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(Photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)Nigeria's Boko Haram: Will dialogue end the insurgency?
A police officer walks past an engine block of last Friday suicide bomber's vehicle by the wall of the state police headquarters in Kano, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. The radical Islamist group Boko Haram were responsible for the attack....Full Story

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(Photo: WN / John Sahid)Equatorial Guinea upset Senegal
Equatorial Guinea captain in action against Libya during the CAF African Nations Cup soccer tournament first match....Full Story

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Spike in cholera cases in DR Congo: UN
| Cholera cases have soared in the Democratic Republic of Congo in recent weeks, the UN said on Friday, bringing the number of people infected in the year-long outbreak to 22,000 with 584 deaths. | Aid agencies have been trying to halt the spread of the water-borne dise...Full Story
85 Percent of Aids Patients Lack Treatment
CISA (Nairobi)-Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is alarmed by the situation of HIV/AIDS patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the lack of priority given by the Congolese authorities and the withdrawal of donors, all occurring as the Global Fund to Fight AI...Full Story
Cholera Fight Receives Nine Million Dollars Boost From UN Fund
UN News (New York)-The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) received $9.1 million today from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to fight off cholera, which has affected more than 22,000 people and killed 500 over the past year in the central Afr...Full Story
Cholera fight in DR Congo receives $9 million boost from UN fund
| Cholera patients learn about sanitation from health workers. Photo: IRIN/Nancy Palus27 January 2012 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) received $9.1 million today from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to fight off cholera, which has ...Full Story
Spike in cholera cases in DR Congo: UN
| Aid agencies have been trying to halt the spread of the water-borne disease that has ravaged eight of the country's 11 provinces since January 2011. | "There has been a spike in cases" since mid-December, with figures on the rise in the capital Kinshasa in particular,...Full Story
Spike in cholera cases in DR Congo: UN
| AFP - Cholera cases have soared in the Democratic Republic of Congo in recent weeks, the UN said on Friday, bringing the number of people infected in the year-long outbreak to 22,000 with 584 deaths. | Aid agencies have been trying to halt the spread of the water-born...Full Story
Kabila Party Leads Tshisekedi in DRC Parliamentary Poll
RFI (Paris)-Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila's party is leading the race for parliamentary seats, after a provisional overnight tally of votes cast in November polls. Kabila's PPRD party has captured 58 of the 432 seats counted so far in the 500-seat...Full Story
Sudan break goal curse at Africa Cup of Nations
Sudan broke their seemingly 'goal curse' at the Africa Cup of Nations after coming from behind twice to hold Angola to a 2-2 draw in their Group B clash on Thursday in Malabo. | It was the first of goals to be scored by the Desert Hawks since March 6, 1976 where they he...Full Story
UNICEF appeals for nearly $1.3 billion to assist children in 2012
| Children in line to receive a hot meal at the Catholic mission in Duékoué, western Côte d'Ivoire27 January 2012 – The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) appealed today for $1.28 billion to provide humanitarian assistance to children in over 25 countries this year...Full Story
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Fri 27 Jan 2012
2012 Afcon: Sudan breaks goal jinx
Ghana Business News | Sudan broke their seemingly ‘goal curse’ at the Africa Cup of Nations after coming from behind twice to hold Angola to a 2-2 draw in their Group B clash on Thursday in Malabo. | It was the first of goals to be scored by the Desert Hawks...
Fishing holidays: In pursuit of the wolf fish
The Daily Telegraph Jeremy Wade, presenter of 'River Monsters’ on ITV, recalls his pursuit of the wolf fish in South America and suggests some more angling adventures . |   Image 1 of 2 Jeremy Wade searches for his quarry    Image&nbs...
Unicef appeals for $1.28 billion
Independent online Geneva – Unicef on Friday launched an appeal for $1.28 billion (€947 million) this year, with a third of the cash needed to help children in the drought-stricken Horn of Africa, the agency said. | The aid body said it was seeking nine per...
Imperial Logistics Expands in Africa Through Acquisitions
Journal of Commerce South African company buys cross border transporter, trucking operator | Imperial Logistics boosted its presence in southern Africa through the acquisition of two transport companies for undisclosed sums. | The South African company expanded its supp...
Parsing the new promotion list for Army two stars: There are some good signs here
Foreign Policy | By Douglas A. Ollivant | Best Defense department of Army-ology | Determining the state of cultural change in the Army is not an exact science. However, if you believe, as I do, that "personnel are policy," then who the Army selects as its...
Sudan Break Goal Curse At Africa Cup of Nations
Peace FM Online Sudan broke their seemingly 'goal curse' at the Africa Cup of Nations after coming from behind twice to hold Angola to a 2-2 draw in their Group B clash on Thursday in Malabo. | It was the first of goals to be scored by the Desert Hawks since March 6...
Canoeing down the Congo - in pictures
The Guardian | Phil Harwood is the first person to canoe the 3,000-mile length of the Congo river, an epic five-month solo attempt through war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo from the true source in the highlands of Zambia. Click through our gallery to see ...
Congo presidential coalition leads parliament race
The Guardian | SALEH MWANAMILONGO | Associated Press= KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The coalition of parties supporting Congo's president has won two-thirds of legislative seats, officials said Friday in a belated announcement of partial results for the mineral-rich n...
Congo presidential coalition leads parliament race
STL Today | The coalition of parties supporting Congo's president has won two-thirds of legislative seats, officials said Friday in a belated announcement of partial results for the mineral-rich nation's chaotic November balloting. | Electoral officials also s...
Congo presidential coalition leads parliament race
Palm Beach Post | KINSHASA, Congo — The coalition of parties supporting Congo's president has won two-thirds of legislative seats, officials said Friday in a belated announcement of partial results for the mineral-rich nation's chaotic November balloting. | El...
Congo's presidential coalition leading parliament race; call to annul votes in 7 districts
Star Tribune | KINSHASA, Congo - The coalition of parties supporting Congo's president has won two-thirds of legislative seats, officials said Friday in a belated announcement of partial results for the mineral-rich nation's chaotic November balloting. | Electora...
China to Build Ministerial Complex
All Africa New Democrat (Monrovia)-The new ministry of health built by the Chinese government in Oldest Congo town is named "Joseph Nagbe Togba, Sr. M.D. Office Complex, in memory of Liberia's first medical doctor who also served as the first general administra...
Police in DR Congo Disperse Tshisekedi Supporters
All Africa RNW Africa (Hilversum)-Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo sealed off the Kinshasa residence of self-appointed "president-elect" Etienne Tshisekedi on Thursday and dispersed his supporters with tear gas. | ...
Congo presidential coalition leads parliament race
Seattle Times KINSHASA, Congo - | The coalition of parties supporting Congo's president has won two-thirds of legislative seats, officials said Friday in a belated announcement of partial results for the mineral-rich nation's chaotic November balloting. | Electora...
Congo presidential coalition leads parliament race
Yahoo Daily News | KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The coalition of parties supporting Congo's president has won two-thirds of legislative seats, officials said Friday in a belated announcement of partial results for the mineral-rich nation's chaotic November balloting. | E...
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