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Congo Kinshasa
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DRC projects attract $60m

afrol News - A total of US $60 million has been allocated for 163 United Nations humanitarian projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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Zambia | Congo Kinshasa
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More DRC refugees returned

afrol News - The repatriation of hundreds of Congolese refugees in Zambia resumed at the weekend, with International Organization for Migration (IOM) facilitating the return of 800 refugees in Zambia's northern provinces.

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Equatorial Guinean leader tops Africa's media predators

afrol News - President Teodoro Obiang Nguema of the oil-rich "Kuwait of Africa" has topped the Paris-based Reporters sans frontières (RSF) list of press predators in Africa.

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New AU chief takes office

afrol News - Dr. Jean Ping has officially replaced Alpha Oumar Konaré as the Chairman of the African Union Commission, the executive arm of the continental body.

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Congo Kinshasa
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ICC unseals DRC warrant

afrol News - The International Criminal Court [ICC] has unsealed an arrest warrant against Mr Bosco Ntanganda, a former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Forces Patriotiques pour la Libération du Congo [FPLC], and current alleged Chief of Staff of the Congrès national pour la défense du people [CNDP] armed group, active in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC].

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Cameroon
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Critic musicians still detained

afrol News - The Network of African Freedom of Expression Organisations [NAFEO] is deeply concerned about the repression of freedom of expression, including artistic in Cameroon where two renowned musicians continued to linger in jail for singing songs criticising a recent constitutional amendment that allowed President Paul Biya unlimited terms of office.

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Equatorial Guinea
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Concern over erosion of rights in Equatorial Guinea

afrol News - Amnesty International (AI) has expressed worry over the deteriorating human rights situation, including reported claims of detention without trial or charged, torture and killing of political opponents in Equatorial Guinea government, ahead of the parliamentary and local elections scheduled for 4 May 2008.

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Congo Kinshasa
Politics | Society | Health | Human rights | Gender - Women

UN Congo mission lauded

afrol News - The United Nations peacekeeping missin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been lauded for registering solid progress in trying to bring stability to the vast country's volatile eastern region.

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Cameroon
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Deputies extend Biya's term

afrol News - Cameroonian deputies endorsed a constitutional amendment that seeks to extend the mandate of President Paul Biya indefinitely.

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Surge in prices worries UN

afrol News - A global surge in food prices has become a great concern to the United Nations, fearing that it could lead to further tensions across the world, including Africa.

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