Reports

NEWS: KENYA: Workshop addresses stigma in the media Southern Africa AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS) hosted a three-day workshop for Kenyan media practitioners between August 3-5 to explore the extent of stigma in HIV/AIDS media coverage and to examine the media's role…

KENYA: Parliament rejects constitutional amendment bill Kenyan MPs on Tuesday rejected a constitutional amendment bill proposed by the government of President Daniel arap Moi, which it needed before introducing its Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Bill and to re-establish the Kenya Anti-Corruption…

Improving rural livelihoods The water in the local stream in Kwa Ngengi used to be contaminated with animal dung, and the incidence of water-borne diseases was extremely high. 'We had to use a lot of firewood to boil our water, which…

Kenya's fantastic diversity of people and landscapes make it a popular holiday destination. However, the country is prone to drought, and most of the economic and social progress made since independence in 1963 has been lost…

UGANDA: LRA abductees return home from Sudan A group of 48 people, abducted by the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the north of the country and taken to Sudan, would soon be returned to returned to their homes, UNICEF…

UGANDA: Kiyonga to spearhead global fund for health The UN on Monday announced that UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan had appointed Dr Crispus Kiyonga of Uganda as chairman of the Transitional Working Group for the establishment of the Global AIDS and Health…

HIGHLIGHTS SECURITY THREAT ON SOMALI/KENYA BORDER DONORS URGED TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL DONATIONS TO EMOP SHORTFALL IN FOOD PIPELINE FOR REFUGEES UN FACT-FINDING TEAM TO LOOK INTO SMALL ARMS IN KENYA BACKGROUND Following a request by President Moi, the UN Under Secretary General…

EDITORIAL Lower than normal rainfall is placing increasing strain on the resources of pastoralists and has devastated a large proportion of the main sorghum crop production. This month's editorial draws attention to the mid and longer- term…

KENYA: Amnesty calls for inquiry into police killings The human rights organisation Amnesty International on Friday, 27 July, called for a government inquiry into the alleged police execution of seven people "in cold blood" in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, last week.…

UGANDA: Northern IDPs trapped by fear of rebel attacks The World Food Programme (WFP) estimates there are currently 480,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in 'protected villages' or displaced people's camps in northern Uganda, almost all of them from the Acholi…