Togo
Political violence in Togo has so far resulted to the killing of over 700 people and 24,0000 others seeking refuge in the neighbouring countries. Now the opposition wants to meet the president for reconciliation and possible inclusion to the government of national unity.
17 May 2005 - Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN)
Sudan
Northern Uganda and Southern Sudan have become synonymous with insecurity. Since January this year, thousands of people have fled the region due to regular attacks by the Lords Resistance Army and scarcity of food.
17 May 2005 - Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN)
Muritania
Innitiatives to communicate HIV/AIDS related issues for behaviour change is not always an easy task. It is a major challange especially in conservative communities where the pandemic is consindered a taboo.
12 May 2005 - IRIN
Ethiopia
For more than a decade, the ruling Oromo Democratic Peoples' Organization has punished dissenters and intimidated others. A new HRW report highlights the repression of freedom of expression and calls on the Ethiopian government to take immediate action to end the deeply entrenched systemic patterns of human rights violations.
12 May 2005 - Human Rights Watch
Kenya
Political parties are set to benefit from funding by a Dutch initiated programme in East and Southern Africa.
12 May 2005 - Fred Oluoch
Uganda
President Yoweri Museveni’s third term bid has strained relations between him and the western world.
12 May 2005 - Evelyn Kiapi Matsamura
Kenya
Criminal gangs seem to have taken over the city of Nairobi contrary to police claims that crime is on the downswing
6 May 2005 - Diana Masila
Southern Africa
A single wild shrub - Artemisia annua .has become the touchstone for hopes that a successful battle can be waged against Malaria in Southern Africa
5 May 2005 - Singy Hanyona
Kenya
Following the expiry of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement [MFA]late last year, the Kenyan textile industry is struggling to remain afloat in the face of stiff competition from China.
5 May 2005 - Joyce Mulama
SWAZILAND
The children at Lubilini primary school in eastern Swaziland have never had a real playground. Now they get to spin a merry-go-round in the school's dirt courtyard, not only for exercise and entertainment, but to pump water out of the ground.
4 May 2005 - IRIN
TOGO
Togo's constitutional court on Tuesday officially declared Faure Gnassingbe the winner of a presidential election that the opposition says was rigged, as thousands of people continued to flee the West African nation fearing fresh violence.
4 May 2005 - IRIN
Social responsibility
Standard Chartered Bank has unveiled a unique approach to corporate social responsibility and not even the sky seems to be the limit.
28 April 2005 - Zachary Ochieng
Togo
At least three people were killed and a score were injured in clashes between government and opposition supporters on Sunday as Togo voted for a new president following 38 years of strong-arm rule by the late Gnassingbe Eyadema.
26 April 2005 - IRIN
Sudan
Three months after the Sudanese government and the southern rebel movement - the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) - reached a peace deal, analysts are concerned about the lack of progress towards enforcing the agreement and forming an interim constitution.
22 April 2005 - Africafiles
Zimbabwe
The upshot is that the South African government and SADC have seriously compromised their credibility in global eyes by rubber-stamping a process that even domestic observers within Zimbabwe have disputed
21 April 2005 - Ayesha Kajee
