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A controversal operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has ended and replaced with a revised five-month mandate. The Kimya 2 operation over the past nine months has been criticised by human rights groups for supporting a Congolese army accused of rape and murders. However, army leaders have said that the mission against Hutu Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) forces in the east of the country has been a success. Al Jazeera's Mohamed Adow reports from North Kivu in the east of the DRC.

Christmas celebrations at the Jomo Kenyatta Public Beach in Mombasa were marred by cases of children being separated from their parents. Beach security officials had a rough time trying to re-unite the lost children with their parents.

Dozens of villagers in the Kenyan district of Kisii are falling prey to superstitious groups accusing them of witchcraft.

Dozens of villagers in the Kenyan district of Kisii are falling prey to superstitious groups accusing them of witchcraft.

In Senegal, 500 hi-tech European fishing vessels sail the Senegalese waters and fish enormous quantities for the European market, while the local 600,000-strong population has to survive on the leftovers that they catch with their basic pirogue boats.

Last year, residents of Zimbabwe were suffering with the highest rate of inflation in the world, an a chronic shortage of even the most basic goods. But 12 months later, goods are back on the shelves of local grocers due in part to the government's decision to replace the Zimbabwe dollar with the South African rand and the US dollar.

Over the years, National Football League rosters have listed players from a cross-section of countries and territories other than the United States -- Canada, Germany and American Samoa to name a few. Nigeria also has produced its share, especially in the last decade. VOA's Mike Richman reports.

The two main factions in Zimbabwe's unity government have clashed over how to spend half a billion dollars from the International Monetary Fund, in a dispute that could create further tensions in the already shaky coalition.

Nigeria is Africa's largest oil producer, but for many Nigerians, it can take up to four days of waiting in long queues to get petrol at the regulated price.

Families in the Nigerian state of Kano have been awarded millions of dollars by Pfizer, the world's biggest drug-maker, in a settlement over a medical trial that allegedly caused deaths and injuries.

Africa is the continent that contributes least to climate change but is suffering the greatest damage, with floods, droughts and declining harvests.

Umaru Yaradua, the president of Nigeria remains in ill health, bringing the country's political stability into question. Yaradua is seeking medical treatment at a hospital in Saudi Arabia, three weeks after being taken ill. As yet no officials have been allowed to visit him in hospital, leading to growing speculation over the state of his health and whether he will return to power. Yvonne Ndege reports from the Nigerian capital, Abuja.

Human Rights Watch has released an extensive report on the massacre of Guinean opposition supporters on September 28. The NGO blames both junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara and his would-be assassin for the violence.

In the Egyptian capital, Cairo, residents of poorer areas are resisting government efforts to demolish their homes. Tensions are high after residents clashed with police. As Rawya Rageh reports, the confrontation highlights the long running struggle involving illegally built slums which are home to many Egyptians.

VOA's Paul Ndiho reports on how the telecom business is booming in Somalia.

TodaysNetworkNews: 16 December 2009 - UNHCR: While world leaders debate reduction of carbon emissions and the melting arctic ice shelf, around the world there are smaller significant efforts to help preserve the environment and fight climate change.

At least one-quarter of Sudan could be rich territory for gold mining, making it a hot-spot for foreign companies exploring there.

COPENHAGEN SUMMIT - Representatives of African nations briefly stormed out of talks at the Bella Centre on Monday, while protestors on the streets of Copenhagen called for climate justice.

General Sekouba Konate, who has ruled Guinea since a Dec. 3 assassination attempt on the junta leader, tells FRANCE 24 the army must show discipline and cohesion, as well as respect for the populat...

Lisa Holland reports from South Africa where Sky News has found evidence of attacks against the lesbian community - resulting in a new trend of so-called 'corrective rape'.

With the attention of the world fixed on the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit, France 24 correspondents Melissa Bell and Hélène Frade travelled to Chad to take a closer look at its shrinking lake.

Exclusive footage obtained by Al Jazeera reveals brutal treatment of military personel linked to a failed assassination attempt in Guinea. Troops who took part in, or witnessed, the failed shooting of de facto president Captain Moussa Dadis Camara are being hunted down, and, in some cases it is claimed, shot dead.

The Egyptian government is demanding the return of an ancient stone tablet which was key to deciphering Heiroglyphics. The Rosetta Stone is currently on display in Britain, but the head of Egypt's supreme council of antiquities wants it back after initially asking for the stone to be loaned back to Cairo, Egypt's capital. Al Jazeera's Jessica Baldwin reports.

Mr Jamal is a Harvard University graduate, the ceo of Citigroup Bank (Ivoary Coast) and the former president of Somaliland Forum (a diaspora think-tank). He is also an author (From Nomad to Harvard).

After 12 years of recession and financial ruin, new figures show that Zimbabwe's economy has grown by nearly five per cent, with estimates of an even better result next year.

In a country where smoking is cheap and often described as a "national habit", an Egyptian government crackdown on shisha, the popular flavoured tobacco-filled water pipe, is facing stiff resistance.

One year ago, Nigerian police and soldiers killed more than 130 civilians while responding to deadly sectarian clashes in the central Nigerian city of Jos. Since then, Human Rights Watch says that the Nigerian government has not conducted a single prosecution, nor has it even begun investigations.

At least 19 people have been killed including three government ministers after an explosion ripped through the Shamo Hotel in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, during a graduation ceremony.

South Africa has the largest population of people infected with HIV in the world and in many cases children of parents infected with the virus are left orphaned.