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The UN refugee agency warned Friday that attacks by the renegade Lord’s Resistance Army were on the rise and forcing thousands of people to flee. Since March 6, new attacks were recorded in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo, displacing 1,160 people in the region, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said. The new violence brought the number of incidences in ...

The Chadian president’s office on Thursday announced it would send meat and medical supplies to the Republic of Congo, where explosions in an arms depot killed almost 200 people. “The Chadian minister of foreign affairs, Moussa Faki Mahamat, (on Wednesday) took 200 sheep carcasses and 50 beef carcasses for the use of the Congolese government. He also handed over the ...

The Pan-African Conglomerate, Dangote Group has signed fresh investment agreements worth $750 million with the government of two African countries for the production of cement. The Group last week signed a $350million investment agreement with the Central African Republic of Congo and another $400 million agreement with Ethiopian government. The president and chief executive officer of the Dangote Group, Alhaji ...