News that the genocide suspect, Jean-Baptiste Gatete, has been arrested is cause for a general sigh of relief in Rwanda. The battle for justice for the genocide is still far from over, but the capture of Gatete in the Republic of Congo on 11 September 2002 hit a primary target. For nearly two decades, Gatete has been notorious as a violent extremist in Rwanda, says the organisation African Rights.

Workers of a large commercial transport company in Swaziland, Cargo Carriers, are on strike demanding the expulsion of a white expatriate manager of the company who assaulted one of their colleagues on Thursday.

A special issue of the Overseas Development Institute’s Disasters journal reports on a conference exploring dilemmas and debates around politics, conditionality and humanitarian aid. Looking at conflicts and relief responses in the Balkans, Great Lakes, Afghanistan and elsewhere, articles chart the problematic consequences of the politicisation of humanitarian aid.

Liberian President Charles Taylor has lifted the state of emergency imposed eight months ago after rebels began threatening the capital, Monrovia. Speaking after the recapture of the north-western town of Bopolu on Friday, Mr Taylor said he had taken the decision because of the reduced danger from rebels.

Kenya has decided to equip its game wardens with new AK-101 and AK-102 Kalashnikov automatic rifles, replacing the old AK-47 and G-3 rifles which had been used by the Kenya Wildlife Service rangers for the past 10 years.

Survivors of violence in the developing world are unlikely to respond to western interventions based on individual counselling. This is according to a study conducted in Angola amongst displaced people living in Huila province, the results of which are published in the latest Lancet.

In war, HIV/AIDS spreads rapidly as a result of sexual bartering, sexual violence, low awareness about HIV, and the breakdown of vital services in health and education. In conflict situations, young people are most at risk. These are some of the reflections of a report detailing the experiences of the International Save the Children Alliance on HIV/AIDS and its effects on young people in conflict situations around the world.

The Ugandan authorities and the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, have said they are finalising plans to resettle some 24,000 Sudanese refugees who were displaced from their camp in northern Uganda in early August, following an attack by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).

Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai warned on Monday of a gathering "people's storm" that would battle what he called President Robert Mugabe's "civil-military junta".

Gunfire was exchanged as about 70 pro-government militants raided a white-owned farm and barricaded the family inside their home in northern Zimbabwe, says the Justice for Agriculture organisation.

Some 3,000 people displaced by recent inter-ethnic conflict in Isiolo, central Kenya, are refusing to return to their homes for fear of further violence, according to local sources in Isiolo.

Perceptions of widespread racism, and lingering concerns about safety and security, are among the key challenges the Western Cape must tackle to make more of its tourist appeal.

Organised violence has reportedly continued to prevail in all parts of the country. The Public Press and the Zimbabwe Human Rights Forum have received a large number of reports on human rights and political violations allegedly perpetrated by the uniformed officials, with the greatest prevalence being reported in Manicaland. This is according to the latest report on political violence from the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum.

The first batch of 69 people, who sought refuge in Nigeria as a result of the war in Sierra Leone, have been voluntarily repatriated.

Rwandan authorities have repatriated at least 1,300 refugees to Nord-Kivu Province in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. In coming weeks, an Organising Committee for the Repatriation of Congolese Refugees in Rwanda plans to help 31,500 people return to their homes, the committee announced.

The Zambian government has allowed the World Food Programme to start distributing genetically modified (GM) food aid to refugees.

There are indications that following the protracted dispute over who owns the Bakassi peninsular, Nigeria may have deployed troops to the disputed area, to protect Nigerian nationals around the border from possible attack from Cameroun's gendermes.

Thousands of people are currently hit by famine in Congo Brazzaville. Official and humanitarian sources confirmed here late last month that as much as 32 percent of the country's entire population are starving.

Thousands of hungry people in southeastern Angola are heading for the town of Mavinga in the hope of finding food, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) warned in a statement.

The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has undertaken a major registration exercise for all Liberian refugees in three camps in southeastern Guinea, UNHCR Media Relations Officer Delphine Marie said on Friday.