Africa

New York, 17 June– Divisions among Somali leaders persist, even as the reconciliation process gears up for its third and final phase of negotiating the formation of an all-inclusive government, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan […]

Accra, Ghana, 17 June– The Liberian Government and the country’s two main rebel factions have signed a ceasefire agreement paving the way for comprehensive peace talks and the proposed formation of a transitional administration in […]

Accra, 17 June– President John Agyekum Kufuor yesterday returned home from a four-day state visit to Libya at the invitation of the country’s head of state Colonel Muamar Al-Qathafi. The Foreign Minister, Nana Addo Dankwa […]

Nairobi, 17 June– President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has launched a nationwide campaign to promote the registration of births in the country, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on […]

Abidjan, Ivory Coast After seven months as a refugee, Tata T. went into labour just before disembarking from the French Navy ship Orage in Abidjan on Tuesday. The mother gave birth to a healthy baby […]

Kampala, 17 June– Catholic missions in northern Uganda are on high alert after the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) declared that they would be the next target for its attacks on the civilian population of […]

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 […]