops to neighbouring Guinea to support the government there as it faces unprecedented strikes and protests. “It is unthinkable that the Guinea-Bissau […]

Nairobi, 24 January, 2007— The serious humanitarian crisis in Somalia’s Lower Juba region could escalate unless immediate steps are taken to mitigate the effects of multiple shocks on the pastoralists and agro-pastoralists living there, an […]

Wasington, 24 January, 2007— President Bush is calling for development and production of fuels and automobiles that would decrease the use of oil in the United States, making the country less dependent on oil imports […]

Washington, 24 January, 2007— Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the United States will pledge nearly $770 million in direct U.S. assistance to Lebanon ahead of the January 25 donors’ conference in Paris. Rice made […]

Conakry, 23 January, 2007— Guinea’s long borders and central position mean analysts view it as a regional lynchpin, saying serious domestic instability could easily spill over, ending tenuous progress towards the consolidation of peace in […]

Masisi, 23 January, 2007— Laurent Nkunda, the dissident army general, agreed to participate in talks with the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo on two conditions: that troops loyal to him be integrated into […]