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Most conflict-zone sex crimes are against children

Save the Children on Wednesday urged action after releasing a report claiming that most rape and sexual abuse victims ...

British intelligence had role in plot to kill Lumumba

A former British intelligence officer claimed that Britain played a role in the assassination of Congolese ...

British focus on fragile states in reaching MDGs

With just over 1000 days left to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), British government is focusing on ...

Blue Peace: New Solution for Averting Water Wars in the Nile Basin

-     With the spectre of war looming over Egypt and Ethiopia due to discord on the Nile River ...

China's Xi to visit Africa as US frets over Beijing influence

Incoming Chinese president Xi Jinping's first trip as head of state will take him to Africa, the government ...

Indonesia still unable to eradicate leprosy

Although Indonesia has managed to reach leprosy elimination stage, the country has not been able to completely ...

Orangutans living outside natural habitat need attention

Orangutans are usually cute, adorable and smart that some people want to keep them as pets. Besides, orangutans and ...

Malaysian immigration detains 121 Indonesians

Malaysian immigration has detained a number of foreign nationals including 121 Indonesian people in immigration raids ...

United Nations gives award to Indonesia`s Peace Corps contingent

The United Nations (UN) has given an award to the Indonesian Peace Corps contingent (also known as the Garuda ...

Indonesia to dispatch peace-keeping forces to Congo

The Indonesian Defence Forces (TNI) will dispatch 175 soldiers in December 2012 to join the peace-keeping forces in ...

iPoint-systems Launches Web-based Tool for Conflict Minerals Compliance

-- "iPoint Conflict Minerals Platform" Helps Companies Comply with Dodd-Frank Act and Related ...

UN skeptical about neutral force in DR Congo

The Security Council is skeptical about creating "a neutral force" to drive away armed groups in the eastern ...

Ebola outbreak in Uganda kills 13 - official

An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus has killed 13 people in Uganda and efforts are under way to contain the ...

UN soldier dies in clashes between mutineers, DRC troops

A UN soldier from India was killed during clashes between renegade soldiers of the DR Congo and government troops on ...

Indonesia not a failed state: Minister

National Development Planning Minister Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana denied on Monday that Indonesia was a failed state, ...