Full Coverage: East Africa

30.09.2005 Fears are growing in Uganda that the country is once again heading for dictatorship and misrule.

29.09.2005 President Robert Mugabe’s drive to win wealthy and uncritical friends in East Asia is doing little to rescue the economy.

29.09.2005 Ethiopian and Swedish terminologists will cooperate through an agreement recently reached between the National Association of Translators and Interpreters of Ethiopia (NATIE) and the Swedish Centre for Terminology (TNC).

28.09.2005 A Nairobi, nella parte benestante della capitale dove sono situate le ambasciate e vivono i rappresentanti del governo, lo scorso 23 settembre c’è stata la demolizione della baraccopoli di Deep Sea. Alle ore 24,30 un camion pieno di soldati della Regional Administration e di uomini assoldati per l'occasione, sono entrati nello slum di Deep Sea (850 famiglie) seguiti da un rumoroso Caterpillar. "Fuori tutti dalle case - hanno gridato - incomincia la demolizione...". “Questo e' un grande atto di coruzzione e i responsabili e gli chief devono rimanere fuori da questo pezzo di terra. Anche se e' avvenuta una vendita sara' annullato il title deed (certificato di proprieta') per non aver rispettato le leggi del paese e il diritto della gente” ha scritto padre Cellana nella sua lettera sulle demolizioni nello slum di Deep Sea. Sulla situazione abitativa a Nairobi sta facendo pressioni la campagna "W Nairobi W!" che chiede la conversione del debito estero del Kenya in nuove politiche abitative.

27.09.2005 A programme to boost information technology in schools will be launched by President Kibaki in Isiolo,Nairobi.

26.09.2005 Hundreds of genocide convicts in Rwanda, released under a presidential decree, have begun community work as part of punishment for their role in the 1994 killings, according to an official.

26.09.2005 A new project managed by AfriAfya and supported by Exchange is using information and communication technologies (ICTs) to communicate about health and development.This health communication project engages the knowledge of marginalised people in Kenya. The main emphasis is on analysing what information can be exchanged to improve the communities' situations.

23.09.2005 Before his death in August, Sudan's first Vice President John Garang issued an ultimatum that come November, Northern Uganda's rebels operating out of southern Sudan would face military action if they failed to disband. With Garang out of the picture, the rebels continue to be active, killing 17 in one recent attack.

22.09.2005 There is a real possibility that Ethiopia and Eritrea – currently locked in an uneasy peace – could return to war, the co-editor of a new book on the conflict warned this week, reports Daniel Nelson.

22.09.2005 inadequate rainfall and a poor harvest mean that 34 per cent of Malawians - including 1 million children and pregnant women - will be unable to get enough to eat until the next harvest in March 2006.

21.09.2005 Armeija ja kapinallisten joukot jatkavat siviilien tappamista, raiskaamista ja pakkosiirtoja Pohjois-Ugandassa, vasta julkaistu raportti kertoo. Kohta kaksikymmentä vuotta kestänyt sota Ugandassa on jättänyt 1.9 miljoonaa ihmistä eristyksiin, unohduksiin ja vaille suojaa. Ihmisoikeusjärjestö Human Rights Watch pitää välttämättömänä, että kriisin molemmat osapuolet viedään Kansainvälisen rikostuomioistuimen eteen syytettyinä ihmisoikeusrikkomuksista.

21.09.2005 Computer Aid International is working with Computers for Schools Kenya to install PCs in schools and provide the technical support and software needed need to use computers as an educational tool.

21.09.2005 Soccer matches involving Burundian soldiers, rebels and civilians are contributing to the drive for peace and democracy.

21.09.2005 The Ugandan military and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army continue to kill, rape and uproot civilians in northern Uganda with brazen impunity, says a new report.

21.09.2005 The Zimbabwean government has finally admitted that the country will run out of food by the end of this month. President Mugabe still refuses to make an urgent appeal to the international community, but it's probably too late to avert a human tragedy on a scale with Darfur anyway, says Zimbabwean writer Wilf Mbanga.

19.09.2005 Maailman elintarvikeohjelman (WFP) aluksen kaapanneet suostuvat viimein vapauttamaan 850 tonnin ruokalastin liki kolmen kuukauden panttauksen jälkeen. Ruoka-apu oli tarkoitettu tsunamivahingoista kärsineen Somalian itärannikon asukkaille. Neuvottelujen tuloksena päästiin yhteisymmärrykseen apupaketin jakamisesta Somalian "hylättyyn" keskiosaan.

19.09.2005 Etiopiassa kokeillaan ensimmäisenä uutta verkkopohjaista työkalua, jonka avulla pyritään harmonisoimaan ja koordinoimaan kansainvälistä kehitysapua. AMP-verkkotyökalun avulla yritetään helpottaa kehitysmaiden ja avunantajamaiden työtä niiden seuratessa kansainvälisiä rahoitusvirtoja ja avustusohjelmien toimintaa.

19.09.2005 After almost three months, the hijackers of a World Food Program (WFP) ship carrying food aid off the coast of Somalia pledged to release the cargo after reaching agreement that the 850 tons of rice meant for tsunami survivors be distributed in the "neglected" central region.

16.09.2005 NAIROBI, Sep 16 (IPS) - Since gaining independence in 1963, Kenya has held four elections. But, perhaps the most decisive ballot of all has been cast by citizens who voted with their feet -- leaving Kenya for countries that seemed more promising.

16.09.2005 A new report by the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum traces the main consequences of Operation “Murambatsvina,” which according to the U.N. has left 700,000 people homeless since it was set in motion on May 19. The report also places the Operation into the context of events that have taken place in Zimbabwe over several years.