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Thursday, October 3, 2013 - 13:08
Guinea Bissau is “close to becoming a failed state,” but not due to ethnic or religious violence, which has never existed in that small West African nation, argues Nobel Peace laureate and United Nations envoy José Manuel Ramos-Horta.
Thursday, October 3, 2013 - 13:10
An official of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) says peace talks between the government and the M23 rebel group in neighboring Uganda’s capital, Kampala could be concluded next week.
Thursday, October 3, 2013 - 13:15
The president of Mali dissolved a committee that was formed to reform the army and the government has freed 23 prisoners with rebel ties, in a move that could reopen negotiations with the MNLA rebel group.
Thursday, October 3, 2013 - 13:26
President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia has unilaterally taken his country out of the Commonwealth, becoming the first African leader to do so since President Robert Mugabe took Zimbabwe out in 2003.
Thursday, October 3, 2013 - 13:30
South Sudan said on Wednesday it had started direct talks with Jonglei-based militia leader David Yau Yau, in an apparent bid to end the almost two-year conflict which has claimed more than 100,000 lives and uprooted scores of people from their homes.
Thursday, October 3, 2013 - 13:32
The leader of Sudan’s opposition Popular Congress Party (PCP), Hassan Al-Turabi, has renewed his warning against the outbreak of civil war as a result of the current political turmoil, calling on president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir to step down.
Thursday, October 3, 2013 - 13:35
The establishment of what would have been South Sudan’s first ever oil refinery plant in Unity state, is now on hold due to a lack of equipment, a senior official working for the oil sector has revealed.
Thursday, October 3, 2013 - 13:39
At 3 a.m. Sunday, an armed squad from Kenya’s anti-terrorism police unit raided the townhouse of Ubah Abubakar, an American interior designer from Northern Virginia. Firing into the air, the officers broke down the front door and ransacked the place without a warrant.
Thursday, October 3, 2013 - 13:41
The Angolan Army focuses its efforts in creating the necessary conditions to improve the living quality of soldiers.
Thursday, October 3, 2013 - 13:42
The Central Military Region that covers the provinces of Huambo, Benguela, Kwanza Sul and Bié, is in a position to respond to the great needs of the Angolan Armed Forces, in view of its structural level.