Abidjan, 16 July– About 2,000 gunmen who formerly fought for both government and rebel forces in the west of Cote d’Ivoire are still at large, preying off the civilian population and preventing relief agencies from […]

Nairobi, 16 July– Mogadishu-based faction leader Muse Sudi Yalahow rejected a peace agreement signed earlier this month by delegates to the peace talks in Nairobi, saying it was ”flawed”. ”We are for peace but this […]

Addis Ababa, 16 July– Ethiopia is launching a strategy of peaceful containment of Eritrea, according to a national foreign policy document being drawn up by the prime minister’s office. The widely-circulated draft document, entitled ’Ethiopia’s […]

Kinshasa, 15 July– The EU high representative for the common foreign and security policy, Javier Solana, called on Tuesday for a stronger mandate for the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), […]

Abidjan, 15 July– Landlocked Chad, one of the poorest countries in Africa, this week becomes an oil exporter as crude starts flowing down a 1,070 km pipeline to a floating export terminal off the coast […]

Dakar, 14 July– Senegal has said it will not grant any new permits for quarrying and mining in the country’s 233 forest conservation areas. The government has said it will encourage companies already operating there […]

Almaty, 15 July– Kazakhstan launched its first solar energy project in the Kazakh commercial capital of Almaty on Tuesday. Funded by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the move […]

Geneva, 15 July– Small groups of Iraqi refugees are spontaneously crossing back from Iran, as High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers leaves for Iraq to determine when the country may be ready to receive more returning refugees. […]