Articles by ANA

Dakar, 23 March, 2004— The government of Italy has donated 2 million euros, about US $2.5 m, to support the World Food Programme’s (WFP) school feeding programme in five sahelian countries, WFP said in a […]

Ouagadougou, 23 March, 2004— In impoverished Burkina Faso, girls as young as eight are married off to men often older than their own fathers. But the government is now trying to eradicate this practice, alarmed […]

Kigali, 23 March, 2004— At least 4,500 common law prisoners were pardoned and released in Rwanda on Monday in a bid to decongest the nation’s prisons, Prosecutor General Jean de Dieu Mucyo told IRIN. ”This […]

Berlin, 22 March, 2004— The Eritrean Ambassador to Germany, His Excellency Mr Zemede Tekle Woldetatios, has reiterated his country‘s acceptance of the decision arrived at by the Boundary Commission set up to resolve his country‘s […]

Berlin, 22 March, 2004— Germany will host the International Conference for Renewable Energies in Bonn from 1 to 4 June this year. The conference – renewables 2004 – will chart the way towards an expansion […]

New York, 21 March, 2004— United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has used this year’s observance of World Water Day to announce the establishment of an Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation, which aims to galvanize […]

Accra, 18 March, 2004— Ghana’s President John Kufuor launched on Thursday a National Insurance Health Scheme designed to offer affordable medical care, especially to the poor and vulnerable among Ghana’s 19 million people. Adult Ghanaians […]

Abidjan, 19 March, 2004— The European Union has called on all political forces in Cote d’Ivoire to avoid any acts liable to worsen the socio-political situation following a rise in tension in the West African […]