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An Ethiopian rebel group on Monday warned foreign oil and gas firms to stay out of the country and rejected government claims that the disputed Ogaden region was now safe for exploration companies.
Source: Reuters Africa
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/2/
Mozambique's capital Maputo got back to work on Friday after two days of rioting, triggered by a sharp hike in bread prices, which the government said left seven dead, 288 injured and millions of dollars of damage.
Source: Reuters Africa
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Now the UN is raising concerns, they should have seen this coming a long time ago - it is not just Africa that is suffering.
by michelle 2 hours 57 minutes ago/3/
Uganda is waiting for U.S. funding to send up to 10,000 extra troops to the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia.
Source: Reuters Africa
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/4/
What the leaked genocide report detailing the involvement of the Rwandan army in attacks on Hutu refugees will do to Central African politics.
Source: The Atlantic Wire
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/5/
Interesting analysis on why Kenya considered it to be in its best interest not to arrest Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir, who had been indicted by the International Criminal Court, when he attended the celebrations around the promulgations of the country's new constitution.
Source: Africa Review
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1 week 1 day ago
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/6/
Mogadishu's battered civilian population is bracing itself for further fierce fighting, with Islamist rebels expected to step up attacks on government-allied forces and African Union peacekeepers towards the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Source: Mail and Guardian
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/7/
Fighting in Somalia's anarchic capital Mogadishu entered a fourth day Thursday, as African Union-backed Somali interim government forces continued street clashes and artillery exchanges with Islamist insurgents.
Source: Garowe Online
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/8/
The United States will help any effort to bring to justice rebels accused in the "horrific" mass rape of women and children in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday.
Source: Reuters Africa
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/9/
The shocking background to the breaking story of mass rapes in DRC this week.
Source: Africa Review
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1 week 5 days ago
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/10/
Uganda's president explains why now is the time for the world to unite and stamp out terrorism in Somalia.
Source: Foreign Policy Magazine
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1 week 5 days ago
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/11/
A suspected Islamist attacked a Mauritanian military base with a car bomb
Source: Reuters Africa
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/12/
Efforts to break the stranglehold of the Congo's "conflict minerals" - and it is not only diamonds anymore.
Source: The Economist
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2 weeks 1 day ago
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/13/
Horrific story of mass rape of women in Congo by groups of Rwandan rebels. When will the madness stop?
Source: The New York Times
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2 weeks 1 day ago
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/14/
Interesting feature on how Eastleigh, one of Nairobi's poor neighbourhoods became a place were the Somali immigrant community were reshaped by extremist views to become a major potential terrorism threat to East Africa.
Source: The Washington Post
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2 weeks 1 day ago
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/15/
Families in Senegal’s Casamance region have less to spend and less to eat this lean season because of a drastic drop in mango production.
Source: IRIN
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2 weeks 5 days ago
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/16/
Hardline Islamists from Somalia are increasingly launching cross-border raids into Kenya's remote north east.
Source: Reuters Africa
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/17/
A senior UN Official says Somalia’s humanitarian assistance proportion has “critical gap" that affects the lives of millions of dependents.
Source: Garowe Online
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/18/
Sudan has expelled five U.N. and ICRC workers from West Darfur state, a U.N. official said.
Source: Reuters Africa
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/19/
Niger is now facing the worst hunger crisis in its history, the UN's World Food Programme says, with almost half the population - or 7.3 million people - in desperate need of food.
Source: BBC News
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/20/
Interesting article on how private universities are creating little spots of clam and prosperity in troubled Somalia.
Source: Africa Review
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3 weeks 6 days ago
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