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Seven rebel suspects arrested
Seven rebel suspects were arrested Seven treason suspects who established a rebel training camp in Maramagambo forest in Bushenyi have been charged by Buganda local court.11 April 2005 - Jack Otim, Apac FM - Awards
Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism
For journalism that uses technology in innovative ways...
Deadline: June 9 200511 April 2005 - Simbani Africa - Awards
African Information Society Initiative (AISI) Media Awards
For African journalists and media institutions…
Deadline: July 31 2005/September 30 200511 April 2005 - <b>Simbani Africa</b> - Burundi
Food shortages in Burundi Deepen
Following Burundi's recent vote for a new constitution to end more than ten years of conflict, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) said today that two million Burundians would need emergency food aid this year, 40 percent more than last year.18 March 2005 - FAO NEWS RELEASE - DR Congo
20 die in diamond mine collapse
Twenty small-scale miners have died and scores are missing following the collapse of a mine at Kapangla, a village in the Democratic Republic of Congo's south-central province of Kasai Occidental, the province's deputy governor, Clement Kanku, told IRIN on Wednesday.17 March 2005 - Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) - Uganda
600,000 drought-affected people to get food aid in northeast
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has launched an operation to provide food aid to nearly 600,000 drought-affected people in Uganda's northeastern Karamoja region during the next six months, the agency said in statement on Wednesday.17 March 2005 - Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) - Rwanda
Gacaca lacking in political support
The recently launched traditional gacaca courts set up to try tens of thousands of people suspected of taking part in the 1994 genocide are still lacking political support to kick off more effectively, Johnston Busingye, the Secretary General in the Ministry of Justice has said.16 March 2005 - Nasra Bishumba - KENYA
African Union Should Push for Debt Cancellation
The African Union (AU), being the pan-African intergovernmental body that can assess the laws governing debt and the statutory and other obligations of lenders, should play a crucial role in ensuring that debt is cancelled in the African continent.16 March 2005 One billion CFA to help locust victims
2 March 2005 - by Aissatou KaneLocal government and electricity supplier to protect wild life in the province
2 March 2005 - by Sharifar SwartzThere is a need to revisit community radio funding approach
2 March 2005 - by Simbani