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BOOKS-ZIMBABWE: The Black Man’s Burden – Remembering the Colonial Police.
A book by the late Zimbabwean writer Gahadzikwa A. Chaza has shed light on an era long forgotten here - when a black colonial police force gave comfort to the white settlers of then Southern Rhodesia.POLITICS-ANGOLA: International Pressure Mounts To End Conflict
Pressure from the United Nations and neighbouring countries is mounting to end the conflict in Angola, which has driven thousands of refugees into bordering nations.DEVELOPMENT-ETHIOPIA: Millions In Need Of Emergency Food
As the Ethiopian government called upon its nationals to prepare for war against Eritrea, the World Food Programme (WFP) revealed that some 4.3 million people in the country are in need of emergency food aid.POLITICS-EAST AFRICA: Burundi Rejects Cease-fire Accord
Strife-torn Burundi looked set for a new beginning until the government of Major Pierre Buyoya ripped apart a cease-fire agreement signed last week in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha.POLITICS: Fear Grips The Rwandese Community
Following the May assassination of a liberal Hutu opposition leader in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, many within the Rwandese community here fear that they too may be tracked down by unknown hitmen.POLITICS-KENYA: Refugees Ordered to Hand Over Weapons
Kenyan's Minister of Home Affairs has ordered refugees living in the country to hand over illegal weapons or risk tough action from the government.UGANDA: Tales Of Murder, Kidnap And Forced Recruitment Into Rebel Army
Tales of murder, kidnap and forced recruitment of children into the rag-tag rebel armies seem to be in a vogue in Uganda.POLITICS-UGANDA: Rebel Army Uses Force to Recruit Youth
The death toll in a Ugandan rebel army's attack on a technical college in the western region continues to rise amid fears that the rebel group may step up its forced recruitment of youth.DEVELOPMENT-SUDAN: Death, Diseases Stalk Children
Death, disease and acute food shortages are stalking hundreds of thousands of severely malnourished children in southern Sudan's Bahr el Ghazal region, according to Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF).ERITREA-ETHIOPIA: War Turns Exiles into Unconditional Patriots
The border war between Ethiopia and Eritrea has spawned outpourings of patriotic fervour not only within the two countries but also among Ethiopians and Eritreans forced to live abroad by political or armed conflict at home.DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN-KENYA: Kenya Looks Forward to Bumper Maize Crop
Kenya has been recovering from the effects of El Nino including a poor 1997 maize crop and is expecting a bumper harvest of the staple this year.ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: Egypt Steps In To Mediate Border Dispute
Egypt is the latest country which has stepped in to try and mediate a border dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea over the Yigra Triangle.COMMODITIES: Kenya Looks Forward to Bumper Maize Crop
Kenya has been recovering from the effects of El Nino including a poor 1997 maize crop and is expecting a bumper harvest of the staple this year.POLITICS-EAST AFRICA: Kampala And Khartoum Try To Mend Fences
Uganda and Sudan, both long-time sworn enemies, have resorted to talks in an attempt to prevent a simmering tension between them from turning into a full-blown war and to patch up old wounds.ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: Border Dispute Poses Threat To Stability
A border dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea poses yet another threat to stability in the Horn of Africa, a region that already has more than its share of conflicts.HEALTH-AFRICA: Less Spectacular But No Less Deadly Than AIDS
Africa's health officials are preparing to step up the fight against a scourge that has received less attention than AIDS but kills more people on the continent than the dreaded Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV).HUMAN RIGHTS-KENYA: Heavy Cloud of Violence Looms, Coalition Says
A coalition of three major human rights groups has warned that Kenya is "a powder keg waiting to explode," unless the government stops using "divide and rule" tactics that will plunge the country deeper into violence.BURUNDI-POLITICS: Ex-Tanzanian Head Seeks to Revive Talks
Burundi's belligerents will meet sometime soon in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha if former Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere succeeds in a bid to revive negotiations broken off eight months ago.DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN-CHINA: China, EPZs Listed as Major Violators of Workers’ Rights
China and the Export Processing Zones (EPZs) that have been mushrooming in developing countries have been identified here as major violators of workers' rights worldwide.POPULATION: UNHCR Appeals for Funds to Resettle Somalis
The United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (UNHCR) appealed Friday for 24 million U.S. Dollars to finance the repatriation and resettlement this year of more than 400,000 Somalis scattered in African and Middle Eastern nations.LABOUR: China, EPZs Listed as Major Violators of Workers’ Rights
China and the Export Processing Zones (EPZs) that have been mushrooming in developing countries have been identified here as major violators of workers' rights worldwide.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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