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Thu, 20 Nov 2008
Mauritius best African state for children - report
NAIROBI, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Mauritius and Namibia are the most child-friendly governments in Africa, a report said on Thursday, while Eritrea and Guinea-Bissau ranked as the worst. Wed, 19 Nov 2008
UN seeks $7 billion in record humanitarian appeal
By Laura MacInnis GENEVA, Nov 19 (Reuters) - The United Nations on Wednesday asked for a record $7 billion to help 30 million people recover from disasters and conflict in the coming year, stressing the global financial crisis did not justify cuts to foreign aid. Wed, 19 Nov 2008
U.N. seeks $7 billion in record humanitarian appeal
By Laura MacInnis GENEVA, Nov 19 (Reuters) - The United Nations asked on Wednesday for a record $7 billion in aid for 30 million people in Africa and the Middle East in 2009, and stressed that the global financial crisis should not distract donor governments. Wed, 12 Nov 2008
Central African rebels kill over a dozen troops
BOSSANGOA, Central African Republic, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Rebels in northern Central African Republic killed more than a dozen soldiers in an ambush near the Chadian border, government officials said on Wednesday. Wed, 12 Nov 2008
Central African Republic says rebels kill 14 troops
BOSSANGOA, Central African Republic, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Rebels in the northwest of Central African Republic killed 14 government soldiers and destroyed their vehicle in an ambush near the border with Chad, a regional government official said on Wednesday. Wed, 05 Nov 2008
Uganda and rebels meet over delayed peace process
KAMPALA, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Ugandan officials and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels met in Kampala on Wednesday to try to push forward a stalled peace process aimed at ending a two-decade rebellion in the north. Sat, 01 Nov 2008
Ugandan rebels attack Congo town, 50,000 flee -UN
KINSHASA, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels raided a town in northern Congo on Saturday in an attack that killed nine people and forced around 50,000 to flee, the United Nations and aid agencies said. Wed, 22 Oct 2008
Central African growth slowing as oil price falls-regional bank
YAOUNDE, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Economic growth across a six-nation bloc in central Africa is slowing as the global financial crisis drags down the price of oil, the main export earner for most of the region, a bank chief said late on Tuesday. |
