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Internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kenya are set to enjoy greater protection under a national policy that also aims to prevent future displacement and to fulfil the country's obligations under international IDP law, say analysts. (AllAfrica)

Uganda Red Cross volunteers survey damage wreaked by landslide that struck Bududa district (AllAfrica)

A farming ban imposed on Rwandan refugees in southwestern Uganda is raising concerns for their food security, while proposed cash transfers could boost both food prices and theft, warn aid workers and local officials, who are urging the government to rescind the directive. (AllAfrica)

As the 2011 General and Presidential Elections draw nearer, the United Nations Refugees agency, UNHCR together with its implementing partners is contemplating on the possible repatriation of Liberian refugees and those seeking refuge in Liberia. (AllAfrica)

A threatening pamphlet has been distributed in Samora Machel in Nyanga, warning foreigners that they will "face the wrath of the community" if they fail to leave the area before Human Rights Day on Sunday. (AllAfrica)

At least three people are killed and 10 others injured on Tuesday in fresh shelling that rocked parts of Somalia's restive capital Mogadishu, medics and witnesses said. (AllAfrica)

THE relocation of more than 600 families from flooded areas in Lusaka's high-density townships to safer grounds behind the Independence Stadium has brought with it a string of social problems. (AllAfrica)

The government is to embark on an aggressive tree-planting programme in the degraded mountainous areas to prevent future landslides. (AllAfrica)

One of the most controversial films shown at the recent Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) was “Stolen,� which had its U.S. premier at the festival. The film tells the story of slavery in the Polisario-governed refugee camps in Algeria. (AllAfrica)

Umaru Swaray, 33, was a child soldier during Liberia's civil war. Separated from his family, he walked for months crossing the continent to Uganda, searching for his family, who had escaped the war. He found them in Kampala in 2004 - on the day they were leaving for the Netherlands. (AllAfrica)

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a nominally centralized republic with a population of approximately 68 million. The president and the lower house of parliament (National Assembly) are popularly elected; the members of the upper house (the Senate) are chosen by provincial assemblies. Multiparty presidential and National Assembly elections in 2006 were judged to be credible, despite some irregularities, while indirect elections for senators in 2007 were marred by allegations of vote buying. (AllAfrica)

ONE hundred and fifteen people have been displaced from their villages in Mpulungu after floods along the Lake Tanganyika shores swept away their homes. (AllAfrica)

The pain of the landslide tragedy that hit Bududa district will stay on for long. The education sector was severely affected. About 100 pupils perished. (AllAfrica)

The top United Nations envoy to Somalia today welcomed the signing of a peace agreement between the Government and a rebel group, reiterating that the war-ravaged Horn of Africa nation is transitioning from a "failed to a fragile State." (AllAfrica)

Somalia's embattled government has signed a power-sharing agreement with an Islamist militia, Ahlu-Sunnah Wal-Jamaa that is backing its much-awaited military offensives against powerful Islamist insurgency. (AllAfrica)

Security forces in Somalia's self-declared republic of Somaliland raided a house in Hargeisa and arrested seven people, including inured ones that are suspected to be involved in the recent fightings that engulfed the war-torn Mogadishu. (AllAfrica)

Somali second deputy Speaker of Somali parliament Osman Elmi Boqore accused his speaker Sheikh Adan Madobe of non-cooperation in the matters concerning the legislature. (AllAfrica)

Following a two-week evaluation exercise by a team comprising of officials from Kigali City Council, Gasabo District and the ministries of Local Government and Lands, 473 families in Ngaruyinka village, Murama cell in Kinyinya sector, will be paid for their land after a two-year impasse. (AllAfrica)

Uganda needs $500m (sh950b) for the relocation of nearly one million people living in landslide prone areas countrywide. The Government has made an appeal to the international community for financial assistance. (AllAfrica)

Results released on Friday by the Law Development Centre show that out of the 580 students who sat for exams in August, only 91 passed all the papers -indicating that 485 failed. At least 285 students will have to re-sit special/supplementary papers, according to a statement from Ms Joyce Werikhe, the secretary, Board of Examiners at LDC. (AllAfrica)

Latest fighting between government forces and the Al-Shabaab militia have displaced more than 100 000 people across Somalia since the start of the year, says UNHCR. (AllAfrica)

Five days of fighting in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, have left residents without food, cut off from their homes and unable to bury their dead, civil society leaders in the city said. (AllAfrica)

Our final ascent on the winding, narrow and slippery road brought chills. The truck leading our mini convoy of three belched smoke. Any slight loss of control by the driver would have sent the vehicle crashing down the valley that lay deep beneath on both sides. (AllAfrica)

The following is a statement from the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs and U.S. Senator Russ Feingold on the UN Monitoring Group on Somalia's report. (AllAfrica)

THE country and the entire region is still mourning the tragedy in Bududa district, eastern Uganda, where hundreds perished and more are missing in a mudslide. (AllAfrica)

The UNHCR, the UN agency for refugees, has registered 10,190 people stuck in camps in the Acholi region without support from their families. (AllAfrica)

In this time of need your family can think about helping the many displaced people, especially those of Bududa in eastern Uganda. (AllAfrica)

The government plans to establish an emergency response centre in Mbale District to mitigate the effects of the looming landslides in the Mt. Elgon region, the disaster preparedness minister, Musa Ecweru has said. (AllAfrica)

Ugandans should brace themselves for harder times as half of the country has become prone to the increasing disasters, according to experts. (AllAfrica)

Angola's Home deputy minister for Civil Protection and Fire Brigade, Eugénio Laborinho, on Thursday moved to Kuito Kuanavale district, southern Kuando Kubango province, to assess the consequences of the heavy rains hitting the region, Angop has learnt. (AllAfrica)

THE Moderator of the General Assembly of The Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, The Rt. Rev. Ubon Bassey Usung, has warned that the recurring ethno-religious crisis in Jos, Plateau State, if not checked immediately, might snowball into a full-blown war. (AllAfrica)