More than 100 people are believed to have died in a ferry accident in the Democratic Republic of Congo. vne-resource.iol.co.za | 7/29/10 11:22 PM

The Russian helicopter pilot who disappeared in Sudan has been found and handed over to the United Nations mission in Darfur. vne-resource.iol.co.za | 7/29/10 11:07 PM

Divisions over the faltering peace process in Darfur have provoked violence in Sudanese refugee camps, according to peacekeepers in the region. vne-resource.iol.co.za | 7/29/10 10:52 PM

As many as 138 people have reportedly died after an overloaded boat capsized in rough water in Democratic Republic of Congo. vne-resource.iol.co.za | 7/29/10 10:37 PM

General Assembly President Ali Treki today expressed deep sadness after learning that a boat overturned on a major river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), reportedly killing around 140 people. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 8:46 PM

If you are planning to visit Luanda, Tokyo, N'Djamena Moscow or Geneva, be warned that they are the top five most expensive cities in the world. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 8:45 PM

The culprit says the counterfeited notes were smuggled in from a neighbouring country. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 6:05 PM

The project's 8th meeting held in Yaounde yesterday. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 6:05 PM

Technology experts from African nations met in Douala to improve training strategies in Central African universities. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 6:02 PM

Joshua's wife, just returning from the US, insisted on a joint HIV/AIDS test before sex. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 6:02 PM

A local variety of the nutrient-rich, blue-green algae known as spirulina could boost incomes for women in Chad who harvest the product as well as help fight nutrition, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 4:19 PM

Authorities arrested a journalist on Tuesday on criminal defamation charges in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Hours earlier, in an unrelated incident, armed men briefly forced the city’s three main opposition broadcasters off the air, according to local journalists and news reports. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 3:19 PM

The Interior deputy minister for Public Order, Ângelo Barros Veigas Tavares, is paying a three-day working visit in the central Benguela Province, in order to check the functioning of the sector in the region. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 2:17 PM

The Maiombe Environmental Network will develop as from August a feasibility study on environmental impact, due to the floods that hit the southern Cunene Province for three consecutive years. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 2:16 PM

The plastic artist Benjamim Sabby, Wednesday here said that Angolan society creates little opportunities to promote the habit for plastic arts arguing that for this reason the number of buyers or collectors of these works is still small. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 2:16 PM

A workshop on Promotion of Good Governance started Thursday in Longonjo District, central Huambo Province, in an initiative of the north American NGO World Vision as part of a partnership project of sustainable development in the country. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 2:16 PM

Chieftains in Lubango city, southern Huila province, were on Thursday appealed for a major involvement in awareness campaigns in the communities on the voter's registration update. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 2:16 PM

THERE was little to brag about as far as Rwanda's performance on the opening day of the 17th African championship in Nairobi is concerned. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 1:24 PM

RWANDA shook off Tuesday's defeat against Nigeria by trouncing hosts Swaziland yesterday in the ICC Africa U19 Division 2 World Cup qualifiers. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 1:24 PM

IF the Junior Wasps needed something to motivate them ahead of their crunch 2011 Africa Youth Championship return leg qualifier against Congo Brazzaville, they now have it. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 1:24 PM

The Director General of the National Forestry Authority, Frank Rutabingwa, has called on local government leaders to protect forestry reserves in their constituencies against human activity, as a means of ensuring a safe environment that contributes to sustainable development. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 1:24 PM

Over 2000 community health workers in Ngoma and Rwamagana districts, on Tuesday, received mobile telephones. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 1:24 PM

The Liberal Party (PL) presidential candidate wound up his campaign in Eastern Province, with a rally in Bugesera District, which he vowed to make a top priority if he is elected president. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 1:24 PM

At least 26 people are hospitalised at Rwamagana Hospital after drinking a suspected poisoned banana juice locally known as 'Umutobe.' allafrica.com | 7/29/10 1:24 PM

Rwanda is using the 7th Pan African Dance Festival to woo potential investors into its blossoming creative and performing arts industry. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 1:24 PM

Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA), On Tuesday, launched a four year project aimed at protecting the population from the negative effects of climate change. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 1:24 PM

The president of the National Commission against Genocide (CNLG), Prof Celestin Misago Kanimba, who passed away last week in a French hospital, was yesterday laid to rest at Remera cemetery. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 1:24 PM

A fifth person was charged in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court for the attempted murder of a former Rwandan general. vne-resource.iol.co.za | 7/29/10 11:30 AM

Authorities arrested a journalist on criminal defamation charges in Kinshasa, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said. vne-resource.iol.co.za | 7/29/10 11:15 AM

As the Presidential campaign entered its nineth day yesterday, the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) candidate, Paul Kagame told party supporters in Gisagara, Southern Province that they are yet to see the best the party has in store for them. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:59 AM

The Social Democratic Party (PSD) presidential candidate, Dr Jean Damascene Ntawukuriryayo, has promised to enhance literacy levels once elected president in the August 9 poll. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:59 AM

Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF), Presidential Candidate, Paul Kagame, has said that his party still has a lot to offer to Rwandans beyond what it has delivered in the past seven years. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:59 AM

The ultimatum issued to NGOs, by the Directorate General of Emigration and Immigration should send out a clear message that the government not only strives to enforce accountability in public institutions, but also other organizations that affect the lives of the Rwandan people in one way or another. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:59 AM

The campaign season is here, Rwanda is heating up and the four candidates are promising us things as varied as "increasing teachers' salaries, boosting cooperatives, increasing women's' participation in decision-making and economic development". allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:59 AM

The leadership of Angola's main opposition Unita party Wednesday in Luanda refuted the content of an article that appeared in the wednesday issue of the the State-run daily paper "Jornal de Angola", titled "The coup thesis of Unita Youth Wing", and labelled it as a way of counteracting the outcome of the congress of the party's youth wing (JURA), held recently in Luanda. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:43 AM

Women are the majority in the Angolan informal market, even though they now start to have the same levels of professional responsibility and competences as men. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:43 AM

The Angolan senior males basketball team will face South Korea on Friday, in the USA, ahead of the preparation for the Turkey World Cup, which will happen from 28 August to 12 September, ANGOP has learnt. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:43 AM

The various posts of political, social and scientific relevance held skilfully and clearsightedness by women, particularly concerning conflict resolution, show the great role African females play in the post-independence period. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:28 AM

Check below the standing of the National First Division Football Championship, also known as Girabola2009, after the opening of the 19th round. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:28 AM

1º de Agosto reached the third position in the national first division championship of football, after thrashing Benfica de Luanda by 4-1, in a 19th round match played at Luanda's "Coqueiros" stadium on Wednesday. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:28 AM

The conclusion of the Agreement on Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments between Angola and Japan, being negotiated since November 2009, will stimulate the participation of Japanese firms in the Angolan economic growth. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:28 AM

The Angolan historian Filipe Vidal appealed on Wednesday, in Luanda, for the need to intensify the cycles of cultural awareness campaigns to educate people, so as to valorise the Angolan arts both at national and international level. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:28 AM

A workshop aimed at presenting the credit programme of the agricultural season is being held on Thursday at the Polytechnic Institute of Cacuaco District, in Luanda, ANGOP has learnt from an official source. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:25 AM

The Angolan Stock Market and Derivatives (BVDA) will open in 2011, the Finance minister, Carlos Alberto Lopes, announced Wednesday in Luanda. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:25 AM

The reduction of maternal mortality and HIV/ Aids infections from mother to child during childbirth, is a priority of health authorities in the country, regarding the health care of women. allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:25 AM

Petro de Luanda beat on Wednesday Académica do Soyo by 3-2, in Luanda's Cidadela stadium, in the opening of the 19th round of the national first division football championship (Girabola2010). allafrica.com | 7/29/10 10:24 AM

Ambassador Foe-Atangana also says his country enjoys multi-party democracy although critics say many political parties are funded by President Biya James Butty Washington, D.C. 29 July 2010 Cameroona s ambassador to the United States said his country is a a oehaven of peacea in central Africa.

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This forum organized by the network of the teenagers and African young people in development and population (Afriyan) will allow, according to Trésor Kasala, executive secretary of Afriyan and national coordinator of Racoj/aids to provide the foundations of the presidential initiative "generation without AIDS and maternity at the less risk". www.digitalcongo.net | 7/27/10 3:56 PM

FOLLOWING his unmatched support in developing football in the region, it is not surprising that the Council of East and Central Africa Football Association (Cecafa) has candidly backed Rwandan president Paul Kagame to win next month's presidential elections. allafrica.com | 7/26/10 7:52 AM

It also includes overviews of the fixed-line and internet markets, although in general limited data is available about these, and the markets remain very small and slow to develop on the internet side, and declining in general on the fixed-line side.

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