Features
- Togo
More deaths and charges of fraud in controversial presidential poll
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
Concerns over slow implementation of southern peace accord
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
Zim elections expose Africa to ridicule
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 disputed21 April 2005 - Ayesha Kajee - GHANA-SUDAN
Hundreds of refugees from Darfur trek to Ghana
Several hundred refugees from the civil war in Sudan's western Dafur region have trekked west for 3,000 km, crossing five international borders, to seek asylum in Ghana.16 April 2005 - IRIN - Sudan
Who will save Darfur?
The international community has neglected Darfur despite continued violence
10 April 2005 - Paul Donohue - Uganda
Debate rages over abstinence
A draft policy on abstinence released by the Uganda Aids Commission in 2004 has stirred controversy over its efficacy in the fight against HIV/AIDS.10 April 2005 - Evelyn Kiapi Matsamura - Nigeria
UNFPA embarks on a rescue mission
After suffering for several years, Nigerian women afflicted by VVF now have a reason to smile, thanks to the efforts of UNFPA5 April 2005 - Toye Olori - Malawi
Ritual murder mars Women’s Day
As the rest of the world celebrated the International Women’s Day on 8 March, what appears to be ritual murder overshadowed the preparations to mark the event in Malawi.17 March 2005 - Raphael Mweninguwe - Somalia
IGAD to deploy peacekeepers despite opposition by faction leaders
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) plans to deploy peacekeepers in Somalia next month, regardless of opposition by faction leaders in the war-ravaged country, IGAD chairman and Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, said on Monday.16 March 2005 - IRIN - Sudan
Coping with disease and drought in Upper Nile
The small child lay motionless on a hospital bed
in Malakal, a garrison town in central Sudan. Severely malnourished, the
child had a high fever and a number of other unidentified medical
complications.8 March 2005 - Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) - World Trade Organisation (WTO)
Ministers discuss trade as Kenyan police arrest protestors
World leaders are committed to reaching consensus on the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) trade liberalisation process, trade ministers meeting in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa said on Friday.8 March 2005 - Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) - Nigeria
Nigerian women fare well
Save for the government’s failure to domesticate international conventions, the status of women in the country has improved tremendously since the Beijing conference.8 March 2005 - Toye Olori - BURUNDI
Nation clears constitutional referendum, looks ahead to presidential poll
Based on interim results announced on Tuesday,
91.2 percent of Burundi's estimated three million registered voters polled
"Yes" for a new constitution that slashes the imbalance of power between
the minority Tutsis and the majority Hutus; the country's main ethnic
groups.3 March 2005 - Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) - Somalia
Preparations for relocation to Mogadishu on track, say officials
The interim Somali government, based in Nairobi, Kenya, is continuing its plans to start relocating to Somalia on 21 February despite the killing of a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) journalist in Mogadishu last week, the prime minister's office said.15 February 2005 - Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) - Togo
West African leaders condemn coup, demand return to old constitution
West African leaders have branded the father-to-son transition of power in Togo as a military coup and have demanded that the old constitution be restored so that presidential elections can be held in two months.15 February 2005 - Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN)