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Viktor Bout, a Russian national known as the Merchant of Death for his far reaching arms deals across the world will learn how long he will be in prison on Thursday. His defense attorneys have asked the judge to set him free while United States prosecutor said he should be locked up for the rest of his life.

The Stop Kony mission and the Kony 2012 video both achieved viral status this week after celebrities joined the campaign to stop Joseph Kony, found of the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda. Now, the founder of the Kony 2012 mission, Invisible Children, has come under scrutiny for its practices and goals.

Stop Kony 2012 began picking up steam after notable celebrities began tweeting out the hashtag, #Kony2012. There is nothing like a social media boost from the likes of Rihanna, Kim Kardashian, Nicole Richie, Jessie J and Stephen Fry to shed light on the plight of the invisible children of Uganda.

U.S Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton will join a whole host of inspiring women including Meryl Streep, Angelina Jolie and Leymah Gbowee at the third annual Women in the World Summit, which kicks off Women's Day on Thursday.

According to various media reports, the carnage continues in Homs.

The technology sector is slowly growing in Kenya, but this weekend a misplaced anchor near the port of Mombasa has damaged high-speed connectivity in East Africa.

HSBC Global Connections is bullish on international business and sees some hot ideas for U.S. exporters for 2012 and beyond.

African Union Chairman Thomas Boni Yayi will visit some of the continent's conflict areas -- including Sudan, South Sudan, Mali, and Libya -- for direct talks, an aide said on Saturday.

Leon Mugesera was deported from Canada on Tuesday and will soon being trial for war crimes in his native Rwanda.

Hutu rebels from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda are murdering civilians in the eastern Congo.

It is not clear who is the principal suspect in the latest incident.

The tiny central African nation of Rwanda elected the world's first women-dominated legislature.

In the aftermath of the war's “official cessation” in 2003, many more people continued to die, from both disease and periodic armed conflicts.

Hollywood movie producers are honoring Angelina Jolie's Bosnia war film In the Land of Blood and Honey with a special award for its portrayal of social issues.

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) and the government of Rwanda announced a partnership at a Monday press conference in Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda. Under the agreement, Visa will help the government extend access to financial services to local and international consumers throughout the country.

Stock index futures pointed to a higher open for equities on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 up 0.8-0.9 percent.

Charles Ingabire was killed in a bar in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, but few details of the murder have yet emerged.

Student filmmakers hoping to graduate into the movie industry have a new opportunity, courtesy of online distribution platform SeeFlik.

Dance therapy, a field expected to grow 15 percent by 2018, uses the body's movement as a door to mental and physical health.

The GAVI international immunizations group has agreed to fund the roll-out of vaccines against cervical cancer in developing countries, offering protection against a disease that kills one woman every two minutes.

Tanzania has arrested 20 suspected army deserters from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after they illegally entered the western port town of Kigoma, the Tanzanian army said on Tuesday.