Nairobi, Kinshasa - A boat accident in the Democratic Republic of
Congo (DRC) left at least 42 people dead and 115 missing, Congolese
radio reported Friday.

Radio Okapi said the boat sank Thursday night on the Oubangui river
near Bosobolo while on its way to the Central African Republic. The
passengers were from both countries.

Only 22 passengers were rescued, the local authorities said, and the chances of further survivors were said to be slim.

In the DRC many people travel by boat because of the massive

Nairobi/Mogadishu - Pirates have seized a Danish-owned freighter off the coast of Somalia, a spokesman for the Kenya-based East African Seafarers' Assistance Programme said Tuesday.

Andrew Mwangura said at least 20 Filipino seamen were on board the Stella Maris, which was carrying a cargo of ore when it was boarded by heavily armed pirates on Sunday.

Mwangura said it was unclear why the Panama-registered vessel ignored international seafaring guidelines to stay 200 kilometres clear of the pirate-infested Somali coast.

Nairobi/Addis Ababa  - African Union foreign ministers Monday expressed their backing for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in his confrontation with the International Criminal Court.

ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has asked the court in The Hague to issue an arrest warrant for al-Bashir on suspicion of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity over events in Darfur.

Nairobi/Abuja - Nigerian militants responsible for crippling attacks on the West African nation's oil industry said Thursday they would call off a ceasefire after Britain promised to support the Ni

Nairobi - The notorious Ugandan rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) promised Wednesday that its armed struggle was over, ahead of the latest round of on-off peace talks set to take place t