Angola’s `sans Papiers’ Violently Deported in Latest Wave of Expulsions

I don’t even have anywhere to go now.” Thirty-year-old Mwamba Kashane, one of the thousands of Congolese to be expelled from Angola in the past month, recounts his ordeal from Kamako, a town close to the Angolan border in the province of Kasai Occidental.

France Writes Off 800m Euro Democratic Republic of Congo Debt

An agreement cancelling €800 million ($1.171 billion) in debt owed by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to France, was signed in Paris on June 6, 2011 between Economy and Finance Minister Ms. Christine Lagarde, and Mr. Mapon Matata Ponyo, Finance...

World Food Programme Moving a Million Books to Guinea-Bissau Schools

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun moving around a million books to almost 1,000 Guinea-Bissau schools on behalf of the UN children’s agency, UNICEF.

Liberia And Mali Agree to Forge Closer Ties

Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure have agreed to rekindle closer ties between their two countries by reactivating the Joint Liberia-Mali Commission.

Uganda to Lose Least Developed Country Status Within 5 Years

Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni has assured the people of Uganda of his governments’ will to, in the next five years, make the country graduate from the world’s group of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). How People Arrived Here: how to lose LDC...

Gambia And Senegal Sign Protocol to Establish Boundary Commission

The Gambian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mamadou Tangara, and his Senegalese counterpart, Madicke Niang on Tuesday at the Ocean Bay Hotel in Banjul, signed a protocol that seeks to establish a boundary commission.

Somali Refugees Hope for Better Life Beyond Yemen’s Kharaz Camp

Every year tens of thousands of Somalis risk their lives crossing the Gulf of Aden to reach Yemen in their search for safety and a better life. Many die atrocious deaths – beaten, thrown overboard, eaten by sharks, drowned or asphyxiated in the...

New Law to Protect Rights of Indigenous Peoples in The Republic of Congo

The Republic of Congo is set to become the first country in Africa to provide specific legal protection for its indigenous peoples.

New Arms Deal Signed in Brazzaville Elicits Optimism

Officials and analysts expressed optimism that a convention signed in Brazzaville, the Congolese capital, on November 19th would succeed in stemming the flow of small arms in central Africa, as long as it is backed by robust implementation measures.