African News 18-09-2003 - C Nouvelles africaines hebdomadaires/African Weekly News. lesotho. Cultureundermines efforts to prevent HIV/AIDS Social and cultural norms and http://ospiti.peacelink.it/anb-bia/week_2k3/030918c.htm
Extractions: Mauritania ... * Lesotho. Culture undermines efforts to prevent HIV/AIDS (IRIN, Kenya, 16 September 2003) * Liberia. The challenge of rebuilding (Financial Times, UK, 16 September 2003) * Liberia. Annan urges UN force 16 September (ANB-BIA, Belgium, 16 September 2003) * Liberia. Casques bleus (ANB-BIA, de sources diverses, 17 septembre 2003) * Liberia. Peacekeepers deploy 10 September : Thousands of displaced civilians, who fled renewed fighting between government forces and rebels a week ago in central Liberia, have begun returning to their camps following the deployment of West African peacekeepers in Bong County today. The peacekeeping force has fully deployed along the road from Kakata, 45 km north of the capital, Monrovia to Totota, 64 km further north. Over 50,000 internally displaced people had fled from four large camps in Totota, 109 km north of Monrovia, and moved southwards to Salala because of fighting between the government and rebels of the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD). 14 September : West African peacekeepers have moved south of the Liberian capital Monrovia, reaching the war-shattered countrys second-largest city, Buchanan. Ecomil forces failed to gain permission from the rebel group Model to enter Buchanan on 13 September but deployed on the outskirts of the port. A fragile peace is just about holding in Liberia since former President Charles Taylor stepped down on 11 August and an interim government was formed. Rebels however still control large parts of the country, where many people are suffering from malnutrition and disease.
