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Basua Community in Uganda Battles for Survival
The marginalized western Ugandan Basua community is fighting extinction; forcibly removed from their forest home two decades ago, they have struggled to cope with modern life and have been ravaged by health crises, including HIV.
Several Thousand Displaced As Communities Clash in Northern Kenya
Several weeks of fighting between two rival communities in Moyale, near the Ethiopia-Kenya border, has displaced hundreds of families and disrupted transport services. The displaced have had no assistance, local sources and activists told IRIN. How People...
Rural Women Make Themselves Heard in Durban
While heads of state and negotiators gathered behind closed doors at the 17th conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban, more than 500 women from across Africa arrived by the busload at the nearby University of KwaZulu-Natal...
Kenyan Military Helicopter That Crashed At the Somali Border Was Not Brought Down By Enemy Fire
A Kenyan military chopper that crashed at the border with Somalia on Sunday killing five military personnel was not brought down by enemy fire, it has emerged on Monday.
Niger to Set Up National Anti-terrorist Security Council
The Nigerien parliament, which opened its ordinary session on Thursday, will not only examine the Finance Act, but also a bill on the setting up of a National Security Council to help the country face up to the terrorist threat stemming from the armed...
Kidnapped French Woman Transferred From Kenya to Somalia
A disabled French woman who was kidnapped by heavily armed gunmen in Kenya on Saturday has been transferred to Somalia, local media quoted Kenyan officials as saying Sunday.
Nigeria to Assist 20 Million Farmers with Subsidized Agricultural Inputs
Nigeria is to assist 20 million farmers across the country with subsidized agricultural inputs, including fertilizer and improved seedlings, on the platform of its national agricultural transformation program, Dr Adewumi Adesina, the Minister of Agriculture...
ECOWAS Completes Training of 71 Young People in Agricultural Program
Seventy-one youths have completed a month-long training on various aspects of agricultural production at the Songhai Centre in Porto Novo, the political capital of Benin.
