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RWANDA: Church Moves To Wash Off The Stains Of 1994
The church in Rwanda is fighting to wash off the stigma it suffered for turning a blind eye to the 1994 genocide in which up to one million people were slaughtered in the predominantly Christian nation.RWANDA-HUMAN RIGHTS: Church Moves To Wash off 1994’s Stains
The church in Rwanda is fighting to wash off the stigma it suffered for turning a blind eye to the 1994 genocide in which up to one million people were slaughtered in the predominantly Christian nation./REPEAT/DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: WFP Airlifts Seeds To Help Farmers
Thousands of families in the southern Kivu area of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will benefit from urgently-needed bags of seed from the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP), giving the farmers a chance to plant before the rains end in a few week's time.DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: WFP Airlifts Seeds To Help Farmers
Thousands of families in the southern Kivu area of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will benefit from urgently-needed bags of seed from the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP), giving the farmers a chance to plant before the rains end in a few week's time.BURUNDI-TANZANIA: Peace Effort Takes a Nosedive
The failure by Burundi's government to attend peace talks that were to have been held on Monday in the north Tanzanian town of Arusha reflected a marked deterioration of relations between Burundi and Tanzania in recent weeks.AFRICA-U.N.: Envoy Under Fire For “Refusing” To Visit Somalia
Somalis based in Kenya say they will make a formal complaint to the U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan to protest against a decision by a special envoy to skip strife-torn Somalia during his fact-finding mission to the region.SUDAN-SOUTH AFRICA: SPLA Rejects Mediation Role by Mandela
Sudan's main rebel group has rejected a direct mediation role by Nelson Mandela, preferring the South African leader to act only as a facilitator to an already existing regional peace forum.COMORO ISLANDS: OAU Warns of the Consequences Of Secession
The secessionist movement in Anjouan and Moheli, part of the Comoro Islands, represents a dangerous precedent for the Indian Ocean archipelago's neighbours, according to Africa's top civil servant.KENYA-POLITICS: Violence Spreads in Tourism Belt//REPEATING//
The orgy of violence that has swept through the Kenyan town of Mombasa since last week has now spread to other parts of the country's Indian Ocean coast, prompting Western governments to warn their nationals against travelling to the area./REPEATING//KENYA-POLITICS: Violence Spreads in Tourism Belt
The orgy of violence that has swept through the Kenyan town of Mombasa since last week has now spread to other parts of the country's Indian Ocean coast, prompting Western governments to warn their nationals against travelling to the area./REPEATING/ BURUNDI-POLITICS: Preparing for a New Round of Peace Talks
Burundi's government says it is looking forward to next week's talks in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha despite the "negative" media campaigns which Bujumbura says Tanzania is orchestrating against it.KENYA-POLITICS: Violence Spreads in Tourism Belt
The orgy of violence that has swept through the Kenyan town of Mombasa since last week has now spread to other parts of the country's Indian Ocean coast, prompting Western governments to warn their nationals against travelling to the area.BURUNDI-POLITICS: Preparing for a New Round of Peace Talks
Burundi's government says it is looking forward to next week's talks in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha despite the "negative" media campaigns which Bujumbura says Tanzania is orchestrating against it.KENYA-ECONOMY: Unrest Hits Tourist Haven
Nervous hoteliers and travel agencies here are worried about the effects on Kenya's tourism industry of an orgy of violence in the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa, some 500 kms southeast of here and a popular destination for tourists.BURUNDI: People’s Health Affected by Food Shortages – WFP Warns
Tens of thousands of Burundians, living in camps inside the country, do not have access to adequate basic food sources to stave off malnutrition and life-threatening diseases, the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) has warned.UGANDA: Rebels Scale Down Fighting To Allow Farmers To Plant
Rebels seeking to topple the government of President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda say they have scaled down military operations to allow farmers to plant their fields.EAST AFRICA: Protecting Endangered Marine Plants and Animals
A cargo-load of leaking toxic waste docked at Kenya's port of Mombasa last year after being turned away by Tanzania.BURUNDI-POLITICS: African Leaders Inch Towards Lifting Sanctions
The sanctions imposed on Burundi by East and Central African nations a year ago are being gradually relaxed.KENYA-POPULATION: Police Crackdown on Illegal Immigrants
Thousands of Somali and Sudanese refugees, terrified by the police crackdown on illegal immigrants in Kenya, no longer hang out at their popular rendezvous along the busy Kaunda Street and Kenyatta Avenue here.KENYA-ECONOMY: IMF Aid Freeze Hits Where It Hurts
The decision by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to halt a 215 million U.S. dollar aid package to Kenya is threatening the country's economic recovery, experts and politicians here say.RWANDA-FOOD: Relief Handouts to be Kept to a Minimum, WFP Says
The vast majority of the 1.2 million-odd former Rwandan refugees who had been relying wholly on relief food in the past six months will now have to fend for themselves, according to the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP).« Previous Page — Next Page »
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