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New York, 21 April, 2004— United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he was concerned that today’s deadly car bombings in Basra were an indication that violence was spreading. Speaking to reporters upon arriving at UN […]

Ndjamena, 21 April, 2004— Representatives of the Sudanese government and two rebel movements in the western province of Darfur met in Chad on Tuesday to discuss a political solution to the 15-month old conflict that […]

Johannesburg, 20 April, 2004— Namibian farmers have reacted strongly to the government’s suggestion that it might target farms with a record of poor labour relations for expropriation. In a statement sent to the Windhoek-based The […]

Brazzaville, 20 April, 2004— Although corruption has always been a feature of Congolese life, the lack of political will by the country’s leaders to fight the phenomenon is now causing a rise in levels of […]

Bangui, 20 April, 2004— The UN Development Programme (UNDP), through its Small Arms and Demobilisation Unit, Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, will assist the government of the Central African Republic (CAR) to disarm, demobilise […]

Buchanan, 20 April, 2004— Men women and child fighters from the Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL) lined up peacefully to hand in their weapons on Tuesday as the UN peacekeepers opened a second disarmament […]

Kampala, 20 April, 2004— A south Sudanese militia group has vowed to wage all out-war against Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in apparent retaliation for LRA attacks against civilians inside Sudan. In a statement […]

Nairobi, 20 April, 2004— The Somali reconciliation conference sponsored by the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is scheduled to reconvene in a week’s time, according to an IGAD source close to the talks. Preparations for […]