Monrovia, 14 July– The Liberian capital Monrovia braced for a fresh rebel attack on Monday as US President George Bush was due to meet UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in New York to discuss the sending […]

Johannesburg, 14 July– The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that its aid pipeline to two of the countries most affected by regional food shortages could be in danger. In its latest situation report the […]

London/Washington, July 14– A landmark report released jointly by the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) calls for fundamental changes in how decisions are made concerning […]

Washington, 14 July– Chad’s petroleum project enters its production phase today with the first flow of oil from wells in the south of the country. Esso Explorations and Production Chad, Inc., the consortium drilling for […]

Washington, 13 July– Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said in an interview with ABC July 13 that although more Americans will be killed in Iraq, it is important for the United States to be there, […]

Washington, 13 July– Responding to continuing questions about the inclusion in President Bush’s January 2003 State of the Union speech of a reference to alleged Iraqi efforts to obtain uranium, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice […]

Abuja, Nigeria, 12 July– President Bush, in a speech in Abuja, Nigeria, July 12 at the conclusion of his five-nation Africa trip, outlined the ways in the which his administration intends to continue efforts to […]

Abuja, 12 July– President Bush spent the last day of his July 8-12 tour of five African nations visiting a hospital with a special HIV/AIDS programme and addressing the sixth biennial Leon Sullivan Summit. He […]