Features
- Kenya
International Labour Day in Kenya: A murky future for textile workers
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
Children "spin" water out
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
Father-son transition made official as thousands continue to flee
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's unique approach
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
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)