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ENVIRONMENT: Gorilla Custodians Keep Poachers at Bay
The custodians of the few remaining gorillas in Rwanda have won an international prize for keeping poachers at bay during and after the tragic civil war of 1994 in which up to one million people died.ZAIRE-POPULATION: Banyarwanda Refugees Pour into Uganda
Hundreds of ethnic Rwandans fleeing pogroms in Eastern Zaire's North Kivu region have been forced to seek refuge in neighbouring Uganda.BURUNDI-POLITICS: Civil Conflict Takes a Turn for the Worse
The low-intensity civil war in Burundi seems to be taking a turn for the worse, with hardline Hutu rebels threatening the capital, Bujumbura.KENYA-POLITICS: Anti-Asian Sentiment Slammed
Efforts to whip up anti-Asian feeling by a Kenyan opposition leader has been condemned from both within and outside his party.AFRICA-ECONOMY: Building Intra-Regional Trade Links
When Bingu wa Mutharika tunes into CNN's prime time business reports, he usually picks up Business Asia or Business Europe.KENYA-FOOD: Famine Threatens North-Eastern Province
Famine looms in parts of arid north eastern Kenya, threatening the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, community leaders warn.RWANDA-KENYA: Opposition Urges Nairobi to Mend Fences with Kigali
Relations between Kenya and Rwanda have been frosty since the former rebel Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF) seized power in Kigali in 1994.SUDAN-POLITICS: Selling Peace Accord to a Sceptical South
One day in April, rebel commander Riak Machar slipped out of the southern Sudan bush, boarded a military aircraft, and flew to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.BURUNDI-POLITICS: Talk of Talks as the Blood Keeps Flowing
Less than a month ago, Burundi's main Hutu rebel group vowed to step up its activities and overthrow the coalition government in Bujumbura./DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 07/KENYA-INDIA: Forging Closer Trade Ties
It was Indian labour that helped build Kenya a century ago, and now Kenyan business leaders would like to return the favour, and make a healthy profit into the bargain.KENYA-HABITAT: Government Ignores Plight of Shanty Communities
Scruffy bare-foot children play on a narrow dirt road in this sprawling shanty town, splashing water from open sewers onto unsuspecting passers-by.KENYA/INDIA-ECONOMY: Forging Closer Trade Ties
It was Indian labour that helped build Kenya a century ago, and now Kenyan business leaders would like to return the favour, and make a healthy profit into the bargain./DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 6/ AFRICA: The Life-Saving Bean
Millions of people in Africa need not be undernourished if the consumption of soya bean, a relatively cheap source of protein, is encouraged, nutritionists say.KENYA/RWANDA-POLITICS: Undiplomatic Relations
The disappearance of a Rwandan diplomat in Kenya while in police custody has cast a new chill over the two countries' uneasy relations.SOMALIA-POLITICS: No End In Sight To Banana War
A banana war between two of Somalia's main warlords is underway over the control of the lucrative banana export trade to Europe.AFRICA-FOOD: Life-saving Bean
Millions of people in Africa need not be undernourished if the consumption of soya bean, a relatively cheap source of protein, is encouraged, nutritionists say.ETHIOPIA-FOOD: Starvation Threat Despite Bumper Harvest
A new threat of famine is looming in the north of Ethiopia, where up to a million people died of starvation between 1984 and 1985.ZANZIBAR-ECONOMY: Turning to Services as Clove Prices Fall
For decades Zanzibar's economy has hinged almost solely on cloves but falling world market prices for the commodity have forced the Indian Ocean archipelago to turn to other sources of income.ZANZIBAR-POLITICS: Anarchy Grips Indian Ocean Islands
The Indian Ocean islands of Zanzibar have been in political turmoil for the past six months over the contested result of multi-party elections./ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN 9/ ZAIRE: Poaching by Refugees from Sudanese Civil War Returns to Garamba National Park
For close to a decade, Garamba National Park in north-eastern Zaire had been safe from poachers. Now, thanks to the automatic weapons pouring in from strife-torn Sudan along with hungry refugees, all that is changing.SUDAN-POLITICS: No End of Civil War in Sight, Despite Accord
There is no sign that Sudan's 13-year civil war is coming to an end. Despite the government-sponsored fanfare accompanying the signing of a political charter between two southern rebel factions and the Islamic regime this week, few here seem to be taking the accord seriously.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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