An opposition politician, Roger Lumbala, has reportedly become a member of M23, a group responsible for some of the violence in the eastern part of the country. Read more »
Two United Nations peacekeepers who had been abducted in Darfur have been released after being held captive for more than 130 days. Read more »
The AU has said it rejects any attempt to seize power by force, or the recourse to armed rebellion to further political claims. Although President Francois Bozize ... Read more »
International organizations have said that the government's move to transfer thousands of Somali refugees to camps in northern Kenya could tip an urgent health and safety situation ... Read more »
A campaign to educate women about the practice of female genital mutilation has helped to reduce the acceptance of excision among grandmothers, who often make circumcision ... Read more »
Some member countries are reportedly dragging their feet in implementing the single tourist visa, prompting questions over its feasibility. Read more »
Rwanda may drag France to court over what it called the European country's reluctance to help prosecute top genocide fugitives. Read more »
Rwandans in Belgium are expected to stage peaceful demonstration against a sentence handed to the man who murdered a 20-year old Rwandan. Read more »
The only music school in the country has high hopes for budding artists fresh out of secondary school. Read more »
The U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation, an independent U.S. government foreign aid program, has selected Liberia, Niger, Sierra Leone, Morocco and Tanzania as countries that ... Read more »
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