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SIERRA LEONE-POLITICS: WAR CONTINUES SAYS REBEL BOSS/EXCLUSIVE/
REBEL LEADER FODAY SANKOH OFFERED LITTLE HOPE FRIDAY FOR A SPEEDY RESOLUTION OF SIERRA LEONE'S INCREASINGLY VIOLENT FOUR-YEAR-OLD CIVIL WAR.ANGOLA: More Action Needed Against UNITA, Say Activists
Urgent international action is needed to prevent the latest crisis in Angola from degenerating into the kind of fighting seen last year in the war-ravaged African state, say London-based campaigners.ALGERIA: Militants Follow Government In Rejecting Rome Accord
The two main Islamic guerrilla forces in Algeria have made public their objections to peace proposals drawn up in Rome on Jan 13, only days after the government rejected the accord as "foreign intervention in domestic affairs".NORTHERN IRELAND: A Chilean Solution To A Question of Peace?
A man whose father was shot dead by the British army in 1972 cited the experience of Chile as one example of a way forward for the disputed territory of Northern Ireland at a Forum for Peace and Reconciliation in Dublin here.SOUTH AFRICA-POLITICS: A LOVE AFFAIR THAT NEVER WAS/CORRECTED REPEAT//
IN NOVEMBER 1993, NELSON MANDELA AND F.W. DE KLERK STOOD SMILING FOR THE WORLD'S CAMERAS IN OSLO, NORWAY, AFTER RECEIVING THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR THEIR ROLE IN BRINGING BLACK AND WHITE TOGETHER IN SOUTH AFRICA.KENYA-SOCIETY: LAND OF THE WAVING PALMS
HOW BAD IS CORRUPTION IN KENYA? PRETTY BAD JUDGING FROM THE FACT RESEARCHERS INTO THE PROBLEM WERE ASKED FOR BRIBES AND OTHER FAVOURS FROM PEOPLE THEY ATTEMPTED TO INTERVIEW.YUGOSLAVIA: People Huddle for Warmth As Power Cuts Cripple Belgrade
The two million inhabitants of sanctions- affected Belgrade are now having to spend up to 12 hours a day without light or heating as draconian power cuts take effect.An Inter Press Service Feature
The future of the ruling coalition in Turkey hangs in the balance as the junior coalition SHP leader Murat Karayalcin bids for the continued leadership of the country's left-wing factions at a unity conference here on Jan. 28.ITALY: Dini’s Promises Fail to Satisfy Berlusconi
Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Thursday that he will vote for Lamberto Dini's new cabinet if the prime minister agrees to end his term in June and the president calls parliamentary elections that same month.MEXICO: Broad-Based Accord Seeks Democratisation
The Mexican government and political parties drew up an accord this week that seeks what many consider to be long overdue: the democratisation of the country.RUSSIA-CHECHNYA: Russian Troops Win Control of Presidential Palace
Russian troops Thursday hoisted their national flag over the presidential palace in Grozny, ending the first phase of the military intervention to squash Chechen separatism.SOUTH AFRICA-POLITICS: GOVERNMENT SPLIT WIDENS
SPECULATION WAS RIFE THURSDAY THAT SOUTH AFRICAN DEPUTY PRESIDENT F.W. DE KLERK WOULD ANNOUNCE HIS RESIGNATION FROM THE CABINET FOLLOWING A BLAZING ROW WITH PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA.An Inter Press Service Feature
The collapse of a multi-million dollar deal in which a U.S. company attempted to take over Hungary's last state-owned hotel chain, is likely to harm future attempts to lure foreign investment to Budapest.HAITI: Election Organisation Delayed
The Provisional Electoral Council, charged with organising parliamentary, municipal and local administrative elections, says that its task is being held up due to lack of funds and logistic resources.ZAMBIA-POLITICS: ETHNIC CONFLICT ERUPTS
LONG STANDING TENSIONS BETWEEN TWO ETHNIC GROUPS IN WESTERN ZAMBIA HAVE ERUPTED INTO VIOLENCE AND RAISED FEARS OF A BLOODBATH.GHANA-POLITICS: DEMOCRACY TAKES ROOT AFTER DECADES OF COUPS
DEMOCRACY APPEARS TO BE TAKING ROOT IN GHANA EVEN IF A HISTORY OF MILITARY COUPS HAS TAUGHT THE SOME 15 MILLION GHANAIANS NOT TO BE OVERLY COMPLACENT.GERMANY-DEVELOPMENT: Bonn Bent on Being Home to U.N. Organisation
Germany's government is hoping to succeed in luring at least one U.N. organisation to Bonn in a bid to boost the city's image as the government prepares to shift its institutions to the new capital, Berlin, toward the year 2000.ZAMBIA-POLITICS: ETHNIC CONFLICT ERUPTS
LONG STANDING TENSIONS BETWEEN TWO ETHNIC GROUPS IN WESTERN ZAMBIA HAVE ERUPTED INTO VIOLENCE AND RAISED FEARS OF A BLOODBATH.GHANA-POLITICS: DEMOCRACY TAKES ROOT AFTER DECADES OF COUPS
DEMOCRACY APPEARS TO BE TAKING ROOT IN GHANA EVEN IF A HISTORY OF MILITARY COUPS HAS TAUGHT THE SOME 15 MILLION GHANAIANS NOT TO BE OVERLY COMPLACENT.SIERRA LEONE-OUTLOOK: DIM ECONOMIC PROSPECTS AS WAR DRAGS ON
PROSPECTS FOR AN EARLY TRANSITION TO CIVILIAN RULE APPEAR DIM AS SIERRA LEONE'S FOUR MILLION PEOPLE BRACE THEMSELVES FOR THE CONTINUATION OF A FOUR-YEAR OLD REBEL WAR AND ECONOMIC WOES.An Inter Press Service Feature
Her fists clenched tight in anger, middle- aged Lena Andreyeva does little to conceal her fury against the Chechens. "We should finish this problem once and for all. Why should our army hold back from hitting civilians when they are all against us?"« Previous Page — Next Page »
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