Uganda

  • Aug 6, 2003
  • 7 min read

AFRICA: Women bear disproportionate AIDS burden

The National AIDS Congress in South Africa this week has seen severe criticism of the...

Africa
  • Jul 22, 2003
  • 7 min read

AFRICA: African Union development disappoints

The AU's second annual summit, held in Maputo, Mozambique on July 10-12, saw the election of a...

Africa
  • Jul 15, 2003
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AFRICA: Controversy over US AIDS plan funding

The Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Bill, signed into US law in May, provides for up to 15...

Africa
  • Jul 11, 2003
  • 8 min read

AFRICA/US: Bush increases counter-terrorism aid

US President George Bush will discuss means of countering terrorist activity in East Africa...

Africa
  • Jun 23, 2003
  • 8 min read

AFRICA: Food crisis likely to deepen

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan last week appointed a special envoy to the Horn of Africa to...

Africa
  • Jun 20, 2003
  • 7 min read

CONGO-KINSHASA: Peacekeepers face major challenges

The Bundestag voted on June 18 to send up to 350 German troops to assist French-led EU...

Congo-Kinshasa
  • Jun 20, 2003
  • 1 min read

CONGO-KINSHASA: Peace-keeping operations

The EU's first peace-keeping initiative in Africa is already showing signs of success in Bunia...

Congo-Kinshasa
  • Jun 3, 2003
  • 1 min read

CONGO-KINSHASA: Insufficient peacekeepers

Fourteen hundred French troops are due to arrive in war-torn Ituri province by the end of this...

Congo-Kinshasa