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/ 6 February 2007

Move to end use of child soldiers

Fifty-eight countries agreed on Tuesday to take action to protect children from being recruited as soldiers in wars, joining for the first time an effort that has been largely confined to NGOs. The 58 countries that signed up to the so-called Paris commitments at the end of a two-day conference include 10 of the 12 nations where an estimated 250 000 children bear arms.

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/ 10 April 2006

Angola’s oil province on difficult quest for peace

Angola’s rebel province of Cabinda is on a difficult search for a settlement to end decades of separatist fighting in this patch of land that is the lifeline of the country’s oil boom. A peace overture from the Angolan government is being received with skepticism — although not rejected — in the poor northern province where offshore oil generates billions of dollars to Luanda’s coffers.