Articles by ANA

ABIDJAN, CÔTE D’IVOIRE, 11 June– The French Navy ship carrying 538 refugees including UNICEF international staff docked today in Abijian from Monrovia, Liberia at 11 a.m. However, disembarkation was delayed well over an hour as […]

Akosombo, Ghana, 13 June– The Liberian government and rebels continued discussing a cease-fire at peace talks in Ghana on Friday amid hopes they could sign an agreement by the end of this week. Mohammed Ibn […]

Washington, 13 June– In a rare appearance as a witness before a House subcommittee, U.S. Speaker Dennis Hastert linked hunger problems in Africa with what he described as misguided European Union (EU) policies toward genetically […]

New York/Abuja, 13 June– A United Nations-chaired panel on the Cameroon-Nigeria border dispute over the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula has concluded its fourth meeting. The meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, of the ”mixed commission” – so named […]

New York/Geneva, 13 June– The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today removed travel restriction to Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi and Tianjin in China, leaving just two areas, Beijing and Taiwan Province, on the Severe […]

Johannesburg, 12 June– Zimbabwe’s parliament on Wednesday passed two media bills which the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) described as the ”last nails in the coffin” of press freedom. ”The struggle is now quite […]

TIRANA, Albania, 11 June– American and Albanian defense officials discussed the Balkan nation’s desire to become a full-fledged member of NATO and the war on terrorism during meetings here yesterday. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld […]

Washington, 11 June– The World Bank’s Board of Directors yesterday granted the Government of Cameroon US$49.7 million in assistance to reduce its debt to commercial banks and supplier creditors. The total eligible debt to be […]