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Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:06
Salva Kiir, South Sudan's president, has held bilateral talks with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in Khartoum to discuss the outstanding issues that remain following secession in 2011.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:06
Tunisia's PM says that he will not step down before drafting the new constitution reach agreement with all the parties on the election plan.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:07
Somalia's president has escaped unhurt from an ambush on his military-escorted motorcade that the armed group al-Shabaab said it carried out.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:08
Sudanese President Omar Bashir says he and his South Sudanese counterpart, Salva Kiir Mayardit, have agreed on the continued flow of South Sudanese oil via the Sudan and via Sudanese oil facilities.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:09
An extraordinary summit of all the 11 heads of State involved in the initiative, dubbed the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region, is to be held Thursday in Kampala, Uganda, to discuss security issues in the East African sub-region, particularly the ongoing crisis in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), official sources in Kigali announced Tuesday.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:11
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir arrived in Khartoum on Tuesday for a summit aimed at averting a shutdown of oil pipelines vital to both stricken economies, an AFP reporter said.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:13
Congolese troops consolidated their positions 3km from the M23 rebel stronghold of Kibumba, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, last night in prepara tion for a fresh assault on the rebels.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:14
The situation in the fragile eastern Democratic Republic Congo appeared to escalate during the week amid reports that Rwanda is massing troops at its border with Kinshasa to defend its territory against attacks by the Congolese army.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:16
Uganda has called an emergency summit of regional countries to discuss the deteriorating security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where UN peacekeepers have been killed in fighting.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:18
The European Union said Wednesday that it was preparing to increase security efforts in the Gulf of Guinea, the West African maritime region that has become a global piracy hotspot.