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SUDAN: Former senator named as US diplomatic envoy The United States on Thursday announced the appointment of former Senator John Danforth as special envoy to Sudan. US President George W Bush told a press conference in Washington DC that, by appointing…

SUDAN: Minister defends government in Durban The justice minister and head of Sudan delegation to the World Conference against Racism, Ali Muhammad Uthman Yasin, has held a number of meetings on the sidelines of the Durban conference during which he denied…

SUDAN: Thousands flee flooding in Juba The state government of Bahr al-Jabal, southern Sudan, on Monday declared flood-affected districts in and around Juba town to be "disaster zones", Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) reported on Tuesday. Local government officials said some 17,000…

SUDAN: Khartoum calls for condemnation of SPLM/A The government of Sudan has written to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan requesting that the international community, and the United Nations in particular, condemn "the ongoing aggression by the rebel movement (Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army)…

General Situation   40 more Tanzanian refugees returned home from Kenya in late August. This leaves some 463 Tanzanians remaining in Dadaab refugee camp in north east Kenya. Following the rejection of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Authority (Kaca) Bill by…

"Linking Emergency with Long Term Development" Donor Support to UNICEF Kenya Highest In the Region Under the current UN Consolidated Appeal (CAP). UNICEF Kenya has so far received financial contribution of over US$7.2 million or 72% against a…

HIGHLIGHTS DROUGHT IN NORTHEAST GETTING WORSE UN TEAM SAYS SMALL ARMS THREAT IS SERIOUS ANTI-CORRUPTION BILL DEFEATED - AID MONEY STILL SUSPENDED POLIO AND VITAMIN A VACCINATIONS START FREE DRIVER TRAINING OFFER! BACKGROUND The Horn of Africa The Government and Opposition parties have been…

UGANDA: Besigye explains reasons for fleeing Former presidential candidate Kizza Besigye, who fled his Kampala home on 17 August and arrived in the US via South Africa on Friday 24 August, has said that he fled Uganda last week because he…

UGANDA: Government unconcerned by Besigye 'disappearance' Senior presidential adviser on media and public relations John Nagenda on Thursday dismissed as an unimportant issue the alleged disappearance of former presidential candidate Kizza Besigye, who came second to President Yoweri Museveni in elections…

UGANDA: Acholi leaders urge government to dismantle IDP camps Parliamentarians and religious leaders from Acholiland in northern Uganda on Tuesday again urged the Kampala government to immediately dismantle 'protection villages' for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Uganda, the government-owned 'New…