Somalia pirates arrested after attack on EU naval ship
NAIROBI, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Six suspected Somali pirates have been arrested after firing upon European Union naval warship which had just completed its escort of a World Food Programme ship ...
View ArticleDR Congo opposition vows to boycott new parliament
KINSHASA, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- The main opposition party in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) vows no part in the new parliament amid its continued dispute with the ruling party over the ...
View ArticleGambia's Jammeh dissolves cabinet
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has dissolved his cabinet, two months after he was reelected to a fourth term as the head of Africa mainland's smallest country, the presidency said. A source at ...
View ArticleSeven small planes damaged by strong wind in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Seven small planes were damaged as strong wind struck an airport in eastern South Africa's province of Gauteng, local media reported on Friday. The ...
View ArticleSoutheast Libya clashes resume despite army intervention
TRIPOLI - Clashes between rival tribes in the far southeast of Libya have flared up again, injuring several people, the tribes said on Friday, despite Libyan troops intervening to end the fighting. ...
View ArticleS.African ruling party expels youth leader Malema
South Africa's ruling African National Congress Wednesday expelled fiery youth leader Julius Malema, finding he had shown no remorse after being convicted of fomenting divisions in the ...
View ArticleMore Than Two Million Dollars In Aid To Sub-Saharan Africa
Vatican City, 29 February 2012 (VIS) - The administrative council of the John Paul II Foundation for the Sahel (the sub-Saharan region of Africa which includes countries on the west coast and ...
View ArticleCharting a course through The Gambia
The Gambia offers sunshine and sunloungers on its Atlantic coast, but it's easy to get off the beaten track and experience a different side of this West African ...
View ArticleLack of commitment dooms Africa's human rights court
In October last year the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights held a "sensitisation" seminar in Johannesburg. It aimed to make South Africans, institutions and organisations ...
View ArticleICC to Deliver First Verdict Next Month
ICC ) announced today that next month it will deliver its first ever verdict, issuing a judgment in the war crimes trial of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, a Congolese man accused of participating in the ...
View ArticleDrought Warning Prompts Call for Early Action
Kigali - Drought is likely to return to Somalia and other parts of the Horn of Africa over the next three months, say regional climate scientists meeting in the Rwandan capital, Kigali. The forecast ...
View ArticleUN appoints senior officials to help finish work of war crimes tribunals
The Security Council today appointed a prosecutor for the mechanism set up in 2010 to finish the remaining tasks of the United Nations war crimes tribunals for former Yugoslavia and Rwanda when their
View ArticleEtisalat Hit 10.8 Million Subscriber Base in 2011
LAGOS: One of Nigeria’s leading telecoms, UAE's Etisalat has revealed that its business increased from a subscriber base of about 6.8 million at the beginning of last year to 10.8 million ...
View ArticleAirtel Nigeria launches 3.75G services to all states
LAGOS: Airtel Nigeria has announced the roll-out of 3.75 Generation(3G) services across the 36 States in Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The newly-launched service was done in a ...
View ArticleUN-backed climate forum forecasts erratic rainy season in Horn of Africa
The main rainy season in the Greater Horn of Africa is likely to receive "near normal to below normal rainfall" over much of the region between March and May, a United Nations-backed climate forecasti
View ArticleLibya Asks Egypt to Hand Over Gadhafi's Backers
Libya's general prosecutor has demanded that Egypt hand over 40 men accused of collaboration with former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi before and during an eight-month uprising that toppled ...
View ArticleSenegal confirms election run-off
Senegal is to hold a second round of presidential elections after incumbent Abdoulaye Wade failed to win outright, election officials have confirmed. Mr Wade gained 34.8% of the vote in ...
View ArticlePapal foundation funds 200 projects to spur agriculture in Africa
The John Paul II Foundation for the Sahel has awarded to $2 million this year to support more than 200 self-help projects in the countries of sub-Saharan Africa. Msgr. Giampietro Dal Toso, the ...
View ArticleJapanese farmer spreads anti-nuclear message in S. Africa, Africa's only...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A farmer evacuated from her home near a Japanese nuclear power plant visited Soweto Wednesday to talk to impoverished South Africans about how the poor are worst hit by ...
View ArticleFrom an African diplomat, a call for more engagement from Ottawa
The woman who became the face of African diplomacy in nearly nine years in Ottawa is leaving with a warning: time is flying in Africa. Juliette Bonkoungou says the continent wants Canadians to come ...
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