Full Coverage: Central Africa

31.08.2007 Angola remains one of the most mine-affected countries in the world, but a major clearance project has made it possible for the first time in decades to travel safely on 250 kilometres of primary roads running deep into the interior.
From: Mines Advisory Group

31.08.2007 The populations of the rural areas where telecentres exist are not sensitised enough on the importance of such technology.

29.08.2007 A beautiful photo essay speaks to the importance of education, both as an enjoyable sanctuary for children in crisis situations and as a means to end the cycles of violence and poverty that engulf their lives.

23.08.2007 A British court's bar on the return of asylum-seekers to the Democratic Republic of Congo until it was proved safe to do so was welcomed by the Refugee Council. which said the case should never have gone to court.

16.08.2007 The London High Court has dismissed an attempt by a top official of the Republic of Congo to stop anti-corruption watchdog Global Witness from publishing evidence that suggests he made "secret personal profits" from sales of state oil.
From: Global Witness
+ Index on Censorship: Global Witness Beats Gag Attempt

16.08.2007 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on South African authorities to conduct a thorough and swift investigation into the shooting of Abel Mutsakani an exiled Zimbabwean journalist and news website editor based in South Africa.

08.08.2007 Daratt (Dry Season) is the antithesis of Western film-making. It is slow, spare, measured, full of silences and ambiguities - and it's gripping.

08.08.2007 The demons of the past will remain the evils that will continue cursing the development of ICT in Africa, if not exorcised. This was the sentiment held by the delegates attending the session on 'ICT Policy in Africa' at the SANGONeT conference.

08.08.2007 AZUR Development and the Association of Indigenous People of Congo (APA 2010) have begun to work together to promote Pygmy women’s empowerment in the Bouenza and Lékoumou counties in Congo.

08.08.2007 Some of the world’s most unstable and violent countries surround the Central African Republic: Sudan, Chad and the Democratic Republic of Congo. And although CAR faces an humanitarian crisis as severe as its neighbors, it is not receiving the attention it needs from the international community.