Full Coverage: East Africa

09/28/2006 "As a people, we stand for development and a chance to build a nation that our children will take over from in peace and prosperity," said the Times of Zambia on the eve of the most contested elections the nation has ever experienced.

09/26/2006 Another dividend of peace: eco-tourism and conservation are getting a boost in Uganda this month.

09/25/2006 Global labor representatives rallied Friday in support of Zimbabwean colleagues who were arrested and tortured earlier this month.

09/22/2006 Zimbabwen ammattiyhdistysliikkeen johtoa ja kymmeniä aktiiveja vastaan nostetut syytteet on peruttava ja ay-liikkeen vaino lopetettava, vaatii ay-liikkeen suurin kansainvälinen kattojärjestö VAKL presidentti Robert Mugabelle osoittamassaan kirjeessä. Zimbabwen ammatillisen keskusjärjestön ZCTU:n johto toipuu parhaillaan sairaalassa vammoista, joita se sai poliisin pidätysselleissä 13. syyskuuta tehtyjen joukkopidätysten yhteydessä.

09/21/2006 Sambian vaalit, jotka on määrä pitää 28. syyskuuta, lähestyvät. Vaalit ovat maan neljännet monipuoluevaalit vuoden 1991 jälkeen, jolloin maassa 27 vuotta jatkunut yhden puolueen valta päättyi. Politiikan analyytikot uskovat, että maan istuva presidentti Levy Mwanawasa tulee taistelemaan tiukasti vaalivoitosta, joka veisi hänet toiselle ja viimeiselle kaudelle.

09/21/2006 Ilmaiseen koulutukseen panostaminen kannattaa, vaikka lyhyellä aikavälillä se lisää valtion menoja. Koulutetut nuoret haluavat hyvän koulutuksen myös omille lapsilleen, arvioi Maailmanpankin vuosiraportti. Kenia on ymmärtänyt nuorisoon liittyvän potentiaalin ja suunnannut esimerkillisesti voimavaroja nuoriin.

09/19/2006 Zambia's general election, set for 28 September, is expected to be a bitter and closely contested affair. Political analysts believe the country's fourth multiparty poll since it emerged from 27 years of one-party rule in 1991 will be a hard-fought contest for the incumbent, President Levy Mwanawasa of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD), who is seeking a second and final term of office.

09/19/2006 To a lay person in Uganda, it is difficult to explain how ICTs fit into agriculture. But today, shrewd farmers in the rural Kayunga District of Central Uganda understand that ICT is the key to vital information that helps them to plan their crop production and gain access to markets.

09/18/2006 Ugandan rebel leaders have reportedly emerged from hiding Monday despite earlier assertions that they would not do so until international indictments against them had been lifted.

09/15/2006 Over 400 demonstrators were taken into custody after protests were staged in 34 urban centers in Zimbabwe Wednesday. Psychologist and Zimbabwe Social Forum member Maggie Makanza explores why the opposition in Zimbabwe has not been effective.

09/14/2006 The African Union will send peacekeepers to help support the interim government and establish stability in Somalia, despite the opposition of an armed group that has taken control of the capital and other large areas of the country.

09/13/2006 Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo on both on the verge of peace, the UN's humanitarian chief said Tuesday in Nairobi, but more international funds are needed to ensure livelihoods recovery and refugee return.

09/13/2006 Unicef auttaa Madagaskarin lapsia malarian välttämisessä. Malariaa esiintyy kaikkialla Madagaskarilla. Tauti on alle viisivuotiaiden suurin yksittäinen kuolinsyy. Ongelman ratkaisussa on kuitenkin kyse paljon muustakin kuin hyttysverkoista. Unicefin työn lähtökohtana on lähestyä lasten ongelmia kokonaisuutena ja ratkaista ne pysyvästi.

09/11/2006 The UN's humanitarian affairs chief said over the weekend that he believes peace negotiations will likely mark the beginning of the end of the 19-year conflict in northern Uganda and the question of justice for war crimes will not derail the process.

09/11/2006 As I traveled to Shimelba refugee camp, I envisioned myself offering thousands of traumatized children hopes for the future in the form of an education. As I was to learn, however, it wasn’t that simple.

09/10/2006 A reporter and cameraman working for the state-owned Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) were harassed by a crowd at a rally addressed by opposition Patriotic Front (PF) president Michael Sata in the Chawama Township of Lusaka.

09/10/2006 The lack of adequate regional ICT infrastructure to support high-quality and high-speed Internet connection in Sub-Saharan Africa is recognised as a major obstacle for setting the region’s economic and social development in motion.

09/10/2006 The lack of adequate regional ICT infrastructure to support high-quality and high-speed Internet connection in Sub-Saharan Africa is recognised as a major obstacle for setting the region’s economic and social development in motion.

09/08/2006 The deadly business of smuggling people across the Gulf of Aden from Somalia to Yemen has resumed for another year, with four overcrowded open fishing boats arriving in less than a week, the UN's refugee office has said.

09/07/2006 NairobI will this month host the inaugural United Nations e-Government forum for local authorities.