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New York/Baghdad, 19 September– For the first time since the terrorist bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad exactly one month ago, UN flag was raised to full staff today during a ceremony that […]

New York, 19 September– The United Nations Security Council today unanimously approved the establishment of a new mission for war-shattered Liberia consisting of up to 15,000 military personnel and up to 1,115 civilian police officers, […]

Addis Ababa– Ministers from Somaliland have held unprecedented talks with international donors and the United Nations. Foreign Minister Edna Adan Ismail described the meeting, held on Wednesday, as a breakthrough for the self-declared republic, which […]

Johannesburg– The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Friday that almost 2 million Angolans would receive much needed agricultural emergency assistance ahead of the rainy season. Over the next few weeks ”FAO will […]

Bujumbura– The Burundian government on Wednesday imposed a curfew on five zones on the outskirts of the capital, Bujumbura, as a security measure for better control of people’s movements in the suburbs, Interior Minister Salvator […]

Nairobi– A lobby group, the Kenya Coalition for Access to Essential Medicines, is demanding that the government provide affordable or free antiretrovirals (ARV) for Kenyans. ”What we want to see is an expanded programme to […]

Kinshasa– Military officials and members of parliament of the Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD-Goma) former rebel movement – now party to a two-year national transitional government in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) […]

Addis Ababa– Ethiopia and Eritrea were warned on Thursday that their peace process could “get out of hand” if their attention slipped in the crucial run up to demarcation. Brigadier General Elliot Kamteni of the […]