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UGANDA-SUDAN: Presidents sign peace accord Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir on Wednesday signed an agreement aimed at re-establishing diplomatic relations and promoting peace in the region, a communique issued by the mediating body, the Carter Centre,…

(99-76) News Release London -- Gar Knutson, Member of Parliament for Elgin -- Middlesex -- London, and Maria Minna, Canada's Minister for International Cooperation, today announced that the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) will provide $240,000 to educate community leaders in…

KENYA: Food situation in northwest critical Kenya's State Minister in the Office of the President Shariff Nassir on Friday confirmed that the food situation in the Turkana district of northwestern Kenya is critical, the Kenya Television Network (KTN) reported. He…

Contents 385 Preventive therapy against tuberculosis in people living with HIV – Policy statement 398 Influenza 399 Health conditions, East Timor 399 Cholera, Africa – update 399 Outbreak news 400 Diseases subject to the Regulations Sommaire 385 Traitement préventif de la tuberculose chez les…

NAIROBI, 29 October (IRIN) - Recent media reports say over one million people in Kenya are currently affected by drought-related hunger, due to poor rains, crop failure and poverty. The Kenyan government has yet to release a statement, but an…

NAIROBI, 1 October (IRIN) - Over 87,000 reported AIDS cases in Kenya in the past five years are "only the tip of the pyramid" and the estimated number of Kenyans with AIDS is over 700,000, according to a new…

At a Glance The Situation The western highlands of Kenya is affected by its worst ever epidemic of malaria. Changing weather patterns and increasing drug resistance has caused the disease to escalate. Up to 79% of children under five and 37%…

he countries of sub-Saharan Africa need a massive infusion of resources if they are to make any significant headway against the growing pandemic of HIV/AIDS, UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy said today. In an address to the XIth International Conference on…

Regional Delegations: Regional delegations have a different profile than operational delegations. They usually cover countries at peace, with a few exceptions, and their tasks focus primarily on humanitarian diplomacy. But regional delegations are sometimes faced with increasing tensions and violence in…

NAIROBI, 20 July (IRIN) - A malaria epidemic in Kenya, which has claimed over 1,000 lives, has been further complicated by a short supply of quinine, an essential drug in combating the disease. According to the 'EastAfrican' weekly, Kenya's health ministry…