Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame and his Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi were set to join talks in Tanzania on Saturday as regional leaders convened in a bid to defuse the conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo.The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has rapidly seized swathes of territory in the mineral-rich eastern DRC in an offensive that has …
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The World Health Organization’s emergencies director on Friday praised the “fastest roll-out” of an Ebola vaccine trial in the midst of an epidemic, as Uganda responded to its latest outbreak.The death of a nurse last week marked Uganda’s sixth outbreak of Ebola Sudan, for which there is no approved vaccine. Of the five other Ebola …
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Heated exchanges between South Africa and the United States this week are an eruption of tensions over several policy issues that have come into focus under President Donald Trump’s administration, analysts said.And more turbulence is in store, with South African-born billionaire Elon Musk a key ally of the new US president, they said.Even if the …
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The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was threatening another key town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, as the United Nations top rights body said it would launch an investigation into alleged violations and abuses during the deadly clashes gripping the African nation.M23 fighters and Rwandan troops seized the city of Goma last week …
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Fatou Fall defiantly faced the ocean and sadly laid a flower on Mbao beach near Senegal’s capital Dakar in memory of her husband — one of many who left on perilous clandestine crossings for Europe but never returned.The young widow was one of many of those left behind paying a low-key tribute to the country’s …
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The UN Human Rights Council launched an investigation Friday into alleged violations and abuses committed in the deadly clashes gripping the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.The DR Congo itself requested the urgent meeting of the UN’s top rights body to jolt the international community into action over the escalating fighting by Rwanda-backed armed group M23 …
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Somaliland’s opposition leader has won the presidency of the breakaway region of Somalia, according to election results released Tuesday, an outcome that signalled a rejection of the establishment and a call for change.The territory’s decades-long push for international recognition is likely to be a top priority when Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, popularly known as “Irro”, takes …
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The United Nations warned Friday that the worst may be yet to come if the violence engulfing the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo spreads throughout the wider region.UN human rights chief Volker Turk stressed the need for urgent international action to stem civilian suffering, warning the whole world was implicated in the scramble for DR …
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The United Nations warned Friday that the worst may be yet to come if the violence engulfing the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo spreads throughout the wider region.UN human rights chief Volker Turk said civilians in eastern DRC were suffering and insisted there could be no military solution to the conflict.Turk was addressing a special …
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The UN Human Rights Council will decide Friday whether to launch an international investigation into alleged violations and abuses committed as deadly clashes gripped the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.DR Congo requested the urgent meeting of the UN’s top rights body to discuss escalating fighting by Rwanda-backed armed group M23 in North and South Kivu …
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