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Congo, Dem. Rep.
June experienced renewed armed clashes between Congolese government forces and fighters belonging to the Mai-Mai militia group. According to UN sources, the confrontations took place...
2008-07-02Kenya
Private Indian company Essar Oil and Gas has agreed to acquire a 25% stake in Kenya Petroleum Refineries (KPR), which operates Kenya's only oil refinery. The Mombasa refinery,...
2008-07-01Sudan
The parliament of Sudan will on June 29 review a draft election law ahead of polls scheduled for 2009. The law is one of many which must be changed in order to conform with the new...
2008-06-27Tanzania
Tanzania has stepped up its criticism of Zimbabwe, in contrast to its previous support for the country. Foreign Affairs minister Benard Membe stated on June 20 that he had 'evidence'...
2008-06-25Kenya
Protests over sharp rises in food prices took place in late May in Kenya, prompting the police to fire teargas to disperse the crowds in Nairobi. One of the organisers of the protests...
2008-06-03Sudan
Donor nations pledged a preliminary US$4.8bn in aid to Sudan in early May to boost the fragile 2005 north-south peace agreement. Sudan had earlier said that it needed US$6.1bn up...
2008-06-03Congo, Dem. Rep.
Jean-Pierre Bemba, DRC senator and former vice-president, presidential contender and rebel leader, was arrested in Belgium by the International Criminal Court on May 25 on charges...
2008-06-03Ethiopia
A newly established Ethiopian-US investment body, Ethio-American Investment Group , said in early June that it plans to build a US$37mn brewery at Maichew, in the northern Tigray...
2008-06-03
