Africa

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 […]

Johannesburg, 13 June– Southern Africa’s ongoing humanitarian crisis could only be resolved by integrating short-term emergency relief with longer-term policy goals, said the latest Southern African Development Community (SADC) Food Security Ministerial Brief. The UN […]

ABIDJAN, 13 June– UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has cast doubt on Guinea-Bissau’s ability to hold credible parliamentary elections next month, remarking that the small West African country ”has embarked on a downward course” following […]

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/Monrovia, 13 June– As the various factions involved in the ceasefire negotiations for Liberia prepare for their first face-to-face meeting today in Ghana, United Nations agencies inside the country hope to use the respite […]

Nairobi, 13 June– Continued ethnic clashes in Ituri District, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), have resulted in a steady increase of refugees into the western Ugandan district of Bundibugyo, worsening an already critical […]