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Burundi peacekeepers on trial

Thirty-three Burundian soldiers accused of mutinying while serving in Somalia as peacekeepers have gone on trial.

They are charged with refusing to obey orders in January 2009 in a protest over their salaries.

Prosecutors said the soldiers had armed t...

Tutsi and Hutu officers held in coup plot in Burundi

Hutu and Tutsi military officers in the Burundi army have been arrested for attempting to overthrow the government. The army chief...

Death toll in DR Congo war inflated - researchers

VANCOUVER — Researchers claimed that the common estimate of 5.4 million deaths due to war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Sierra Leone beefs up AU troops in Sudan

Freetown — The main body of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, RSLAF, would leave Freetown tomorrow to participate in peac...

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Togolese protest against CAF ban

There have been protests in Lome against the four year ban imposed on the Togolese team by the Confederation of African Football (Caf). Thousands of people filled the streets to deman...Readmore

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Politics

Uganda opposition parties to field one candidate

KAMPALA — Four of Uganda's main opposition parties announced Wednesday that they will field a single candidate to boost their chances of unseating President Yow...

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Life and Style

Wayne bridge counting the cost John Terry's betrayal

In future years the friendship between John Terry and Wayne Bridge may be used to demonstrate the truism that morality has no place in modern sport, or even m...

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Sports

Togolese protest against CAF ban

There have been protests in Lome against the four year ban imposed on the Togolese team by the Confederation of African Football (Caf).

Thousands of people fille...

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Education

Masai Warrior's bid to save lions

A Maasai warrior is studying wildlife conservation at Oxford University with the hope of protecting lions in his native Kenya.

Antony Kasanga, 24, is a member of...

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HIV vaccine trial in Zambia leaves 46 infected

Lusaka — A failed clinical trial HIV vaccine that left 46 Zambian women infected with the virus has sparked controversy.

The Microbicides Development Programme (...

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Entertainment

Gone in 60 minutes R Kelly leaves Uganda wanting more

R. Kelly must be already in the US but if he could turn back the hands of time and remember what his Ugandan fans said at the end of his show in Kampala, maybe ...

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World

US defends arms sale to Taiwan

The US has defended a proposed weapons sale to Taiwan following a furious response from China.

The US State Department said on Saturday that the sale contributed...

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Technology

NASA cuts hand China chance to return to the moon

The Chinese space agency could land its first astronauts on the moon within a decade in a move that would mark the beginning of a new age of lunar exploration, expe...

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Business

Fruit farmers receive financial boost

Over 50,000 mango and passion fruit farmers in Kenya and Uganda are set to benefit from a Sh 862 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Tutsi and Hutu officers held in coup plot in Burundi

Hutu and Tutsi military officers in the Burundi army have been arrested for attempting to overthrow the government. The army chief of staff, Major Gen Godefroid Niyombare said the soldiers were planni...Readmore