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About 73 volunteers from United Kingdom’s Conservative Party yesterday joined residents of Nyagasozi cell, Bumbogo sector in Gasabo District in the construction of houses for vulnerable people in the area.

President Paul Kagame this morning arrived in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa for the 19th Session of the African Union that will be held under the theme; “Boosting Intra African Trade" which also aims to build upon the commitment of all nations to achieve integration, economic growth and development.

The Ugandan military on Friday appealed to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to allow it cross into its territory to hunt down the Allied Democratic Force (ADF), a Ugandan rebel group operating in the eastern part of the vast central African country.

Rwandans need to be sensitised about the formal procedures of land transfers in the country, says Emmanuel Nkurunziza, the Director General of Rwanda Natural Resources Authority (RNRA).

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Ms. Asha-Rose Migiro of Tanzania, former UN Deputy Secretary-General, as his Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, a UN statement said on Saturday.

The EAC Secretary General Amb. Dr. Richard Sezibera on Friday asked the East African Court of Justice to dismiss with costs an application seeking an interim order to restrain the EAC Secretariat from executing a directive by the Summit of Heads of State to recommend a roadmap for the attainment of the East African Political Federation.

The Consultative Forum for Political Parties (FFPP) yesterday awarded certificates to 160 youth after a successful completion of training in leadership skills.

The Somali government on Saturday said its security forces arrested 89 people suspected of having links with the militant group of Al-Shabaab in overnight raids in the capital Mogadishu this week.