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Kinshasa– Sporadic fighting continued on Tuesday in Bunia, the main town of Ituri District in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, a day after six people were killed there during a public protest, a militia […]

Nairobi– As part of the Kenyan government’s efforts to regain vast wealth stolen by corrupt officials and politicians, it is encouraging ”whistle blowers” to come forward with information, Assistant Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, […]

Nairobi– The president of Somalia’s Transitional National Government (TNG), Abdiqassim Salad Hassan, and four prominent faction leaders met on Tuesday in Mogadishu to discuss the Somali peace talks currently underway in Kenya, one of the […]

Washington– A U.S. law enforcement team announced the arrest of a Minnesota man August 29 in connection with the release of a harmful computer program that caused significant damage to vulnerable machines earlier in the […]

Nairobi– Advocacy group Refugees International (RI) has called on the international donor community to encourage countries in Africa’s Great Lakes region to extend citizenship rights to the Batwa or ”Pygmy” people. ”Batwa occupy the role […]

Abidjan– Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the government of Cote d’Ivoire to immediately disband civilian militias, set up an international commission of inquiry investigate human rights abuses committed in the civil war and […]

Abuja, Nigeria– ”The 21st century is going to be the century of science and technology” in Africa, Dr. Eamon Kelly, chairman of the board of the National Science Foundation told an international audience at the […]

Banqui, 23 July– The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has resumed transporting food into the Central African Republic (CAR) from neighbouring Cameroon, where it had been held for four months due to insecurity in CAR, […]