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Pirates suspected to come from Nigeria have attacked an oil tanker off the coast of west Africa, killing a Ukrainian seaman, the commander of Benin's naval forces says. (AllAfrica)

Abdalla Adam, an IDP (internally displaced person) leader from Alryad camp in El Geneina, West Darfur, says that he desperately wants to return to his village, Mestarei, from which he was forced to leave in 2003, but cannot because others have occupied his land. (AllAfrica)

About 4,000 residents of Muleba District in Kagera Region, have been rendered homeless as a result of heavy rain that was accompanied with strong winds. (AllAfrica)

The Forum for Democratic Change President, Dr Kizza Besigye has, in his first major press conference since returning from a 10-day tour of Karamoja, accused the Uganda People Defence Force of gross human rights abuses during the disarmament programme. (AllAfrica)

SUDAN has assured Uganda that it is a partner in peace and dismissed as "irresponsible accusations" claims by a senior LRA officer that it is still supporting the LRA. (AllAfrica)

United Nations peacekeepers are going beyond the call of duty in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), not only protecting local civilians from rebel militia but also helping them boost agricultural output as well as resurfacing roads and refurbishing a school. (AllAfrica)

The Islamic administration of Hizbul Islam in central Somalia has banned the business of Kat in Beledweyn town in Hiran region in central Somalia. Officials said on Wednesday. (AllAfrica)

The leader of Somalia's Hizbul Islam, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys has condemned the on-going clashes between his group the militant group Al-Shabaab. (AllAfrica)

Another step in the peace building efforts of the Plateau State government was taken recently with the submission of the report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into last year's ethno-religious crisis in Jos to Governor Jonah Jang. (AllAfrica)

Abukar Abdi Osman, the minister of the development of livestock of Somali Transitional government held press conference in Mogadishu on Tuesday and warned Somali livestock businessmen to avoid anything that could disrupt to export. (AllAfrica)

A total of 10 out of the 34 LRA rebel fighters who surrendered to the UPDF in Faradje in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week, have been flown back to Uganda. (AllAfrica)

A donation comprising several foodstuff for the Angolans expelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who have been assembled at Damba shelter centre, shall be transported this Tuesday to northern Uije province, ANGOP has learnt. (AllAfrica)

About seven fields were cleared of landmines and explosive devices in central Bie, during the third quarter of this year by the British Non Government Organization, The Hallo Trust. (AllAfrica)

Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oluseyi Petirin justified yesterday, the in-country repairs and rehabilitation of Airforce aircraft within the country since he took over the helm of affairs of the NAF, saying that in the last nine months, the Nigeria Airforce has saved the country over N1billion that would have gone abroad. (AllAfrica)

A delegation of the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council today met with regional Government officials, community leaders and UNAMID staff in North Darfur. (AllAfrica)

Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oluseyi Petirin, yesterday disclosed that the Nigeria Air Force had saved the country over N1 billion that would have gone abroad but for its decision to engage local vendors to repair and rehabilitate aircraft within the country. (AllAfrica)

The previous warning by Chief Albert Horsefall that militants even after reformations still exhibit high level of restiveness that makes them susceptible to violent reaction, most times, without justification may have been taken with a pinch of the salt. (AllAfrica)

PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni and Southern Sudan president Salva Kiir yesterday inspected the disputed Uganda-Sudan border area and called for calm. (AllAfrica)

Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has urged National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to the state to accept postings to various areas of primary assignment in good faith. (AllAfrica)

President Umaru Yar'Adua yesterday said the 2010 budget will focus on five critical sectors: Infrastructure, human capital development, land reform and food, security and the Niger Delta. (AllAfrica)

TAMBAOGA is back! After close to seven years under the radar, Tambaoga, real name Last Chiangwa is back with a bang. (AllAfrica)

The Democratic Republic of Congo will play host to peace talks between Uganda and the defeated rebels of Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), the government has announced. (AllAfrica)

Police in Kamwenge District are overwhelmed by disputes resulting from land distribution and boundary demarcations, Daily Monitor has learnt. (AllAfrica)

President Museveni and Sudan Vice President Salva Kiir have agreed to stop the border dispute between the two countries and attacks by Sudanese soldiers on Moyo residents. (AllAfrica)

The threat by the consultants locating and destroying landmines and explosives abandoned in the South East and South-South after the Nigerian civil war, to stop work if the Federal Government fails to provide them with funds, has continued to attract angry reactions. (AllAfrica)

Deputy Youth Minister Thamsanqa Mahlangu has revealed that over 80 000 young Zimbabweans have passed through the controversial 'Border Gezi' youth service programme. Graduates from the camps have a long and notorious history of harassing, beating and torturing opposition activists. (AllAfrica)

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is for the first time scheduled to visit Somalia's restive capital Mogadishu where he is expected to hold talks with his Somali counterpart and inspect the peacekeeping operation of African Union troops. (AllAfrica)

The trial for former Liberian president Charles Taylor took an early adjournment today when immediately after the mid-morning break, one of the judges reportedly fell ill. Prior to the court's adjournment, the accused former Liberian president denied allegations that he sent his rebel fighters to attack neighbouring Guinea, saying that he gave approval to "hot pursuit missions" which entered into the neighboring country. (AllAfrica)

Twenty-one-year old widow, Santa Auma remembers the day four men, armed with spears and knives stormed her hut at about 3:35am on March 20, 2008, and robbed her. Then they took turns raping her and her 20-year-old niece. Auma decided to fight back. She and her niece went to the hospital and then to the Police. One of the attackers was arrested and is in jail awaiting trial. (AllAfrica)

Suspected Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fighters have attacked Nzara region of Southern Sudan at least three times this month, forcing civilians to flee their homes, local officials said. (AllAfrica)

Somalia's Islamist Al-Shabab militia group has taken control of the southern town of Afmadow, 620km south of the capital Mogadishu, causing hundreds of families to flee in fear of violence. (AllAfrica)