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Jonathan, N’guesso Task African Leaders on Terrorism
By Jaiyeola Andrews President Goodluck Jonathan and his Republic of Congo counterpart, President Denis Sassou N’guesso, Tuesday charged African leaders, the African Union and its Peace and Security Council to…
Nigerian kidnapped schoolgirls: They are quiet, docile, passive. All in grey, dark grey, black, the colours of the clouds that block out the sun
Goodluck Jonathan was only stirred after protests spread around the world and Michelle Obama took up the cause We know rape and violence is used against women and girls in…
15 die in DR Congo football match stampede
At least 15 people died and 30 others were injured in a stampede that occurred during a football match at the Tata Raphael Stadium in Kinshasa. The death toll was…
DR Congo faces food insecurity despite aid
In war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, aid is not turning into food security - leaving populations close to famine. Bureaucracy can lead to food sitting in warehouses while local…
The Worst Place in the World to Be a Mother
Overwhelming rates of maternal mortality, child mortality, poverty, poor education and other severe development and human rights challenges made the Democratic Republic of Congo the world’s worst place to be a mother this year…
KZN ZNC ‘humbled’ by support
Johannesburg - The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal was humbled by the support of voters who brought it back into power for the next four years and pledged to work with other…
Capt. Diagne, the peackeeper who died for Rwandans in ‘94
Capt. Mbaye Diagne When Rwanda descended into the bloodstain of the Genocide against the Tutsi 20 years ago, Capt. Mbaye Diagne stood out from the face value-like UN peacekeeping mission…
MPs seek speedy relocation of RBA home to avert rent arrears
The new premises of RBA under construction in Kacyiru, Kigali. Timothy Kisambira. Lawmakers have directed Rwanda Broadcasting Agency (RBA) to speed up the rehabilitation works at its new headquarters. Works…
Salva Kiir, Machar Sign Peace Deal
It was the first face-to-face talks between President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar have agreed a peacedeal after a…
Rwanda: Urgent Call to Rwandans – Unite, Mobilise and Organise for a Democratic Revolution
President Kagame's regime is at its weakest since 1994, with little legitimacy among Rwandans and increasingly isolated abroad. This is the time to mobilise and organize to end the suffering…