DRC: Red Cross escorts more than 1,300 DR Congo soldiers out of rebel city
Goma, DR Congo - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Thursday it had evacuated more than 1,300 DR Congo soldiers and police...
Kinshasa deploys excavators against illegally built homes
Kinshasa, DR Congo - A mother watched in despair as an excavator demolished her Kinshasa home, part of a campaign to clamp down on unauthorised...
Can cash handouts replace aid? Kenya offers some answers
Kilifi, Kenya - Three years ago, Thomas Kazungu Karisa was struggling to make ends meet as a petrol station attendant in the Kenyan county of...
DR Congo urges senate to revoke immunity of ex-president Kabila
Kinshasa, DR Congo - The Democratic Republic of the Congo government called on its senate Wednesday to lift immunity for former president Joseph Kabila who...
Kenyan politician shot dead in Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya - A Kenyan member of parliament, Charles Ong'ondo Were, was shot dead in the street in the capital Nairobi on Wednesday, the speaker...
