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People.com: VIDEO: Stars Reach Out to Pals Online for Charity

In one YouTube spot, Joel Madden asks Emile Hirsch to support freeing abducted child soldiers in Africa

Trial set for Congo militant accused of using child soldiers

A former militia leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo will go on trial later this month, charged with drafting children to fight for his militia's military wing. It will be the first trial held by the International Criminal Court.

3 armies raid rebel camp in eastern Congo

Three African armies launched a raid on a rebel camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the three armies announced on Monday.

Time.com: 47 Dead in Congo Boat Accident

At least 47 people died when a motorized boat sank on a river in Congo, and more than 100 people are missing, a district official said Friday

Kids' lives are nightmares in unstable nations, UNICEF reports

More than 50 children have been abducted in Haiti since the beginning of the year, adding to a trend of kidnappings in countries affected by violence, according to a United Nations Children's Fund report.

Kidnapped Chadian kids to go home

They marshaled presidents, sparked worldwide debate, and put an international peacekeeping force in jeopardy, but the biggest concern for more than 100 children stranded in an orphanage in remote eastern Chad is to return home.

France moving troops to Chad

The French Defense Ministry said Friday it is dispatching 140 soldiers from Gabon to Chad's capital of N'Djamena as a precaution to protect French citizens after renewed fighting between government troops and rebels.

Time.com: EU to Deploy Troops to Africa

Foreign ministers formally gave the go-ahead for the Union's biggest-ever peacekeeping force outside Europe

Statement of Paul Wolfowitz

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz issued this statement Thursday:

Statement from World Bank executive directors

The World Bank executive board issued this statement Thursday:

Fears of Africa polio epidemic

The polio outbreak that originated in northern Nigeria continues to infect new countries and threatens to become an epidemic across west and central Africa, health officials say.

Prime minister: Haitians will vote next year

After a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, the leader of Haiti's interim government said Monday that general elections will be held next year to set up a new democracy.

Aristide heads to Jamaica

Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide left the Central African Republic early Monday, presumably for Jamaica.

Aristide appeals for peace in Haiti

In his first news conference since leaving office, exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide appealed for peace Monday in his strife-ridden country, saying he remained its democratically elected leader who was "politically abducted" by "the U.S. military and other foreign military."

Aristide's guest privileges pared in exile

Ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide remained for a fourth day Friday in a gilded cage in this dilapidated capital city, unable to communicate with the outside world, his spokesman said in a telephone interview from Paris.

Rebel leader threatens Haiti PM

Supporters of Haitian rebel leader Guy Philippe burned paintings from the country's former army headquarters as Philippe declared himself the country's new police chief and threatened to arrest Prime Minister Yvon Neptune.

Rebels enter police headquarters in Haitian capital

Greeted by hundreds of cheering supporters, heavily armed Haitian rebels drove into Port-au-Prince on Monday, entering the headquarters of the national police, the stronghold of supporters of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Aristide: 'I call it a coup d'etat'

Hundreds of U.S. Marines are in Haiti securing key points in the capital, Port-au-Prince, after President Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigned and fled the country.

Fortune: ROGERS ON BRIBERY: HOW TO GET RIPPED OFF

Bribery drives me bonkers. I'm so outraged by the system that I'll gladly spend $100 to avoid paying a $20 bribe -- if I think I have a chance of winning. But if I'm trying to enter the Central Afr...

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