Reports

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,…

NAIROBI - Catherine Bertini, the United Nations Secretary General's Special Envoy on Drought in the Greater Horn of Africa, arrives in Kenya on Sunday, 17 September for a week-long visit to the two worst-affected countries in the region. As a…

ACT members help to rebuild the country Reported by Pamela Zintatu Ntshanga, Maputo, August 2000 Along the road from Maputo to Chokwe, evidence of the damage caused by the floods that raged through Mozambique in February and March this year is…

Tearfund has launched an emergency feeding programme for children in the driest areas of northern Kenya. Thanks to the generosity of Tearfund supporters, responding to an appeal for the Horn of Africa, 4,500 malnourished children will get immediate help…