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CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA
IRIN-CEA Weekly Round-Up 343
5 - 11 August 2006


CONTENTS:

BURUNDI: Suspected coup plotters to be charged, attorney-general says
UGANDA: Talks on hold as rebels demand cessation of hostilities
TANZANIA: Cholera breaks out in Zanzibar, 106 in hospital
KENYA: Flash flood hits drought-stricken district


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BURUNDI: Suspected coup plotters to be charged, attorney-general says

Burundi's attorney-general, Jean Bosco Ndikumana, said on Tuesday that 
six politicians and an army officer arrested for allegedly plotting a 
coup would be charged in court within two days.

Two of the suspects appeared before Ndikumana on what he described as a 
routine procedure. "They were here because their legal stay in custody 
had expired," he said. Under Burundian law, detainees can only remain in 
custody for a maximum of seven days, after which they must appear in 
court.

The seven detainees include former Vice-President Alphonse Marie Kadege.

[Full Story on:
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=55033]

[On the Net: Colonel arrested as coup crackdown continues 
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=54954]


UGANDA: Talks on hold as rebels demand cessation of hostilities

Peace talks aimed at ending northern Uganda's 20-year civil war hit a 
snag on Thursday after the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) demanded a 
truce before resuming discussions, officials said.

"We are waiting for the mediators to tell us the way forward, but our 
delegation will remain in Juba to see that the process is taken to its 
logical conclusion," Robert Kabushenga, the Kampala-based government 
spokesman said.

The LRA stormed out of the talks on Wednesday, demanding that the 
government declare a unilateral ceasefire before the talks could resume. 
"There is no formal ceasefire with the LRA, therefore we have a duty to 
defend our people against the marauding rebel fighters who stage raids 
for food," Army spokesman Lt Chris Magezi said.

[Full Story on:
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=55068]

[On the Net: Unilateral rebel ceasefire unacceptable - gov't 
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=55046]


TANZANIA: Cholera breaks out in Zanzibar, 106 in hospital

At least 106 people, most of them children, have been hospitalised in 
the last one week following a cholera outbreak in Tanzania's 
semiautonomous island of Zanzibar, an official from the Ministry of 
Health said on Wednesday.

"Already one person has died," Dr Omar Suleiman, the director of 
information policy in the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, said.

Cholera and diarrhoea outbreaks started in March, with a resurgence in 
late May and June, before erupting again in July in most areas of the 
Zanzibar Municipality and Pemba Island.

[Full Story on: 
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=55050]

[On the Net: Diarrhoea kills 7, hospitalises 454 
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=54987]


KENYA: Flash flood hits drought-stricken district

Four people were confirmed dead on Thursday after flash floods hit 
Kenya's drought-stricken northern Marsabit district, the Kenya Red Cross 
Society (KRCS) said.

"Our assessment team has arrived in the area with some food and non-food 
items and has confirmed four dead so far," Farid Abdikadir, KRCS head of 
disaster response said. "We will have a better picture of the situation 
later today when the team returns from the field."

[Full Story on: 
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=55060]


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