Moyiga Nduru

ZAIRE-POLITICS: Refugees Caught up in Civil War

Thousands of Hutu refugees from Burundi and Rwanda are fleeing the area around Uvira in eastern Zaire due to fighting between the country's army and the Banyamulenge ethnic group.

BURUNDI-ZAIRE: Ethnic Quagmire

By Moyiga Nduru

There is little sign of activity at this once bustling border outpost except for the birds that fly over the Zairean and Burundian checkpoints as immigration and customs officers sit idly by.

BURUNDI-HEALTH: The High Price of Sanctions

By Moyiga Nduru

As far as his relatives are concerned, Andrien Ndikuriyo paid with his life for sanctions imposed on Burundi by its neighbours.

BURUNDI-POLITICS: Travelling By Road Still Risky

By Moyiga Nduru

His speech is blurred, after an enemy bullet ripped off flesh on the right side of his mouth, and an artificial limb now replaces his right arm.

BURUNDI-POLITICS: Determined to Survive

By Moyiga Nduru

Almost everywhere in this Central African capital -- in cafes, taxis, shops and offices -- conversation topic number one is survival.

SUDAN-POLITICS: Christian Rebels Hold Six Catholic Missionaries

By Moyiga Nduru

The rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) is holding six Catholic missionaries on suspicion of spying for the Islamic fundamentalist regime in Khartoum.

/IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN/ AFRICA: Floods Threaten Thousands in Ethiopia and Sudan

By Moyiga Nduru

Thousands of people living along river banks are threatened by heavy flooding in Ethiopia and Sudan.

CENTRAL AFRICA-POPULATION: Hutu Refugees Face Massive Repatriation

By Moyiga Nduru

The Zairean government has decided to repatriate more than one million Hutu refugees in several camps in the Eastern Kivu Province before its May 1997 elections.

ENVIRONMENT: Floods Threaten Thousands in Ethiopia and Sudan

By Moyiga Nduru

Thousands of people living along river banks are threatened by heavy flooding in Ethiopia and Sudan.

/IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN/ RWANDA: Gorilla Population on the Increase

By Moyiga Nduru

Seven births might not seem a large number, but when they occur in three months in a tiny population, that's enough to make conservationists excited.

SOMALIA-POPULATION: UNHCR Prepares For Voluntary Repatriation

By Moyiga Nduru

A group of Somali refugee representatives are on a fact-finding mission to northwest Somalia for a planned United Nations programme to promote the voluntary repatriation of some 275,000 Somali refugees in Ethiopia.

BURUNDI-POLITICS: Embargo Relaxed for Humanitarian Aid

By Moyiga Nduru

When East and Central African leaders decided to impose economic sanctions on Burundi, they ignored the need for humanitarian aid among the estimated 300,000 displaced people and Rwandan refugees in that country.

RWANDA-ENVIRONMENT: Gorilla Population on the Increase

By Moyiga Nduru

Seven births might not seem a large number, but when they occur in three months in a tiny population, that's enough to make conservationists excited.

SUDAN-FOOD: UN Gets Clearance to Fly Relief Supplies to Sudan

By Moyiga Nduru

After a long delay, the Sudanese government has given the green light to the United Nations to fly in relief supplies to thousands of people affected by floods in south-eastern Sudan.

SOMALIA-POLITICS: Refugees Fear More Years in Exile

By Moyiga Nduru

For Suliman Ahmed, the looming showdown between Somalia's warlords could mean that he, and thousands of other Somali refugees here, will not go home soon.

KENYA-POLITICS: Asian Community Seeks to Set the Record Straight

By Moyiga Nduru

A growing anti-Asian sentiment among politicians here has moved a group of Kenyan Asians to come together to respond to set the record straight on their presence in the East African nation.

KENYA-POLITICS: Asian Community Seeks to Set the Record Straight

By Moyiga Nduru

A growing anti-Asian sentiment among politicians here has moved a group of Kenyan Asians to come together to respond to set the record straight on their presence in the East African nation.

SOMALIA-POLITICS: Aideed’s Death Unlikely To Bring Peace

By Moyiga Nduru

The death of Somalia's leading warlord, General Mohamed Farah Aideed, threatens to plunge a country that has seen no peace since 1991 into further violence.

SOMALIA-POLITICS: Aideed’s Death Unlikely To Bring Peace

By Moyiga Nduru

The death of Somalia's leading warlord, General Mohamed Farah Aideed, threatens to plunge a country that has seen no peace since 1991 into further violence.