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Members of a deeply riven Security Council prepared the diplomatic
ground Sunday ahead of a crucial week in the United Nations, with
the threat of war on Iraq looming large.
President Thabo Mbeki will on Sunday depart for Abuja, Nigeria, to
attend the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (Nepad)
heads of state implementation meeting.
US President George Bush telephoned counterpart Paul Biya of
Cameroon Wednesday, ahead of a key debate on Iraq at the UN
Security Council, White House spokesman Sean McCormack said.
French and African leaders on Friday were to wrap up a two-day
summit, focused on Paris's special partnership with the continent,
after forming a united front against US calls for war in Iraq.
The World Bank’s board of executive directors have discussed
a Regional Integration Assistance Strategy aimed at improving trade
links and enhancing the economic integration of six Central...
African leaders are to meet in the Nigerian capital to discuss
putting into practice the continent's own plan to escape the
poverty trap, AFP reports Nigeria said Wednesday.
Gravely concerned at the harmful impact of small arms and light
weapons on civilians in armed conflict, the UN Security Council
today called for measures to keep these arsenals from falling into...
The United Nations Security Council is working to send a
“strong and unanimous” message to Baghdad regarding the
return of UN weapons inspectors to Iraq following a nearly
four-year...