BURUNDI :    RWANDA   UGANDA TANZANIA:    Hostage Briton ‘has eye infection’(UKPA) /The Press Association/28022010 A British man being held hostage by Somali pirates is suffering from a serious eye infection which could leave him blind, it has been reported. Paul…

OMAR, BXL AGNEWS,  le 27  février  2010 – {jcomments on} BEIJING: Zambian President Rupiah Banda arrived in China for a state visit, on the heels of Zimbabwean and South African foreign ministers, which signals China’s increasing role in Africa and a deepening…

BURUNDI :     RWANDA Rwanda: Genocidaires Should Be Hunted Down and Punished – SarkozyKennedy Ndahiro/The New Times/allafrica.com/26 February 2010 Kigali — President Nicolas Sarkozy of France yesterday said that everyone who took part in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi should…

{jcomments on}OMAR, BXL AGNEWS, , le 25  février 2010 – The trip is the first to Rwanda by a French leader since the 1994 genocide. It aims to cement diplomatic ties that were restored in November, three years after they broke down…

BURUNDI :     RWANDA UGANDA TANZANIA:     CONGO RDC   :    The UN mission in Congo has not signed a ‘pact with the devil’ We simply don’t have the authority to deliver ‘The Terminator’ to the international criminal court Alan Doss…

BURUNDI :     RWANDA Kansan accused of Rwandan genocide February 23, 2010/blogs.kansascity.comFrom AP: A Kansas man accused of participating in the 1994 Rwandan genocide claims a U.S. immigration case against him should be thrown out because the Justice Department has allowed…

BURUNDI :     RWANDA Rwandan opposition parties condemn grenade attacks in Kigali February 22, 2010/www.sfbayview.com To introduce Bay View readers to the volatile issues surrounding Rwanda’s August presidential election, here are a series of articles by Ann Garrison, the only U.S….

{jcomments on}Omar,AGNEWS, BXL,19/02/2010 ––The African Union has condemned a coup in Niger, where soldiers have captured President Mamadou Tandja and suspended the constitution after a gun battle. AU chief Jean Ping said he was watching developments “with concern”.  West African bloc Ecowas…

{jcomments on}Omar,AGNEWS, BXL,18/02/2010 –U.S. restrictions designed to stop terrorists in Somalia from diverting aid are hurting humanitarian operations in the lawless Horn of Africa country, U.N. officials said Wednesday. U.N. agencies have not seen any evidence from the American government that food…

{jcomments on}Omar,AGNEWS, BXL,17/02/2010 – ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast’s prime minister delayed on Tuesday the announcement of a new government which had been expected as a step toward easing a political crisis in the West African country.   Guillaume Soro said after meetings…