By John Stephen Katende
8th April 2013:
President Yoweri Museveni has donated $300,000 to the ‘Meles Foundation’ which was established in honour of Ethiopia’s late Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi. (more…)
M23 rebels threaten to attack UN forces
By John Stephen Katende
8th April 2013:
The president of the Congolese rebel group M23 has warned that his forces will fight back against the new UN Intervention Brigade if it (more…)
South Sudan resumes crude oil production
By Online Team
8th April 2013:
The first barrels of crude oil from the oilfields in the oil-rich Unity state of South Sudan began flowing to the international market on (more…)
DRC sends 500 troops to hunt Kony
By Online Team
18th February 2013:
The African Union says Congo has sent 500 troops to join a Uganda-led military effort to hunt down Joseph Kony, the fugitive head of the (more…)
Rwanda cuts poverty by 14% in 10 years
By Shanta Devarajan
18th February 2013:
From almost every point of view, Rwanda’s performance over the past decade has been an unambiguous success story. Between (more…)
AU sends election observers to Kenya
By Sharon Tibenda
18th Feb 2013:
The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has approved the deployment of (more…)
UN plans to fight M23 rebels in Congo
By John Stephen Katende
28th January 2013:
The United Nations has declared its intention to “…set up an intervention force to fight rebels fuelling conflict in DR Congo”, a UN official has said. Meanwhile, (more…)
Growing export crops causes hunger – study
By Dennis Otim
21st Jan 2013:
Africa could reduce its poverty levels faster by focusing more on the production of staples rather than export crops, a study by (more…)
DRC Crisis: Kabila rejects M23 rebel demands
By George Murumba
21st Jan 2013:
GOMA, DRC — The Democratic Republic of Congo’s government has ruled out what it calls ‘unconstitutional’ demands presented by the M23 rebels at talks in (more…)
Blood Minerals: When corporate power defeats justice
By Charles Ochen Okwir
17th Dec 2012:
On October 17, 2012, the UN Panel of Experts accused Uganda and Rwanda (for the second time) of supporting Congo’s M23 rebel movement led by (more…)
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