Africa's most overcrowded country - beautiful tropical island loved by tourists
The stunning island in Africa is a favourite among tourists, and it's also the most overcrowded country on the continent.
Africa's oldest independent country that was a founding member of the UN
The continent's oldest independent country is Ethiopia, which apart from a five-year occupation by Mussolini's Italy, has ...
M23 rebels are marching across eastern DRC: the interests driving players in the conflict
M23’s advances highlight Rwanda’s role in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the risk of an escalating regionalised ...
African leaders elect Djibouti's foreign minister as new leader of the African Union Commission
African leaders elected Djibouti’s foreign minister to become the next leader of the commission than runs the continent-wide African Union ...
Rwanda-backed rebels advance into eastern Congo's 2nd major city of Bukavu, residents say
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels enter Bukavu, escalating conflict and causing displacement in eastern Congo amid ceasefire ...
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Inspired by Pope Francis, East African Catholics seek foreign debt cancellation
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Catholic leaders in East Africa launched a campaign on Wednesday (Feb. 12) to advocate for the ...
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The key factors fueling conflict in eastern DRC
The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has experienced ...
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Conflict in eastern DRC provokes fears of regional war
Several of the DRC's nine neighbouring countries, as well as South Africa, already have a military presence on the ground ...
Armed fighters have raped scores of children in eastern Congo, UNICEF says
The U.N. children’s fund is accusing armed men, likely on both sides of the conflict in eastern Congo, of raping scores of ...
Families receive remains of the 14 South African soldiers killed in eastern DRC
The remains of 14 South African peacekeepers killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been repatriated to the country on Thursday at the Air Force Base Swartkop in Pretoria.
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
Postal workers in Belgium strike over restructuring with fewer workers doing more work; protests break out in Aden, Yemen against humanitarian crisis due to imperialist-stoked civil war; around 100 wo ...
Humanitarian catastrophe looms in east Congo as rebels push south, official says
The advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels into Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province threatens to trigger a humanitarian catastrophe in an area already housing thousands of displaced people ...