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42 die as boat sinks in DRC
25/07/2008 12:18
At least 42 have passengers drowned and more than 100 are missing after their boat sank on the river Oubangui in the Democratic Republic of Congo, say officials.

40 die as boat sinks off Libya

2 dead after boat sinks in DRC

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Chiluba off to SA for treatment
25/07/2008 10:44

Ex-Zambian president Frederick Chiluba, on trial for corruption, has been allowed to return to SA for medical treatment after the rise in his blood pressure.

Chiluba's wife to stand trial

'I will not pardon Chiluba'

SET: Engineers from Egypt - deployed to serve with the UN-AU Mission in Darfur peacekeeping operation - stand to attention. (Stuart Price, AFP)

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DRC's ex-govt 'stole' $1.3bn
25/07/2008 10:55

An investigation has shown that $1.3bn has been stolen or lost in corruption and mismanagement of government agencies and state-run businesses in the DRC.

ICC orders release of warlord

'Give Kabila's killers amnesty'

Bashir 'parades as man of peace'
25/07/2008 08:51

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir has paraded as a man of peace as he wraps up a tour of Darfur, defying accusations that he masterminded genocide in the region.

'Darfur issue is exaggerated'

Bashir on last Darfur pit stop

Indict Rwandan general, says US
25/07/2008 07:32

The United States wants a Rwandan general indicted for war crimes by a judge in Spain to continue as second in command of a joint UN-AU peacekeeping force.

Genocide suspect arrested

Priests' killers plead guilty

12 killed in border attack
24/07/2008 22:29

Twelve people, including two Cameroonian soldiers, have been killed in a new attack by an armed gang in the oil rich west of the country close to the Nigerian border.

Cameroon condemns boat attack

21 Cameroon troops killed

Niger expels French doctors
24/07/2008 22:29

Niger, suspicious of contacts between Médecins Sans Frontieères and Tuareg rebels, has ordered the French NGO to suspend aid activities.

Rebels 'demand' uranium share

Cost of living 'too high' in Niger

Libya ships aid to Niger

10 raiders killed in Cameroon
25/07/2008 10:55

Cameroonian soldiers have killed 10 gunmen who attacked them in the Bakassi peninsula, says the defence ministry.

12 killed in border attack

Cameroon finds mutilated bodies

Rwanda troops 'may quit Darfur'
25/07/2008 08:51

Rwanda says it can withdraw peacekeepers from Darfur if the UN fails to renew the contract of their top commander indicted for war crimes by a judge in Spain.

Sudan blames rebels for ambush

5 Rwandans killed in Darfur

No pardons, urges AI
24/07/2008 22:29