WFP Airlifts Food to Thousands of Congolese Refugees (Voice of America)

More than 120,000 refugees have fled to Congo Brazzaville since October to escape ethnic violence in DRC

WFP launches airlift to help DR.Congo refugees in Congo (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday announced an airlift to deliver supplies to thousands of refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-10 01:09 United Nations seeks $59 mln for refugees in Congo (Interactive Investor)

UNITED NATIONS, March 9 (Reuters) - The United Nations is asking rich nations to help raise $59 million to support refugees who have fled clashes in the cobalt-rich Democratic Republic of Congo. Thousands of Congolese have fled fighting in the northern province of Equateur and taken refuge in neighboring Congo Republic, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, which has assisted refugees from the outset ...

MTN Group Reports Sound Operational Performance for the Year Ended 31 December 2009 (redOrbit)

JOHANNESBURG, March 11, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Highlights - Group subscribers up 28% to 116,0 million - Revenue up 9,2% to R111,9 billion - EBITDA up 6,7% to R46,1 billion - Adjusted Headline EPS down 16.6% to 754,3 cents - Adjusted Headline EPS, excluding the impact of functional currency losses, up 8,5% to 878,9 cents - Dividend per share of 192 cents Overview MTN Group revenues ...

MTN Group Reports Sound Operational Performance for the Year Ended 31 December 2009 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

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United Nations seeks 39 mln for Congo refugees (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News)

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations is asking rich nations to help raise $59 million (29 million pound) to support refugees who have fled clashes in the cobalt-rich Democratic Republic of Congo.

Ademola Bello: Democracy in Crisis: How China And IMF Crowned Eduardo Dos Santos As The King of Angola (The Huffington Post)

Angola needs new leadership that believes in good governance, democratic institutions, and human rights. Sadly, this is not likely to happen in the near future.

WACC Preliminary report - 2010 Global Media Monitoring Project (Worldwide Faith WACC Prelimin) (Worldwide Faith News)

Only 24% of persons seen, heard, or read about in the news are female.

Bintel Group Awards Redknee License Expansion (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Redknee Supports Growth of Bintel Operation in Gabon TORONTO , March 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Redknee (TSX: RKN.to - News ), a leading provider of business-critical billing and charging software and solutions for communications service providers, today announced it has received an order for a software license expansion for its Turnkey Converged Billing (TCB) and Airtime Reseller solution at ...

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-01 19:54 Morocco's Attijaribank will not up capital to fund growth-CEO (Interactive Investor)

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