Full Coverage: Africa

29.04.2006 Unless rebel attacks against UN and other relief operations in part of Sudan's Darfur region stop immediately, the world body will suspend all assistance to 450,000 vulnerable people in the area, a top UN official said.
The statement came on top of an already volatile mix of developments, with the World Food Programme slashing relief supplies to displaced people because it has run out of money, reports of a rise in government attacks and a warning that the deadline for a peace deal is unlikely to be met.
* SAVE DARFUR: Rally to Stop Genocide

28.04.2006 COPENHAGEN, Apr 28 (IPS) - Before anyone can clean up the earth and its atmosphere, an administrative clean-up might be necessary in the house of those tasked with the cleaning job, a leading environmentalist says.

28.04.2006 Mary Kayitesi Blewitt lost almost her entire family in the Rwandan genocide and subsequently set up a fund for the 365,000 survivors who continue against the odds, haunted by memories and under threat from perpetrators now released from prison. To accompany the production of The Overwhelming at the National Theatre in London, on 27 June she will discuss the work of the charity and the continuing effect of the atrocities.

28.04.2006 Even as a spate of attacks in South Darfur state "seems to constitute a new military offensive by the Sudanese government", the UN World Food Programme said today that it is making drastic cuts in food rations because of shortage of funds.

28.04.2006 Animal diseases will pose a growing threat in Africa unless the continent's health and veterinary services are significantly improved, according to a UK government programme.

28.04.2006 Twelve years ago on 27 April, millions of South Africans took part in the first non-racial democratic election following the end of minority white rule. Piers Pigou reflects on the unfinished business of the country's truth and reconciliation process.

28.04.2006 The Congo’s first free elections in 40 years should be a major step toward ending the country’s long conflict, but if not carried out properly could trigger further unrest, the International Crisis Group warns.

28.04.2006 Itäisen Afrikan pitkä kivuus on ajanut yli 11 miljoonaa ihmistä nälänhätään. Kuivuuden runtelemassa Keniassa alkaneet kovat sateet toivat mukanaan uusia ongelmia. Tulvat ovat ajaneet ihmisiä kodeistaan, katkaisseet teitä ja levittäneet vaarallisia sairauksia, kuten malariaa ja ripulia.

28.04.2006 A recent spate of attacks in South Darfur state seems to constitute a new military offensive by the Sudanese government and puts the lives of tens of thousands of people at risk, regional analysts have warned.
* Adding insult to injury? Sharp ration cuts leave Darfur on a diet

28.04.2006 Kansainvälinen avustusjärjestö ActionAid sanoo aloittaneensa ruokatoimitukset kuivuudesta kärsivään Burundiin Keski-Afrikassa. Järjestön mukaan elintarvikepula on tappanut maassa jo satoja ihmisiä. Tilannetta pahentaa kymmenien tuhansien kotieläinten menehtyminen.

28.04.2006 Media organisations and internet service providers (ISPs) in Zimbabwe are up in arms about the government's planned introduction of a bill to regulate cyber-communication in the "interests of national security".

28.04.2006 Thousands will march in Washington, DC Sunday to call for immediate civilian protections in Darfur, but supporting events will be held across the United States. Find one near you!

28.04.2006 he young man who studied engineering at the University of Benin is from the Fantsuam Foundation [1], an APC affiliated non-profit founded in 1996 in the city of Jos, Nigeria. From the outset, it was known that his group planed the development of a unique computer that could fight the heat, dust and take on the challenging power situation of rural Africa [2]. But Onoberhie reveals details around the ‘Solo’.

28.04.2006 A recent spate of attacks in South Darfur State seems to constitute a new military offensive by the Sudanese government and puts the lives of tens of thousands of people at risk, regional analysts have warned.

28.04.2006 A soldier was injured during heavy fighting between Kenyan and Ethiopian forces in Moyale District, northern Kenya, after about 60 Ethiopian soldiers crossed the border in pursuit of suspected Oromo Liberation Front rebels. Drought has made historic border tensions even worse, with constant cross-border raids and stock theft.

27.04.2006 Sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch, King Mswati of Swaziland, said his country is not ready for political parties and criticised foreign governments for meddling in its internal affairs.

27.04.2006 A new study has raised hopes of developing a vaccine against river blindness (onchocerciasis) — a major disease in west and central Africa as well as parts of Latin America.

27.04.2006 Administrators of Gakoni and Kiramuruzi sector in Gatsibo District want the government to set up an ICT centre at Gakoni Pyrotechnic School, to benefit both students and residents.

27.04.2006 Children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continue to endure some of the most inhumane treatment found anywhere in the world, despite outward signs of progress, according to a new report.
* The War the World Forgot

27.04.2006 Ivory Coast has become the sixth African country to announce the outbreak of the dreaded bird flu. Viral strains taken from infected backyard chickens in the capital Abidjan have tested positive H5N1 avian influenza. Ivory Coast joins Egypt, where four people have been killed, Niger, Cameroon, Sudan and Nigeria. This comes as 19 African countries gathered in Malawi announced that the continent lacks funds, technical equipment and human resources to spot and tackle outbreaks of the disease.