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On the sidelines of the on-going African Development Forum in Addis Ababa, the African youth under the aegis of African Youth Initiative on Climate Change

By Nangayi Guyson – Arusha – AFP- Georges Rutaganda, 52 a former militia chief who was sentenced by the UN tribunal for Rwanda to life in prison for his role in the 1994 genocide, has died in Benin where he was serving his sentence, a statement said on Wednesday. The leader of the Interahamwe militia whose members did much of the killing during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, died of sudden complications from a long illness,” the tribunal said. Rutaganda died a natural death on Monday, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) said in a statement. He was also... Continue Reading

By Novell Zwange – CAPE-TOWN – The 2010 AfricaCom Congress and Exhibition, to be hosted this year from 10 – 11 November in Cape Town, South Africa, has received a staggering 75% increase in pre-registered attendance; with 618 companies already represented. Firmly established as Africa’s leading telecoms event, AfricaCom will gather more than 4,000 attendees from across the African continent and beyond for two days of contact building, learning and buying. African telecoms is undergoing a new phase of growth that requires innovation from every corner of the continent’s ICT Industry. Mobile operators are transforming their business structures so as... Continue Reading

By Nangayi Guyson – Conakry – AFP- Guinea’s presidential election campaigns resumed Monday and will end on October 22, two days before the vote, according to a decree issued by transitional leader General Sekouba Konate. The election is intended to end decades of autocratic or military rule in the bauxite-rich west African country, which has been one of the poorest nations in the world since independence in 1958. People will be called to the polls on October 24 for a second round run-off to choose between two civilian candidates, Cellou Dalein Diallo (who won 43% of votes in the first... Continue Reading

By Nangayi Guyson – Kigali – BBC – Rwandan FDLR rebel leader has been arrested in France on war crimes charges, the International Criminal Court says. Callixte Mbarushimana Callixte Mbarushimana is accused in the sealed warrant of 11 counts of murder, rape and other crimes during the long conflict in DR Congo. FDLR fighters were recently accused of taking part in the mass rape of several hundred people in eastern DR Congo of which they deny any responsibility for the attacks. After a Tutsi-dominated group took power in Rwanda, they fled into what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo,... Continue Reading