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CENTRAL AFRICA: Militias clash amid signs of CNDP rift
UN mediator Olusegun Obasanjo, the former Nigerian president, met rebel leader Laurent Nkunda...
AFRICA: Commodities downturn dents mining prospects
Initial hopes that the global economic downturn would be shallow and short-lived are being...
AfricaCONGO-KINSHASA: LRA attacks leave hundreds dead
Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels have killed as many as 400 civilians in attacks in...
Congo-KinshasaCENTRAL AFRICA: Kivu conflict imperils wider region
Negotiations for a ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are due to resume in...
CONGO-KINSHASA: MONUC mandate lacks bite without peace
The UN Security Council yesterday voted to extend for a year the mandate for its peace-keeping...
Congo-KinshasaCENTRAL AFRICA: Joint strike shows LRA regional threat
The governments of Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Southern Sudan carried out a...
EUROPEAN UNION/DRC: Ministers opt against Congo troops
European foreign ministers yesterday failed to agree on sending EU troops to reinforce UN...
CONGO-KINSHASA: Rebel talks face steep hurdles
Representatives of the government and Laurent Nkunda's National Congress for the Defence of the...
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