Full Coverage: East Africa

27.05.2007 The world's 30 million or so displaced people often have little choice but to cut and collect wood for shelters, lighting, cooking, and to make room for cultivating crops. In East Africa, refugees and their host communities will soon plant more than 2.6 million trees in and around their camps.

23.05.2007 The UK Chagos Support Association has welcomed today's court ruling against the British government's "secret and illegal" attempt to banish Chagossians to make way for a U.S. nuclear base and urged London not to waste yet more taxpayers' money on another appeal.
+ Chagos Islanders win right to return-British court rules in their favour
+ Diego Garcia backgrounder

23.05.2007 On the eve of the 16th anniversary of Eritrea’s independence tomorrow, the European Union has been urged to rethink its policy towards "one of the world’s most repressive regimes" and adopt targeted sanctions against President Issaias Afeworki.

23.05.2007 Human rights groups accuse Ethiopian security forces of committing grave abuses within their own borders, but the country's prime minister remains a favorite of the United States, which sees him as a crucial ally in it's so-called "war on terror." Zoe Alsop and Nick Wadhams report from the region.

21.05.2007 A Zimbabwean journalist has confirmed having been phoned by the police and ordered to report to Harare Central police after publishing the battered arm and thigh of Mtetwa, president of the Law Society of Zimbabwe.

18.05.2007 Transnational coffee companies dominate an industry worth over $80 billion a year, making coffee the most valuable trading commodity in the world after oil. Black Gold looks at it from the perspective of Ethiopian farmers.

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11.05.2007 East African scientists have united in a bid to protect the region's ecology and biodiversity from changing climatic conditions, the invasion of pests, and unsustainable development.

11.05.2007 Ex-Zambian President Frederick Chiluba says a London court ruling ordering him to pay back $39m of state funds was racist and predetermined by the UK.

10.05.2007 Malaria strikes and kills hundreds and thousands of infants and young children mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Globally, it is estimated that malaria affects about 500 million people a year and nearly a million children younger than five years.

The Zambia Malaria Foundation has embarked on an online discussion group to discuss the link between severe malaria and cerebral palsy in children and what is being done about this problem.

10.05.2007 eBrain in conjunction with OneWorld Africa will be staging an online discussion, on the eBrain dgroup, on the following topic – “Implementation of the ICT Policy”.

09.05.2007 Starbucks, the world's largest coffee shop chain, and the Ethiopian government are on the verge of unveiling a deal that the company hopes will end attacks on the company's carefully constructed ethical image.
From Corpwatch

08.05.2007 A Tanzanian policy of "arbitrary expulsion based on national origin" is being criticized as a violation of international human rights law.
From: Human Rights Watch

07.05.2007 Human rights defenders from Sri Lanka and Burundi share a prestigious award given by 11 of the world’s leading rights organisations.

04.05.2007 A compromise may have been found in the row between Starbucks and the Ethiopian Government over the latter's innovative plan to license and market the country's specialty coffee names.

02.05.2007 Community radio is now a part of the lives of the people in Mangochi District, Malawi, in southeastern Africa. UNESCO supported Dzimwe Community Radio station is a boon for the locals who cannot read and write. High temperatures between 35-40° C and constant power failures are not enough to discourage the dedicated announcers keen on serving their community.

02.05.2007 Three African countries - with Ethiopia leading the "dishonour roll" - are among those where press freedom has deteriorated the most over the last five years, according to a new analysis by an international media organisation.