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Central Africa

US blasts Congolese rebel leader over threats

The United States criticized a Congolese rebel leader on Monday for threatening to renew fighting in restive eastern Congo and overthrow the universally recognized government in Kinshasa. General-turned-rebel-leader Laurent...

Island Nations Top African Governance Index; Somalia Last

Heinlein report - Download (MP3) A newly-released list that ranks the effectiveness of governments in sub-Saharan Africa shows small island nations such as Mauritius, the Seychelles and Cape Verde at the top, and...

Poverty Rife in Africa's 'Kuwait'

Posted to the web 6 October 2008 Malabo Equatorial Guinea is one of the world's top 30 oil producers, according to its Ministry of Mines, but corruption watchdog group Global Witness says most in the country still live in...

DR Congo to cancel two-thirds of logging contracts

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo plans to cancel more than two-thirds of its timber logging contracts under a World Bank-backed review aimed at cleaning up corruption in the sector, its environment minister...

In Africa, India, Pak unite for peace

Goma (Congo), October 07, 2008 Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari’s plea for friendlier ties with India may have shocked many in the subcontinent, but thousands of kilometres away, the two neighbours are collaborating to...

Cameroon: With 40,000 Signatures in Hand, Africans Come to World Bank to Save Their Last Forests

Posted to the web 6 October 2008 Cameroonian Students Ask World Bank Not to Repeat Mistakes in Congo What: As the Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group (Bank) gather in Washington for their...

Fans Of Zimbabwe's Dynamos Harbor Hope Of Comeback In Cameroon

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Hot Slut Of The Week: Chantal Biya

Birthday: 1971 Age: 36 or 37 (HA!) Birth Name: ? Original Date of HS of the Day: October 3, 2008 Claim to Fame: The first lady of Cameroon and known for her timeless beauty. According to Wiki, she known for her hairstyles...

Africans ready to sign convention banning cluster munitions

Accra, Oct. 6, GNA - A total of 28 African countries have affirmed their commitment to sign the convention on banning the use of cluster munitions by the end of the year. A total of 107 states adopted the Convention in Dublin,...

Elephant shooting

In July 2007, armed men entered the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park and killed five critically endangered mountain gorillas at point-blank range, leaving the bodies where they fell. Rebels and the army...

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