Addis Ababa, 18 July– The African Development Fund (ADF) has given Ethiopia nearly US $50 million to enable impoverished rural farmers to boost their incomes. In a statement, it said the funding – in the […]

Johannesburg, 18 July– Zambia this month signed a bilateral agreement with the United States not to extradite US citizens accused of war crimes to the International Criminal Court (ICC), a US embassy official told IRIN […]

Luanda, 17 July– More than 5,300 Angolan refugees have gone home from neighbouring countries since the organised movement began on June 20th. On Thursday (July 17), 509 refugees boarded the latest repatriation convoy that took […]

Nairobi, 18 July– The Sudanese government and rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) can resolve their differences within a matter of weeks if both sides are genuinely interested in peace, former US senator John Danforth […]

Addis Ababa, 18 July– – World-renowned disaster experts on Friday declared the devastating crisis that is crippling Ethiopia a famine. The team, funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), asserted that the magnitude […]

Nairobi, 18 July– The UN Security Council has called on Ethiopia and Eritrea to normalise relations and cooperate fully with the upcoming demarcation of their common border. In a statement, read by Council President Ambassador […]

Washington, 17 July– President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, at a joint White House news conference July 17, forcefully defended their decision to remove Saddam Hussein from power and said coalition forces will […]

Abuja, Nigeria, 17 July– The vice president of petroleum-rich Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, told U.S. business representatives meeting at the sixth biennial Leon Sullivan summit, July 14-18, 2003 that the West African economic powerhouse should begin […]