Nairobi, 25 July– The Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) rebels operating in Darfur, northern Sudan, have denied signing a truce agreement with the Sudanese government. ”There is no truce agreement between the government and us,” Minni […]

Monrovia, 25 July– Heavy fighting resumed in the Liberian capital Monrovia on Friday after a 24-hour lull, as government forces battled to recapture the port and rebels showered the city centre with rockets and mortar […]

Washington, 25 July– President Bush said the United States and the Palestinian Authority will establish a joint Palestine Economic Development Group to promote jobs, growth and investment in the Palestinian economy. Speaking to reporters in […]

New York, 24 July– Responding to persistent appeals for the deployment of an international force in war-riven Liberia, Nigeria has agreed to send two battalions to the West African nation to be the vanguard of […]

New York, 24 July– The United Nations envoy for war-affected children today called for the urgent deployment of an international intervention force in Liberia, where he described the situation as “simply horrendous” with the population […]

Monrovia, 24 July– A million Liberians trapped by fierce fighting in the capital Monrovia took advantage of a lull in the battle on Thursday to venture out in search of scarce food and drinking water. […]

Washington, 24 July– Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld defended his decision to release the photographs in Baghdad of the corpses of Uday and Qusay Hussein, saying the Iraqi people deserved to have the confirmation they had […]

Washington, 24 July– US Vice President Dick Cheney says that if the United States had failed to remove the regime of Saddam Hussein from power, Iraq would still be under his tyranny, torture chambers would […]