East Africa

East Africa

• UN Security Council puts sanctions on Congo rebels

  The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to sanction the leaders of Congo's M23 rebel force, which hours earlier occupied the eastern ... 

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  Rwanda-Congo deja vu?

  History is repeating itself yet again in eastern Congo. Rebels supported by Rwanda are on the march. Civilians are fleeing. And higher powers appear ... 

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  More violence in Kenya as Somali tensions rise

  More than a dozen people have been shot, one woman has died and hundreds of shops were burned to the ground in this eastern Kenyan town amid rising ... 

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  Congo rebels, army clash at Goma's edge

  Rebels believed to be backed by Rwanda fired mortars and machine guns Monday on the outskirts of the provincial capital of Goma, threatening to ... 

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  Riot in Kenya after bus bombing kills 9 in capital

  Kenyan police fired bullets and tear gas in downtown Nairobi on Monday in an effort to stop rioters from fighting with ethnic Somalis one day after ... 

• UN Security Council debates the spread of piracy

  Centuries after piracy was recognized as the first international crime against humanity, its spread around the world has prompted the U.N.