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Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 07:59
Tanzania has no intention of withdrawing its peacekeepers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) despite the death of peacekeeper Major Khatibu Mshindu last week, Tanzania's The Guardian reported Monday (September 2nd).
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 08:01
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who took office on Wednesday as President of Mali, was the front-runner in the election from the start when he made his third bid for the presidency in a decade.
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 08:03
Mali's new president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, pledged to stamp out corruption and bring peace to the turbulent north as he was sworn in on Wednesday, 18 months after a coup and rebel uprising plunged the gold exporter into chaos.
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 08:07
Defence chiefs and foreign ministers from Africa's Great Lakes region met on Wednesday in the latest bid to end fighting in resource-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 08:09
Mokhtar Belmokhtar, mastermind of the deadly attack on an Algerian gas complex in January and deemed one of the most dangerous jihadists in North Africa, has united his breakaway al-Qaida force with a Mali-based group and vowed attacks "from the Nile to the Atlantic."
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 08:11
INL has been committed to supporting justice in South Sudan since before its in-dependence. Working in close coordination with the donor community in South Sudan, INL’s focus is on effective community policing and building the capacity of the criminal justice system through support and training to judges, prosecutors, and corrections officials.
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 08:13
Omar Hammami, an Alabama native who traveled to Somalia in 2006 to join Al-Shabaab militant group, has on Tuesday announced to have defected from the group and Al-Qaeda as well, though he still sees himself as a terrorist.
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 08:15
Human rights groups in Angola on Wednesday denounced an escalation in police brutality against civilians since the start of the year in the oil-rich nation.
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 08:19
As the United Nations begins to gear up for its new session this month, there are signs that austerity is reaching even the highest levels.
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 08:21
Central African Republic on Wednesday launched a program to collect unauthorized weapons in response to rampant violence and petty crime in the chronically unstable nation.