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Laying the groundwork for lasting peace Polio survivor, former peace...

Kouame Remi Oussou during his days as a Rotary World Peace Fellow at International Christian University.

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Kenyan Airline Starts Flights to Region's 'Diamond City'

Kenya Airways has launched direct flights to Bangui, the largest city in the Central African Republic. (AllAfrica)


Central Africa: Kenyan Airline Starts Flights to Region's 'Diamond City'

Kenya Airways has launched direct flights to Bangui, the largest city in the Central African Republic.

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Kenya Airways expansion to boost investors' access to European market

National carrier Kenya Airways has launched direct flights to Bangui, the largest city in the Central African Republic.

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Exiled President to Return to Contest Polls

The former president of the Central African Republic, Ange-Félix Patassé, exiled in Togo since 2003, is set to return to the CAR today with the intention of standing in the next presidential elections slated for 2010. (AllAfrica)


Central African Republic: Exiled President to Return to Contest Polls

The former president of the Central African Republic, Ange-Flix Patass, exiled in Togo since 2003, is set to return to the CAR today with the intention of standing in the next presidential elections slated for 2010.

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Africa gets $34m to fight Aids

Germany has provided $34m to help prevent Aids in central Africa, the Organisation for the Co-ordination of the Struggle Against Epidemics in Central Africa said on Tuesday.

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VATICAN - Synod Fathers express their "deepest sentiments of fraternal communion" to the ...

The Synod Fathers have sent a Letter to the Presidents of the Bishops' Conferences of Sudan, Uganda, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Central African Republic, signed by the three President Delegates and the Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops, expressing their solidarity with the dioceses located in the Great Lakes Region, for ...

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Thousands flee rebels in CAR

Libreville - More than 4 500 people have fled attacks by the Ugandan rebel group Lord's Resistance Army in the Central African Republic, the Red Cross said in a statement received by AFP on Thursday.

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Chad: Between an IDP Camp And Unsafe Home

The UN Refugee Agency is colour-coding villages red, yellow and green in eastern Chad marking how safe it is for internally displaced persons to return home: people from areas classified as green - "safe" - will no longer be considered as IDPs, but can remain in the camps.

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African Synod sends solidarity message to Africa's war-torn Great Lakes region

Participants in the African Synod, which is meeting in Rome this month, interrupted their discussions on October 20 to send a message of solidarity to the suffering people of Africa's Great Lakes region.

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East Africa: Us troops help build disaster response capacity

Military contingents from five East African countries have begun field training in disaster and emergency response as well as anti-terrorism in the northern Ugandan district of Kitgum.

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Children Bearing Brunt of Country's Troubles, Says Unicef Official

Children in the Central African Republic (CAR) are paying a heavy price for the troubles faced by the country, and their plight could worsen without urgent international support, said a senior official with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). (AllAfrica)


Central African Republic: Children Bearing Brunt of Country's Troubles, Says Unicef Official

Children in the Central African Republic are paying a heavy price for the troubles faced by the country, and their plight could worsen without urgent international support, said a senior official with the United Nations Children's Fund .

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Aid worker puts a face on her African experience

When Laura Archer travelled to central Africa as a nurse with MA©decins Sans FrontiA res, she didn't expect to return as an artist.

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Ali Bongo takes oath of office to succeeds his father

Ali Bongo Ondimba, the victor in the Aug. 30 presidential elections, took oath of office on Friday at the Presidential Palace in Libreville and succeeded his father Omar Bongo Ondimba, who died on June 8 at the age of 73, after ruling the West African country for 41 years.

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Tom Cargill: True believers are surrounded by sex slaves and battle fodder

Joseph Kony's LRA, long feared in northern Uganda, has gradually widened it's gyre of operations, roaming vast ungoverned swathes of Southern Sudan, Eastern Congo, eastern Central African Republic and now, it seems, Darfur.

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Kinshasa Denies LRA Attacks

The Democratic Republic of Congo government says it is unaware of purported attacks by the Lord Resistance Army , which have forced hundreds of thousands of Congolese to flee.

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Security forces in W. Equatoria rescue five abductees

Sudanese Peoplea TMs Liberation Army soldiers and Arrow boys have rescued 5 abductees, and killed three LRA bandits over the past seven days.

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LIBATION w/DJ's Ian Friday & Boddhi Satva :: Thurs. 10/8

TEA PARTY MUSIC & MANCHILDBLACK invite you to the mecca of global soul culture, LIBATION! On Thursday, October 8th Libation brings the heat when acclaimed resident DJ IAN FRIDAY is once again joined on the decks by one of the most prolific producer/remixers on the scene, BODDHI SATVA! Born and raised in the Central African Republic, Boddhi is world ...

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Rebel terror spreads to CAR

For years a swath of the African continent has been a killing ground for the Lord's Resistance Army .

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Highways And Healthcare

Father Michel Ange Ningando was born and raised in Kabo; he left the town to pursue his studies but returned two years ago to head the local Catholic church. (AllAfrica)


Resurgent LRA Kill 20 in Country

An estimated 3,000 Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels have crossed back to the Democratic Republic of Congo from the Central African Republic, a Congolese local chief told Daily Monitor yesterday. (AllAfrica)


More U.N. Member States Pledge Not To Use Child Soldiers

Certainly one of the world's greatest evils is the use of child soldiers in armed conflicts around the globe.

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Africa's debt levels not a concern: IMF official

Sunday, October 04, 2009 ISTANBUL: African economies should recover fairly quickly when the global economy gains strength and debt levels in the region are not troubling, the International Monetary Fund's top official for Africa said on Saturday.

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The LRA - Not Finished Yet

As three truck-loads of newly arrived soldiers from the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) drove through Obo, local residents talked with bitterness and resignation about the continuing security problems and inability of either local forces or their allies from the better-equipped Ugandan People's Defence Force (UPDF) to flush out combatants from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). (AllAfrica)


Central African Republic: Statement at the Conclusion of an IMF Mission

An International Monetary Fund mission, led by Martin Petri, visited the Central African Republic during September 17-October 1, 2009.

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Central African Republic: The Lra - not finished yet

As three truck-loads of newly arrived soldiers from the Central African Armed Forces drove through Obo, local residents talked with bitterness and resignation about the continuing security problems and inability of either local forces or their allies from the better-equipped Ugandan People's Defence Force to flush out combatants from the Lord's ...

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Eight more countries join battle to ...

Eight more UN member states have agreed to sign on to the 2007 Paris Commitments aiming to protect children from being recruited by armed forces or armed groups.

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Sudan says Uganda LRA leader not in Darfur

The Sudanese government denied claims by the Sudan People Liberation Movement that the leader of Uganda Lord Resistance Army Joseph Kony relocated to the western region of Darfur.

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