Full Coverage: East Africa

06/28/2006 Peace agreements, post-conflict reconstruction, and governance do better when women are involved, according to research in Sudan, Congo and Uganda by the International Crisis Group.

06/28/2006 Rwanda has been announced the winner of the United Nations global competition on public service on the African continent.

06/27/2006 Josep Prior, Medecins sans frontieres' head of mission in Somalia, describes how the coming to power of the Islamic Courts in Mogadishu, after 15 years of control by warlords, has affected civilians and MSF's projects.

06/27/2006 The mining sector in Tanzania has once again come under intense scrutiny with signs that government officials are beginning to yield to public pressure for a fresh look at mining contracts.

06/26/2006 Kaukaiselta tuntuva nälänhätä koettiin läheisesti YK:n Maailman elintarvikeohjelman Lontoon toimistossa kun katastrofialueelta saapui tekstiviesti. "Nimeni on Mohammed Sokor, kirjoitan teille Dagahaleyn pakolaisleiriltä Dadaabissa. Hyvä herra, tilanne täällä on hälyttävä. Ihmisille ei anneta tarpeeksi ruokaa. Teidän täytyy auttaa."

06/26/2006 "My name is Mohammed Sokor, writing to you from Dagahaley refugee camp in Dadaab. Dear sir, there is an alarming issue here. People are given too few kilogrammes of food. You must help." The UN World Food Programme receives a direct appeal from a disaster zone in the Horn of Africa.
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06/26/2006 The average Zimbabwean family requires $524 a month just to cover the basics, but the average worker only earns about $200 a month. How, then, do people cope? Many Zimbabweans have turned into entrepreneurs, finding alternative ways of surviving in their poverty-stricken country.

06/23/2006 Somalia's interim government and the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), the group that controls Mogadishu, have agreed to mutually recognize each other and engage in further dialogue in a bid to bring stability to the war-torn country.

06/23/2006 An estimated 20,000 Rwandans have fled to northern Burundi in the past six months, according to Medecins Sans Frontieres.

06/22/2006 "A digital library is one of the very important academic equipments that the National University of Rwanda (NUR) in Huye District (Butare), has been missing for better academic excellence and I hope it's going to greatly help students and lecturers in their studies and research."

06/21/2006 Zimbabwean officials are furious at the UN's recommendation that Zimbabwe be ranked as a least-developed country. Zimbabwe's rejection of the status has become highly politicized, with many calling for authorities to face, not ignore, the reality of the "unfolding crisis" there.

06/20/2006 UNITED NATIONS, Jun 20 (IPS) - The eastern areas of Sudan near the Eritrean-Ethiopian border are drought-stricken and dry during the hot months, and in recent years, a steady decline in rainfall continues to threaten basic survival efforts such as the cultivation of land and raising of livestock.

06/20/2006 After nearly two decades of conflict between the government and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army, about 90-95 per cent of the population in northern Uganda now live in overcrowded camps for displaced people, according to an international medical group.

06/20/2006 After nearly two decades of conflict between the government and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army, 90-95 per cent of the population of northern Uganda now live in overcrowded camps for displaced people, according to an international medical group.

06/20/2006 Poliittisen ja taloudellisen kriisin kurimuksessa elävä Zimbabwe on torjunut YK:n ehdotuksen luokituksensa alentamisesta kaikkien köyhimpien maiden kastiin. Maailman kehitysmaista 50 luokitellaan nyt vähiten kehittyneiksi eli LDC-valtioiksi, ja niistä 34 sijaitsee Afrikassa.

06/19/2006 Bicycle taxis are rapidly becoming more popular than gasoline-powered minibus taxis in parts of Western Kenya. The bicycles, know as “boda bodas”, can maneuver through traffic more easily and offer a means of income to a larger share of the population.

06/19/2006 Tansania on yksi niistä kolmesta maasta, jolle Suomi antaa suoraa budjettitukea. Ministerineuvos Satu Santalan mielestä kansalaisyhteiskunnan tulisi seurata kehitysyhteistyövarojen käyttöä, koska niistä päätetään yhä useammin osana valtion budjettia eikä enää avunantajamaiden edustustoissa ja pääkaupungeissa.

06/15/2006 NAIROBI, Jun 15 (IPS) - The Sudanese government appears to be taking a hard line on the deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping force to help protect civilians in the war-torn region of Darfur, in western Sudan.

06/15/2006 Churches in Zimbabwe trying to address the worsening political and economic crises are being thrust into the unfamiliar role of political activism. Church groups are divided along party lines and have drawn attention for their public bickering.

06/14/2006 Feelings of euphoria and optimism have swept the Somali capital as citizens welcome a newfound sense of security following 16 years of conflict. Can it last?