Africa
EU calls on Rwanda to pull troops out of DR Congo
KIGALI, Rwanda The EU’s special representative for Africa’s Great Lakes region on Wednesday accused Rwanda of violating Congolese territory and...
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US diplomat in DR Congo says M23 rebels ‘must be held accountable’ for hospital attacks, kidnappings
KIGALI, Rwanda The US ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo has condemned the M23 rebels' recent kidnapping of...
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Germany to suspend new development aid to Rwanda over eastern DR Congo conflict
NAIROBI Germany said Tuesday it will suspend new development funding to Rwanda, citing concerns about Kigali’s alleged support for the...
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Eastern DR Congo conflict ‘escalated to levels unseen in decades,’: African Union member
NAIROBI Moses Balagizi, permanent representative of the Democratic Republic of Congo to the African Union’s (AU) Economic, Social and Cultural...
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Drought, conflict may push 1M more Somalians into critical food insecurity, warns WFP
GENEVA Drought, conflict, and high food prices might push another one million Somalians into crisis levels of food insecurity in...
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Rwanda demands $63.5M from UK after Labour Party scrapped controversial deportation deal
NAIROBI Rwanda has demanded £50 million (over $63.5 million) from the UK after the Labour Party scrapped the controversial deportation...
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Guinea-Bissau president Umaro Embalo backtracks, seeks second term
Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo said he will run for a second term in November, backtracking on earlier vows to...
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Activists protest as Tunisia begins trial of prominent opposition leaders on conspiracy charges
Tunisian activists protested on Tuesday near a Tunis court where prominent figures face charges of conspiring against state security. The...
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Gabon’s interim president declares his candidacy for presidential election
KIGALI, Rwanda Gabon's interim President Brice Oligui Nguema announced Monday that he will run as a candidate in the country’s...
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Minister warns of ‘very dramatic’ humanitarian situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo due to US aid cuts
NAIROBI The humanitarian situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo will be “very dramatic” due to US foreign aid cuts,...
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