Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D)
Mobile technology has helped in combating diseases, improving access to health and environmental conservation in poor rural settings.
6 June 2008 - Zachary Ochieng
Kenya
As the government embarks on a process to resettle the internal refugees uprooted from their homes by post-election violence, human rights activists are calling for a more humane approach.
Friday, 16 May 2008
16 May 2008 - News From Africa
D R Congo
Will Nkunda hand over the chief of staff of his militia to the International criminal Court? An ICC court has indicted Bosco Ntaganda for crimes he committed when he was a senior leader of Forces Patriotiques Pour la Libération du Congo. There is speculation of a military revolt within Nkunda's forces and a threat of outright war if Ntaganda is handed over. This analysis highlights potential threats and the major actors involved. MUB
Monday, 12 May 2008
13 May 2008 - various, The Hague and Goma
Central African Republic
The Central African Republic is striving to turn the page on decades of armed violence linked to mutinies, coups and attempted coups. Hundreds of thousands of civilians remain displaced, many of them unable, or too afraid, to farm their land. This is an overview of the various armed groups, government security forces and international military missions in the country.
Monday, 12 May 2008
13 May 2008 - IRIN
Cote D'Ivoire
A straw hut in the courtyard of the Ariel Glaser Paediatric Centre in Bouake is filled with children of all ages playing or eating meals prepared by the centre's cook, all under the watchful eye of relatives.
Thursday, 8 May 2008
9 May 2008 - IRIN Features
Rwanda
Is it possible to talk about reconciliation when genocide perpetrators are freed after having repented their crime in the public gacaca courts? This is the question may are asking in post genocide Rwanda.
Tuesday, 15 April 2008
15 April 2008 - IRIN
Africa
Recent attacks on Somali, Zimbabwean and Mozambican migrants in South Africa have been labeled xenophobic: but could the violence point to a much bigger problem than fear of the foreign, a problem much closer to home?
Thursday, 10 April 2008
10 April 2008 - IRIN
Zimbabwe
An extraordinary summit of the 14-member state Southern African Development Community (SADC) is being scheduled for the weekend of 12 April, to discuss the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe following last month's elections.
Thursday, 10 April 2008
10 April 2008 - Irin
Zimbabwe
Three days after Zimbabwe's March 29 poll, rumour, speculation and uncertainty are the only tangible results of an election that has been billed as President Robert Mugabe's final stand after 28 years in office.
Wednesday, 2 April, 2008
2 April 2008 - IRIN
Burundi
As Burundi struggles to maintain a fragile peace after years of civil war, ActionAid investigates the urgent need for peace building work, and visits a very special project showing just how it can be done.
27 March 2008 - Clement Njoroge
Mauritania
It is a sigh of relief for tens of black African families now returning home after spending several years living in exile.
19 March 2008 - IRIN
Kenya
The current stalemate can be resolved through a transitional government but past injustices need to be addressed.
28 February 2008 - Zachary Ochieng
Cote D'Ivoire-Ghana
Despite an international outcry in 2000 over child exploitation on West African cocoa farms, and ambitious efforts by governments since then to regulate the industry, very little has changed for an estimated 284,000 child labourers, according to campaign groups.
18 February 2008 - IRIN
Kenya
As Kenya counts the human and material cost of the political violence, hospitals are reporting an increase in reported rapes during the immediate post-election period, spurring the government and health organisations to find ways to treat these cases as well as protect the displaced from further incidents of sexual violence.
5 February 2008 - IRIN
Kenya
Kenya has gone through some very difficult moments in her relatively young history. But last year's general elections has presented a most horrendous history.
4 February 2008 - News From Africa
