Addis Ababa, 29 October, 2004— Ethiopia’s ruling party is imposing female quotas on candidates in a bid to have more women in parliament, officials said on Friday. Women are guaranteed up to 30 percent of […]

Berlin, 31 October, 2004— Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will pay a three-day state visit to Germany next week at the invitation of German President Horst Köhler, the British Embassy announced in Berlin recently. The […]

Nairobi, 27 October, 2004— Recent progress in efforts to restore peace and stability in Somalia is likely to require the boosting of the UN’s role in that country, the UN Security Council said on Tuesday, […]

Johannesburg, 27 October, 2004— The World Food Programme (WFP) will provide targeted emergency assistance to some 50,000 pregnant and nursing mothers and children under five in Mozambique’s northern Nampula province. The response follows an outbreak […]

Nairobi, 27 October, 2004— The richest 10 percent of Kenya’s households control more than 42 percent of its total income, according to a report that ranks the East African country among the ten most unequal […]

Lilongwe, 27 October, 2004— The European Union (EU) has rewarded the new Malawi government’s commitment to poverty reduction by renewing budgetary support to the country. An EU delegation, in Malawi to review economic progress made […]

Addis Ababa, 28 October, 2004— A full-blown emergency is threatening Ethiopia’s Somali region, the UN warned on Thursday. Wells are drying up and malnutrition is beginning to set in, according to a joint UN rapid-assessment […]

Accra, 27 October, 2004— Five foreigners and a Ghanaian were sentenced to 20 years in jail with hard labour on Monday for their part in smuggling nearly 600 kg of cocaine into Ghana for onward […]