African participants at the World Social Forum in Tunisia have decided to launch a movement opposing forestry carbon offset initiatives. Read more »
Officials have stressed that leadership and responsibility on the part of the DR-Congo's government is critical to addressing conflict-related sexual violence. Read more »
The legal counsel to former Liberian President Charles Taylor has written President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf requesting her to address his client's demands for retirement benefits. Read more »
No concrete decisions have been made by leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa on the creation of the development bank mooted by Brics. Read more »
The Security Council has approved the first "offensive" UN force to battle rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo. Armed groups such as M23 have taken over large parts of the east ... Read more »
The UN peacekeeping force in the oil-rich Abyei region has completed its first verification mission in making sure troops from Sudan and South Sudan pull out of the demilitarized ... Read more »
After battling successive seasons of flooding, drought and crop parasites, smallscale farmers are seeing some improvement in crop yields. Read more »
It is reasonably likely that Bosco Ntaganda will go to The Hague, but probably not immediately, writes Kris Berwouts for African Arguments. Read more »
The government has pledged to support the U.S. to ensure that Congolese Tutsi rebel, Bosco Ntaganda, will be transferred to the International Criminal Court as soon as possible. Read more »
The UN Security Council has expressed concern that renewed fighting is threatening civilians and the fragile peace reached earlier this year. Read more »
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