Reports

Women have to carry the burden after the floods in Mozambique By Pamela Zintatu Ntshanga, Maputo "It was a Saturday night, when the water came. We had been sleeping soundly and the next thing I remember is waking up wet…

ACT member LWF constructed a barge to reach isolated districts By Pamela Zintatu Ntshanga, Maputo "I stand here with my radio, the only possession I managed to salvage from the roof before the water swallowed my house", Fernando Sitoe says. He…

1. Chronology August 16: Relief agencies working to feed millions of people in war-torn southern Sudan will resume their activities following a week-long suspension, called after facilities were bombed from the air, allegedly by Sudanese government aircraft. Masoud Haider, a representative…

Maputo (AIM) - The Mozambican agricultural authorities are to formally start handing out seed kits to 97,478 families affected by the February and March floods, for the coming planting season. Joaquim Cuna, coordinator of the Emergency Operations Group in the…

SUDAN: Court suspends ban on women in the workplace In response to a petition by the Sudanese Women's Union, Sudan's Constitutional Court last Saturday suspended a controversial decree by the Khartoum state governor, banning women from working in some public places,…

HORN OF AFRICA: Drought threatens 20 million people According to CARE's 14 September drought report, the cloudless skies over the Horn of Africa were threatening the health and wellbeing of up to 20 million people. Severe drought conditions have continued to…

JOHANNESBURG, 15 September (IRIN) - The Namibian government has lifted the veil of secrecy surrounding 82 people detained in Dorbabis, about 100 km southeast of the capital, Windhoek, saying they were self-confessed bandits of Angola's rebel UNITA movement. The Namibian news…

NAMIBIA: Opposition demands compensation for border victims The opposition Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) in Namibia has demanded compensation for "hundreds" of victims of violence and banditry along the country's northern border with Angola, 'The Namibian' reported on Friday. Although claims had…

As petrol tankers roll again and the UK returns to 'pollution as normal', Christian Aid warns this will also cost lives. Christian Aid today called on the government to use its recent fuel tax windfall to invest in renewable energy…

Current News Malaria kills 72 children a day: Malaria is the leading cause of death among children in Kenya, according to findings presented during an inter-country workshop on community-based malaria interventions on Monday. The disease kills 26,000 Kenyan children a year,…