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ACCRA, Ghana, July 15 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's landmark visit to the West African state of Ghana on June 10-11, his first trip as president to the continent of his ancestors, held a special resonance for Big Oil and American businessmen.
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Rebel forces in Democratic Republic of the Congo set fire to a church, leaving hundreds of people to burn to death inside, an official says.
KAMPALA, Uganda, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The Lords Resistance Army has killed more than 400 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo since Christmas, an international aid group said Tuesday.
KAMPALA, Uganda, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Residents of northern Uganda say they're fearful a regional military offensive there may spur rebels to commit atrocities on civilians.
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Ugandan troops have made another attempt to root rebel leader Joseph Kony and his followers out of their remote camps in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
BRUSSELS, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- More pressure must be placed on the rebel Lord's Resistance Army to disarm to avoid destabilization in Uganda, the International Crisis Group says.
RI KWANGBA, Sudan, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Ugandan officials said Saturday they're waiting in Sudan for rebel leader Joseph Kony to arrive to sign a peace deal ending his 20-year-old uprising.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The International Criminal Court Tuesday called for new efforts to arrest Ugandan rebel group leaders after attacks on the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Failed attempts at peace and a surge in violence have prompted calls for the arrest of rebel leaders from the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda.
KAMPALA, Uganda, July 10 (UPI) -- A mediator for the Ugandan government and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army is calling on the LRA to return to peace talks after a halting of progress.
