Chadian President Idriss Deby has sent peace envoys to meet rebel leader Youssouf Togoimi in the northern area of Tibetsi, Communications Minister Moussa Dago told IRIN on Monday.

Floods caused by heavy rains have destroyed an estimated 5,226 houses, rendering thousands of people homeless in 11 of Chad's 14 regions since the beginning of August, Information Minister Moussa Dago told IRIN on Friday.

1. Very heavy rains, since late July, have caused flooding in 11 out of the 14 provinces of the country. Continuous overflowing of the rivers Batha and Bahr Azoum have created a particularly serious situation in Batha, Biltine, Chari-Baguirmi, GuerA,

World Food Programme is to supply more than 2,000 tonnes of food to 23,000 Sudanese refugees and 6,500 local populations in eastern Chad, under an agreement signed with the Ndjamena government Friday.

The World Food Programme announced Wednesday in Ndjamena that it has dispatched relief food for some 53,000 people affected by famine due to poor harvest in southern Chad.

Libya Monday night presented a cheque for 4.5 million US dollars to clear the contribution arrears of seven states to the Organisation of African Unity.

The Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) Tuesday participated in the Grand African Military Parade in Tripoli, Libya. The parade was to commemorate 30 years of the Great Libyan People's Arab Jamahiriya (the great revolution) that started September 1, 1969, when

UNESCO and the Libyan ministry of Education and Technical Training have signed a 200-million- dollar agreement aimed at enhancing higher education and scientific research in that country.

The Libyan leader, Col. Moammar Kadhafi Thursday bestowed the country's highest honours on fellow leaders at a ceremony held during a break in the proceedings of the fourth extra-ordinary OAU summit.

It was interesting to watch Happison Muchechetere on his favourite Issues and Views programme last week.

The extra-ordinary summit of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) opened in Libya yesterday with President Chiluba receiving glowing accolades for his efforts made in attaining peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Mystery surrounds the sudden departure of President Robert Mugabe from the Libyan capital Tripoli before the official opening of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) special summit meeting.

Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi has called on Western countries to compensate Africa for plundering the continent during colonialism.

GIVE ME A US OF AFRICA, BUT NOT YET!: Libya celebrated 30 years of the revolution that brought Muammar Gaddafi to power. Gaddafi and his even longer-serving brother leader Fidel Castro of Cuba will be remembered generations after a great

If you see Libyan leader Col. Moammar Kadhafi happily basking in glory in his bedouin tent in Syrte only hours after the end of a highly successful fourth extraordinary OAU summit, there is a good reason for it.

Libya has offered to export its crude oil and other petroleum products to Zambia while Government has in principle accepted the Arab Republic's request for 50,000 hectares farmland.

The demand for reparations for the African slave trade have received strong backing from the Libyan leader, Col. Moammar Kadhafi, who publicly called the slave traders to account for "this crime against humanity."

A delegation of Somalia's feuding factions has urged the Libyan leader, Col. Moammar Kadhafi, to continue his efforts to mediate in that country's political crisis, which has prevailed since 1991.

The European Union Monday decided to lift the sanctions imposed against Libya in 1992 in connection with the Lockerbie bombing, further tightened in 1986 on the allegation that Tripoli was supporting terrorism.

If you see Libyan leader Col. Moammar Kadhafi happily basking in glory in his Bedouin tent in Syrte only hours after the end of a highly successful fourth extraordinary OAU summit, there is a good reason for it.