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The United Nations mission set up to protect civilians and facilitate humanitarian aid in Chad and Central African Republic (CAR) received a boost this week with the arrival of troops from Cambodia. (AllAfrica)

The United Nations has welcomed the recent arrest in Germany of top leaders of the Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda (FDLR), and urged other nations to follow suit. (AllAfrica)

A UN court, the ICTR has acquitted a Catholic priest charged with genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. (AllAfrica)

A total of 34 rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have surrendered to the UPDF intelligence squad in Faradje in eastern Congo Nzara, according to military sources. (AllAfrica)

ANGOLA versus Mali will be the opening game of the tournament. Group A will be based in Luanda, Group B will be in Cabinda in the north of the country, Group C will play in Benguela, and Group D will be based in Lubango. (AllAfrica)

Confidential U.S. government documents uncovered by campaign group Global Witness and reported on in today's New York Times, strongly suggest that Teodorin Obiang, son of the dictator of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, purchased a $33 million private jet, a $35 million Malibu mansion, speedboats and a fleet of fast cars using corruptly acquired funds. (AllAfrica)

BUGARAMA Friday, November 13, 2009 (IRIN) - A CARE empowerment project in Burundi is training women in dispute resolution, savings and credit schemes, and putting a stop to sexual violence. (IRIN)

DUSHANBE Thursday, November 12, 2009 (IRIN) - Even as world food production grows, hunger is on the rise in many poor countries, according to the Global Crop Prospects and Food Situation report for November, published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on 12 November. (IRIN)

KINSHASA Thursday, November 05, 2009 (IRIN) - At least 16,000 civilians have fled deadly clashes in western Democratic Republic of Congo and are now languishing, many without food or shelter, in neighbouring Republic of Congo, according to the UN and local officials. (IRIN)

BUJUMBURA Wednesday, October 28, 2009 (IRIN) - Following two reported cases of polio in Burundi's northwestern province of Cibitoke, the Health Ministry and UN World Health Organization have begun a three-day immunization campaign, targeting at least 1.5 million children under five, officials said. (IRIN)

BUJUMBURA Tuesday, October 27, 2009 (IRIN) - Hundreds of Burundian families who recently returned home from Tanzania have been living in the open in western Bubanza province after they failed to trace their original homes. (IRIN)

A tribal cattle raid this week left 47 dead in south Sudan, an army spokesman said, the latest in a cycle of fatal clashes between pastoralists. (Iol)

Renewed clashes in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have led to a further wave of refugees, leaving corpse-littered villages in the affected area deserted, say humanitarian officials. (AllAfrica)

Nine former rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) last week surrendered to the Congolese army, bringing the total number of defectors in the last five months to 51. (AllAfrica)

President Paul Kagame yesterday arrived in Arusha, Tanzania for the 11th Summit of Heads of State of the East African Community (EAC) but it was not clear who would take over from him as Chairman of the regional bloc. (AllAfrica)

Hardly a year since Tigo Rwanda was issued a licence to run as a third mobile operator, the telecom company has announced that it's launching its services to the Rwandan people on Monday next week. (AllAfrica)

The former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Infrastructure, Vincent Gatwabuyege, was yesterday sentenced to three years in prison for embezzling state funds. (AllAfrica)

The case of the two top leaders of FDLR who were arrested in Germany on Tuesday will be re-examined in three months. (AllAfrica)

President Paul Kagame yesterday met and held talks with a group of investors who are in the country on a two-day visit aimed at identifying different investment opportunities. (AllAfrica)

The African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) that was launched on Wednesday in Kampala has called for a platform to promote and facilitate mutual cooperation among African tax administrations. (AllAfrica)

Chief Mediator, Charles Nqakula, is expected to table South Africa's final report on the Burundi Peace Process at the summit to be held in Arusha, Tanzania on Friday. (AllAfrica)

AMAVUBI Stars have been drawn against Cosafa champions Zimbabwe in Group B of this year's Orange Cecafa Challenge Cup slated for November 28-December 13 in Kenya. (AllAfrica)

The story of Rwanda is now well known. Fifteen years ago, genocide devastated the country, emptied the banks and decimated human capital. By the time the RPF captured Kigali in July 1994, half the population was either dead or in exile. Just across the border in DR Congo, a Hutu rebel army was training in UN refugee camps, while the international humanitarian community stood idly by. (AllAfrica)

Worried by the recent attacks on Nigerians in the Bakassi Peninsula by Cameroonian gendarmes, the House of Representatives Thursday advised the federal government to formally report to the United Nations Organization (UN), the African Union (AU) and other relevant bodies in a bid to compel Cameroon to abide by the Green Tree Agreement (GTA). (AllAfrica)

Following the continuous harassment of Bakassi natives by Cameroun gendarmes in the ceded Bakassi Peninsula, over 700 Cross Riverians who were still doing businesses in the area together with their children weekend fled the area. (AllAfrica)

City authorities on Wednesday ordered the demolition of part of a city hotel on reasons that it was built without an official construction permit. (AllAfrica)

The Ministry of Health has revealed Musanze the district most affected by Swine Flu. (AllAfrica)

RWANDA Revenue Authority (RRA) and Ministry of Sports and Culture (Minispoc) face off this afternoon in a top of the table clash at Amahoro Indoor Stadium. The corporate volleyball teams are separated by three points. (AllAfrica)

Prime Minister Bernard Makuza Wednesday toured and met residents of Nkombo Island in Rusizi district, an area whose residents have for years lagged behind in development. (AllAfrica)

DRC premier league side AS Vita has made an approach on Atraco's midfielder Johnson Bagoole and Kiyovu's defender Karim Nizigiyimana. (AllAfrica)

It all started by a whistleblower. An insider in the Ministry of Public Service and Labour allegedly tipped his colleagues that Epimaque Kabanda, an accountant, had allegedly pocketed money meant for journalists. (AllAfrica)