Africa

Washington, 23 May The United States is ”greatly disturbed” by reports of intensifying fighting in Liberia and has called on all combatants, both government and rebel forces, to cease their campaigns of violence, and to […]

Johannesburg, 23 May (IRIN) – Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, in power for 23 years, has called for an open debate on his succession within the ruling ZANU-PF party. Addressing a rally on Thursday in Mount […]

Johannesburg, 23 May (IRIN)-The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will meet next month to decide whether to suspend Zimbabwe’s voting rights following the country’s failure to meet its repayments to the institution. The news that the […]

Washington, 20 May — Andrew Natsios, the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) who oversees more than $7,000 million in assistance to the developing world, visibly perks up when he mentions Mozambique […]

‘‘O black man, beast of burden through the centuries, Your ashes scarttered to the winds of heaven, There was a time when you built burial temples In which your murderers sleep their final sleep. Hunted […]

Luanda, 17 May, 2003 With just a few days remaining before the end of Angola’s National Measles Campaign, UNICEF looks set to reach records numbers of children. With the first two phases having vaccinated in […]