Vatican City, Holy See | AFP |  Pope Francis on Sunday urged leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo to act quickly to resolve its political crisis and curb violence, condemning in particular the use of child soldiers. Violence has flared across the country in recent months, including deadly confrontations …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Arsenal legend Arsene Wenger and Claudio Ranieri who guided Leicester City to the unlikeliest of titles last season are facing rocky futures for different reasons. Wenger — whose side tackle non league Sutton in the FA Cup on Monday — is in the spotlight …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  The mediator in Burundi’s nearly two-year political crisis on Sunday asked regional leaders to call an urgent summit as deep discord and a government boycott hamper peace talks. Former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa wrapped up four days of talks with some 30 Burundian representatives who …

It is not yet clear if National Resistance Movement (NRM) official Richard Todwong was shot at or shot himself, the party’s  Secretary General Justine Kasule Lumumba has said. “We cannot establish at this moment whether he shot himself or was shot by someone else,” Lumumba said in a press statement Sunday. …

Harare, Zimbabwe | AFP | Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who turns 93 on Tuesday, has no plans to give up power, saying he has no “acceptable” successor in place. “The call to step down must come from my party, my party at congress, my party at central committee,” Mugabe said …

Posting Title: Senior Civil Affairs Officer, P5 (UN, Mogadishu) Job Code Title: SENIOR CIVIL AFFAIRS OFFICER Department/ Office: United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia Duty Station: MOGADISHU Posting Period: 17 February 2017-18 March 2017 Job Opening number: 17-CIV-UNSOM-72227-R-MOGADISHU (M) Staffing Exercise ID: SE5 (POLNET 2017 Semi-Annual 1) United Nations Core …

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Vatican City, Holy See | AFP | A real-life version of the hit political drama “House of Cards” is unfolding at the Vatican, from cardinals openly defying the pope to anonymous posters sullying his name. In the latest episode, a group of powerful Princes of the Church released a statement …

VIDEO: Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA) has heaped blame for over 500 students missing out on next week’s graduation on the university administration that manages the examination process and stores student examination data. The lecturers told NBS that the university has an outdated ICT system that could have led to …