East Africa
MAPUTO, Mozambique - An Australian mining company says it has discovered deposits in Mozambique of rare minerals with a variety of industrial uses.
OSLO, Norway - Abdul Ruzibiza, a former captain of a Tutsi rebel group and key witness in a French judge's investigation into a 1994 attack that triggered the Rwandan genocide, has died, Norwegian police said Friday.
UNITED NATIONS - The African Union appealed for funds to increase its force in conflict-wracked Somalia from the current 8,000 ceiling to 20,000.
DERTU, Kenya - This village of straw huts sits on a sea of sand 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the nearest paved road.
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- Uganda court scraps controversial sedition law
- Rwanda holds 2nd presidential poll since genocide
- Kenya to get Brazil's help to produce biodiesel
- African Development Bank bullish on continent
- Kenyan PM leaves hospital, denounces pay vote
- Kenya outraged over parliament's $175K pay vote
- 5 East African countries create common market
- Top Rwandan editor killed by gunmen
- Work suffers, parties thrive during World Cup
- Somalia's gov't orders probe into child soldiers
- Somali gov't orders probe into child soldiers
- Zimbabwe's President, PM worlds apart in Tanzania
- Unpaid Somali soldiers desert to insurgency
- Iran makes little headway in diplomatic offensive
- Somali MPs risk death, get little pay
- Somali govt tells radio to defy Islamist music ban
- Millions spent on malaria but problems remain
- One volcano's ash humbles a mobile modern world
- Kenya bookshops refuse politically sensitive books
- Micro-insurance plans extend health care in Africa
- Somali Islamist group bans music on radio stations
- Somali army trains to fight al-Qaida-linked rebels
- Anadarko announces new deepwater oil, gas finds
- Doubts grow on Somali offensive's chances at peace
- AU sanctions Madagascar 1 year after coup
- Somali government signs deal with powerful militia
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