Vienna, 7 July— The United Nations Nuclear watchdog agency warned today that while the current system of regulating the transport of radioactive material has an “excellent” safety record, more remains to be done at a […]

BUJUMBURA, 7 July– Up to 20 civilians and seven rebel fighters were killed in an attack early Monday by the Forces nationales de liberation (FNL) on southern suburbs of the capital, Bujumbura, army spokesman Col […]

Nairobi, 7 July– Delegates to the Somali peace talks, taking place in Kenya, signed what was termed an ”historic” agreement on 5 July to set up a federal government, but confusion was created when some […]

Monrovia, 6 July– Liberian President Charles Taylor on Sunday accepted to leave his country and take up asylum in Nigeria. But he repeated earlier demands for an ”an orderly exit from power” and called on […]

Washington, 6 July– On the eve of the President’s first trip to Africa, Chairman of the House Africa Subcommittee Ed Royce (Republican of California) says Bush may be an unknown quantity to many people on […]

Washington, 6 July– President Bush said that programs such as the Millennium Challenge Account, the new AIDS initiative, and continuing support for the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) demonstrate the strong U.S. interest in […]

Monrovia, Liberia, 5 July– The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has begun to evacuate a first group of more than 300 Sierra Leonean refugees from strife-torn Liberia, and if the ceasefire there holds […]

Monrovia, 4 July– President Charles Taylor said on Friday he would bow to US demands that he step down from power and leave Liberia, but only after a US-led peacekeeping force arrived in the war-torn […]