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| Central Africa | Central African Republic Politics | Economy - Development | Human rights | Society Cambodia troops arrive in CAR afrol News - 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. |
| Cameroon | Nigeria Economy - Development | Politics | Society | Human rights | Environment - Nature Nigerian fishermen flee Bakassi Peninsula afrol News - Hundreds of Nigerian fishermen have fled the Bakassi Peninsula as harassment and violent attacks by Cameroon’s gendarmes have increased, reports have said. |
Politics | Society | Human rights Security Council calls for protection of civilians afrol News - The Security Council has called on United Nations missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Central African Republic (CAR) and Sudan to coordinate strategies to protect civilians from the rebel Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), which has killed, kidnapped and displaced thousands of people. |
| Congo Brazzaville | Congo Kinshasa Politics | Human rights | Society Tribal clashes uproot over 21,000 afrol News - The UN Refugee agency says the number of civilians fleeing tribal violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) into neighbouring Republic of Congo has topped 21,800 since last week. |
| Congo Kinshasa | World Politics | Society | Human rights UN envoy backs Congo’s fight against rebels afrol News - The UN envoy in Democratic Republic of Congo, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has pledged support to the Congolese government to root out armed militias in eastern part of the country. |
| Equatorial Guinea Politics | Society Equatorial Guinea polls begin, with little hope of change afrol News - Campaigning in Equatorial Guinea began yesterday for the 29 November presidential elections. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema is challenged by opposition leader Plácido Micó Abogo, the latter having few illusions he will be given a fair chance. |
| São Tomé and Príncipe Economy - Development São Tomé to establish state oil company afrol News - The government of São Tomé and Príncipe, with Angolan help, plans to establish a national oil company within the end of this year. The new company is to assure local ownership over the expected upcoming offshore oil production. |
| Central African Republic Society | Politics | Human rights "Send Central African leaders to ICC" afrol News - Only days after the former President of the Central African Republic, Ange-Félix Patassé, returned home after a 6-year exile, human rights groups demand he be sent directly to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes. Also the current President is accused of grave war crimes. |
Politics | Society Equatorial Guinea pardons putschists afrol News - Equatoguinean President Teodoro Nguema Obiang today issued a decree pardoning the five foreign masterminds behind an alleged coup attempt in March 2004. These include South African Nicolaas du Toit and Briton Thomas Mann, who will be freed during few days. |
| Central Africa | West Africa Agriculture - Nutrition | Science - Education | Economy - Development Maize research splendid investment for Africa afrol News - A new book looking at the history and effect on maize research in West and Central Africa reveals it is among the best spent funds to achieve poverty reduction. Every million US$ spent on maize research had lifted 35,000 Africans out of poverty, it claims. |
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