Security sources say Nigeria's secret service has arrested the spokesman for Boko Haram who frequently made statements to the media after attacks by the Islamist group. Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege reports from Abuja.
Opposition groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo are rejecting early elections results where the president of the country, Joseph Kabila, appears to be leading. Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege has the latest from the capital Kinshasa.
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The Congolese army says that Rwanda is deeply involved in the recent fighting in DR Congo. Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege investigates the claim. She meets a prisoner of the Congolese, who say he is a former Rwandan soldier. He is accused of being a spy for his country, and paraded as alleged proof of Rwandas involvement in the recent fighting.
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Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege is reporting from the Niger capital of Niamey on news that Muammar Gaddafi's soldiers may have crossed into the country. Sources have told Al Jazeera that 14 officials, two of who are generals crossed the Niger -- Libya border. They convoy was, according to local politicians, welcomed into the area. It is difficult to establish what they movements will be .
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At least three people have been killed in an exchange of gunfire between Liberian police and protesters as a mass opposition rally in Monrovia, the capital, turned violent on the eve of a presidential election runoff vote. Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege reports from the scene in Monrovia.
Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege reports from Virunga National Park near the Democratic Republic of Congo's border with Rwanda on the endangered mountain gorillas who live in a vast expanse of forest there. There are only 720 of them left on earth. But nine of them have been killed since the beginning of this year. Tracking their footprints, Ndege ventured deep into the forest with a rangers' patrol to investigate the threats facing the mountain gorillas. The national park is the kind of habitat that gorillas need to survive. But it's also the theatre of an intense battle between government troops and rebels fighting alongside the renegade general Laurent Nkunda. It's not just the recent fighting that's wreaking havoc on the gorilla population. Poachers set snares, illegal "invaders" and also people going into the park to cut down the trees to make charcoal.
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A suspected suicide bomber disguised in military uniform was killed on Tuesday when his car bomb exploded under fire from soldiers outside a military base in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna, the military said. Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege reports from Abuja.
Frederick Chiluba, Zambia's former leader, has been accused of stealing state funds during his ten years as leader of the country from 1991-2001. Yvonne Ndege, reporting for Al Jazeera from Lusaka, looks at the case against the former president.
A suicide car bombing in the Nigerian city of Kaduna on Easter Sunday killed dozens of people. The attack is suspected to be linked to the radical group Boko Haram. Yvonne Ndege reports.
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In the past 18 months, at least 25 Albinos, including children, have been mutilated and murdered in Tanzania. Authorities say witch doctors appear to be linked to the killings. Albinism is especially prevalent in Africa, where it is estimated to affect as many as one in a thousand people. It occurs when the genes don't produce enough portions of a pigment known as melanin, meaning the skin is extremely pale. Yvonne Ndege reports from Tanzania.
Violent attacks on political candidates and their supporters in Kenya have marred the build up to this month's election. Specifcally, Nairobi has seen an alarming rise in the number of attacks against women vying for political office. Yvonne Ndege reports.
Rwanda and Congo have announced the arrest in Rwandan territory of Laurent Nkunda, the Congolese Tutsi rebel leader, during a joint military operation on the Great Lakes border. Nkunda has led a Tutsi rebellion in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since 2004 and is wanted for war crimes. He now faces possible extradition back to the DRC to face those charges. Yvonne Ndege reports.
Kenya's Rift Valley province has seen some of the most horrific violence. As thousands of Kenyans flee from their homes members of the Luo and Kikuyu tribes are increasingy turning on eachother. Yvonne Ndege reports from the town of Naivasha.
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Warring factions have signed a new peace deal to immediately halt the violence ravaging the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The new accord was signed by the government, rebel leader Laurent Nkunda, and the Mai Mai group, along with several other factions. Forces will pull out of key areas, where fighting has driven away 800 thousand residents in the last year alone. Yvonne Ndege reports.
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Nigeria's government and Islamist group Boko Haram have been in indirect talks to end deadly violence blamed on the anti-state group, sources familiar with the discussions have revealed. Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege reports from Abuja
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As the UN agrees to deploys more forces to halt the DR Congo conflict, Laurent Nkunda, the rebel chief, acknowledges partial responsibility for the upheaval in an interview to Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege at a secret location in eastern Congo. But insisting that there is "no life, no economy, no administration, no justice", he says "you cannot destroy what is not there".
The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has appealed for calm after violence escalated ahead of Monday's presidential and parliamentary elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It comes after Etienne Tshisekedi, the main opposition candidate was escorted home by police and stopped from staging an election rally after at least three people died in violence across DRC's capital city. Security forces used tear gas and live fire to disperse those attending the campaign rally. Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege reports from Kinshasa
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A UN report says it will cost up to $1bn and take 30 years to clean up the damage done by decades of drilling by Shell. Oil exploration in Nigeria's south for several decades has had a debilitating effect on the environment of the region. Shell, the Anglo-Dutch oil company, has been accused of serious failures in its handling of the pollution in the Niger Delta and shirking its responsibility. Activists have demanded that Shell's licence be revoked for the environmental disaster. But with 90 per cent of the government's revenue coming from petroleum exports, oil companies seem to have clear political leverage over the issue. Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege reports from southern Nigeria.
George Bush is beginning a six-day trip Africa. One of his stops is the Eastern African country of Tanzania, where 10 years ago, hundreds of people died in a bombing at the US embassy. Bush has made clear he's looking to shift the US military command for Africa - currently based in Germany - to the continent. And that's left many in Tanzania worried the American leader is really there to shop for real estate. From Dar es Salaam, Yvonne Ndege reports.
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Trovan, a Pfizer drug tested on 200 children and intended to treat a deadly regional outbreak of meningitis, killed 11 children and left several more permanently injured in 1996. In 2009, the US pharmaceutical company agreed to pay $75m to the claimants in compensation. However, Pfizer introduced DNA testing as part of the process to qualify for the payment. Many of the victims do not understand what DNA testing is and, fearing it is an attempt by the company to use them in another drug trial, have abandoned their compensation claims. Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege reports from Kano State, northern Nigeria.
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The jatropha tree is being harvested to create biofuel in Kenya. The product can be used to fuel anything from aircrafts to cookers and the new industry is being billed as a way out of poverty for many of the country's poor. However, a lot of land is needed to create the fuel. Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege reports from Kitui in eastern Kenya.
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Of the 469 members of Nigeria's national assembly, only 44 of them are women. Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan has promised to appoint women in 35 per cent of political posts, if he wins next week's presidential elections. Meanwhile, dozens of women are preparing for an uphill battle in the poll beginning on April 9. Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege reports from Anambra state in south-eastern Nigeria.
For more than 70 million Muslims living in Nigeria, the end of the holy month of Ramadan is an opportunity to celebrate their culture and traditions. The result is a spectacular and colourful festival, as Yvonne Ndege found out in the northern state of Kano.
Designers from across Africa are showing off their wares. High-end fashion is a growing industry on the continent but designers are finding it difficult to make their mark internationally. Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege reports.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Nigeria's main opposition group, has started their first day of a unilateral ceasfire they say could break if the military targets its camp bases. Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege reports from Lagos where she holds an exclusive interview with one of their spokesmen.
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The opposition is crying foul in the Liberian presidential election. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's Unity party is ahead but facing a runoff. Her rivals say the Election Commission has been biased towards her. But the man in charge of the vote count says the claims are baseless. Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege reports from the Liberian capital, Monrovia.
One of the greatest challenges in achieving a global approach to climate change is the debate about who should accept the financial burden. Developing nations in particular fear that by committing to reducing greenhouse gas emissions they may struggle to build their economies. Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege investigates Kenya's rose exporting industry and its effects on carbon emissions.
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With Bin Laden gone, what becomes of the militant groups in Africa he has inspired? Al-Qaeda-linked groups have claimed responsibility for deadly attacks in Niger, Mali, Mauritania, Algeria, and Nigeria. African leaders have welcomed the killing of Osama bin Laden. But several of them are questioning the nature of the killing and warning of retaliatory attacks. Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege reports from Abuja, Nigeria
Elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been rife with disorganisation, violence and allegations of fraud. In protest of the alleged irregularities, four out of the 11 presidential candidates running have demanded that the elections be annulled. The angry candidates list "fictitious" polling stations and pre-marked ballot papers benefiting incumbent President Joseph Kabila among their concerns. Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege reports from Kinshasa, DR Congo. Read the full article: aje.me
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