Algeria
The Algerian state is repressing open discussion and questioning of the terrible violence of the 1990s, reports Eric Goldstein of Human Rights Watch.
23 April 2006 - Eric Goldstein
Uganda
Two million civilians have been driven from their homes by 20 years of armed conflict between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Ugandan government in Northern Uganda.
24 March 2006 - Pambazuka News
Book review
This new book by Caroline Elkins, published by Henry Holt and Company 2005) is an astonishing and damning expose of the brutality of late-empire British colonialism in Kenya. Documented and described in detail, the physical violence and murder committed are heavy reading. Erskine spent a decade researching for this book, handicapped by the absence of most of the documentation of their `war on the Kikuyu'. It was destroyed by the British before handing over government in 1963.
6 February 2006 - Africafiles
Rwanda/Darfur
What lessons did the international community learn from the Genocide in Rwanda ten years ago, especially in relation to the crisis in Darfur? Gerald Caplan, an expert on the Rwandan genocide, charts the response of the international community in Rwanda and then discusses what the response has been in Darfur.
17 January 2006 - Gerald Caplan
Ecology
The introduction of GM crops has increased the biotech industry's control over the seed supply. Key facts about Monsanto's undesirable influence over agriculture and food policies in many countries.
13 January 2006 - Friends of the earth international
Great Lakes
Some armed conflicts in the Great Lakes region continued to simmer throughout 2005, but overall there was less violence than in previous years, which encouraged many displaced people to return home.
9 January 2006 - IRIN
Sudan
Although hopeful developments marked the beginning of 2005 for Sudan, they gave way to increasing scepticism by the middle of the year, and as violence in Darfur escalated and Ugandan rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) continued to wreak havoc in the south, the good-faith implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) started to look increasingly shaky.
9 January 2006 - IRIN
Sudan
The creation of a government of national unity was meant to unite war-torn Sudan following the January signing of the southern peace agreement, but analysts have cautioned that recent political developments could jeopardise national unity.
27 December 2005 - Derk Segaar
It is estimated that there are 143 million children in the developing world, and that one in every 13 children have suffered the death of at least one parent. "The State of the World's Children 2006" includes concrete actions that can be taken by civil society and others. But will we do so?
19 December 2005 - UNICEF Media
Liberia
It may not be a first, but it's at least a welcome rarity. An African president, Liberia's Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf promises that no rapist will go unpunished. And there's new legislation making rape illegal, another first for Liberia. Maybe having a woman leader will make a difference.
13 December 2005 - IRIN
Violence against women increases their vulnerability to HIV infection - meaning that if HIV prevention activities are to succeed they need to occur alongside other efforts that reduce violence against women and girls.
2 December 2005 - Pambazuka News
Africa
In this interview RAP 21 speaks to Jim Chisholm about how to address the readership challenge in Africa, the lessons African newspapers can learn from the experiences of their European counterparts, and how best to prepare for the future.
1 December 2005 - RAP 21Newsletter
Nigeria
Nigerian evangelists are buoyant over many members of the Nigeria Police surrendering their lives to Jesus. The repentance of the men and women of the police force for past misdeeds is definitely uplifting. It remains to be seen whether this will have a lasting impact on a Police Force rated as one of the most corrupt? Will these converts discharge their duties for good? Pray this hope may not be stifled in the bud.
17 November 2005 - Obed Minchakpu
Darfur
Although armed conflict in Darfur continues to adversely affect millions of people, a report released by the Brookings Institution-University of Bern Project on Internal Displacement says that African Union peacekeeping troops have made a difference.
15 November 2005 - Brookings Institution-University of Bern Project on Internal Displacement
Africa/UK
A recent report by Ligali, an organisation that campaigns for social, economic and cultural equality on behalf of the African community in Britain concludes that the solutions to Africa’s problems do not reside in the corridors of Westminster or the White House but will come from African people themselves.
26 October 2005 - Ligali
