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21 Dec 2000

Botswana + 4 others
Africa: IRIN AIDS Weekly issue 6, 21 December

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KENYA: AIDS vaccine tests delayed

The Kenyan authorities said this week that trials of a HIV/AIDS vaccine, which were supposed to begin on Wednesday have been delayed for up to two months. The Kenyan Minister for Public Health, Sam Ongeri, said that government approval would take time. Kenyan and British scientists developed the vaccine after doctors found that a group of prostitutes in the Majengo area of Nairobi did not contract the HIV virus that causes AIDS, despite being repeatedly exposed to infection. The new vaccine is the first to target the A-strain of the virus which

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15 Dec 2000

Angola + 8 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 50 covering the period 09 - 15 Dec 2000

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ANGOLA: WFP warns of imminent break in food pipeline

WFP warned on Friday that unless it received immediate new funding for its Angolan emergency aid operation, it will be forced to drastically cut back its food distributions in the country. Ronald Sibanda, WFP Representative in Angola said in a statement: "We

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11 Dec 2000

Botswana + 8 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 11 December

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ZAMBIA-DRC: Refugee influx continues
Fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has continued to send refugees streaming across the border into Zambia, aid workers told IRIN on Monday.

An estimated 50,000 refugees and several thousand troops loyal to the Kinshasa government - including a complete brigade - have fled into northern Zambia in the last few weeks ahead of an advance by a Rwandan-backed joint rebel force of the Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD) and the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA). Among those

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08 Dec 2000

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Africa: Wanted - leadership on AIDS

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JOHANNESBURG, 8 December (IRIN) - African leaders are to assemble in the Nigerian capital Abuja in April next year as the next step in a process of building continent-wide political commitment to action against HIV/AIDS.
The Organisation of African Unity (OAU) summit, to be organised by Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, follows on from this week's African Development Forum 2000 (ADF-2000) in Ethiopia, hosted by the UN's Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). The theme of the ADF meeting was 'AIDS - The greatest leadership challenge'. Attended by
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06 Dec 2000

Angola + 5 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 6 December

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ZAMBIA: Many more DRC troops flee to Zambia to escape fighting
The number of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) troops that have fled to northern Zambia since Sunday is now well over 600, a UNHCR representative told IRIN on Wednesday. "But we are getting reports of an entire brigade of DRC soldiers, numbering up to 3,000 who have crossed but are still out in the bush," John Tabayi, Head of Mission, UNHCR Kwambwa told IRIN. The soldiers, along with thousands of civilians, escaped fierce fighting between Rwandan-backed
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29 Nov 2000

Angola + 4 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 29 November

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ZAMBIA: Relocation of Angolan refugees
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said in a press release that Zambia has asked for its help in moving 2,000 former Angolan UNITA combatants and their families who recently entered the North Western Province of Zambia. The refugees will be transferred to a camp in Ukwimi, in the Eastern Province, about 300 km east of the capital Lusaka. The camp has better facilities and is a safe distance from the Angolan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border areas.

The first IOM hired buses are expected

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29 Nov 2000

Botswana + 3 others
Africa: HIV/AIDS figures stabilise

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JOHANNESBURG, 29 November (IRIN) - For the first time, there are signs that new HIV/AIDS infections may have stabilised in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa, UNAIDS said in its annual epidemic update released on Tuesday.
New infections in 2000 totalled an estimated 3.8 million compared with 4 million in 1999, the 'AIDS Epidemic Update: December 2000' revealed. Globally there are 36.1 million people living with HIV/AIDS, 25.3 million of these people are in Africa.

UNAIDS said the slight fall in infections was probably a result of two factors. "On the one hand, the epidemic

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24 Nov 2000

Angola + 13 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 47 covering the period 18 - 24 Nov 2000

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MOZAMBIQUE: Shock over journalist's murder

Mozambican journalists this week reacted with shock to the killing of prominent colleague Carlos Cardoso by unknown gunmen on Wednesday, and said his assassination was a warning to them all. Cardoso, editor of the independent daily newssheet 'Metical', was gunned

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23 Nov 2000

Botswana + 2 others
Mozambique & Zimbabwe: Flood Rehabilitation Appeal No. 04/2000 (rev. 4) Situation Report No. 13

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Special Focus on Flood Disaster Preparedness efforts in Mozambique
Period covered: November, 2000; The end of the operation has now been revised from March 31, 2001 to December 31, 2000.

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03 Nov 2000

Angola + 6 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 3 November

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SOUTH AFRICA: Suspected bombers arrested
Two men have been arrested in what police have described as a break-through in the fight against urban terror in the Western Cape. This followed the discovery of an explosive device outside a cafe in the Cape Town suburb of Belville early Friday morning.

Zelda Holtzman, acting provincial police commissioner, said the device had been set to go off at 12 noon, clearly indicating that the public was the target. The device found is similar to those used in previous attacks. Holtzman said the discovery of the bomb

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27 Oct 2000

Angola + 2 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 27 October

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ZIMBABWE: Parliamentary committee to consider impeachment
Zimbabwe's parliament has agreed to appoint a special committee to consider President Robert Mugabe's removal from office, news reports said on Friday. Speaker of parliament Emmerson Mnangagwa said he was satisfied that the impeachment motion by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) had met constitutional requirements and would be considered by parliament. "I shall proceed to appoint a committee, the composition of which shall be announced later," Mnangagwa
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24 Oct 2000

Angola + 8 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 24 October

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NAMIBIA: Army cites captures along Angolan border
The Namibia Defence Force (NDF) said it had killed 12 Angolan UNITA soldiers, captured six, freed more than 300 civilians and recovered more than 400 head of cattle in recent operations along the country's tense border with Angola. 'The Namibian' on Tuesday quoted Emily Kazapua, of the public relations department in the ministry of defence, as saying the statistics related to incidents from the end of last year until September.

It said the figures excluded the killing

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20 Oct 2000

Angola + 9 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 20 October

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SOUTH AFRICA: Four African ministers meet over DRC
Four African defence ministers met in South Africa on Friday to finalise an agreed pullback of troops involved in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) war, a government spokesman was quoted as saying. South Africa's Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota and his counterparts from the DRC, Rwanda and Zimbabwe met in Pretoria to "discuss the modalities of the troop withdrawal and standstill", Lekota's spokesman Sam Mkhwanazi was quoted as saying. He said Lekota had been tasked by the
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19 Oct 2000

Angola + 4 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 19 October

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ZAMBIA: Government launches anti-corruption fund
The Zambian government's Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday launched a three-year Civic Education and Corruption Prevention Fund aimed at supporting anti-corruption initiatives through civil society.

The 'Zambia Daily Mail' reported on Thursday that Britain's Department for International Development (DFID) would make about US $82.7 million available to fund eligible organisations which promote the eradication of corruption. It said these organisations would be granted sums of about US $44,000 per project over a three-year period.

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03 Oct 2000

Angola + 5 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 3 October

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ANGOLA: Missing journalist found dead
An Angolan state radio correspondent reported missing in Zambia at the weekend during a UNHCR field trip to an Angolan refugee camp has been found dead. A UNHCR spokesman told IRIN on Tuesday the journalist's body had been found floating in the Zambezi River.

"It is with deep shock that UNHCR has learned of the death of Antonio Paciencia," UNHCR spokesman Fidelis Swai said. "The Zambian authorities in the town of Senenga have informed us that they found his body in the river and that they are still investigating

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29 Sep 2000

Angola + 6 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 29 September

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ANGOLA: Mines claim at least 100 lives
The Angolan government's National Institute for the Removal of Explosive Devices (INAROEE) said at least 100 people have been killed in land mine accidents between January and June this year. In a report released this week, it said that a total of 204 mine accidents had been recorded, resulting in 427 casualties - 100 deaths and 327 injured.

It said 251 of the casualties occurred while people were traveling. Thirty-six were walking when they detonated a land mine, 32 occurred during farming operations, and 24 while people

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22 Sep 2000

Angola + 7 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 38 covering the period 16 - 22 Sep 2000

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ZIMBABWE: Opposition denies weapons claims

Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has expressed "utter shock" over allegations by Home Affairs Minister John Nkomo that the police uncovered illegal weapons caches at the party's offices.

Nkomo told parliament on Tuesday that

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25 Aug 2000

Angola + 10 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 34 covering the period 19-25 Aug 2000

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NAMIBIA: Deteriorating security situation

As the security situation in northern Namibian continues to deteriorate, Namibia's northern regional council this week ordered the withdrawal of Angolan armed forces (FAA) from Kavango in a bid to end attacks on villagers by armed groups. The eight regional councillors, all members of the ruling SWAPO party resolved to restrict

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18 Aug 2000

Angola + 9 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 33 covering the period 12-18 Aug 2000

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ZIMBABWE-DRC: Mugabe chides Kabila

Crucial summit talks aimed at salvaging the peace process in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) failed on Tuesday when Congolese President Laurent-Desire Kabila walked out of the meeting in Lusaka, prompting criticism from his staunchest ally, Zimbabwe.

Conference officials told IRIN Kabila,

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