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A Congolese woman and children displaced from their homes by gun battles in the region stand next to a makeshift hut near Mugunga, DRC, 7 Sept. 2007 UNHCR Gains Access to Displaced in North Kivu  Audio Clip Available
UNHCR distributing relief supplies to thousands displaced by fighting in DRC's eastern province of North Kivu

Map of Darfur region of Sudan Darfur Rebel Groups Suspend Meeting in Chad Looking to October Peace Talks  Audio Clip Available
Meeting of Darfur rebel groups expected to resume early next month to allow more groups to be represented

Rwandan soldiers of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) Protection Force stand guard in southern Darfur, 24 July 2007 UN-AU Urge Darfur Rebels to Come to Negotiating Table
Participants at Darfur meeting say rebel groups that boycott peace talks next month in Libya could face consequences

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh Gambian Press Union Concerned About Jailed Journalists  Audio Clip Available
Press Union President Madi Ceesay says independent journalists are operating in a hostile environment in The Gambia

Zambia’s President Backs Mugabe on EU-Africa Summit  Audio Clip Available
The controversy surrounding whether Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe would attend the Euro-Africa summit scheduled for December in Lisbon, Portugal has taken another dramatic turn.

Chadian rebel fighters on patrol in Guereda, 13 January 2007 (file photo) Chad Rebels Cautiously Await EU Peacekeepers  Audio Clip Available
Chad rebels wary peacekeepers will support President Idriss Deby in low-intensity war both sides fought for years

Jacob Zuma (file photo) South African Labor Group Endorses Zuma for ANC President
Party leader generally seen to be favorite in S. Africa's presidential elections scheduled for 2009 

Ernest Bai Koroma speaks to the press after casting his vote, 8 Sep 2007 Sierra Leone President Faces Rebuilding Devastated Nation  Audio Clip Available
Former opposition leader Ernest Koroma was sworn in as president earlier this week

Democratic Republic of Congo UN Health Agency Finds Typhoid in Congo Amid Ebola Outbreak
More than 166 people have died from an unidentified disease in region during recent weeks and 372 others are reported to be ill

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