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EAST AFRICA: Famine threatens Horn
Up to 16 million people in northeast Africa, including 8 million in Ethiopia, are threatened by...
INTERNATIONAL: Growing output will relieve oil market
OPEC oil ministers in effect agreed to raise the cartel's production quotas by 1.7 million...
InternationalZAIRE: Ceasefire in trouble
The Lusaka Agreement could now collapse after massacres in northern DRC, ceasefire violations...
ZaireAFRICA: African conflicts face obstacles
The UN Security Council has voted to send a 500-strong observer force to the Democratic Republic...
AfricaHAITI: Elections delay prolongs economic malaise
On March 3, the government postponed legislative and local elections scheduled for March 19....
HaitiINDONESIA: Frustration grows in East Timor
President Abdurrahman Wahid encountered violent protests on his visit to East Timor last week....
IndonesiaINTERNATIONAL: UNCTAD meeting eases trade strains
The tenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD X) concluded...
InternationalINTERNATIONAL: Ricupero reforms strengthen UNCTAD
Ministers and high-level officials are meeting in Bangkok this week for the tenth session of the...
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