Articles by ANA

New York, 1 June, 2004— United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today hailed the announcement of Iraq’s interim government as ”a new beginning,” while calling for continued vigilance about the country’s security situation. Speaking to reporters […]

Lagos, 31 May, 2004— President Olusegun Obasanjo, accused by opposition parties of rigging last year’s elections to remain in power for a second term, has offered to resign if that would persuade Western governments to […]

Nairobi, 31 May, 2004— Clashes between two rival groups in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, subsided over the weekend after local elders brokered a truce, but the city remained tense, and the displaced reluctant to return […]

Tehran, 31 May, 2004— The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has said that 35 people were killed and 278 injured in Friday’s earthquake in northern Iran. The rescue phase is drawing to a close as […]

Mbabane, 31 May, 2004— Swazi authorities and health workers have expressed concern over the rising rate of HIV infection among the country’s truck drivers. The landlocked southern African country is heavily dependent on road transport […]

CYANGUGU, RWANDA, 31 May 2004 — The UN Relief/Humanitarian Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Herbert M’Cleod, has set up an inter-agency Crisis Task Force for the eastern town of Bukavu where […]

Rome, 31 May, 2004— Thirty-five countries now face serious food shortages, including two dozen in Africa, according to a report released today by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). The May issue of […]

New York, 31 May, 2004— With rap music and pinwheels, marches and solemn statements, numerous organizations across the planet will mark the third World Day Against Child Labour on 12 June this year with a […]