South African army prepares for Congo
South African soldiers who are training for a United Nations military mission in Congo will be adequately prepared even though the South African army ...
Congo: 32 die in clash between army and militia
The Congolese army says that 32 were killed in fighting between soldiers and Mai Mai militiamen. The rebels launched an assault early Wednesday on the ...
Congo to create city in honor of Patrice Lumumba
The Congolese government is naming a town after Patrice Lumumba, the country's first prime minister whose assassination more than 50 years ago made ...
Correction: Congo-Tanzanian Troops story
In a story May 11 about the arrival of Tanzanian troops in eastern Congo, The Associated Press erroneously cited United Nations mission spokesman Col.
Activists raise alarm about E. Guinea elections
Human rights groups are expressing concern about the fairness of legislative elections taking place later this month in Equatorial Guinea. The tiny ...
Central African Republic rebels demand payment
The Seleka rebels who overthrew Central African Republic's president are now demanding that they be paid before they disarm. Seleka Lt. Ali Alkanto ...
C. African Republic child soldier killed by mob
An angry mob stoned to death a 17-year-old soldier in Central African Republic who had been freed from a rebel group and moved to the capital for his ...
Dozens kidnapped in M23 fief in Congo: officials
Nearly 30 people have been kidnapped in eastern Congo by the M23 rebels in their fief of Rutshuru since the beginning of April, said a community ...
UN: Girls as young as 6 raped by Congo troops
Congolese troops fleeing the M23 rebels last November raped at least 97 women and 33 girls, some as young as 6, a U.N. report released Wednesday said.
WWF: Seleka rebels from CAR invade elephant park
The WWF said in a statement that suspected poachers belonging to the Seleka rebel group have entered one of Africa's most unique elephant habitats in ...
Officers in Congo benefitting from mineral trade
Armed groups and high-ranking officers in the Congolese and Burundian armies are continuing to benefit from the illegal mineral trade in eastern ...
In CAR, diamonds are a rebel's best friend
Armed with rocket-propelled grenades and Kalashnikov rifles, Seleka rebels who ousted Central African Republic's president six weeks ago are ...
Central African Republic to probe ousted leader
Central African Republic's interim government says it is investigating what it claims are human rights abuses committed under the rule of deposed ...
C. African Republic leader calls for public order
Central African Republic's leader is calling on his fighters to restore public order as anger mounts over pillaging in the capital more than a month ...
Congo's M23 rebels say peace talks in trouble
The Congolese rebel movement M23 has suspended peace talks with Congo's government, a rebel spokesman said Wednesday, increasing fears of renewed ...
Congo's M23 rebels threaten new UN brigade
Rebels in eastern Congo said Tuesday they are getting ready to fight a new United Nations brigade that will be allowed for the first time to pursue ...
Group: Sudan army supporting fugitive warlord Kony
The fugitive African warlord Joseph Kony recently found safe haven in territory controlled by Sudan, a watchdog group said Friday, accusing the ...
Central African Republic elephant poaching rises
Elephant meat is flooding food markets in villages near a famed wildlife reserve in Central African Republic one month after rebels believed to be ...
US bid to seize jet from African official denied
A federal judge has denied an attempt by the Justice Department to seize a $38.5 million Gulfstream jet from the son of Equatorial Guinea's president.
Child soldiers patrol C. African Republic capital
As fighters in fatigues lounge in the shade of the rebel camp in the capital of Central African Republic, a boy jumps up to greet visitors with a wide ...
Group suspends Congo for lack of disclosure
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative says it is suspending Congo's membership for a year over failures to disclose all mineral and oil ...
C. African Republic rebels refuge at swank hotel
Rebel fighters in Central African Republic seized the presidential palace when they overtook the capital in March, though when it came to setting up ...
Boston attacks are reminder of violence elsewhere
The blasts that struck the Boston Marathon on Monday were shocking not only for their brazenness and the lives they shattered, but also because ...
UN: Rape, violence raging in C. African Republic
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights says the security situation in Central African Republic is deteriorating three weeks after the ...
Chad's leader: Troops to leave Mali guerrilla war
The war against armed Islamic extremists in Mali will lose some 2,000 Chadian soldiers, the president of Chad said, leaving Malian cities more ...
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