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• U.N. urges rebels to free 90 kids in Congo
KINSHASA, Congo - The United Nations on Wednesday urged rebels from the Lord's Resistance Army to free 90 school children abducted two weeks ago in eastern Congo. The U.N. children's agency, UNICEF, and the U.N. special representative for children in ...
• AIDS virus decades older than thought
Perhaps a person infected with the AIDS virus in a rural area went to what is now Kinshasa, Congo, “and now you’ve got the spark arriving in the tinderbox,” Worobey said. Key to the new work was the discovery of an HIV sample that had been ...
• Africans wary of new U.S. command
Most Africans don't trust their own militaries, which in places like Congo have turned weapons on their own people. "They don't trust Africom, either, because it's a military force," Okumu said. There is also "a suspicion America wants to use us ...
• South African President Mbeki resigns
Congo, Burundi, Ivory Coast, Sudan and Zimbabwe. "These African patriots know as I do that Africa and Africans will not and must not be the wretched of the earth in perpetuity," Mbeki said. Despite the humiliation inflicted on him by the party to ...
• 'Survivor' will shine spotlight on pristine Gabon
Gabon, which gained independence from France 48 years ago, is located to the west of the Republic of Congo and is bordered on the north by Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon. Its distinct topography consists of open savanna, which is marked by hills and ...