United Nations
EAST AFRICA: AIDS vaccine trials keep hopes alive
Earlier this year, a series of clinical trials of preventive AIDS vaccines began in Entebbe,...
AfricaUS/IRAQ/UN: Sanctions moves
The Bush administration announced yesterday that it was ending several US unilateral sanction...
United StatesFRANCE/AFRICA: Political/development policies diverge
Despite France's high and often controversial political profile in Africa, the cooperative...
FranceFRANCE/AFRICA: Policy contradictions
Despite France's high and often controversial political profile in Africa, the cooperative...
FranceBURUNDI: Tensions high as Hutu leader takes over
Outgoing Tutsi head of state Pierre Buyoya handed over power to his Hutu successor, Domitien...
BurundiLIBERIA/SIERRA LEONE: Harbouring fugitives?
President Charles Taylor has been warned to hand over two Revolutionary United Front (RUF)...
Sierra LeoneLIBERIA: Crisis deepens despite pact with Abidjan
President Charles Taylor and his Ivoirien counterpart Laurent Gbagbo on April 27 agreed a...
LiberiaRUSSIA/IRAQ: Putin set on recovery from Iraq 'defeat'
President Vladimir Putin told visiting UK Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday that Russia did not...
Russia