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EU approves crisis aid for poor countries

EU approves $372 million to help most vulnerable countries cope with financial crisis.

Two Pilots Kidnapped in Main Congolese Tin-Mining Area, UN Body Says

A Ukrainian pilot and his Congolese co-pilot are still missing a day after being kidnapped by rebels near a major tin-trading center in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo , the United Nations said.

Rwanda faces allegations of war crimes and intimidation

As Rwanda studies the publication proper of a leaked UN draft report accusing Kigali of mass-scale war crimes and even genocide in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Deutsche Welle considers the implications.

UN delays release of controversial report on Congo massacres

Geneva - The release of a United Nations report detailing the massacre of thousands of civilians by Rwandan and Congolese forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been delayed by a month, UN human rights chief Navi Pillay said Thursday.

UN chief urges Rwanda over Sudan peacekeepers

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged Rwanda Thursday not to withdraw peacekeepers from Sudan, as it has threatened because of war crimes claims, and highlighted their role in regional stability.

Global broadband divide revealed

The global disparity in access to broadband around the world and the cost of a connection is revealed by UN statistics.

EU approves first slice of 2010 crisis aid to developing states

Brussels - The European Union's executive on Thursday approved the first slice of a 264-million-euro (337-million-dollar) aid package designed to help poor African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states weather the economic crisis this year.

Titan Plans Debt as High-Yield Bond Sales Poised to Rise: New Issue Alert

Titan International Inc. , the maker of tires and wheels for off-highway vehicles, plans to sell debt as sales of high-yield, high-risk company bonds may be poised to surge.

KBC News

The 14th COMESA Summit of Heads of State and Government on Wednesday said the criticism leveled against Kenya for hosting Sudan's President Omar El Bashir during the promulgation of the new constitution ceremony is unwarranted.

Congo-Kinshasa: More Victims Identified in Mass Rapes Case

The number of women raped by rebel groups during last month's raid of more than a dozen villages centred around Walikale, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has risen to over 240, U.N. officials told reporters here today.

Smallpox-related disease thriving

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Elimination of the smallpox vaccine in 1980 because the disease had ended has allowed a related virus -- human monkeypox -- to thrive, U.S. researchers say. Smallpox - Monkeypox - Infectious disease - Health - Conditions and Diseases

African Ancestry visits Jersey City to publicize its services in linking people with heritage

Jean-Pierre Mestanza/The Jersey JournalGina Paige discusses the process by which someone can learn where their ancestors lived. Paige is president of African Ancestry. Washington, D.C.-based organization African Ancestry recently stopped by Jersey City's Afro-American History Museum as part of a...

FACTBOX-Key political risks to watch in Rwanda

DRC: Displacement and discrimination – the lot of the Bambuti Pygmies

Source: IRIN Conditions in Mugunga camp for displaced people on the outskirts of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma are tough, but tougher still are those endured by hundreds of people from the Bambuti Pygmy community living just outside the camp.

High-Yield Debt Sales Stall as Economy Slows, Returns Fade: New Bond Alert

Companies are planning to sell at least $4.25 billion of debt as offerings of high-yield, high- risk bonds halted for a seventh trading day amid signs of a slowing economy.

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