Texas oilman is at it again -- now with Zuma
When Nigerian-American businessman Kase Lawal courted Thabo Mbeki in an oil deal South Africa got screwed. Now he is cosying up to Jacob Zuma.
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Scientists fear volcanic eruption in DRC
Scientists found evidence of volcanic activity -- including tremors, pools of lava and plumes of smoke -- at two volcanoes near Goma in the DRC.
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DRC signs peace deal with Tutsi rebels
The government of the DRC and Tutsi rebels signed a peace deal on Monday under which the rebel movement is to change into a political party.
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DRC's murky mining trade feels pinch of global pressures
Rich Congolese mineral deposits are both the bounty and the curse of the war-torn nation, the seeds of recovery and the drivers of the bloody conflict
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Rwandan troops enter DRC to hunt rebels, says diplomat
Rwandan troops crossed the border into eastern DRC on Tuesday under a December agreement between the two countries to hunt down Rwandan Hutu rebels.
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Dissident rebels declare end of conflict in DRC
Dissident commanders from the main rebel group in eastern DRC on Friday declared an end to the conflict in the troubled region.
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Wildlife, warriors share 'neutral' DRC park
Rebel National Congress for the Defence of the People forces led by renegade Tutsi general Laurent Nkunda have taken over the centre at Mabenga.
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Hope grows for an end to DRC fighting
The government of the DRC and a rebel movement are to meet on Monday in Kenya to formalise a ceasefire, Kinshasa's foreign minister said on Friday.
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Deceptive calm on DRC front line
Just a few hundred metres separate the army and rebels near Kibati in the DRC's volatile east, where hundreds cross the front line daily.
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DRC rebels take new town, says UN
Rebels in eastern DRC have captured a new town in an area where they had clashed with pro-government rebels, the UN said on Friday.
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