Two French aid workers from the NGO Triangle were kidnapped overnight from Sunday to Monday in the north-east of Central African Republic, Mahamat Salah Amadou Birao, Bangui's vice-consul in Darfur, told AFP.
In this edition : Malnutrition threatens millions of children in the Central Africa Republic ; FDLR rebels suffer a blow in Rwanda ; and focus on a the High life music festival in Ghana.
Former Centrafrican president Ange-Felix Patasse says he will leave his Togo exile and return to the Central African Republic this Saturday. Patasse has said he could "potentially" run in the country's presidential election scheduled for 2010.
Though culling elephants is prohibited in Central African Republic, for the majority of people living in this vast country, they represent a stable source of food and revenue. And their protection is far from being the country's top priority.
The International Criminal Court are holding a final day of hearings to decide whether Jean-Pierre Bemba, former vice-president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, should face trial on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
In this edition: Ghana's election marks a victory for democracy; political dialogue follows years of instability in the Central African Republic; and meeting Mbhazima Shilowa, founding member of a breakaway faction of South Africa's ruling ANC.
Former Congolese rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba made his first appearance Friday before the International Criminal Court where he stands accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
French troops make up the largest share of EUFOR, Europe's peacekeeping mission to the Darfur. Based in the neighbouring Central African Republic, their role is to prevent the conflict from spilling over the border. (Report: A. Zajtman/ M. Rabaud)
Children forced to work for the Central African Republic's rebel soldiers have been demobilised for a year following the rebels' ceasefire. But the government has still not reopened the schools. (Report: A. Zajtman/ M.Rabaud)
