IPS Inter Press Service - East Africa

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Q&A: Ethiopia&39;s Urban Poor Cannot Afford To Eat - (Found June 29, 2008 )

ADDIS ABABA, Jun 21 (IPS) - Ethiopia, a nation of 80 million people, has been the site of famine and drought throughout its tumultuous history. Arising from a myriad of causes and often shepherded along by political instability, the country&39;s 1984-85 famine, for example, left over a million dead and served as the impetus for the fund-raising concerts of Live Aid in the United States and the United Kingdom.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42908

PAKISTAN: Quake Orphans Still Dependent on Charity, NGOs - (Found June 29, 2008 )

ISLAMABAD, May 29 (IPS) - Thousands of children orphaned by the earthquake that hit northern Pakistan in October 2005, leaving 85,000 people dead, continue to be dependent on charity and support provide by donors and non-government organisations (NGOs).
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42564

RIGHTS-AFRICA: Security Council Urged to Protect Civilians - (Found June 29, 2008 )

UNITED NATIONS, May 29 (IPS) - As diplomats prepare to leave for Africa where the U.N. Security Council is due to meet next week, calls from activists are growing for strong international action to address the worsening human rights situation in many parts of the continent.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42568

Q&A: &39;Development Aid Is No Panacea&39; - (Found June 29, 2008 )

ROME, May 29 (IPS) - Celine Tan is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Birmingham. Her doctoral research has focussed on development financing, in particular its impact on global governance and international relations.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42571

Q&A: "But They Never Killed My Spirit" - (Found June 29, 2008 )

NAIROBI, May 29 (IPS) - On Sep. 7 last year, as she walked to her home, parliamentary candidate Flora Igoki Terah was attacked and tortured by a gang of five men. Terah&39;s case is one of several case studies highlighted in Amnesty International&39;s 2008 report on the state of the world&39;s human rights, released on May 28.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42574

POLITICS-AFRICA: Critics Target U.S. Military Command - (Found June 29, 2008 )

NEW YORK, Jun 2 (IPS) - In just a few months, the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) -- Washington&39;s latest military oversight structure for the continent -- is expected to be fully operational.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42623

DEVELOPMENT-KENYA: Water Studies - But Where Are the Water Supplies - (Found June 29, 2008 )

NAIROBI, Jun 2 (IPS) - The road leading to the informal settlement of Korogocho is narrow and winding. Here, in Nairobi&39;s third largest slum, up to 150,000 people are crammed into an area of just over one square kilometre, their shanties made of cardboard, wood or metal.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42626

SOMALIA: Rising Food Prices Add to Woes - (Found June 29, 2008 )

MOGADISHU, Jun 5 (IPS) - Ali Yusuf is a porter at Mogadishu&39;s main Bakara market. He works as much as 12 hours a day, ferrying people&39;s shopping from the market to their homes to earn a living and support his family of eight. But soaring food prices are hitting him hard.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42664

UGANDA: Hopes For Final Peace Falter - (Found June 29, 2008 )

KAMPALA, Jun 10 (IPS) - When he was 10 years old, Alfred Bogomin fled Paicho village in northern Uganda along with his family to escape from the Lord&39;s Resistance Army rebels. After 20 years in a displaced persons camp, he returned to his ancestral home last month.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42724

SOMALIA: Dire Situation for Internally Displaced - (Found June 29, 2008 )

MOGADISHU, Jun 17 (IPS) - The United Nations estimates that well over 700,000 people have fled their homes in the Somali capital Mogadishu since clashes between insurgents and Ethiopian forces backing Somali government troops began in Mogadishu in February 2007.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42842