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ECONOMY-TANZANIA: Poor Phone And Fax Lines Keep Investors Away
A visibly frustrated Tanzanian secretary fumbles here with a fax machine and stack of papers trying to transmit a message to clients in the northern part of the country. She fails.DEVELOPMENT-TANZANIA: Drought, Now Rains Disrupt Economy
Floods, cholera and the influx of refugees have combined to undermine Tanzania's economy which is still reeling from the effects of the 1997 drought.TANZANIA-POLITICS: No End in Sight to Zanzibari Crisis
A political crisis has lingered on in the Indian Ocean archipelago of Zanzibar since elections there in 1995 but it was shunned by experts who attended a conference on conflict resolution in this Tanzanian resort town.POLITICS: African Diplomats Told to Get a Taste of Bush Life
Kenya's Bethuel Kipligat gained fame as the first African official to travel to the remote bush in Mozambique, meet with rebel leaders and open up a channel of communications between the insurgents and the outside world.AFRICA-POLITICS: Hands-on Experience in Conflict Prevention
The list of countries serving as the raw material for lessons on conflict in Africa at a meeting this week in this north Tanzanian town was anything but short.RWANDA: U.N. Rep Sounds An Alarm Bell Over The Cycle of Violence
A United Nations representative has sounded an alarm bell over the cycle of violence in Rwanda, which seems to be slipping into a bloodbath similar to the 1994 one in which up to a million people were slaughtered.HEALTH-DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Children Die of Cholera
A pack of pictures taken in Kisangani shows a row of thin children with sinking eyes lying in a cholera camp, with drips hanging above their beds to replace lost fluids.POLITICS-ZANZIBAR: Commonwealth Steps In To Resolve Conflict
The political crisis in the Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar, which erupted over the contested result of multi-party elections in 1995, shows no signs of ending soon.RWANDA/BURUNDI: Rebels Resort to New Tactics to Scare Opponents
Rebels seeking to topple the Tutsi- dominated governments in Rwanda and Burundi appear to be resorting to new tactics to scare their opponents.EAST/CENTRAL AFRICA-OUTLOOK: A Mix Bag of Hope and Fears for 1998
The year 1998 offers a mix bag of hopes and fears to some 250 million people living in a swathe of territory between the south-western shores of the Red Sea to Angola's Atlantic coast.DEVELOPMENT: Muslim Leaders Renew SOS for Kenya’s Flood Victims
Frustrated Muslim leaders here have renewed an appeal made earlier this month to the international community to provide assistance for hundreds of thousands of people affected by floods in parts of northeast Kenya.COMORO ISLANDS: OAU Urges Breakaway Islands to End Secession
The Organisation of African Unity (OAU) this week urged the isles of Anjouan and Moheli to end their secession from the Comoro Islands. The appeal followed inconclusive talks on the future of the archipelago in Addis Ababa.POPULATION-KENYA: Fewer Refugees
The number of refugees in Kenya, long regarded as a haven for fugitives from the troubled Horn of Africa, has been shrinking as more and more people return to their home countries.FOOD-TANZANIA: Help Under Way for Drought Victims
The rains falling in parts of Tanzania have come too late for some 1.4 million people whom the preceding drought condemned to crop failures and food aid, which will be distributed by the World Food Programme (WFP).POLITICS-SOMALIA: Somalis Unhappy Over Venue Of Peace Talks //rpt//
A decision by Somalia's factions to hold their next peace talks in the Somali town of Baidoa will put the lives of foreign observers and journalists at risk unless a neutral force is deployed to guarantee their safety and that of the delegates, say a group of Somali exiles.POLITICS-SOMALIA: Somalis Unhappy Over Venue Of Peace Talks
A decision by Somalia's factions to hold their next peace talks in the Somali town of Baidoa will put the lives of foreign observers and journalists at risk unless a neutral force is deployed to guarantee their safety and that of the delegates, say a group of Somali exiles.DEVELOPMENT-KENYA: Moslem Leaders Appeal For Relief Food
Moslem leaders here have appealed for relief aid for thousands of people affected by floods in northeast Kenya.POLITICS-KENYA: Foreign Observers Will Not Monitor Elections
Foreign-based observers will not monitor the forthcoming general elections in Kenya as they did during the 1992 controversial multi-party polls, election officials here have said.ENVIRONMENT: Kenya and Somalia Hit by Floods, Now Cholera
A major threat of cholera looms in parts of Kenya and Somalia where more than one million people have been affected by floods, aid agencies here have warned.HEALTH-KENYA: Hospitals Crippled By Nurses Strike
A nationwide strike by nurses for a pay increase and better conditions of service is spreading to other key areas of the health profession, threatening to cripple Kenya's state-run hospitals.POLITICS-KENYA: Safina Joins the Election Fray
Safina, registered as a political party only this week, has thrown its hat into the ring, determined to contest the Dec. 29 general elections in Kenya.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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