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A mini-summit gathering half a dozen west African heads of state
was set to open in the Ghanaian capital today aimed at reviving the
peace process in Ivory Coast, paralysed by a prolonged power...
Speech to COSATU's 8th National Congress by GUY RYDER, General
Secretary of the International Confederation of Free TRade Unions
(ICFTU) - 17 September 2003
Loyalist troops and rebels were locked in a tense standoff
yesterday in the Liberian capital Monrovia, a city gripped by
hunger and menaced by disease, on the eve of the arrival of west
African...
Charles Taylor, who has bowed to intense pressure and announced he
will step down as Liberia's president on August 11, is a
charismatic but brutal former warlord who masterminded conflicts in
west...
The US is ready to provide financial backing for a west African
peacekeeping force in Liberia, the undersecretary of state for
Africa, Walter Kansteiner, said yesterday.
Sao Tome and Principe's putschists and international mediators were
set to continue talks today, as the deposed president of the west
African archipelago insisted the coup leaders return to their...