Full Coverage: Central Africa

28.04.2005

15.04.2005 The only remaining rebel group in Burundi said this week it would join the peace process ahead of elections scheduled for later this month. In the Congo, one militia group announced an end to its armed struggle while another sent the last of its conscripts to hand in their weapons. Meanwhile, Ivorians are waiting to see if their president will accept mediator Thabo Mbeki's ruling that the main opposition candidate should be allowed to stand in elections later this year.

15.04.2005 Grammy-nominated Congolese singer and women’s advocate Zap Mama will compliment screenings of the documentary "Love, Labor, Loss" at select venues in the U.S. in April. The film, about poor African women who are debilitated because of childbirth, is being shown around the United States to build momentum for Fistula Awareness Day on Mother’s Day, May 8.

13.04.2005 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) have agreed that Zambia has taken the necessary steps to reach its completion point under the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Debt Initiative. Zambia is the 17th country to reach its completion point under the enhanced framework of the HIPC Debt Initiative.

12.04.2005 Health experts fighting the killer Marburg virus in northern Angola have said they are facing denial from families who are refusing to send their sick to hospitals or are taking them out of the city, worsening the risk of contamination.