Full Coverage: East Africa

31.03.2006 The tension of expectation is building in Zimbabwe as people’s misery becomes unsustainable. Will this be the year for change, wonders Mary Ndlovu.
* OneWorld UK Guide to Zimbabwe

30.03.2006 The current rate of death from the war in northern Uganda is three times higher than in Iraq, finds a report released today as a senior UN official holds meetings in Kampala to address the 20-year conflict.

29.03.2006 Good communication is vital to small farmers who need better access to markets and to reliable information about prices, product quality and market conditions. Can new information and communication technologies (ICTs), especially the Internet, help? The First Mile is a two-year pilot project supported by the Government of Switzerland.

29.03.2006 Nearly 100 exiles from the Chagos islands will pay a brief visit to their homelands on Thursday, 40 years after their illegal removal by the British Government to make way for a US military base on the main island, Diego Garcia.

27.03.2006 Oh, no – not another film about Africa seen through white eyes. I thought I would dislike Shooting Dogs. I was wrong. It’s superb, and it has sparked important debate on several fronts, says Daniel Nelson.

27.03.2006 A UN delegation has arrived in Burundi for consultations on the setting up of a truth and reconciliation commission and a special court.

24.03.2006 Blantyre (AND) Over 70 percent of government ministries and departments in Malawi will be electronically connected as one way promoting efficient communication among civil servants in the delivery of service to the public.

23.03.2006 The deterioration of the food security situation in crisis areas of Somalia is gathering momentum.

21.03.2006 AMSTERDAM, Mar 21 (IPS) - The extradition of Congolese rebel Thomas Lubanga Dyilo to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague will lead to more warrants against members of other armed groups in Congo, the court says.

21.03.2006 Burundi must be closely monitored in the countdown to the UN's planned withdrawal by the end of this year, Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned.

21.03.2006 As talks on the northern Uganda crisis opened in Geneva, 10 leading NGOs called for pressure on the government to resolve the conflict peacefully and give immediate protection and assistance to the 2 million people who have been forced to leave their homes.

20.03.2006 Kenya and other African countries are beginning to sour on the edicts laid down by their Western allies, looking instead China to help them grow economically and politically, some analysts are saying.

20.03.2006 The pastoralist way of life in Kenya, unchanged for generations, could be under threat from the current drought, unless help arrives now, says Richard Wainwright.
* 'These were my livestock' - Pamela’s story

15.03.2006 Pastoralists hit by the current East African drought may take 15 years to recover their livelihoods unless they are given appropriate support, an international development agency said today.

08.03.2006 More than 20 million people in the Horn of Africa are at risk of famine in conditions which the head of the World Food Programme described yesterday as the worst in his experience

08.03.2006 Thousands of Kenyans took to the streets of Nairobi and four major towns in defence of press freedom following a widely condemned raid on the premises of a newspaper publishing company by hooded police commandos.

02.03.2006 Kenya's Internal Security Minister John Michuki has admitted that the Government organised the simultaneous raids at the Standard Media Group's editorial offices and printing plant, and warned, "When you rattle a snake you must be ready to be bitten."
* Reporters Without Borders disgusted by show of force

02.03.2006 Dozens of armed men raided a leading Kenyan media house on Thursday morning and shut down its operations, three days after police arrested several reporters from the same organisation.

01.03.2006 Loopholes in British arms laws have allowed the sale of military equipment to Uganda that has been used to violently quash opposition demonstrations, according to a report released today.

01.03.2006 The public was urged yesterday not to let Kenya's corruption scandals stop aid donations for people hit by the country's worsening food crisis.