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SUDAN-CHILDREN: STATE HAILS RELEASE OF 500 KIDS
SUDAN TUESDAY WELCOMED A DECISION BY THE SUDAN PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY (SPLA) TO RELEASE 500 CHILDREN --HANDING THEM OVER TO THE UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN FUND (UNICEF).ETHIOPIA-POLITICS: FROM THE WARPATH TO PEACEFUL TRANSITION
ETHIOPIA, BATHING IN POLITICAL TURMOIL AND BLOODSHED, HAS PASSED A NEW CONSTITUTION WHICH IS EXPECTED TO GIVE THE HORN OF AFRICA COUNTRY A NEW LEASE OF LIFE BY UPHOLDING HUMAN RIGHTS.FRANCE-POLITICS: African Relations Highlighted in Presidential Race
Harping on French complicity in the genocide in Rwanda, human rights and development organisations are grilling the candidates to the 1995 Presidential elections in France on their intentions to reform French-African relations.FRANCE-POLITICS: African Relations Highlighted in Presidential Race
Harping on French complicity in the genocide in Rwanda, human rights and development organisations are grilling the candidates to the 1995 Presidential elections in France on their intentions to reform French-African relations.NAMIBIA-ELECTIONS: ALL ENDS WELL THAT STARTS WELL
VOTING ENDED THURSDAY IN NAMIBIA'S FIRST PRESIDENTIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SINCE ITS 1990 INDEPENDENCE, WITH OBSERVERS AND THE MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY DECLARING THEM FREE AND FAIR.TURKEY-POLITICS: 15-year Jail Terms for pro-Kurdish Deputies
Seven pro-Kurdish DEP deputies and an independent deputy received prison sentences ranging from three to 15 years in a Turkish court in Ankara on Thursday.UNITED NATIONS-NIGERIA: REHABILITATING DRUG ADDICTS
THE UN DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMME (UNDCP), IN COLLABORATION WITH THE NIGERIA GOVERNMENT, IS CARRYING OUT A NUMBER OF PROJECTS TO TREAT AND REHABILITATE DRUG ABUSERS AND ADDICTS IN THE WEST AFRICAN COUNTRY.SOUTH AFRICA-POLITICS: SANCTIONS BUSTERS TO BE EXPOSED
COUNTRIES WHICH BROKE A U.N. ARMS EMBARGO IMPOSED AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA DURING THE APARTHEID ERA MAY BE EXPOSED ON MONDAY FOLLOWING A RULING THAT SECRET DOCUMENTS ON THE INDUSTRY CAN BE MADE PUBLIC.SIERRA LEONE-POLITICS: OLIVE BRANCHES BEGIN TO FLY
PEACE OVERTURES FROM SIERRA LEONE'S MILITARY GOVERNMENT AND REBEL LEADERS HAVE RAISED HOPES OF WAR- WEARY CITIZENS THAT A CEASEFIRE COULD BE ANNOUNCED SOON.RWANDA-POLITICS: NEW PARLIAMENT SWORN IN, PARIS SLAMMED
RWANDA'S NEW NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WAS SWORN IN FRIDAY IN A STEP TOWARDS THE STABALISATION OF THE STRIFE-TORN COUNTRY AND AMID A WAR OF WORDS WITH FRANCE, THE BACKERS OF THE FORMER HUTU EXTREMIST REGIME.AFRICA-POLITICS: NO MORE HEROES
IDI AMIN, EMPEROR BOKASSA, MACIAS NGUEMA, KAMAZU BANDA ... THE LIST GOES ON OF AFRICA'S CORRUPT AND BRUTAL LEADERS.SOUTH AFRICA-POLITICS: SOCIAL SERVICES FOR THE POOR DELAYED
IMPLEMENTATION OF SOUTH AFRICA'S AMBITIOUS MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (RDP) HAS PROVED MORE DIFFICULT THAN EXPECTED, MAINLY BECAUSE THE NECESSARY STRUCTURES ARE NOT YET IN PLACE.SOUTH AFRICA-POLITICS: SOCIAL SERVICES FOR THE POOR DELAYED
IMPLEMENTATION OF SOUTH AFRICA'S AMBITIOUS MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (RDP) HAS PROVED MORE DIFFICULT THAN EXPECTED, MAINLY BECAUSE THE NECESSARY STRUCTURES ARE NOT YET IN PLACE.LIBERIA-PEACE: WARLORDS NEAR AGREEMENT
LIBERIAN WARLORDS, IN THE THIRD DAY OF THEIR MEETING HERE, WEDNESDAY APPEARED CLOSE TO AN AGREEMENT WHICH COULD END THE FIVE-YEAR CIVIL WAR IN THE WEST AFRICAN COUNTRY.LIBERIA-PEACE: WARLORDS NEAR AGREEMENT
LIBERIAN WARLORDS, IN THE THIRD DAY OF THEIR MEETING HERE, WEDNESDAY APPEARED CLOSE TO AN AGREEMENT WHICH COULD END THE FIVE-YEAR CIVIL WAR IN THE WEST AFRICAN COUNTRY.MOZAMBIQUE-ELECTIONS: WHY MILLIONS VOTED FOR RENAMO
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE VOTED FOR RENAMO, A MOVEMENT THAT, ACCORDING TO THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT, CARRIED OUT "ONE OF THE MOST BRUTAL HOLOCAUSTS AGAINST ORDINARY HUMAN BEINGS SINCE WORLD WAR LL", IN MOZAMBIQUE'S FIRST MULTIPARTY ELECTIONS.IRELAND: Make Up of New Government Leaves Peace Process In Doubt
After what has been described as the most sensational week in Irish politics for some 20 years there is now speculation that the next prime minister will be the first Labour Party prime minister in the history of the state, Dick Spring.TURKEY-POLITICS: Coal Miners Take to Streets Over Privatisation
Some 40,000 coal miners and their families took to the streets in north-western Turkey, Wednesday, as a part of a week-long protest against government privatisation schemes.BURUNDI-POLITICS: ATTACKS IN NORTHEAST KILL 20
UNIDENTIFIED ASSAILLANTS KILLED ABOUT 20 PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN BURUNDI, A REGION WHICH HAS SEEN AN UPSURGE OF ETHNIC BLOODSHED IN RECENT WEEKS, BURUNDI'S NATIONAL NEWS AGENCY REPORTED WEDNESDAY.MOZAMBIQUE-POLITICS: RE-BIRTH OF AN ARMY
FROM THE REMNANTS OF TWO FORMER OPPOSING ARMIES, ONE UNIFIED FORCE HAS BEEN BORN IN MOZAMBIQUE. BUT THE PROCESS OF INTEGRATION AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF WAR IS PROVING DIFFICULT.MOZAMBIQUE-POLITICS: RE-BIRTH OF AN ARMY//REPEAT//
FROM THE REMNANTS OF TWO FORMER OPPOSING ARMIES, ONE UNIFIED FORCE HAS BEEN BORN IN MOZAMBIQUE. BUT THE PROCESS OF INTEGRATION AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF WAR IS PROVING DIFFICULT.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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