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AFRICA-FOOD: Famine Belt Stretches From Sudan to Rwanda
Famine has hit a swathe of land stretching from the Sudan to Rwanda, forcing millions to depend on food handouts from donors.KENYA-ECONOMY: State Defrauded of Billions, Says Opposition Boss
In a move likely to go down well with Kenya's donors, an opposition leader has compiled a list of financial scams through which, he charged, over 140 billion Kenyan shillings have been stolen from the state since 1990.UGANDA-POLITICS: Rebels Deny that They are Licked
Rebels seeking to topple Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni have played down claims by his government that their leader is starving in his north Uganda hideout and looking for a guide to smuggle him out to Kenya to seek refuge there.AFRICA-FOOD: Famine Belt Stretches From Sudan to Rwanda
Famine has hit a swathe of land stretching from the Sudan to Rwanda, forcing millions to depend on food handouts from donors.KENYA-POPULATION: Heading Into AIDS Storm//REPEATING FOR SOME POINTS//
Widespread concern that Kenya is heading into an AIDS storm has prompted the government to formulate a long- term strategy to deal with the scourge that already has killed nearly a quarter-of-a-million young Kenyans.KENYA-POPULATION: Heading Into an AIDS Storm
Widespread concern here that Kenya is heading towards an AIDS storm has prompted its government to formulate a long-term strategy to deal with a scourge that has already killed nearly a quarter of a million young Kenyans.UGANDA: The End in Sight For ‘Christian’ Rebels?
Excited Ugandan officials insist that Joseph Kony, the enigmatic leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), is starving in his hideout in northern Uganda and looking for a guide to smuggle him out to Kenya to seek refuge there.SUDAN-FOOD: Rebel Leader Appeals For Emergency Aid
Famine has hit parts of Sudan as a result of low rainfall this year, prompting rebel leader John Garang to appeal for international food aid for the affected areas.SUDAN-POLITICS: Rebel Faction Rallies to the Government Side
The return to Sudan of a top rebel commander this week is a major diplomatic victory for the Islamic fundamentalist regime in Khartoum, sources here say.SUDAN-POLITICS: Breakthrough Reported in Stalled Peace Talks
Representatives of Sudan's government and a rebel group fighting it since 1983 met here, actually signed a joint communique, and agreed to meet again in what one rebel official called a "breakthrough" in the long-stalled negotiations between the two sides.UGANDA-POLITICS: The End in Sight For “Christian” Rebels?
Excited Ugandan officials insist that Joseph Kony, the enigmatic leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), is starving in his hideout in northern Uganda and looking for a guide to smuggle him out to Kenya to seek refuge there.COMORO ISLANDS: Tension Rising in the Indian Ocean Archipelago
Tension is rising in the tiny Indian Ocean island of Anjouan where seperatist rebels have urged residents to prepare for a new mercenary-backed attack by the federal government of President Mohamed Taki Abdulkarim in the Grande- Comore.KENYA-POPULATION: Refugees Flee to Zanzibar
Unrest that has plagued Kenya's Coastal Province for a month now has forced some 100 Kenyans to flee to the Tanzanian archipelago of Zanzibar, reports here say.HORN OF AFRICA: Threat Of Fundamentalism Grips The Region
The rise of a new Islamic rebel group in Somalia seeking to topple the "Judeo-Christian hegemony" in Ethiopia and Eritrea threatens to bring more conflict to the troubled Horn of African region.UGANDA-POPULATION: Sudanese Refugees Flee Rebels
Thousands of southern Sudanese refugees are returning home, fleeing the insecurity in northern Uganda, sources here say.KENYA-HUMAN RIGHTS: Much Room for Improvement, Amnesty Says
Stability in Kenya is threatened by problems similar to those that have plagued other regional countries like Somalia, Rwanda, Sudan, Burundi and the former Zaire, according to human rights observers.HORN OF AFRICA: Threat of Fundamentalism Grips the Region
The rise of a new Islamic rebel group in Somalia seeking to topple the "Judeo-Christian hegemony" in Ethiopia and Eritrea threatens to bring more conflict to the troubled Horn of African region.COMORO ISLANDS: OAU to Step up Mediation
The invasion by Comoran troops of the renegade island of Anjouan will not stop regional efforts to find a peaceful solution to the crisis dogging the Indian Ocean archipelago, says the Organisation of African Unity (OAU).BURUNDI-POLITICS: New Mediator in the Offing?
A regional summit to be held this week in the Tanzanian capital, Dar es Salaam, is likely to be dominated by discussions over whether former Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere should stay on as mediator in the Burundi conflict.TANZANIA-FOOD: Heading for a Crisis?
The threat of famine is looming in Tanzania, where the number of affected persons needing food aid is reported to have risen to 5.5 million.AFRICA: Limited Advances in Reproductive Health Rights for Women
In Tanzania, a school girl is immediately expelled by her headteacher if she falls pregnant while at school. Rarely is she given another chance to continue her education once her baby has been born.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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