The EastAfrican

January 21 - January 27, 2002

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US to Resettle Thousands of Somalis TWELVE THOUSAND Somali Bantu refugees could be resettled in the United States after sailing through the first screening phase in Nairobi and also in the Daadab and Kakuma refugees camps in the northern part of the country.

Some of the Somali Bantus at a refugee camp in Kenya. "The denial of a means of economic and social advancement made a very good case for their resettlement abroad."

'Envoys Peddle DRC Antiquities'

FOREIGN DIPLOMATS in Kampala have been implicated in a syndicate said to be trafficking in Congolese artefacts.

According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), the artifacts – sculptures masks and jewellery – find their way into Uganda through the West Nile, which borders northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

EA Assembly Maiden Sitting in Kampala THE EAST African Legislative Assembly sits for the first time this week in Kampala, almost two months after it was launched in Arusha, Tanzania.