Full Coverage: East Africa

30.12.2005 Due soldati sono stati arrestati per l’uccisione di otto persone e il ferimento di altre 15 avvenuta lunedì scorso durante la repressione di una manifestazione davanti a caserme dell’esercito vicino al campo profughi di Lalogi, dove alloggiano ugandesi in cerca di riparo dagli attacchi dei ribelli dell’Esercito di resistenza del signore (Lord’s resistance army, Lra). I militari hanno aperto il fuoco contro una folla armata di machete, bastoni e pietre, riunita in protesta contro l’uccisione di un ragazzino nel giorno di Natale - riporta l'agenzia Misna. Intanto il Regno Unito ha deciso di tagliare 26.4 milioni di dollari nell’assistenza diretta all’Uganda per le preoccupazioni circa la democrazia nel Paese per le prossime elezioni generali a febbraio 2006. L'Associazione per i Popoli Minacciati (APM) lancia un urgente appello a tutti i ministri degli esteri dell'Unione Europea affinché ottengano un'iniziativa di pace dell'Onu per l'Uganda.

30.12.2005 Several Kenyan MPs asked President Kibaki to declare the famine in various parts of the country a national disaster.

30.12.2005 The military situation in the Temporary Security Zone separating Ethiopia and Eritrea remains “tense and potentially volatile,” according to a spokesman for the UN peacekeeping mission there, which has been forced to relocate some staff because of Eritrean demands.
* OneWorld UK Guide to Ethiopia and Eritrea

30.12.2005 Donors have put on hold $375 million in budget support to the Ethiopian government because of a crackdown on opposition supporters, according to development officials, who said the money would be diverted to other programmes in the country.

29.12.2005 International donors may freeze $375m in aid to Ethiopia following its recent crackdown on the main opposition party and the independent press, according to reports quoting "Western diplomats".

29.12.2005 After the failure of the end-of-year rains, the lives and livelihoods of thousands of nomadic cattle farmers are at stake in north-east Kenya.

29.12.2005 Pelastakaa Lapsilla on ollut kummiohjelmia Keniassa jo 15 vuotta. Kummien tuella annetaan mm. koulutusta tytöille, äideille, maanviljelijöille ja pienyrittäjille. Juomaveden saatavuutta parannetaan kaivoilla ja vedenkeruulaitteilla ja malarian torjumiseksi pihoilta raivataan lätäköitä.

29.12.2005 The Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa in Collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the United Nations Conference on Trade & Development are organising the Second IDLELO Conference on Free and Open Source Software to be held at the Nairobi Safari Park Hotel in Kenya from the 23rd to 25th February 2006. IDLELO is a Zulu word for a common grazing ground.

28.12.2005 Suomen Punainen Risti myöntää kiireellistä apua Itä-Afrikan kuiville alueille. Tilanne Pohjois-Keniassa Somalian ja Etiopian rajan tuntumassa on nopeasti muuttunut kriittiseksi kun 2,5 miljoonaa ihmistä on hädässä. Ruuan ja veden puute ajaa paimentolaiset teurastamaan karjaansa.

28.12.2005 The phenomenal growth of mobile phones in Kenya and many other developing countries thought to be too poor to afford the technology is a proof that people believe it is crucial to their well being.

26.12.2005 UNICEF has put together a special feature on the first anniversary of the tsunami. The feature covers all the countries that were affected by the tsunami, including east African countries.

23.12.2005 After two international court decisions targeting Uganda and growing diplomatic pressure, President Musevni steps up the rhetoric against foreign "interference".

23.12.2005 Village elders and circumcisers in a Tanzanian community have been arrested in a campaign against female genital mutilation that has saved 500 girls from the knife this Christmas.

23.12.2005 Britannia, Irlanti, Hollanti, Norja ja Ruotsi ovat ilmoittaneet leikkaavansa suoraa budjettitukeaan Ugandalle, koska ne ovat huolissaan demokratiavajeesta helmikuussa pidettävien vaalien alla. Avunantajat ovat suhtautuneet erityisen epäilevästi Forum for Democratic Change -oppositiopuolueen johtajan Kizza Besigyen pidättämiseen.

23.12.2005

22.12.2005 Britain is to cut £15 million in direct assistance to Uganda as a result of concerns about democracy ahead of the February general election.

22.12.2005 ActionAid's Ethiopia policy head, Daniel Bekele, and close partner, Netsanet Demessie of the Organisation for Social Justice in Ethiopia, have been charged with crimes against the state.

21.12.2005 During a comparative study, conducted in 2001-2002, researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK examined how the structure and operation of a health system influences maternal health care provision and outcomes in Bangladesh, Russia, South Africa and Uganda.

20.12.2005

20.12.2005 Tanzania will be the first country to receive more mobile phone service under a new partnership between UNDP and Ericsson.