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• DRC: Kabila warns militia to lay down arms15:58“The president issued a warning to the Rwandan rebels (FDLR) – he particularly told them to lay down their arms or be continuously harasse…
• SA: Activists call for urgent action on women12:30Gender activists from East and Southern Africa have expressed shock at the backward trends in the 50/50 campaign in recent elections.
• Zambia ready to handover genocide suspects11:50Zambia has joined a move taken by Mozambique to fully co-operate with Rwanda on the handing over of any genocide suspects that might be hiding in that…
• Kenya: Seven foreigners on arms charge10:00Six Somali nationals and a Tanzanian sailor have been charged in Mombasa court after security forces found weapons, including rocket-propelled grenade…
• UN Security Council to sanction Eritrea09:30The UN Security Council agreed to impose an arms embargo on Eritrea.
• AfDB, UBA to boost African trade finance17/12The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the United Bank for Africa (UBA) have signed a landmark deal totaling $150 million.
• Guinea refugees flock into Senegal17/12Uncertainty surrounding the impasse in Guinea Conakry is forcing Guineans to flee their country.
• Malawi: Ex policeman jailed for murder17/12A former officer in the Malawi police service, Oscar Msiska, has been sentenced to 11 years imprisonment with hard labour for his involvement in the …
• Lockerbie bomber disappears in Libya17/12The Libyan convicted for the 1988 bombing of an American plane in Lockerbie, Scotland, who was released last August on compassionate grounds, has been…
• “Somali refugees forced to join Yemen re…17/12Hundreds of Somali refugees were being forced to join Yemeni rebel group as to fighting against Yemen forces in northern Yemen, a Somali diplomat in A…
• Africa: Wade proposes continental solar plant17/12Senegalese president, Abdoulaye Wade, has made a proposal that could turn the phenomenon of global warming into a 'treasure' rather than the curse it …
• Exclusive: Empowering the African woman17/12How do we help African women? What can we do to give them a better-deserved education? How is polygamy affecting them and their health?
• Nambia: Opposition calls for vote recount16/12Nambia's losing opposition political parties have filed a legal suit challenging the results of the recent general elections won by Hifikepunye Pohamb…
• ‘Guinea’s September massacre was p…16/12The man who attempted to assassinate Guinea's military ruler, Moussa Dadis Camara, has claimed that he did it because he felt he was being betrayed.
• EU supports AU with 30m euros16/12The European Union has declared a pledge of 30million Euros to assist the African Union Mission in Somalia, sources said on Tuesday.