Full coverage: East Africa

29.03.2005 President Robert Mugabe has pulled out all the stops before elections in Zimbabwe Thursday, spending US$100 million of the state's money on Hewlett Packard laptops that he passes out at schools as he campaigns across the country. Meanwhile, many of the schools receiving the high-tech computers have been without textbooks, electricity, furniture or even roofs for many years.

09.03.2005 Celtel-Zambia has launched the provision of subsidised rural communities payphone services in partnership with PRONET and Computer connections.

08.03.2005 Institute for War and Peace Reporting seeks applications for the position of Senior Radio Trainer, to be based in Uganda. Specifically, the trainer will develop a radio broadcast module and training manual, in conjunction with the IWPR Uganda Project Director, local expertise and IWPR’s training materials Consultant.