31 Dec 2003 - Food harvest in Africa imperilled by dry spell

31 Dec 2003 - Annan appeals for funds for Sierra Leone

30 Dec 2003 - Benin gets first-ever sovereign credit rating 

30 Dec 2003 - In 2003, WFP helped more people than ever

29 Dec 2003 - IAEA chief says Libya in early stages of nuclear programme

29 Dec 2003 - Annan mourns those killed in Benin aircrash

29 Dec 2003 - Liberia: Peacekeepers move into rebel area for the first time

26 Dec 2003 - Peacekeepers i Liberia set to expand into rebels' stronghold

24 Dec 2003 - Annan welcomes reconciliation agreement in the Comoros

23 Dec 2003 - UNESCO urges renewed fight against racism

23 Dec 2003 - UN sets up emergency fund to help Guinea Bissau

23 Dec 2003 - Mozambique: Expert decries discrimination against AIDS

22 Dec 2003 - Security Council adjusts sanctions against Liberia

22 Dec 2003 - Burundi: Security Council backs emerging peace process

22 Dec 2003 - UN agency seeks $2 M to replenish Liberia's rice seed stocks

22 Dec 2003 - Food agency seeks urgent new aid for Zimbabwe

19 Dec 2003 - Security Council appeals for urgent help for Guinea Bissau

19 Dec 2003 - West Africa: Annan encourages preventive measures 

19 Dec 2003 - Refugee agency begins relocating displaced Liberians

19 Dec 2003 - Spread of polio in West Africa threatens eradication drive

18 Dec 2003 - More international troops and equipment needed in Liberia

18 Dec 2003 - Locusts may threaten crops in North Africa, Middle East

17 Dec 2003 - More peacekeepers needed in Africa, UN official says

17 Dec 2003 - UNHCR helps first group of refugees to return to DRC

17 Dec 2003 - Food prices beyond reach of Zimbabwean family

16 Dec 2003 - Clashes leave dozens dead in western Ethiopia

16 Dec 2003 - Panel called to monitor breaches of Somali arms embargo

16 Dec 2003 - Agricola medal awarded to Nigerian President

16 Dec 2003 - UN officials head to Algeria, Morocco for talks on Western Sahara

16 Dec 2003 - Accord paves way for return of Angolans from South Africa

16 Dec 2003 - Demand in Europe driving cannabis production in Morocco

15 Dec 2003 - Guinea-Bissau: Transitional government is normalizing the country

15 Dec 2003 - Burundi peace process on track but economy needs help

15 Dec 2003 - Ethiopia, Eritrea agree to improve handling of border incidents

15 Dec 2003 - China, Africa have much to offer one another, Annan

15 Dec 2003 - Green plan crucial to African development, environment chief

15 Dec 2003 - Sierra Leone: UN mission steps up border patrols 

14 Dec 2003 - Liberia: UN to pause disarmament process

12 Dec 2003 - West Africa is destabilized by border-crossing foreign troops

12 Dec 2003 - UN official to visit refugees in Chad, Central African Republic

12 Dec 2003 - African ministers pledge to improve water supplies

11 Dec 2003 - Security Council urges DRC to upgrade security sector for elections 

10 Dec 2003 - Envoy notes improvements in post-conflict Côte d'Ivoire

10 Dec 2003 - Annan expresses concern at disturbances in Liberia

10 Dec 2003 - Local access to information technologies is vital - UNESCO chief

09 Dec 2003 - Annan welcomes new information/technologies centre in Ghana

09 Dec 2003 - Annan alarmed about abuses of civilians in Darfur, Sudan

09 Dec 2003 - Liberia: Banditry, looting, shooting mar demobilization 

08 Dec 2003 - DR of Congo: UN human rights expert continues visit

08 Dec 2003 - Situation in Darfur, Sudan has worsened

08 Dec 2003 - UN humanitarian envoy visits in Côte d'Ivoire

08 Dec 2003 - African local authorities agree to be autonomous

08 Dec 2003 - Delegates agree on generating more employment in Africa

08 Dec 2003 - UNESCO to set up multimedia centres in Africa

08 Dec 2003 - UN urges trade from surplus to deficit countries in Africa

07 Dec 2003 - UN begins disarming former fighters in Liberia 

05 Dec 2003 - Cooperation among western Mediterranean needed

05 Dec 2003 - Humanitarian and security situations in Sudan reach new lows

05 Dec 2003 - War crimes tribunal in Sierra Leone withdraws indictments

05 Dec 2003 - Humanitarian envoy to visit Côte d'Ivoire

05 Dec 2003 - Refugee agency joins disarmament programme in Liberia

04 Dec 2003 - Burundi: Security Council learns of great advances towards peace

04 Dec 2003 - Security Council concerned about armed elements in Côte d'Ivoire

04 Dec 2003 - Security Council agrees to maintain sanctions against Liberia

04 Dec 2003 - Nigeria agrees to withdraw troops 

04 Dec 2003 - UN Special Representative meets "Friends of the Great Lakes Region"

03 Dec 2003 - Security Council calls for stricter arms embargo on Somalia

03 Dec 2003 - UN mission in DRC liberates prisoners and arrests milia 

02 Dec 2003 - ILO calls for new policies to create jobs in Africa

02 Dec 2003 - Tensions rising in Côte d'Ivoire

02 Dec 2003 - Sierra Leone refugees in Guinea and Liberia resume repatriation

02 Dec 2003 - Cameroon, Nigeria set to adopt withdrawal plan

02 Dec 2003 - Annan urges to make African urbanization sustainable

01 Dec 2003 - UN mission kicks off disarmament programme in Liberian capital

01 Dec 2003 - UN human rights envoy visits DRC

01 Dec 2003 - New envoy appointed for UN mission in Sierra Leone

01 Dec 2003 - Tribunal sentences former Rwandan mayor to life imprisonment

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