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Ruthless  Conscription of child soldiers An online video drawing attention to the case of alleged war criminal Joseph Kony has gone viral, and provoked lively debate over the activities of the US-based group which made it.

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the gorilla, the last great ape to have its genes decoded, and say it gives new insights into differences between the apes and humans.

United Nations and Arab League special envoy to Syria Kofi Annan on Thursday urged the Syrian opposition to cooperate to resolve the conflict that has left thousands dead in the past year.

Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday outlined his party’s minimum conditions for the holding of free and fair elections in Zimbabwe.

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral
Commission of Nigeria (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has urged his Ghanaian colleagues to carry out intensive public education on the biometric voter registration ahead of this year’s general election to achieve maximum results.

South Africa and Nigeria are embroiled in a diplomatic spat after the authorities at Johannesburg airport deported 125 Nigerians, alleging their yellow fever vaccination certificates were fakes - the latest twist in a long-standing rivalry between Africa’s two biggest economies.

Tention   “Russia and China backing the regime”
Abdo Hussameldin, a deputy in Syria’s oil ministry, has announced his defection in a video posted by activists on YouTube.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says Cuba will not be invited to the Americas Summit in Colombia next month.