UN report says 166 million people in 22 nations face protracted food crises

UN report: 22 nations face protracted food crises

Uganda’s president offers more troops for peacekeeping missions in Somalia if money given

Uganda offers more peacekeeping troops for Somalia

Aircraft cuts, Sudan war worries cloud UN Security Council mission

Aircraft cuts, Sudan worries cloud UN council trip

UN rights office tones down Congo ‘genocide’ report following protests by Rwanda, Uganda

UN tones down Congo ‘genocide’ report

GENEVA — The United Nations has toned down a report detailing hundreds of gruesome attacks against civilians in Congo over a 10-year period but left intact the suggestion that Rwanda’s army may have committed genocide there in the 1990s.

US plans to strengthen relations with breakaway Somali republics to fight radical Islamists

US to build ties with breakaway Somali republics

Kenya’s president: Key leaders say south Sudan independence referendum will be held in January

Kenya’s Kibaki expects south Sudan vote in January

New Del. Senate front-runner campaigned for Reagan, then became a Democrat after Africa trip

O’Donnell foe’s career marked by political shift

21 killed, 78 wounded in fighting in Somali capital between insurgents, pro-government forces

21 killed in fighting in Somalia’s capital city

19 killed, 68 wounded in fighting in Somali capital between insurgents, pro-government forces

19 killed in fighting in Somalia’s capital city

Once-hopeful fighter pilots, Ethiopians stranded in Kyrgyzstan in post-Soviet muddle

Former Ethiopian cadets stranded in Kyrgyzstan

Surrounded by rubble, militias and corruption, Mogadishu mayor making effort to rebuild city

Mogadishu mayor aims to restore basics amid rubble

International Criminal Court to start prosecutions in Kenya’s postelection violence

Int’l court to launch cases in Kenya violence

Somalia’s prime minister resigns amid tensions with president; says move is to prevent turmoil

Somalia’s prime minister resigns amid tensions

Somali prime minister says forces to open 2nd front against Islamist insurgents by year-end

PM: Somalia to open 2nd front against insurgents

Somalia’s president travels to Uganda for security talks, leaving behind political unrest

Somali president in Uganda during political unrest

15 die in Somalia as parliament meets to demand vote of confidence on weak government

15 die in Somalia as parliament demands gov’t vote

Army Gen. Ham nominated to head Africa Command, has led review of military ban on gays

Pentagon nominates new Africa Command leader

Poor Somali families caught in crossfire face brutal choice: Who can they afford to save?

Somali refugees tell of hellish scene in Mogadishu

UN chief in Rwanda to discuss threatened peacekeeper pullout over UN Congo genocide report

UN chief in Rwanda over threatened Sudan pullout

UN: Somalis scramble to escape fighting in capital that has killed 230 in 2 weeks

Somalis scramble to escape fighting in capital

AU peacekeepers have established 9 more bases in war-ravaged Somali capital in recent months

AU peacekeepers establish more bases in Somalia

Kenya allows International Criminal Court to open office in Nairobi days after al-Bashir visit

Kenya allows Int’l Criminal Court to open office

UN human rights office to delay release of Congo ‘genocide’ report until October

UN to release Congo ‘genocide’ report in October

Official: Southern Sudan parliament may vote to secede if January independence vote is delayed

Official: South Sudan lawmakers may vote to secede

Mozambique police fire at crowds protesting high prices; 7 dead

Mozambique police fire at crowds protesting prices

UN human rights office denies pressure from Ban to change Congo ‘genocide’ report

UN denies Ban pressure to change Congo report

Red Cross official says Somalis swamping hospitals during violent clashes in capital

ICRC: Somalis swamp hospitals after 8 violent days

Rwanda: Plan ready to withdraw peacekeeping troops if UN publishes report on Congo genocide

Rwanda: Plan ready to withdraw peacekeeping troops

4 Ugandan troops killed as militant mortar slams into Somalia’s presidential palace

Mortar hits Somalia pres. palace, kills 4 Ugandans

Kenya defends failure to arrest genocide-charged Sudanese president; cites national interest

Kenya: Sudan presidential visit ‘in our interest’

Rwanda threatens to withdraw peacekeepers over UN report implicating Rwanda in Congo genocide

Rwanda threatens to withdraw peacekeepers

JOHANNESBURG — Rwanda has threatened to withdraw its troops from United Nations peacekeeping operations if the world body publishes a report accusing the Rwandan army of committing possible genocide in Congo in the 1990s, Rwanda’s foreign minister says in a letter sent to the U.N.

Kenya gets new US-style constitution; indicted Sudanese president among guests in attendance

Protesters rally outside the White House

UN draft report: Rwandan army attacks on refugees in Congo in the 1990s could be genocide

UN: Attacks on Hutus in 1990s could be genocide

Indicted Sudanese president among guests in attendance as Kenya gets new US-style constitution

Sudan leader attends Kenya constitution ceremony

New Kenyan constitution becomes law, ushering in new system of government

Kenya gets new American-style constitution

UN draft report: Rwandan army attacks on Hutu refugees in Congo in the 1990s could be genocide

UN: Rwandan attacks on Hutus could be genocide

Third straight day of fighting in Somalia kills 8; 80 killed since al-Shabab war declaration

Third day of fighting in Somalia’s capital kills 8

Kenyan government says allegations in case of Obama’s aunt untrue, denies she was in danger

The White House

Insurgency creeping into Somalia’s once stable northern region of Puntland

Somalia’s once stable Puntland hit by insurgency

Germany charges former Rwandan mayor with genocide for alleged involvement in 1994 killings

Germany charges ex-Rwandan mayor with genocide

Judge in Boston cited media leak in ruling granting asylum to Obama’s African aunt

President Barack Obama, daughter Sasha Obama and wife

Rwandan president wins re-election in landslide; critics note opposition parties banned

Rwandan president wins re-election despite critics

Rwandan president wins election in landslide; 7 more years in office for Paul Kagame

Rwandan president wins election in landslide

Rwandan president expected to win election handily; critics decry crackdown on opposition

Rwandan president expected to win election handily

Rwanda votes for president amid crackdown on opposition; Paul Kagame expected to win handily

Rwanda votes for president amid crackdown

KIGALI, Rwanda — Rwandans voted for president on Monday for the second time since the country’s 1994 genocide, an election that comes amid a string of attacks on political opponents that critics have decried as heavy-handed oppression.

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