• DRC: Humanitarian Agencies Slowly Returning to Eastern Provinces
• Burundi-DRC: Aid Reaches Congolese Refugees
• Kenya: No force on constitution-VP
• Oil-rich nations answer call for transparency
• Zimbabwe: Scepticism Over Electoral Reforms
• Zimbabwe expels publisher
• Coast Province in the Grip of Famine As Rains Fail

• An end to Sudan's civil war on the horizon
• Kenya: Torture Cases On the Rise, Say Rights Groups
• US firm wins Uganda’s communication bid
• Uganda: Parties disagree presidential term limit
• 'Burundi army and rebels attacking civilians'
• Swazis stumble in much-awaited bid to reform
• 72 Hours After Chinese Veep Visit, Togolese Support for One China Yields Windfall
• World Bank Relaxes Lending for Zambia

Time running out for Congo's forests: Central African countries and international donors failed at the weekend to agree how to finance an ambitious plan to manage the region's natural parks and forests, especially the Congo Basin forest, considered the world's second-most important green lung after the Amazon.

Claim On Aids Funds Denied: The World Bank has released Sh2.1 billion for the fight against Aids, it said in a statement yesterday. It accused the National Aids Control Council of delays in implementing and accounting for the funds.