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Cambodia troops arrive in CAR

afrol News, 20 November - The United Nations mission set up to protect civilians and facilitate humanitarian aid in Chad and Central African Republic (CAR) received a boost this week with the arrival of troops from Cambodia.

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Zimbabwe
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Zim govt report compliance progress to clean its diamond trade

afrol News, 19 November - The government of Zimbabwe has reported a breakthrough in the country’s diamond fields where the security forces had based.

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Gambia
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Gambian president withdraws from Commonwealth meeting

afrol News, 19 November - The Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has backed out on attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting scheduled next week in Port of Spain, a government statement has said.

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Guinea
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International commission on Guinea’s crackdown dispatched

afrol News, 18 November - The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met today with the members of the International Commission of Inquiry set up to probe September’s violent crackdown on unarmed demonstrators in Guinea, ahead of the team’s visit to the country next week.

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Rwanda | Tanzania
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Former priest acquitted on genocide

afrol News, 18 November - The United Nations court has acquitted Former Catholic priest, Father Hormisdas Nsengimana, who was facing charges of the infamous Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. Father Nsengimana, had been imprisoned for seven years since his 2002 arrest in Cameroon.

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» 18.11.2009 - Nigerian fishermen flee Bakassi Peninsula
» 18.11.2009 - Security Council calls for protection of civilians
» 16.11.2009 - Ethiopia govt dismisses capture claims
» 16.11.2009 - Prosecute police officers - Amnesty International
» 12.11.2009 - Nine suspected Mungiki members killed
» 12.11.2009 - Somali judge shot dead
» 11.11.2009 - Somali pirates seize SA bound cargo ship
» 11.11.2009 - ICRC appeals for release of two kidnapped staff
» 11.11.2009 - Tribal clashes uproot over 21,000
» 10.11.2009 - Algeria pushes for zero-tolerance on ransom payments to terrorists
» 10.11.2009 - UN envoy backs Congo’s fight against rebels
» 09.11.2009 - ICC to investigate Kenya’s post election violence
» 30.10.2009 - Panic hits Kampala after bomb scare
» 30.10.2009 - Last Burundian refugees repatriated
» 30.10.2009 - Anti kidnapping legislation passes second reading
» 29.10.2009 - Security Council calls for trying of Guinea's massacre
» 29.10.2009 - Remove death penalty on gays - Clergy
» 29.10.2009 - Darfurian rebel died in detention, AI argues
» 28.10.2009 - Angola slams French ruling on arms deal
» 28.10.2009 - Zimbabwe turns away from UN human rights expert
» 27.10.2009 - Guinean killings were planned - HRW
» 26.10.2009 - Tribunal up-holds sentence for 3 former rebels
» 26.10.2009 - Kenya probes missing funds in resettlement programme
» 23.10.2009 - Court frees Kenyan sect leader
» 22.10.2009 - EU considering sanctions on Guinea
» 21.10.2009 - US backs arms embargo on Guinea
» 21.10.2009 - UNICEF appeals for donor support to protect CAR's children
» 20.10.2009 - Mali armed to fight al Qaeda insurgents
» 19.10.2009 - UN advance plan to probe Conakry massacre
» 19.10.2009 - Central Africa's peace process still a long way, Ban
» 19.10.2009 - Ethiopia rebels deny state media reports
» 19.10.2009 - Insurgents search for US airplane wreckage
» 19.10.2009 - AU-UN mission voices concern over military build-up in Sudan
» 16.10.2009 - Zimbabwe's forced marriage collapses?
» 16.10.2009 - Obiang warns US and Europe of growing piracy in Gulf of Guinea
» 16.10.2009 - UN expert calls for independent investigation into DRC killings
» 15.10.2009 - ICC prosecutor to investigate Guinea’s killings
» 15.10.2009 - Nizeyimana pleads not guilty before ICTR
» 14.10.2009 - ECOWAS holds an extra-ordinary summit to discuss Guinea and Niger
» 14.10.2009 - ICC prosecutor invited for talks in Kenya
» 14.10.2009 - Dafur sanctions' monitoring mandate expanded
» 13.10.2009 - Somalia must be stable and well organised by August 2011, UN envoy
» 12.10.2009 - Guineans heed stay-away call
» 09.10.2009 - UN experts raise concern on Gambia's threats of rights defenders
» 06.10.2009 - Former Rwandan intelligence officer handed to ICTR
» 06.10.2009 - UNICEF calls for further steps to protect children
» 06.10.2009 - UNESCO chief condemns killing of Nigerian editor
» 01.10.2009 - UN calls for independent probe in Guinea's deaths
» 30.09.2009 - Guinea's leader to be tough against future protests
» 30.09.2009 - Somalis need more support to talk, UN envoy
» 29.09.2009 - France threatens total pull-out from Guinea
» 28.09.2009 - Scores killed by soldiers in Guinea protest
» 28.09.2009 - Release of Zimbabwean activits signal new beginning
» 28.09.2009 - Stakeholders discuss post-crisis reproductive health needs of populations
» 23.09.2009 - Ban urges for release of children in Uganda conflict
» 23.09.2009 - Rwandan fugutive handed to ICTR
» 22.09.2009 - US offices in SA closed
» 17.09.2009 - UN chief condemns AU base bomb attack
» 17.09.2009 - Former Rwanda official pleads guilty to war crimes
» 15.09.2009 - Kenyan govt all out to fight cattle rustling
» 14.09.2009 - MEND threatens fresh attacks in Nigeria
» 14.09.2009 - Commission orders Libya not to execute Nigerians on death row
» 11.09.2009 - Uganda tribal clashes continue into second day
» 10.09.2009 - Egypt must investigate border killings, AI
» 09.09.2009 - Commissioner calls for urgent reforms in DRC’s security
» 08.09.2009 - Court hands death sentence to alleged Norwegian spies
» 08.09.2009 - International community urged to refocus on security reforms in Eastern DRC
» 07.09.2009 - Fresh talks expected next month in Sudan
» 03.09.2009 - Violence erupts as junior Bongo declared winner
» 31.08.2009 - UNICEF head visits children traumatised by DRC war
» 28.08.2009 - LRA attacks uproot thousands in DRC
» 27.08.2009 - Senegalese police unit joins AU-UN peacekeeping force in Darfur
» 24.08.2009 - JED calls for investigation of journalist's death
» 21.08.2009 - Commission outraged by more Senegalese arrests
» 20.08.2009 - Somali insurgents regain control in the south
» 19.08.2009 - 1st World humanitarian day marked
» 19.08.2009 - Special unit to guard gender and sexual violence for Darfur
» 19.08.2009 - More Somali refugees moved from overcrowded Kenyan camp
» 17.08.2009 - Russian ship found off West Africa coast
» 17.08.2009 - UN condemns attack on Somali aid compound
» 14.08.2009 - Bemba granted conditional release
» 13.08.2009 - South Sudan most hit by global meltdown, UN official
» 13.08.2009 - WB commits to support DRC’s post-conflict programmes
» 12.08.2009 - $1.5 million life-saving support needed in CAR
» 12.08.2009 - AI calls for safeguards on arms transfers to Somalia
» 12.08.2009 - Sudanese fighters enrol for disarmament
» 11.08.2009 - Great lakes leaders urged to move quick
» 11.08.2009 - Humanitarian situation in CAR worsening, UN official
» 10.08.2009 - Eritrea dismiss insurgents support allegations as smear campaign
» 05.08.2009 - Security Council strengthens protection of children in war
» 05.08.2009 - Not for sale, MEND pronounce stance
» 04.08.2009 - Somali’s named in Australia terror arrests
» 04.08.2009 - SA govt makes fresh commitment to uplift the poor
» 04.08.2009 - UN officials ordered to use all in aid of violence victims
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