Africa

Accra, Ghana, 16 June– Peace talks between the Liberian government and two rebel movement remained deadlocked on Monday for the fourth day running over rebel demands that President Charles Taylor step down as part of […]

New York, 16 June– The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has launched an inquiry into the recent killing of two military observers in that country’s war-torn northeast. According to […]

Accra, 15 June– Liberian peace talks in Ghana reached deadlock at the weekend as both rebel movements demanded that President Charles Taylor resign within 10 days of a ceasefire agreement being signed, sources at the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Monrovia, 11 June– President Charles Taylor has called for a UN peacekeeping force to be sent to Liberia to maintain a proposed ceasefire between government forces and rebels besieging the capital Monrovia. The information ministry […]