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DR CONGO: With Rebel Leader's Indictment, a Tentative Step to Accountability By Michael Deibert JOHANNESBURG - The indictment against a militia leader whose alleged abuses span the Democratic Republic of Congo's war-ravaged east was finally made public at the end of April, almost two years after being delivered under seal to war crimes prosecutors. MORE >>
HEALTH-DR CONGO: Water Everywhere, But Is It Safe To Drink? By Michael Deibert KINSHASA - The rain falls in battering sheets, rolling eastward along the Congo River through Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It is midday, but the sky turns black and soon the potholed streets of this decrepit yet vibrant metropolis are filled with pond-sized puddles, many of them larger than the cars that traverse them. MORE >>
Q&A: "Between Implementation and Planning, There Is a Disconnect" By Interview with Washington Ochola NAIROBI - Accounting for about a third of the gross domestic product in sub-Saharan Africa, agriculture clearly plays a significant role on the continent. But, figures only tell part of the story. A review of Africa produced under the International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) notes that agriculture is also "woven into the fabric of most societies and cultures in the region." MORE >>
POLITICS-DRC: Cautious Calm Settles Over War-Scarred Ituri Region By Michael Deibert BOGORO - Wading through the chest-high grass outside of this hamlet in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Mathieu Nyakufa gestures to the bones -- still bleaching in the sun -- of those who have been lost to the country's wars. MORE >>
RIGHTS: Failure To Renew DRC Expert's Mandate Draws Criticism By Michael Deibert KINSHASA - The decision of the United Nations Human Rights Council not to renew the mandate of its independent expert on human rights for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has met with fierce criticism from a leading human rights organisation. MORE >>
POLITICS-DRC: In a Governmental Vacuum, Yearnings for a Lost Empire By Michael Deibert MATADI, Western DRC - On a broad hillside high above the meandering flow of the Mpozo River, a handful of policemen guard a ruin. MORE >>
DEVELOPMENT-EAST AFRICA: Promise and Peril in Going - and Staying By Sarah McGregor DAR ES SALAAM - Justina Bkole (38) was just a toddler when her parents fled to western Tanzania in 1972, to escape ethnic clashes in neighbouring Burundi. Like thousands of other refugees who made the same journey, she stayed in the East African country: a place to which she now has strong ties, even if her roots are in Burundi. MORE >>
DEVELOPMENT: A Humanitarian Disaster Unfolds in Eastern DRC By Michael Deibert KIBUMBA, Democratic Republic of Congo - In a mist-shrouded valley between the Mount Nyiragongo volcano and a pair of its dormant cousins looming in Rwanda to the east, nearly 3,000 souls wait in limbo, having fled a conflict that has succeeded in making this lush corner in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) nothing less than hell on earth for its people. MORE >>
RWANDA: Cutting Edge HIV/AIDS Prevention Presents Challenges By Aimable Twahirwa KIGALI - Certain medical workers in Rwanda have expressed concern about the country's campaign to promote male circumcision as a means of curbing the spread of HIV. They fear that in a country with low levels of knowledge about sexual health, people could mistakenly believe the procedure offers complete protection against the virus. MORE >>
CAMEROON: Shelter, Medical Attention for Chadian Refugees By Raphaël Mvogo KOUSSERI, Northern Cameroon - The situation of thousands of Chadian refugees who have fled to the north Cameroonian town of Kousseri continues to be a source of concern to aid workers, although the picture is not uniformly dismal. MORE >>
RIGHTS-RWANDA: Children of the Genocide Struggle to Cope By Noel E. King KIGALI - What Gilbert Nshimyumukiza remembers most about the Rwandan genocide is that it started to rain as he and his brothers tried to carry his mortally wounded father back into their house. MORE >>
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