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29 Dec 2000

Angola + 4 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 52 covering the period 23-29 Dec 2000

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ANGOLA: Sanctions' enforcement measures urged
A report by the UN's sanctions monitoring team for Angola has recommended that the Security Council consider action against countries violating the arms and trade embargo on the UNITA rebel movement, a UN statement said.

The report, released on Thursday by the Monitoring Mechanism on Angola Sanctions pointed out that "in order for the measures against UNITA to be taken seriously, the Security Council should consider applying sanctions against any government found to be intentionally

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28 Dec 2000

Angola + 3 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 28 December

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MALAWI: Former minister arrested on corruption charges
Former transport minister and a senior ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) official, Brown Mpinganjira, was arrested on Wednesday in the commercial capital Blantyre in connection with allegations of fraud and corruption while he was in government, PANA reported. Police spokesman Oliver Soko told PANA that Mpinganjira was arrested and charged with official corruption and accepting bribe money.

"While Mr Mpinganjira was minister of education, he facilitated the award of contracts to ghost contractors,

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28 Dec 2000

Malawi + 4 others
Africa: IRIN AIDS Weekly issue 7, 28 December

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AFRICA: Kaunda urges politicians to take AIDS test

Former Zambian ruler Kenneth Kaunda on Friday urged African politicians to take AIDS tests before seeking office to help raise awareness about the pandemic, Reuters reported. Kaunda said he did not back compulsory testing, but any leader with a conscience had a duty to do "the right thing" and help slow the spread of what he called the continent's waking nightmare.

"I believe all politicians seeking office in Africa and elsewhere must, as a matter of conscience, take AIDS

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22 Dec 2000

Angola + 3 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 22 December

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AFRICA: Some 28 million people face severe food shortages - FAO
The FAO said in a report on Thursday that an estimated 28 million people in sub-Saharan Africa were facing severe food shortages as serious food supply problems persisted in a number of countries, mainly because of prolonged drought and civil strife.

According to the report, Angola continued to suffer from fighting between government and rebel forces, particularly in northern parts of the country. It said that the number of IDPs already estimated at 2.5 million at the end of June, was on the increase. "The

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22 Dec 2000

Angola + 7 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 51 covering the period 16 - 22 Dec 2000

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UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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ZAMBIA-DRC: DRC refugee influx into Zambia slows

The total number of refugees in Zambia fleeing recent fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is no more than 25,000 a UNHCR emergency officer in northern Zambia told IRIN on Wednesday. Contrary to media reports that up to 60,000 Congolese refugees

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20 Dec 2000

Kenya + 3 others
Africa: Diseases can be controlled in the world's poorest countries

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JOHANNESBURG, 20 December (IRIN) - A new report issued jointly by five UN agencies and the World Bank said this week that worsening HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria epidemics were not inevitable and could be controlled.
The report entitled "Health: A Key to Prosperity" states that throughout the world, communities have mobilised to use their knowledge, skills, and resources to reverse the devastating impact of killer diseases such as AIDS, TB, malaria, and diseases that kill children, infants, and mothers.

"The targets for reducing the toll

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20 Dec 2000

Angola + 4 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 20 December

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SWAZILAND: Evicted Swazi chiefs win appeal case
Swaziland's Court of Appeal has ordered that evicted Chief Mtfuso II of KaMkhweli and all his subjects must be taken back to their home area, PANA reported on Wednesday. The Court of Appeal judges said their previous status must be maintained until the final determination of the legality or otherwise of their evictions by the High Court. The chiefs were evicted 13 October to make way for King Mswati's elder brother, Prince Maguga. The KaMkweli-Macetjeni evictions sparked a series of protests by human rights groups in the country.
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08 Dec 2000

Angola + 7 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 49 covering the period 02 - 08 Dec 2000

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ZAMBIA-DRC: Congolese refugees and troops cross into Zambia

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 this week. "But we are getting reports of an entire brigade of DRC soldiers, numbering up

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08 Dec 2000

Botswana + 5 others
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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07 Dec 2000

Angola + 7 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 7 December

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ZAMBIA-DRC: Zambia to beef up security on DRC border
Zambia is to beef up security along its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as increasing numbers of soldiers and civilians flee violence into Zambia, Home Affairs Minister Peter Machungwa said on Wednesday. Machungwa told journalists that the wave of soldiers and civilians entering Zambia was a security risk in Northern and Luapula provinces. "I have discussed with the minister of defence to see if we can increase the presence of our security personnel
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04 Dec 2000

Angola + 6 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 04 December

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ZAMBIA: Relocation of Angolan refugees
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has started transporting about 1,100 Angolan refugees who recently entered the North Western province of Zambia, an IOM spokesman, Thomas Weiss, said on Friday. The first convoy of six IOM hired buses and trucks carrying some 360 refugees accompanied by nurses and police officers left Maheba camp, located about 80 km from Solwezi, south of the Zambia-Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border. Weiss said the convoy was expected to complete
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01 Dec 2000

Angola + 8 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 48 covering the period 25 Nov - 01 Dec 2000

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UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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AFRICA: HIV/AIDS figures stabilise

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.

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28 Nov 2000

Angola + 6 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 28 November

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ZIMBABWE: ZANU-PF wins by-election
President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party won a parliamentary by-election marred by violence in the town of Marondera, news reports said on Tuesday. ZANU-PF scooped 7,376 votes to the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC's) 4,366 in the Marondera West rural district southwest of the capital, Harare, the state Election Commission announced.

Officials said voter turnout was just 33 percent of about 36,000 registered voters. The election was called after a ruling party lawmaker who held the seat died in a car accident in August.

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27 Nov 2000

Angola + 5 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 27 November

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ZIMBABWE: Industry sets conditions for supporting land reform
The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has set conditions, including upholding the rule of law, for it to help the government get international support for its land reform programme the 'Standard' reported on Sunday. CZI president, Zivanai Rusike, said his organisation was willing to solicit the international community's support for the land reform programme, but this would only be possible if the programme was carried out in a different way to what is happening now.

This is the first time that the body

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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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UNITED NATIONS
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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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17 Nov 2000

Angola + 8 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 46 covering the period 11 - 17 Nov 2000

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UNITED NATIONS
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MOZAMBIQUE: Day of mourning declared

The Mozambican government announced a day of mourning on Monday for 41 people killed in political clashes last week between the police and the main opposition party RENAMO. The deaths occurred mainly in the north and centre of the country when RENAMO supporters defied a police banning order and staged violent protests against the results

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17 Nov 2000

Angola + 7 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 17 November

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ANGOLA: UNITA attack three towns
An attack by UNITA rebels early on Wednesday in south-central Angola left a number of people dead and many wounded, state radio reported on Thursday. The rebels attacked Longonjo and Tchindjenje, two towns west of the provincial capital, Huambo. Longonjo and Tchindjenje, which are 30 km apart, are major gateways to Huambo, located on the main road to the Atlantic seaport of Benguela.

In a third attack, UNITA forces reportedly rocketed vehicles near Uchi, 10 km from Benguela. Witnesses said at least

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14 Nov 2000

Angola + 7 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 14 November

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DRC-SOUTHERN AFRICA: Leaders to discuss Congo war
South African President Thabo Mbeki and leaders from six other African states meet in Mozambique on Wednesday for another summit to discuss the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Maputo talks are a follow-up to a meeting held in the city late last month.

Mbeki's spokesman Nazeem Mahatey was quoted as saying: "The Maputo summit is about getting the Lusaka Accords implemented. It will be a follow-up to previous meetings on the issue." The leaders invited to the talks include Mozambican President Joaquim

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10 Nov 2000

Malawi
Malawi: Xenophobia on the rise

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JOHANNESBURG, 10 November (IRIN) - Malawi government officials are increasingly blaming refugees for a spate of violent crime, reflecting a worrying rise in popular xenophobia, UNHCR has warned.
"There is always at least one foreigner from the Great Lakes region in every criminal gang that is caught for armed robbery or motor vehicle theft," Malawi's deputy commissioner for relief and rehabilitation, Willy Gidala, was quoted by the African Eye News Service as saying on Wednesday. "The trend proves that Malawi's
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