Kinshasa, 17 July– The four vice-presidents for the two-year transitional government in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) took their oath of office on Thursday in the capital, Kinshasa. Kabila ally and former Foreign […]

Nairobi, 17 July– South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma arrived in the Burundian capital, Bujumbura, on Thursday to discuss the peace process in the country, two days after the UN began withdrawing non-essential staff from […]

Accra, 17 July– Thirty days after securing a fragile ceasefire amongst Liberian warring factions in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, West African mediators were still in the preliminary stages of securing a comprehensive peace agreement. The […]

Washington, 16 July– The United States is ”still hopeful of a diplomatic solution” to the nuclear situation in North Korea, Secretary of State Colin Powell said July 16 during a press availability with German Foreign […]

Washington, 16 July– Measuring effectiveness in implementing anti-money laundering rules and sharing that information with financial institutions are two of money regulators’ most important challenges, says a (US) Treasury Department official. Ensuring that other countries […]

New York, 16 July– Plans by the international community to help calm the situation in Liberia are progressing, but the deployment of a peacekeeping force may not take place before the end of July, U.N. […]

Washington, 16 July– Coalition forces are facing a classic guerrilla-type warfare campaign being waged by Ba’athist remnants and some foreign terrorist elements throughout Iraq, and are adapting their tactics in order to end the attacks, […]

Brussels, 16 July– The Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, Abdullah Abdullah, paid a historic visit to Alliance Headquarters to brief NATO Ambassadors and for talks with Secretary General Lord Robertson. The Foreign Minister’s visit was the […]