Various,
5-6/6/00
~ Rescuers search for survivors after two earthquakes hit Sumatra,
Indonesia.
Also: ‘Aid reaches Sumatra but rains hamper relief‘,
T, 8/6/00
Various,
2-8/6/00
~ Fears are rising of renewed rebel attacks when UN troops pull
out of Sierra Leone next week; government seeks to enforce international
embargo on "conflict diamonds".
Various, 2-8/6/00
~ Two more killed as farms are named and land resettlement plans
are scheduled for next week.; Tories warn Mugabe over poll fraud;
poll monitors warned away from farm occupations
Also: ‘Zimbabwe: Intimidation‘, The Economist, 3-9
June 2000, p78
~ Reports on the means of intimidation by which Mugabe hopes to
win the election.
Various,
2-7/6/00
~ Ethiopians declare their war with Eritrea over as they attempt
to conduct successful peace talks; violence flares up again; Eritrea
recaptures town as war resumes.
‘Peace ? Maybe‘, The Economist, 3-9 June 2000, p78
~ Ethiopia and Eritrea are on the verge of signing a fragile peace
deal.
Various,
2-5/6/00
~ Speight backtracks on decision to release Fijian hostages; democracy
could be a thing of the past for Fiji if coup leader is made PM;
failed talks to resume between military government and coup leader;
leader of Solomon Islands taken hostage in copycat coup.
Also: Various, 7/6/00
~ Commonwealth ministers agreed to partially suspend Fiji and
warn the Soloman Islands that they can expect a similar fate if
democracy is not restored.
‘A
fate worse than inperialism‘, G, 3/6/00
~ Wole Soyinka calls for stronger UN intervention in Africa’s
conflicts.
‘Gems
sow the seeds of conflict in Africa‘, DT, 5/6/00
~ Instead of bringing prosperity to the mineral rich continent,
the trade in diamonds has become lawless and deadly.
Also: ‘UK to call for diamond embargo‘, FT, 6/6/00
~ Britain to call for UN to approve an international embargo on
the import of Sierra Leone diamonds. (Andrew Parker & Mark
Huband)
Also: ‘Britain seeks to block sale of rebel diamonds‘,
T, 7/6/00
Also: ‘Mugabe gem sales link to poll observer‘,
T, 3/6/00
~ A Commonwealth senior advisor on Africa has been found to be
involved with a diamond company linked with financially supporting
Mugabe’s regime.
Also: Various, 7/6/00
~ Senior advisor resigns over diamond trading allegations.
‘Building
companies face corruption trail in Lesotho‘, FT, 5/6/00
~ Several well known construction companies face trial in Lesotho
accused of bribery and corruption during the building to the Katse
dam, part of a Lesotho Highlands Water Project.
