UN peacekeepers did nothing to stop killings by rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a spokesman for Congolese President Joseph Kabila told reporters Friday.

`People are being slaughtered and MONUC did nothing,` Kudura Kasongo said, speaking in Nairobi where an international summit aimed at stabilising the eastern DRC was about to get under way.

LAGOS, August 25, 2008 (AFP) - The most prominent armed group in Nigeria's volatile oil-rich Niger Delta, MEND, on Monday accused the military of killing 12 people after attacking their boat.

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LAGOS, July 23, 2008 (AFP) - The Nigerian army has said a notorious militant leader in the restive Niger Delta region was responsible for the deaths of three soldiers and two civilians last week.

Joint Task Force (JTF) commander Lieutenant Colonel Chris Musa said late Tuesday the men were killed by Woki Abralafu popularly known as Kitikata.

LAGOS, June 1, 2008 (AFP) - International human rights group Amnesty International on Sunday accused the Nigerian police and security agents of carrying out extra-judicial killings of hundreds of civilians last year.

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept 24, 2007 (AFP) - Houston Texans defensive tackle Cedric Killings was able to move and is quickly regaining his strength after hurting his neck, according to a report by the Houston Chronicle on Monday.

Killings suffered the injury during a kickoff return early in the second quarter of Sunday's 30-24 National Football League loss to the Indianapolis Colts.

According to the report, Killings was visited by his teammates at the Methodist Hospital on Sunday evening, and they found the 29-year-old tackle to be in good spirits.

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept 23, 2007 (AFP) - Houston Texans backup defensive tackle Cedric Killings suffered a neck injury in Sunday's National Football League game against the Indianapolis Colts.

Killings was hurt during a kickoff return early in the second quarter when he was involved in a head-first collision with Colts receiver Roy Hall.

Killings was taken of the field on a stretcher, but did have movement of his extremities, Texans coach Gary Kubiak said.