Articles by ANA

Nairobi, 21 April, 2004— Some 16 million people in East and the Horn of Africa face will face food shortages this year, requiring emergency food and non-food assistance, the USAID-funded Famine Early Warning System (FEWS […]

Johannesburg, 21 April, 2004— Efforts to strengthen Madagascar’s fragile economy were expected to suffer a setback following the destruction of export crops by Cyclone Gafilo, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) reported on Wednesday. The cyclone […]

Kinshasa, 21 April, 2004— Medecins Sans Frontiere-Belgium said on Wednesday it had sent an emergency medical team to a sector of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s border with Angola, following an announcement by the Angolan […]

Johannesburg, 21 April, 2004— Former rebel group UNITA has called on Angolan authorities to speed up integration of its health workers into government services, noting an acute lack of medical professionals in the country’s ailing […]

Luanda, 21 April, 2004— Despite the fact that Angola has one of the world’s highest infant and maternal mortality rates, few pregnant women are accessing the available medical services. The maternal mortality rate in Angola […]

Monrovia, 21 April, 2004— The United Nations said on Wednesday nearly 1,800 former combatants reported for demobilisation during the first week of its relaunched disarmament programme in Liberia, but less than half of them handed […]

Washington, 21 April, 2004— The U.S. Supreme Court on April 20 heard oral arguments on the first case to address the legal implications of the war on terror and the rights of the approximately 600 […]

Washington, 21 April, 2004— Robust worldwide growth supported by strong international trade, buoyant financial markets and a fast-expanding U.S. economy is projected for 2004 and 2005 by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In the most […]