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| Congo Kinshasa Politics 3,000 more peacekeepers to DR Congo afrol News - The UN Security Council today has approved of the deployment of 3,085 new military and police personnel in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to strengthen the pressured UN mission in the country (MONUC). |
| Equatorial Guinea Human rights Torture rife in Equatorial Guinea, UN confirms afrol News - The Equatoguinean opposition has all along maintained that the practise of torture remains systematic and fierce in the country. Today, the UN finally was let to confirm this. |
| Congo Kinshasa Economy - Development DRC copper, cobalt mining halted afrol News - The mining company CAMEC today announced it had "temporarily halted" all its copper and cobalt production in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), not because of the war, but because of a sudden stop of demand in China. |
| Gabon Economy - Development Gabon oil investments get "go ahead" afrol News - Despite dramatically sinking oil prices, major investments in Gabon's oil sector are getting a "go ahead" notice, with a 145-kilometer pipeline now being updated. |
| Congo Kinshasa | World Human rights | Society | Politics ICC postpones Lubanga's case to January afrol News - International criminal court has today extended Congolese war crimes suspect, Thomas Lubanga stay behind bars until 26 January when his trial will commence in the Hague. |
| Congo Kinshasa | Rwanda Politics | Society | Human rights Kagame calls for rebel leader imprisonment afrol News - Rwandan president, Paul Kagame has called for imprisonment of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) leader Dr Ignace Murwanashyaka, currently residing in Germany, for allegedly taking part in the infamous 1994 genocide. |
| Congo Kinshasa Politics | Human rights | Society UN mission in DRC ready to respond to rebels' ceasefire violation afrol News - Violation of a Congolese ceasefire by ethnic rebels on side of renegade army general, Laurent Nkunda, has culminated in some of worst fighting in weeks in eastern DRC, forcing UN mission to ready itself for an offensive. |
Travel - Leisure | Economy - Development Seven new US-Africa flight routes planned afrol News - The Atlanta-based US airliner Delta Air Lines today announced it is planning to launch seven new flights connecting North America and Africa. New connections from Atlanta will go to South Africa, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Senegal and Cape Verde. New York is to be connected with South Africa and Nigeria. |
| Equatorial Guinea Economy - Development | Technology Equatorial Guinea telecom services breaking down afrol News - Telecommunication services in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea are going from bad to worse, the government complains. Coverage is being limited, telephone calls suddenly are interrupted and other services offered by Guinea Ecuatorial de Telecomunicaciones (Getesa) are failing. |
| Cameroon Politics | Society | Human rights 10 hostages freed in Cameroon afrol News - Cameroonian rebels have freed 10 hostages abducted from an oil vessel in Bakassi peninsular last month. |
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