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Monrovia, 13 October– The commander of United Nations troops in Liberia has thanked government and rebel leaders for making the capital Monrovia a weapons free zone, according to a press statement from the UN Mission […]

Johannesburg, 8 October– Angola and Zimbabwe are the two Southern African countries that faired the worst in Transparency International’s (TI) Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for 2003. The CPI charts the level of corruption in 133 […]

New York, 7 October– U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte said October 7 that progress has been made in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but the peace process ”still has got a long way to […]

Washington, 6 October– The United States and Kenya — two nations which share common values — are together confronting the threat of global terrorism, President Bush said October 6 as he welcomed Kenyan President Mwai […]

Monrovia, 6 October– The United Nations World Food Programme has appealed for a further US$3.5 million for its special operations to provide relief and recovery in Liberia. Last week’s skirmishes on the outskirts of the […]

Johannesburg, 3 October– Serious funding shortages are threatening to undermine efforts by the United Nations to save the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in southern Africa as well as to destroy the fragile […]

Bombo, 3 October– Ugandan Defence Minister Amama Mbabazi has said the government is now satisfied that Sudan is committed to helping Uganda fight the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels. In a sign that diplomatic relations […]

Nairobi, 1 October– Both the government and rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) group are engaging in shuttle diplomacy this week to brief their constituents and supporters about breakthroughs in the peace process. SPLA Chairman […]