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Thursday, August 1, 2013 - 10:45
Thursday, August 1, 2013 - 12:47
The Great Lakes region of Africa is renowned for its beauty, with rolling green volcanic hills surrounding vast lakes, but it is also infamous for being the continent's most unstable area.
Thursday, August 1, 2013 - 12:50
Civilians have been attacked near Monusco bases, but the UN peacekeeping force now has a mandate to fight back.
Thursday, August 1, 2013 - 12:57
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has appointed a new smaller cabinet after sacking his entire previous team last week, a state decree says.
Thursday, August 1, 2013 - 12:59
Forty people were killed and at least 120 people were wounded in an explosion at a weapons cache in the central Syrian city of Homs on Thursday, a group opposed to President Bashar Assad said.
Thursday, August 1, 2013 - 13:03
Early reports suggest Zimbabwe's elections have been "free and fair," the head of the African Union's monitoring team has said. Voter turnout was reportedly high despite initial allegations of fraud.