CAR intervention vital, Hollande tells French troops
After two of its soldiers were killed in the Central African Republic, France’s president has told troops their intervention is necessary.
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No peace in sight in DRC’s volatile east
The DRC’s powder-keg east is being bled dry as Kinshasa and Rwanda refuse to bury the hatchet, analysts say.
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Dozens killed in Kenya post-election violence
An eruption of fresh violence triggered by Kenya’s disputed presidential ballot left more than 100 dead on Monday, after defeated opposition candidate Raila Odinga rejected Mwai Kibaki’s re-election. Further clashes were feared as Odinga planned to hold his own alternative inauguration at a mass rally later on Monday.
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Back to school for determined Mogadishu children
The slogan ”no weapons” runs along the main wall of the Hamar boarding school in Mogadishu, giving it the tough air of a military camp. But inside the atmosphere is studious, highlighting a yen for learning that has survived more than a decade of bloodletting in this Horn of Africa nation.
