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| Jan.26 |
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UN boss starts Africa tour in DRC |
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| Jan.29 |
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ICC trial for DR Congo's warlord |
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| Feb.5 |
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Boat sinks off Cameroon; at least 63 die |
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| Mar.8 |
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Official arrested over missing uranium
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| Mar.22 |
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Blast hits Spanish embassy
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DR Congo rebel chief seeks refuge
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| Apr.6 |
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President pardons jailed former leader
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| May.5 |
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Jet with 100 aboard crashes
Map of Lolodorf Cameroon Kenya Airways flight crashed in southern Cameroon. The plane lost contact with airport controllers soon after taking off
| The plane took off from Cameroon's commercial center of Douala en route to Nairobi
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| May.6 |
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Kenyan airline wreckage found There is no chance of any survivors, officials say. The wreckage was seen from the air, some 15 miles southeast of Douala
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| May.7 |
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Flight 507 engine failure a focus 20 bodies have been recovered; there were no survivors. Investigators are focusing on possibility jet lost power in both engines
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| May.9 |
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600,000 flee 'peace' force
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| May.18 |
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Rebels to liberate child soldiers
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| May.22 |
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Elephants at risk from gangs, eBay
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UN troops 'traded gold for guns' Pakistani peacekeeping troops have traded in gold and sold weapons to militia groups they were meant to disarm
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| Jun.26 |
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Children 'seized for ransom'
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| Jul.5 |
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Officer jailed for role in Rwanda genocide A Belgian court sentenced Bernard Ntuyahaga to 20 years in prison for the murder of 10 Belgian peacekeepers and a number of Rwandan civilian...
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| Jul.27 |
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U.N. to probe gorilla deaths The shooting deaths of 4 mountain gorillas, 3 females and an alpha male silverback, are prompting a U.N. agency to send a mission
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| Jul.30 |
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U.N.: Gang rape 'rampant' in Congo
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| Aug.2 |
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68 die in train crash in remote region
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| Aug.3 |
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Idi Amin's son jailed for role in murder
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| Aug.27 |
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Crash kills 72 soldiers Huge truck crashed into a concrete barrier in the east of the country at Kapchogo village near Mount Elgon
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| Aug.31 |
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Refugees go home with fear The ethnic tensions remain and a power struggle has broken out within the government
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| Sep.9 |
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Fighting threatens gorillas
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| Sep.11 |
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WHO issues alert on Ebola
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| Sep.20 |
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Fooding washes away towns, lives
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| Sep.23 |
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Congolese flee renegade general
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| Sep.25 |
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Rwanda 'most improved' in Africa
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| Oct.4 |
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Plane crash kills 30
Map of Kinshasa Congo The Russian-made Antonov-26 crashed in a poor, crowded suburb of Kinshasa right after takeoff
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| Oct.7 |
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Rebels seize rare gorilla habitat
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| Oct.11 |
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African wars cost billions $18 billion a year has been drained from Africa by nearly 2 dozen wars in recent decades, a price could've helped solve the AIDS crisis
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| Oct.14 |
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DR Congo rebels in new stand-off
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| Oct.20 |
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Thousands flee amid clashes
Clashes between local militias and the dissident general, Laurent Nkunda, in Bunagana sent refugees flooding into the nearby town of Rutshur...
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| Oct.25 |
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Libya seals peace deal for Chad
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| Oct.28 |
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Chad 'kidnapping' angers Sarkozy
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| Oct.29 |
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Prison 'likely' in child row
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| Oct.31 |
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Chad won't impede aid groups Chad assured humanitarian groups that it would not hinder their efforts along the Darfur border because of charges that a group kidnapped children
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| Nov.1 |
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'Dual epidemic' threatens Africa
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| Nov.2 |
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'Kidnap' children may not get home| Some of the youngsters at the center of an attempt to transport them to Europe may never be returned home because of confusion over their origins | |
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| Nov.3 |
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Child abduction suspects in court
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| Nov.4 |
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7 freed leave Chad with Sarkozy
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| Nov.9 |
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Chad frees Spaniards in 'kidnap' plot A judge in Chad freed 3 Spanish flight crew members who had been detained for allegedly plotting to kidnap African children
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| Nov.13 |
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Tens of thousands flee refugee camps It didn't appear rebels had targeted the camps; some were looted after camp residents, classified as internally displaced persons, fled
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| Nov.14 |
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'Fast economic growth' in Africa
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| Nov.22 |
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Commonwealth suspends Pakistan 
| Pakistan has been suspended from the 53-nation organization made up of the UK and its former colonies. Secretary General Don McKinnon: Pakistan was being suspen... | |
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| Nov.26 |
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Fighting leaves hundreds dead
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| Nov.30 |
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Chad rebels declare war on French
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| Dec.4 |
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Fierce fighting in eastern Chad
Government forces attacked The Rally of Forces for Change (RFC) at dawn 150km north of the town of Abeche
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| Dec.8 |
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French workers in Chad protest 6 French nationals held over an alleged attempt to fly 103 children out of the country have gone on hunger strike
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| Dec.20 |
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French six due for trial in Chad 6 French nationals accused of trying to kidnap 103 children are going on trial in the African country
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| Dec.23 |
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Child kidnap 'surge' in DR Congo Recent fighting has led to a surge in child abductions by armed groups making children act as soldiers, sex slaves, porters and spies
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| Dec.26 |
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Court jails French aid staff 
| A court has sentenced 6 aid workers to 8 years of hard labour for trying to take more than 100 children out of the country | |
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| Dec.27 |
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France seeks return of kidnappers France has asked Chad to hand over 6 French charity workers convicted for trying to kidnap 103 children
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| Dec.28 |
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French aid workers leave Chad 
| 6 charity workers sentenced in Chad to 8 years of hard labor for trying to kidnap children were on their way back to France | |
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| 2007 |
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| Jan.29 |
ICC trial for DR Congo's warlord |
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| Mar.22 |
Blast hits Spanish embassy
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| Mar.22 |
DR Congo rebel chief seeks refuge
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| May.9 |
600,000 flee 'peace' force
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| May.18 |
Rebels to liberate child soldiers
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| May.22 |
UN troops 'traded gold for guns' Pakistani peacekeeping troops have traded in gold and sold weapons to militia groups they were meant to disarm
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| Jul.5 |
Officer jailed for role in Rwanda genocide A Belgian court sentenced Bernard Ntuyahaga to 20 years in prison for the murder of 10 Belgian peacekeepers and a number of Rwandan civilian...
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| Jul.30 |
U.N.: Gang rape 'rampant' in Congo
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| Aug.27 |
Crash kills 72 soldiers Huge truck crashed into a concrete barrier in the east of the country at Kapchogo village near Mount Elgon
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| Sep.9 |
Fighting threatens gorillas
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| Sep.23 |
Congolese flee renegade general
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| Oct.7 |
Rebels seize rare gorilla habitat
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| Oct.11 |
African wars cost billions $18 billion a year has been drained from Africa by nearly 2 dozen wars in recent decades, a price could've helped solve the AIDS crisis
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| Oct.14 |
DR Congo rebels in new stand-off
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| Oct.20 |
Thousands flee amid clashes
Clashes between local militias and the dissident general, Laurent Nkunda, in Bunagana sent refugees flooding into the nearby town of Rutshur...
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| Oct.25 |
Libya seals peace deal for Chad
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| Nov.13 |
Tens of thousands flee refugee camps It didn't appear rebels had targeted the camps; some were looted after camp residents, classified as internally displaced persons, fled
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| Nov.26 |
Fighting leaves hundreds dead
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| Nov.30 |
Chad rebels declare war on French
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| Dec.4 |
Fierce fighting in eastern Chad
Government forces attacked The Rally of Forces for Change (RFC) at dawn 150km north of the town of Abeche
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| Dec.23 |
Child kidnap 'surge' in DR Congo Recent fighting has led to a surge in child abductions by armed groups making children act as soldiers, sex slaves, porters and spies
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| 2007 |
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| Feb.5 |
Boat sinks off Cameroon; at least 63 die |
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| May.5 |
Jet with 100 aboard crashes
Map of Lolodorf Cameroon Kenya Airways flight crashed in southern Cameroon. The plane lost contact with airport controllers soon after taking off
| The plane took off from Cameroon's commercial center of Douala en route to Nairobi
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| | |
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| May.6 |
Kenyan airline wreckage found There is no chance of any survivors, officials say. The wreckage was seen from the air, some 15 miles southeast of Douala
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| May.7 |
Flight 507 engine failure a focus 20 bodies have been recovered; there were no survivors. Investigators are focusing on possibility jet lost power in both engines
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| May.22 |
Elephants at risk from gangs, eBay
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| Jul.27 |
U.N. to probe gorilla deaths The shooting deaths of 4 mountain gorillas, 3 females and an alpha male silverback, are prompting a U.N. agency to send a mission
|
| Aug.2 |
68 die in train crash in remote region
|
| Aug.27 |
Crash kills 72 soldiers Huge truck crashed into a concrete barrier in the east of the country at Kapchogo village near Mount Elgon
|
| Sep.9 |
Fighting threatens gorillas
|
| Sep.11 |
WHO issues alert on Ebola
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| Sep.20 |
Fooding washes away towns, lives
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| Oct.4 |
Plane crash kills 30
Map of Kinshasa Congo The Russian-made Antonov-26 crashed in a poor, crowded suburb of Kinshasa right after takeoff
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| Oct.7 |
Rebels seize rare gorilla habitat
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| Nov.1 |
'Dual epidemic' threatens Africa
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| 2007 |
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| Oct.11 |
African wars cost billions $18 billion a year has been drained from Africa by nearly 2 dozen wars in recent decades, a price could've helped solve the AIDS crisis
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| Nov.14 |
'Fast economic growth' in Africa
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| 2007 |
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| Jan.29 |
ICC trial for DR Congo's warlord |
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| Mar.8 |
Official arrested over missing uranium
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| Apr.6 |
President pardons jailed former leader
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| May.22 |
Elephants at risk from gangs, eBay
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| Jun.26 |
Children 'seized for ransom'
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| Jul.5 |
Officer jailed for role in Rwanda genocide A Belgian court sentenced Bernard Ntuyahaga to 20 years in prison for the murder of 10 Belgian peacekeepers and a number of Rwandan civilian...
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| Jul.27 |
U.N. to probe gorilla deaths The shooting deaths of 4 mountain gorillas, 3 females and an alpha male silverback, are prompting a U.N. agency to send a mission
|
| Jul.30 |
U.N.: Gang rape 'rampant' in Congo
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| Aug.3 |
Idi Amin's son jailed for role in murder
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| Oct.28 |
Chad 'kidnapping' angers Sarkozy
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| Oct.29 |
Prison 'likely' in child row
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| Nov.3 |
Child abduction suspects in court
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| Nov.9 |
Chad frees Spaniards in 'kidnap' plot A judge in Chad freed 3 Spanish flight crew members who had been detained for allegedly plotting to kidnap African children
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| Dec.8 |
French workers in Chad protest 6 French nationals held over an alleged attempt to fly 103 children out of the country have gone on hunger strike
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| Dec.20 |
French six due for trial in Chad 6 French nationals accused of trying to kidnap 103 children are going on trial in the African country
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| Dec.23 |
Child kidnap 'surge' in DR Congo Recent fighting has led to a surge in child abductions by armed groups making children act as soldiers, sex slaves, porters and spies
|
| Dec.26 |
Court jails French aid staff 
| A court has sentenced 6 aid workers to 8 years of hard labour for trying to take more than 100 children out of the country | |
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| Dec.27 |
France seeks return of kidnappers France has asked Chad to hand over 6 French charity workers convicted for trying to kidnap 103 children
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| Dec.28 |
French aid workers leave Chad 
| 6 charity workers sentenced in Chad to 8 years of hard labor for trying to kidnap children were on their way back to France | |
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| 2007 |
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| Jan.26 |
UN boss starts Africa tour in DRC |
|
| Apr.6 |
President pardons jailed former leader
|
| Aug.31 |
Refugees go home with fear The ethnic tensions remain and a power struggle has broken out within the government
|
| Sep.25 |
Rwanda 'most improved' in Africa
|
| Oct.25 |
Libya seals peace deal for Chad
|
| Oct.31 |
Chad won't impede aid groups Chad assured humanitarian groups that it would not hinder their efforts along the Darfur border because of charges that a group kidnapped children
|
| Nov.2 |
'Kidnap' children may not get home| Some of the youngsters at the center of an attempt to transport them to Europe may never be returned home because of confusion over their origins | |
|
| Nov.4 |
7 freed leave Chad with Sarkozy
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| Nov.9 |
Chad frees Spaniards in 'kidnap' plot A judge in Chad freed 3 Spanish flight crew members who had been detained for allegedly plotting to kidnap African children
|
| Nov.22 |
Commonwealth suspends Pakistan 
| Pakistan has been suspended from the 53-nation organization made up of the UK and its former colonies. Secretary General Don McKinnon: Pakistan was being suspen... | |
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| Dec.8 |
French workers in Chad protest 6 French nationals held over an alleged attempt to fly 103 children out of the country have gone on hunger strike