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UN seeks $7.1 billion for emergency relief in 2010
The United Nations called on richer governments on Monday to provide a total of $7.1 billion in 2010 to fund urgent humanitarian assistance for 48 million people in 25 countries. Comment?
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The competition regulator has blocked Caltex Australiaa s proposed $300 million acquisition of ExxonMobila s Australian petrol stations today after months of deliberations. Comment?
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Tanzania demands UN apology over claims on Rwandan rebels -011209 D AR ES SALAAM has demanded an apology from the United Nations over allegations that it supplied arms to ethnic Hutu rebels operating in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo . Comment?
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Kinshasa - More than 92 000 people have fled sectarian violence that erupted in October in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said on Tuesday. Comment?
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African swine plague killed over 100,000 pigs over the last three years in Togo, according to statistics released by Narcisse Litaaba-A kila, an official of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fishing Mr. Comment?
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Agency provides update on poverty relief work
... their involvement with Bridges of Hope. Sammy Golom spoke about his trip in February to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as part of a team that provided training to people about their child sponsorship program with will be extended to the ... Comment?
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African refugees find common ground with enemies through dialogue
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... when they met in Portland. She was a refugee from Rwanda. He had run for his life from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Actually, they didn't want to meet. A 15-year-old conflict that cost millions of lives in Africa still haunted them, even in ... Comment?
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World AIDS Day: South Africa to treat all HIV children
South African President Jacob Zuma, during his World AIDS Day speech, announced that South Africa would provide treatment for all HIV-positive children, a dramatic step forward for a country with the world's highest rate of people diagnosed as HIV positive.Mr. Zuma's pledge marks a departure from the policies of his predecessor, President Thabo ... Comment?
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Zimbabwe's Monomotapa Trades Three Players To DRC Congo's TP Mazembe
ZImbabwe's Monomotapa Football Club will reap a windfall from the trades to TP Mazembe ahead of the CAF Champions League Washington 01 December 2009 Football club TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo has signed three players of Zimbabwe's Monomotapa Football Club, reinforcing its bench as it prepares to contest the FIFA World Club Cup in ... Comment?
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South Africa loses its weekend read
JOHANNESBURG // The front page of a review section of South Africa's Weekender newspaper last month carried an interview with the Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward, of Watergate fame. Comment?
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CrisisWatch N 76, 1 December 2009
Three actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated and none improved in November 2009, according to the new issue of the International Crisis Group's monthly bulletin CrisisWatch , released today. Comment?
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Former warlord Nkunda seeks release
Kigali - Lawyers for former Congolese warlord Laurent Nkunda said on Tuesday they had filed a motion in Rwanda's Supreme Court seeking his release from house arrest. Comment?
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The competition regulator is due to hand down its decision on Caltex Australiaa s proposed $300 million acquisition of ExxonMobila s Australian petrol stations today after months of deliberations. Comment?
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RBS: where the public money has gone
Treasury accused of writing a 'blank cheque' with taxpayers' money for bank to make environmentally-damaging investments The full extent of unsustainable investments made by the Royal Bank of Scotland were revealed this week in a report published by a coalition of organisations . Comment?
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Looted wealth fuels Congo's conflict
President Paul Kagame of Rwanda is no neutral observer when it comes to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Comment?
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V-Day and Students Active for Ending Rape Launch Campus...
New York, NY December 2, 2009 -- V-Day and Students Active for Ending Rape are proud to announce the launch of their joint "Campus Accountability Project: A Demand for Sexual Assault Policy Reform." For the past ten years, both V-Day and SAFER have been helping college and university students organize to fight sexual violence and challenge rape ... Comment?
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Smile Communications launches VoIP service in Uganda
December 1, 2009, 11:45 AM - Computerworld Uganda - Ugandans who do not own or cannot afford to purchase a telephone handset now have a low-cost alternative. Comment?
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Tullow eyes $1.5bn bid for Ugandan fields$
Tullow Oil, the explorer, is "seriously considering" buying out Heritage Oil, its partner in two Ugandan fields, in a move that would scupper Heritage's $1.5 billion deal to sell its share of the sites to Italy's Eni.. Tullow and Heritage are equal partners in two exploration blocks in Uganda's Lake Albert rift basin, where they have made ... Comment?
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UN seeks $7.1 billion for emergency relief in 2010
The United Nations called on richer governments on Monday to provide a total of $7.1 billion in 2010 to fund urgent humanitarian assistance for 48 million people in 25 countries. Comment?
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Rwanda: Another Color Added to Telecom Rainbow
Barely a year after the relaunch of Rwandatel's mobile phone network and MTN's tenth anniversary, Tigo last week added its blue to an already colorful telecommunications landscape. Comment?
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