City Versus Slum - The government in Mauritania has announced plans to resettle 9,000 slum-dwelling families from the outskirts of the capital, Nouakchott, to neighbourhoods in the city by the end of the year in an effort to wipe out slums. [AA Network - Mauritania]

Country Moves Closer to Peace - The agreement by Burundi's last rebel group to change an unconstitutional ethnic reference in its name and move its forces into assembly sites takes the country significantly closer to peace but still leaves much to be done, according to analysts. [AA Network - Burundi]

Road Linking Gisenyi and Bujumbura in the Offing - The government is currently sourcing out funds to begin construction work on a new road linking Gisenyi in the Western Province and the Burundian capital Bujumbura. [AA Network - Burundi]

Govt, Rebels Sign Peace Deal - THE Government of Burundi and the opposition Party, the Pelipehutu led by Agathon Rwasa, have signed a peace agreement at a ceremony presided over by President Yoweri Museveni. [AA Network - Burundi]

'Heart of Africa' Mall Lifts Bujumbura City - Following the recent peace initiatives in Burundi, the investment climate has become more appealing and this has seen an increase in investment by local entrepreneurs. [AA Network - Burundi]

"Money Museum" Retraces 2500 Years of History - Recently inaugurated by the President of the Republic on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Tunisian Central Bank, Tunisia's first Money Museum, which is located in a premise adjoining the Central Bank, sprawls over some 600 square meters. The Museum which occupies two floors and comprises an exhibition room and a sales corner, cost 3, 5 million dinars to set up. [AA Network - Tunisia]

UN Rights Chief Calls for Justice in East - Outbreaks of bloodshed will continue to occur in the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where in the past few months escalating conflict has uprooted a quarter of a million people, unless impunity is ended for those guilty of the worst violations, the top United Nations human rights official said today in Geneva. [AA Network - DRC Congo]

UN Appeals for More Help for South - The United Nations relief chief today wrapped up a two-day visit to southern Sudan by calling on international donors to help the region develop basic education and health-care services and quickly build up its road system as it recovers after two decades of civil war. [AA Network - Sudan]

Thousands Flee Fresh Fighting in North - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is voicing concern that security in the strife-torn north of the Central African Republic (CAR) has started to worsen, with fresh fighting between Government forces and rebels uprooting thousands more civilians in the deeply impoverished country. [AA Network - CAR]

Let Zuma Champion the Poor - It Willl Help Make East Africa Rich - When Thabo Mbeki announced he would resign as South African president, after he lost the political battle against ruling African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma, the country was not really rattled at first. [AA Network - Burkina Faso]

Massive Surge of Refugees Towards Uganda - Thousands of Congolese civilians continue to flee the violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo towards Uganda, where the Office of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) must deal with 27,000 people, displaced since the beginning of the war in North Kivu at the end of August 2008. [AA Network - Uganda]

Fire Razes Bugiri Landing Site - A TOTAL of 236 people have been left homeless after fire gutted 58 grass-thatched huts at Musoli landing site on Lake Victoria in Bugiri district on Tuesday night. [AA Network - Uganda]

We Can Build Industries Without Outside Help, Says Gaggawala - UGANDANS can build industries without external assistance if they reduce the hours of sleep and entertainment, the trade state minister, Eng. Nelson Gaggawala Wambuzi, has observed. [AA Network - Uganda]

State Forces Kill 500 Over Two Years, Says Rights Group - Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have killed some 500 political opponents over the past two years, with the full knowledge of the highest echelons of power, according to Human Rights Watch. The Kinshasa government rejected the allegations. [AA Network - DRC Congo]

World Bank Hails Country's Reform Efforts in Higher Education and Scientific Research - A high-level delegation from the World Bank met on Tuesday in Tunis, with the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mr Lazhar Bououni. [AA Network - Tunisia]