Africa

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Pretoria, 10 July– U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell July 10 summarized President Bush’s visit to the first three countries in the five-nation swing through Africa, saying he was ”very pleased about the trip to […]

Nairobi, 10 July– The government of Sudan has appealed to the African Union to actively support the ongoing peace process between the government and the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), a diplomatic source told […]

Maputo, Mozambique, 10 July– United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today told Africa’s leaders that only they could end the devastating armed conflicts that were taking an unconscionable toll on their people and on the overall […]

Pretoria, 10 July– President Bush visits Botswana Thursday on the third stop of his five-nation tour of Africa. He will visit an economic zone designed to increase trade between the United States and Southern Africa. […]

Abidjan, 9 July– The United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Jacques Paul Klein, a senior United States diplomat and former head of the UN Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as his new special envoy […]