United Nations
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA: Regional swagger tests relations
In the ten years since the end of apartheid and the lifting of international sanctions, South...
South AfricaSERBIA-MONTENEGRO: UN Kosovo head moves on status
The 'contact group' of international representatives met officials in Belgrade on September 3,...
INTERNATIONAL: Al-Qaida damaged but still in business
The US independent commission investigating the September 11 attacks warns that there could be...
LIBERIA: Security situation threatens reconstruction
The UN peacekeeping force is now fully deployed and international assistance has been promised,...
LiberiaSOUTH-EAST ASIA: Synthetics replace opium threat
Ending the trafficking of refined heroin from Burma and Laos would ease decades of social and...
KENYA: Policy failures inhibit growth
President Mwai Kibaki took office in January, 2003 with a comprehensive economic reform agenda. ...
KenyaRUSSIA/FRANCE/GERMANY: Shared interests drive troika
The leaders of Russia, France and Germany held a summit yesterday in Sochi, on the Black Sea. ...
RussiaCENTRAL ASIA: Cooperation vital to efficient water use
Since 1991, many attempts have been made to reinstate joint control of the rivers rising in...
Central Asia