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DRC soldiers go on looting spree

Government soldiers looted homes, beat people and fired gunshots into the air on Sunday in the western Democratic Republic of Congo, a United Nations spokesperson said. The…

Rape is a weapon of war in the DRC

The teenage girl with flowers in her hair crossed her tiny hands to keep them from trembling, and described how she was raped by 10 militiamen. Ombeni (18) was then kept as a…

DRC legislature ratifies new Constitution

The legislature officially ratified the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) new Constitution on Monday, moving the nation a step closer to elections and reconciliation after…

Violence dogs Togolese election

Amid scattered violence, Togolese voted to elect a new president they hope will bring democracy after decades of tyranny and restore order following months of turmoil caused by…

AU call to arms over Rwandan rebels

The African Union wants African countries to send troops to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to forcefully disarm rebel factions believed to be responsible for the 1994…

A bright spot in Africa

As the first sub-Saharan African nation to shake free of colonial rule, Ghana helped chart the region’s familiar downward path: post-independence euphoria followed by despotic…

Africa’s second-highest mountain exerts strong pull

The jagged slopes of Mount Kenya, where 12 members of one American family died in a plane crash this week, have long drawn climbers looking for a challenge and religious…

‘They visited and brought sweets, then they raped me’

Maasai women dressed in traditional beads waited patiently at an office in this dusty, one-street Kenyan town to register their charges against British soldiers they are accusing…