Articles by ANA

Geneva, 11 July– The UN refugee agency said today it planned to launch a special appeal for funds to cover unforeseen needs in seven different African countries, none of which has received much international attention. […]

Johannesburg, 11 July– The outlook for seed availability for the 2003/04 growing season is mixed, warns the latest Southern African Development Community (SADC) Food Security Network Ministerial Brief. Zimbabwe, with about 5 million people said […]

Kampala, 11 July– Uganda’s religious leaders have urged US President George W. Bush, who arrived in the country on Friday, to use his influence with the international community to seek a peaceful solution to the […]

Nairobi, 11 July– The independent claims commission, which is looking into post-war claims by Eritrea and Ethiopia, has announced partial awards regarding the issue of prisoners-of-war. In a lengthy document issued on 8 July, the […]

New York, 11 July– Despite the relative calm in and around Liberia’s capital Monrovia, United Nations and other relief workers – faced with an uncertain security environment coupled with shortages of both staff and supplies […]

New York, 11 July– With over 70,000 teenage girls marrying, nearly 40,000 giving birth, and 6,000 young people contracting HIV/AIDS every day, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today the right to education, information and […]

Rome, 11 July– With the humanitarian situation in Liberia deteriorating by the day, the United Nations World Food Programme warns that hundreds of thousands of displaced people in camps outside the capital, Monrovia, will soon […]

Gaborone, Botswana, 10 July– Under a brilliant sun and sky, thousands of Botswanans greeted President Bush July 10 in the ”Land of the Kalahari” with traditional African exuberance, singing, dancing and cheering as the president […]