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Howard Wolpe has spent the best part of three decades helping to form and implement American policies on Africa. After chairing the Subcommittee on Africa of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives for 10 years, he later served as President Bill Clinton's special envoy to the Great Lakes region.
At least 16,000 civilians have fled deadly clashes in western Democratic Republic of Congo and are now languishing, many without food or shelter, in neighbouring Republic of Congo, according to the UN and local officials.
Clashes between two tribes in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have caused more than 16,000 civilians to flee their homes since last week, crossing into neighbouring Republic of Congo to find safety, the United Nations refugee agency reported today.
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has challenged countries in the Great Lakes Region to tackle corruption, poverty, human rights violations and diseases that have dogged the African continent.
As part of its proactive approach to solve the outstanding backlog of unsolved land disputes in the districts under its jurisdiction, Kigali City Council (KCC) on Wednesday publicly quizzed authorities of Kicukiro District on several cases it had failed to solve.
In a bid to enforce high tax compliance levels and crack down on tax evasion, Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) has vowed to expose the names of companies and individuals who have failed to honour their obligation to pay taxes.
President Paul Kagame yesterday met and held talks with his Egyptian counterpart, Hosni Mubarak as part of his ongoing visit to the northern African country.
As she announced the quarterly results yesterday, the Commissioner General of Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) said that while the body had surpassed its targets, it had equally unearthed tendencies by some individuals and companies that knowingly default on their tax obligations.
Thirty five employees of the Rwanda Private Sector Federation (PSF) yesterday lost their jobs in a move the body has attributed to financial constraints.
Some elements in the UN Mission in the DRC (MONUC) are allegedly conniving and facilitating the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) rebels, The New Times has reliably learnt.
UGANDA'S U-20 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifier against Rwanda in Kigali tomorrow has been shifted to a yet undisclosed venue sparking off a protest from the coach Majidah Nantanda.
Jean Paul Fouda, member of an Association of Cameroon Engineers and Computer Scientists based in Germany.
David Mola, CEO, Mola Solaire Internationale, Germany, Guest of Honour at JERSIC 2009.
The calibre of foreign-based Cameroon researchers makes their involvement in upgrading scientific research in the country imperative.
For the past 27 years, President Biya has made good governance a priority for fighting poverty.
Another anniversary moment for the New Deal government of President Paul Biya has arrived with November 6 manifestations marking a transition to the second Republic in Cameroon in 1982.
Getting energy to every home and satisfying industrial needs remain capital to the New Deal regime.
The outlook of our major urban agglomerations has changed radically within the New Deal period. Douala and Yaounde are good examples
Bakweri indigenes in Yaounde have been told to maintain peace, uplift the culture of the Bakweri people and be the ambassadors of the Fako people.
Christians of the SS Peter and Paul Anglophone sociological Parish, Simbock in Yaounde have started mobilisation ahead of a grand harvest set for December 6, 2009.
Overloading, acts of vandalism, encroachment and accidents have been identified as some negative factors responsible for the rapid deterioration of our road network.
Mezam Division in the North West Region has executed 98 Public Investment Budget projects out of 114 projects granted the Division.
Some twenty two (22) staff members who have distinguished themselves in the taxation service in the North West Region have been rewarded. The 22 who were congratulated for professional competence, assiduity respect for hierarchy and discipline received certificates from the hands of the Regional Chief of Taxes for the North West Gana Joseph.
Officials are acquainting themselves with modern techniques of establishing education partnership in a five-day workshop in Kribi in the South Region.
The Minister-Deputy Secretary General at the Presidency, Pr. Peter Agbor Tabi, yesterday officially opened the office in Yaounde.
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