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African finance ministers urge developed nations to maintain pledged aid

African finance ministers have urged developed countries to maintain pledged levels of aid to African countries despite the volatility of the international financial market. Ministers from Gambia, Cameroon and Kenya told a...

Congo-Kinshasa: UN Mission Helps Ease Panic After Bunia Attack

It was a little after 1:00 pm today, when a wave of panic swept through the town of Bunia, Ituri district. Within moments, all shops were closed while markets and schools emptied. Street traffic became hectic as residents...

Congo-Kinshasa: War Goes On, Little Pressure for Peace

The war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, site of the United Nations' largest peacekeeping operation, attracts little attention from the world's media. Conditions vary from place to place in that vast country. But...

Congo-Kinshasa: Kabila Vulnerable After Turning Away From the West

Posted to the web 13 October 2008 Fred Oluoch Nairobi The persistent rebellion in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo calls into question Joseph Kabila's presidency and who wants him out. It appears that the forces that...

Africa: SA Killings Underscore Refugees' Plight

THE recent gruesome slaughter of a Somali woman and her three children in the South African town of Queenstown is a reminder of the unabating problem of refugees, internally displaced persons, asylum seekers and stateless...

Training seminar for ministry to Muslims in Congo

Congo-Kinshasa (MNN) -- And, Grace Ministries International just launched a three-pronged evangelism and training ministry initiative in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The first prong involved two days of training in Muslim...

Botswana: PHK 'Throws Tantrums' Over Inga Three

Posted to the web 13 October 2008 Wanetsha Mosinyi The Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Ponatshego Kedikilwe, has been "throwing tantrums" over the slow pace with which the much-vaunted Inga 3 hydroelectric...

Somalia: How Can Country Top the World in Corruption? What's There to Steal?

Posted to the web 13 October 2008 Austin Ejiet It is gratifying to note that as we enter the last half of our fifth decade of independence, Uganda has something to be truly proud about. That sounds modest, but you remember that...

Coach puts fire back in 'Flames'

JOHANNESBURG: Malawi hailed coach Kinnah Phiri yesterday after a dramatic 2-1 triumph over the Democratic Republic of Congo kept alive hopes of 2010 World Cup glory. The 'Flames' needed maximum points to book a place in the...

Survivor: The White House

There's no secret. And I wouldn't be the first to say. But, to me, the best reality show on television, for nearly two years now, has been the race for president. As far as I'm concerned, they should call it Survivor: The White...

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