Full Coverage: Africa

31.08.2004 Mobile phones and satellite tracking systems are helping communities in the
semi-arid region of sub-Saharan Africa locate their herds easily and avoid
conflicts over grazing land.

31.08.2004 Published by ABC Ulwazi, a radio training and production house for development in South Africa, this manual discusses the aspects of community radio, including issues such as production of content and sustainability of radio stations.

31.08.2004 The situation in Darfur and Chad remains critical as the threat of cholera or malaria epidemics rise with the onset of the rainy season, Oxfam warns.

31.08.2004 On a shallow slope between two hills of orange rock and sand, a man's body lies curled in a foetal position. His hands are thrown up as if to protect his face from the bullet that punched a hole in his temple. A few feet away on the bare slope, another man's body lies between two youths. His arms are stretched out to the two younger ones, as if he was embracing them at the moment of death.

31.08.2004 The Municipal Development Partnership for Eastern and Southern Africa (MDPESA) invites participants to a video conference session on "Information and Communication Technology: Potentials and Challenges for Local Government" to be held on Friday 3 September 2004. This session is part of the ongoing Africa Local Government Action Forum (ALGAF). The presenter for the Session is Dr. Sisti P. Cariah from Tanzania.

31.08.2004 Reports of rape are still rife in Darfur, western Sudan, perpetrators of abuses act with impunity, and civilians are being pressured to return to insecure areas, a UN team visiting the area has said.

30.08.2004 A locally designed pot that keeps food fresher for longer is helping Sudanese farmers sell more fruit and vegetables and make bigger profits.

27.08.2004

Sudanese flag on hut razed by militia in Darfur © Sven Torfinn

Americans can help the people of Darfur by urging the media to cover the atrocities and by letting our government know we care, says Jerry Fowler. Fowler claims that one reason the U.S. government did little while 800,000 Rwandans were murdered in 1994 was because “it didn’t hear much from Americans who cared.”

26.08.2004 At first glance Abshok camp looks like a film set, with its neat lines of white tents pitched on orange sand dunes. But in reality it is home to more than 40,000 refugees with little more than life's basics.

26.08.2004 A study on wireless networks in Africa has said that the continent’s radio
bands are over-regulated and should be freed. The report submitted to the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology said that a lax regulatory environment
with appropriate technology could ensure greater access of people to ICT
tools.

26.08.2004 South African cities will witness open source events as the country celebrates International Software Freedom Day on August 28, 2004. The government and private companies are supporting the fests that will feature the latest open source software available.

26.08.2004 The Scorpions, an elite police squad, knocked on Sir Mark Thatcher’s door at 7am to arrest him for allegedly backing a coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea.

26.08.2004 The Millenium Development Goals(MDGs) Campaign is one of the key strategic tools of the United Nations for achieving the MDGs. The website for the MDG Campaign is a vital component for outreach and awareness of the campaigns goals, indicators and achievements.

26.08.2004 The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has suspended its participation in all elections until the Zimbabwean government adheres to Southern African Development Community (SADC) guidelines on free and fair polls.

26.08.2004 The Togolese parliament has softened the West African country's harsh press laws which previously imposed jail terms of up to five years on journalists found guilty of insulting the government of President Gnassingbe Eyadema, Africa's longest serving head of state.

26.08.2004 The Togolese parliament has softened the country's harsh press laws which previously imposed jail terms of up to five years on journalists found guilty of insulting the government. This is one of the measures aimed to meet EU conditions for resumption of aid.

26.08.2004 Rape is a weapon of war in Darfur, says Fidele Lumeya. Its survivors are more most often rejected for being a visible reminder of the shame inflicted on the community by the rape act. The women will be inhibited from acting as full and honored members of society; their prospects for marriage or a happy home life effectively erased forever.

25.08.2004 The Nigerian Senate yesterday unanimously directed Shell Petroleum Development Company Nigeria Limited (SPDC) to commence the payment of the sum of $1.5 billion to the Ijaws Aborigines of Bayelsa State as compensation. The money was for the severe health hazards, economic hardship, injurious affection, avoidable deaths and sundry maladies which the people have suffered as a direct or indirect consequence of multiple spillages occurring in SPDC's facilities across the eight local government areas of the state since the company commenced operations in 1956.

25.08.2004 The African Computing and Telecommunications Summit will be held in Mauritius from 7-9 September 2004. ACT 2004 aims to help build partnerships in mainstreaming Africa’s ICT sector.

25.08.2004 In observance of the ‘Sudan: Day of Conscience’ this week, a civil society group is urging the U.S. to lead the international community to stop the killing and destruction in Darfur