Articles by ANA

New York, 28 March, 2005— United Nations offices throughout the area hit by last December’s tsunami are on alert after a new earthquake struck the west coast of Indonesia today, and though no tsunamis have […]

Berlin, 27 March, 2005— The President of the Germany-based African People‘s Convention (APC), Mr Chucks Lewis Ehiwario, has called on the Nigerian Embassy to institute a “uniform system in its dealings with Nigerians on consular […]

Tema, 27 March, 2005— After the retrieval of ten charred bodies relief personnel have since Saturday been engaged in pumping water out of MV Polaris, the Greek fishing vessel that caught fire with the hope […]

Tema/Ghana, 25 March, 2005— Three charred bodies have been retrieved from the MV Polaris, the Greek fishing vessel that caught fire at the PSC Tema Ship Yard at about 10.30 hours on Friday. They have […]

Tema/Ghana, 25 March, 2005— About 20 people have been trapped in a vessel that has caught fire at the Tema Shipyard in Tema on Friday. Two of the men have however swum to safety. The […]

Asmara, 23 March, 2005— The onset of seasonal rains in Eritrea has helped to bring under control an outbreak of meningitis that killed one child in the southern Debub Zone, a World Health Organization (WHO) […]

Johannesburg, 23 March, 2005— Zambia could be facing a ”drastic shortfall” in its maize output, and the World Food Programme (WFP) has called on donors to step forward with funding. WFP spokeswoman Jo Woods told […]

Hargeysa, 24 March, 2005— Three weeks after the self-declared republic of Somaliland banned plastic bags, the landscape of its capital city, Hargeysa, continues to be dominated by the brightly coloured bags. Somaliland officials have insisted […]