Articles by ANA

Dakar, 14 July– Senegal has said it will not grant any new permits for quarrying and mining in the country’s 233 forest conservation areas. The government has said it will encourage companies already operating there […]

Almaty, 15 July– Kazakhstan launched its first solar energy project in the Kazakh commercial capital of Almaty on Tuesday. Funded by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the move […]

Geneva, 15 July– Small groups of Iraqi refugees are spontaneously crossing back from Iran, as High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers leaves for Iraq to determine when the country may be ready to receive more returning refugees. […]

Johannesburg, 15 July– The Namibian government has reportedly blamed the country’s commercial farmers for the slow pace of land reform. The newspaper Republikein said on Monday that a report on land reform, presented by a […]

Johannesburg, 15 July– Soaring inflation, acute food shortages and a decline in foreign investment are seen as some of the factors contributing to Zimbabwe’s slip in this year’s human development rankings. According to the UN […]

Lagos, 15 July– Two influential Islamic groups in Nigeria have urged Muslims to resist the government’s immunisation programme aimed at eradicating the polio virus. They alleged the immunisation is dangerous. The Supreme Council for Shari’ah […]

Johannesburg, 15 July– Doctors in Mozambique are hoping that a new malaria vaccine will provide a breakthrough in lowering the toll the disease is taking. Trials starting on Thursday are expected to test the efficacy […]

Monrovia, 15 July– Liberia’s Health Minister, Peter Coleman, called on Monday for international peacekeepers to come and help improve security in the interior of the war-torn country so that humanitarian aid could reach desperate people […]