By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 26 July 2007 Four rare mountain gorillas have been killed after gunmen crept up on them and opened fire in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park. Nick Wadhams has more on the story from Nairobi. The gorillas

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Pushing Goods in Carts Provides Needed Work for E. Congolese In Eastern Congo, formal jobs are rare and locals say survival is by chance. Self-reliance is a way of life, and is immortalized by a golden statue of a boy pushing a wooden chikudu cart in

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Amnesty: Sexual Violence Endemic in Somalia 索马里性暴力泛滥 Amnesty International said two decades of conflict have allowed sexual violence to become endemic in Somalia. The human rights group says most victims dont report the attacks to aut

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UN Approves European Troop Deployment to CAR WASHINGTON A contingent of about 500 European troops is being sent to assist French and African forces already stationed in the Central African Republic, which is in a state of unrest due largely to sectar

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The United States has announced an additional $130 million dollars in emergency food assistance to Yemen through the U.S. Agency for International Development, known as USAID. This brings the total U.S. contribution in humanitarian aid for the people

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By Nico Colombant Bukavu, Congo 29 September 2006 watch Congo Rape Victims Even though the war is officially over in the Democratic Republic of Congo, rapes are still rampant in unstable parts of the mostly lawless country. The perpetrators are usua

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Libya'sNTCFacesImmediate,Long-TermChallenges A week after declaring it had moved to Tripoli, Libya's National Transitional Council has yet to establish a firm footing in the capital. It looks like it will be a long road ahead for the provisional auth

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Ten years ago the people of East Timor voted overwhelmingly to split from Indonesia and become an independent nation. The initial exhilaration they experienced was soon followed by violence from pro-Indonesia militias, and then economic struggles an

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CAR Food Security Hard Hit 中非食品安全遭受重创 Violence in Central African Republic has taken a heavy toll on food security. A new U.N. assessment says crops, livestock and fishing have all been affected. Nearly one million people have bee

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Sudan Rejects Calls for International War Crimes Tribunal on Darfur In a joint Security Council appearance Tuesday, Sudanese vice-president Ali Osman Taha, southern rebel leader John Garang and specia

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MSF Calls for More Aid for CAR The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders is calling on the international community to immediately increase humanitarian aid to Central African Republic. The group says one in ten people have been driven from their

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On his recent trip to the Middles East, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made clear that Saudi Arabia's security is a priority for the United States. 近日,在出访中东期间,美国国务卿蓬佩奥(Mike Pompeo)明确表示,保证沙特的

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 15 September 2007 Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir says his government wants the upcoming United Nations-backed peace talks on Darfur to be definitive. He says pressure must be applied by the international community so all

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By Noel King Khartoum 06 June 2007 Officials of the United Nations and the International Organization for Migration, in coordination with the Sudanese government, say they have returned 100,000 former refugees and internally displaced persons to sout

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 04 March 2007 The president of Ivory Coast and the northern-based rebel leader have signed a new deal to end a five-year division of the country. It includes provisions for a new government, reintegrating rebels into the army

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The European Union has welcomed the withdrawal of Russian troops from Georgian territory as was stipulated by a cease-fire agreement between Moscow and Tbilisi, but views are mixed as to whether the Russians have fully complied with the conditions o

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By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo 15 October 2009 The European Union's special representative for Sudan says that the financial benefits of peace make a key argument for ending fighting in southern Sudan. Torben Brylle says the resource-rich south has a con

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Pakistani security forces say they have made significant gains in their ongoing offensive in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan. The two-month military operation in the Bajaur area, they say, has killed more than 1,500 militants while 73 soldiers

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By Alan Boswell Nairobi 08 October 2009 Former UN Sec. General Kofi Annan(R) leaves the offices of Kenyan Pres. Mwai Kibaki (unseen) in Nairobi on 05 Oct 2009 Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan warned late Wednesday of a crisis of confidence in Kenya's le

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By Jeff Swicord Minneapolis, Minnesota 07 October 2009 In the past 18 months, 20 young Somali men have disappeared from Minneapolis, Minnesota -- only to re-emerge in Somalia as part of an al-Qaida-backed militia. Some claimed they didn't know they

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