Stories written by Moyiga Nduru

UGANDA-POLITICS: Museveni Takes Command OF The War In The North

By Moyiga Nduru
Uganda's army which repelled a rebel invasion in the southwest last month, is yet to quell an eight- year uprising in the north, despite a redoubling of efforts.

ZAIRE-POPULATION: No Sign of Rwandan Refugees

By Moyiga Nduru
While aid agencies and the international community debate the merits of going ahead with the multinational military force, the whereabouts of some 165,000 Rwandan refugees in eastern Zaire has become a mystery.

/IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN/ ZAIRE: Peacekeepers May Protect Gorillas

By Moyiga Nduru
The arrival of the Canadian-led multinational force in Central Africa will provide a safe haven not only for the stranded Rwandese refugees, but also for the last remaining populations of mountain gorillas.

ZAIRE-ENVIRONMENT: Peacekeepers May Protect Gorillas

By Moyiga Nduru
The arrival of the Canadian-led multinational force in Central Africa will provide a safe haven not only for the stranded Rwandese refugees, but also for the last remaining populations of mountain gorillas.

LIBERIA-POLITICS: Journalists Call For Speedy Disarming Of Rebels

By Moyiga Nduru
Liberian journalists fed up with their harassment by rebel fighters have appealed to the West African peacekeeping force in Liberia, ECOMOG, to speed up the disarmament of the estimated 60,000 combatants in the country.

GHANA-POPULATION: Denied Refugee Status for Walking Too Far

By Moyiga Nduru
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee (UNHCR) has refused to grant refugee status to some 200 Sudanese, many of whom said they walked and hitchhiked to Ghana, more than 4,000 kilometres from their country.

/IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN/ LOME CONVENTION: Change, Yes, But For Whose Needs?

By Moyiga Nduru
The start Wednesday of the European Union's year long debate on the future of its Lome trade and aid pact with the 70 nation African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group has been welcomed by NGOs and trade experts north and south.

UGANDA-CHILDREN: Robbed of Their Childhood by Armed Men

By Moyiga Nduru
Over the past two years, more than 3,000 children have been kidnapped in northern Uganda by armed opposition fighters, according to the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF).

BURUNDI-POLITICS: Kenyan Politician Calls for Lifting of Embargo

By Moyiga Nduru
The camera focuses on a patient lying in a hospital ward, then swings over to a doctor complaining about the shortage of medicine.

UGANDA-ZAIRE: New Border Conflict Flares Up

By Moyiga Nduru
Footage of Rwandan refugees fleeing eastern Zaire has been appearing on television screens across the world but, just a short distance away, another conflict that has displaced thousands of people has received much less attention.

SOMALIA-POLITICS: Shoved out of the Limelight

By Moyiga Nduru
Overshadowed though it is by the conflict in eastern Zaire, strife-torn Somalia is refusing to be completely blacked out from the international limelight.

UGANDA-POPULATION: Rebels Warn Sudanese Refugees To Vacate Camps

By Moyiga Nduru
As the international community prepares to assist masses of refugees displaced by fighting in eastern Zaire, another group of refugees are under threat, this time in Uganda.

KENYA-FOOD: Drought Takes Its Toll On People And Cattle

By Moyiga Nduru
Perennial drought, leading to a decline in farming and livestock activities in Kenya's north-eastern province, has begun to take a toll on the local population.

RWANDA-ZAIRE: Exiled Rwandan Leaders at Odds Over Refugee Crisis

By Moyiga Nduru
Exiled Rwandan leaders based here appear to be at variance on how to resolve the refugee crisis in eastern Zaire with the moderates calling on the refugees to return home and the hardliners accusing the United States of dragging its feet on international intervention.

GREAT LAKES-POPULATION: Nations On Alert To Refugee Influx

By Moyiga Nduru
The movement of people fleeing the fighting in eastern Zaire has put other African countries on the alert to refugees crossing into their territories.

BURUNDI-ECONOMY: Tonnes of Coffee But No One to Sell it to

By Moyiga Nduru
You could call it forced savings, but for the people who administer Burundi's coffee industry, it's more a question of the horse starving while the grass is growing.

CENTRAL AFRICA-POLITICS: Kinshasa Rules Out Regional Talks

By Moyiga Nduru
When East and Central African leaders meet here next week, one chair will not be occupied.

BURUNDI-POLITICS: Repentant Junta Arrests Killer Troops

By Moyiga Nduru
The next time the Sunday market in one of Burundi's many villages reopens, some of the people who visited it two weeks ago will not be among the vendors and buyers there.

GREAT LAKES-POLITICS: War Threatens Volatile Region

By Moyiga Nduru
Africa's Great Lakes Region is teetering on the brink of a major conflagration as Zaire's army battles Banyamulenge (ethnic Tutsi) rebels who, Kinshasa alleges, are being helped by Rwanda and Burundi.

BURUNDI-TRANSPORT: Bikes Beat Fuel Shortage

By Moyiga Nduru
A fuel shortage resulting from a three-month old embargo has put many people in Burundi on their bikes - a mode of transport previously spurned by in capital.

BURUNDI-EDUCATION: They Should Be in School

By Moyiga Nduru
The little girl who peeps through the bamboo walls of a classroom here as other children go through their paces in French, Burundi's official language, is of school age.
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