Articles by ANA

Heksinki, 4 August– With tobacco killing 4.9 million people each year, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has called for extra measures going beyond those required by the new tobacco control treaty unanimously adopted […]

New York, 4 August– A United Nations police officer in Kosovo was killed in an attack on a police vehicle last night in what the top UN envoy in the area called a “despicable” and […]

Bangui, 4 August– Tens of thousands of people in northern Central Africa Republic could face famine in January unless ”emergency measures” are taken now, the coordinator of the UN system in the country has said. […]

Nairobi, 4 August– The UN’s World Food Programme says a food crisis in Kenya’s refugee camps has been averted ”thanks to the donor community’s generous and timely response”. In a statement on Saturday, it said […]

Bangui, 4 August– Japan has given the Central African Republic (CAR) 49 computers and other equipment worth 388 million francs CFA (US $646,000) to enable the government computerise its customs and tax collection services, state-owned […]

Nairobi, 4 August– The authorities in the self-declared republic of Somaliland in northwestern Somalia have reiterated their rejection of attempts to bring them into the ongoing Somali reconciliation talks in Kenya. According to a statement […]

Addis Ababa, 4 August– Ethiopia acknowledged on Saturday that the main threat to the nation comes in the shape of a lack of democracy, poor governance and entrenched poverty. In a candid statement, the government […]

London, 4 August– A major French study SU.VI.MAX has produced the dramatic finding that men who took a vitamin and mineral antioxidant supplement daily over 7.5 years cut their risk of cancer by 31% and […]