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ICC mission arrives in Guinea ahead of 2009 massacre trial
ICC mission arrives in Guinea ahead of 2009 massacre trial
Africa
by  AFP

International Criminal Court (ICC) officials have arrived in Guinea to monitor preparations for a much-delayed trial over a massacre that left more than 150 people dead. ICC officials including deputy prosecutor Mame Mandiaye Niang arrived on Monday night.

Fraught start to school year in DR Congo's conflict-torn east
Fraught start to school year in DR Congo's conflict-torn east
Africa
by  AFP

Brandishing sticks, parents and children blocked the path of other parents with children trying to get to classrooms for the start of the school year. Now that September had come, those people were under pressure to vacate the classrooms so that local children could go back to school.