Chevron borrows ExxonMobil rig to fight Nigeria gas fire
Photo: Chevron Corp. Chevron is still fighting a fire that started on the drilling rig KS Endeavor off the coast of Nigeria more than a month ...
View ArticleNigeria’s Boko Haram at War over Luxury Lifestyle of Leaders
He also said that the sect's leaders, such as Abu Shekau, keep the most expensive cars for themselves, leading to envy arising among the group's more junior members. Qaqa, 42, also ...
View ArticleA Story of Reverse Migration
For many decades global migration patterns have followed the same theme: people from poorer countries moving (legally or otherwise) to the advanced nations of the west in a search for jobs and ...
View ArticleBoko Haram Members Killed in Market Gunfight
Nigeria for over a year, stormed the market and opened fire on store owners and shoppers. With state security troops now patrolling many northern Nigerian cities, there was a quick response from ...
View ArticleUganda's Power Drive Stills the Headwaters of the Nile
Uganda hopes to increase access to electricity with the new Bujagali Dam on the Victoria Nile, but the project claimed a roiling rapids (below) that once attracted tourists and wildlife, like the ...
View ArticleBrotherhood wants "Islamic" president for Egypt
CAIRO (Reuters) - The influential Muslim Brotherhood wants an Egyptian president with an "Islamic background", its leader said, comments that would appear to rule out its support for a ...
View ArticleOut of sight, Somali piracy fight gets rougher
The number of ships seized in the region by Somali pirates fell last year, industry data shows, but the overall number of attempted attacks continues to rise and the raids have become increasingly ...
View ArticleEU eases some restrictions on Zimbabwe
The European Union decided to ease restrictions on Zimbabwe based on what London said was a mixed view on the country's political progress. British Foreign ...
View ArticleExclusive-Algeria says to allow foreign NGOs to monitor election
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Election observers from U.S. non-governmental organizations the Carter Center and the National Democratic Institute will for the first time be able to monitor a parliamentary ...
View ArticleScores killed in tribal violence in Libya
A Red Crescent worker has claimed more than 50 civilians have been killed in the past 24 hours in tribal warfare in southern Libya.Moussa Bazama, an ambulance worker, says rockets, mortars and ...
View ArticleSlave Receipt, Caddy Lead $500 Million African American Museum
Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) -- An ordinary sales slip consigning a young woman to slavery is among the chilling items that will be displayed at the National Museum of African American History and ...
View ArticleElections in Libya's Misrata show a splintered nation
MISRATA, Libya -; Four months after the death of Moammar Gadhafi, the people of Misrata were frustrated by stalled reforms. They played a key role in overthrowing the Libyan dictator of 42 years, ...
View ArticlePolice mistakenly tear gas army in Guinea-Bissau
Soldiers escort the car carrying the coffin of Guinea Bissau president Malam Bacai Sanha during his funeral ceremony on January 15, 2012 in Bissau. AFP photo Police officers in Guinea-Bissau ...
View ArticleUganda opposition leader injured as police disperse rally
A man is pictured bleeding after Ugandan riot police clashed with opposition supporters in the Namungoona suburb of Kampala, Uganda on January 24, 2012. AFP photo Ugandan opposition leader ...
View ArticleMorocco - Authorities urged to drop prosecutions over vote boycott
Abdelouahid Kanin, Activist Moustapha Ourchid, Activist Ilyas Alkhadiri, Activist Ismail Mechmach, Activist Wael Nassih, Activist Mohamed Oubaha, ...
View ArticleShoprite sees scope for 700 stores in Nigeria
Nigeria has the potential to become as big a retail market for South Africa's Shoprite as its home base, the head of the supermarket chain said on Tuesday, playing down concerns of rising ...
View ArticleMauritius 2011 tourism revenues up
A lone fisherman manoeuvres his small boat along the East coast of Mauritius near Ile aux Cerfs which has one of the most picturesque and spectacular beaches on the Indian Ocean ...
View ArticleTunisia’s poisoned spring brings more fear than freedom
';The huge number of young people signing up for the Charter of Tunisian Youth demonstrates the support of young Tunisians for the reforming project of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, their ...
View ArticleCould London Conference mark a turning point on road to peace
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague at a consultation on Somalia, Chatham House, London LONDON/NAIROBI, 21 February 2012 (IRIN) - World attention is on the war-torn Horn of Africa nation once more, ...
View ArticleArms race Somali pirates, tankers up their game
The Danish navy vessel Absalon rescued 14 Iranian and Pakistani hostages from a pirate ship, above, off the Somali coast on January 7, ...
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