Defence ministers from the 14 member states of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region have agreed to send a neutral force into eastern DR Congo within three months ... Read more »
As parliamentarians prepare to elect a leader for the country, the United Nations has called on lawmakers to select a president who has the interests of Somalia in mind. Read more »
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A conference on poverty and inequality in Cape Town witnessed a policy breakthrough when the government announced a new type of "kinship grant" to support orphaned children living ... Read more »
The absence of an elected parliament in Guinea has fuelled ethnic tensions and threatened to reverse hard-won gains, observers say. Read more »
Patience Jonathan's health condition was not detected by doctors during a medical examination, when she was misdiagnosed as having food poisoning. Read more »
Parliamentarians are set to vote for a new president on 10 September, after more than 12 years of a transitional government. Read more »
Public university lecturers and staff launched a nationwide strike for improved pay, following in the footsteps of teachers and doctors as the most recent professional group to ... Read more »
Muammar Gaddafi's former spy chief, Abdullah al-Senussi, faces charges of crimes against humanity. He was arrested in Mauritania after being arrested for illegally entering the ... Read more »
A debate in the Ugandan Parliament will shape the future of Uganda's oil sector and could determine whether the sector falls foul of the "resource curse," in which oil revenues in ... Read more »
The Director of External Relations at the Parliament of Zimbabwe, Godfrey Chipare, has expressed the country's suppor for the Saharawi people. Read more »
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