'Madagascar 3' to Premiere at the Cannes Film Festival
The DreamWorks Animation toon's European setting makes it ready-made for a debut in the South of France and continues Jeffrey Katzenberg's longtime love affair with the premiere ...
View ArticleSquabbling allies put heat on S. African president
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (MarketWatch) -- These are tough days in the new South Africa, the vaunted rainbow nation of revered former President Nelson ...
View ArticleSolar Energy Brings Food, Water, and Light to West Africa
Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) greatly improved food production (below) in the arid village. Now SELF aims to expand solar electricification to clinics and ...
View ArticleUS sees Sudan 'back from brink' but food crisis looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sudan and South Sudan have stepped back from the brink of all-out confrontation and the world community should seize on this to win humanitarian access to food-starved regions ...
View ArticleIn Sudan’s Nuba Mountains, Rocket Attacks Spread Fear
relentlessly bombing the Nuba Mountains since June, killing hundreds of civilians, trying to quash a dug-in rebel movement. At the faintest sound of approaching aircraft, many Nuban ...
View ArticleBritish MPs press Malawi to end dispute with IMF, World Bank
LILONGWE (Reuters) - Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika should end a dispute with the World Bank and IMF to bring the country back from a worsening economic crisis, a visiting team of ...
View Articlerevenue crunch may shut government
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's government faces a shutdown because projected revenue from the diamond industry has failed to come through, the finance minister warned on ...
View ArticleImplats tells Zimbabwe to pay up before it gets stake
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Impala Platinum said on Wednesday that the Zimbabwean government would have to find the money to buy the 31 percent stake it wanted in its local unit ...
View ArticleImplats surrender boosts Zimbabwe ZANU-PF for poll
HARARE/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The capitulation of a major platinum miner to Zimbabwe's demand to hand over a majority stake to local black investors will embolden President Robert ...
View ArticleNo cash for early polls
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Zimbabwe's finance minister said Wednesday that elections can't be held this year as the president wants, because there isn't enough money ...
View Article6 in 10 South Africans happy with their democracy
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- An independent African think tank says six of every 10 South Africans are satisfied with their nation's style of democracy, but belief in an unrestricted media has ...
View ArticleLibya takes over border control from militias
Tripoli - Libya's government said on Wednesday that it is preparing to take over control of its border crossings and airports, including in Tripoli, from former rebels who fought to oust ...
View ArticleJolie Present As ICC Convicts Congo Warlord
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie was at the ICC to witness the reading of the verdict - the court's first judgement, after a decade of work. She said the verdict "sends a strong message ...
View ArticleScotland well beaten by Namibia
Scotland fell to a heavy 49-run defeat by Namibia at the World Twenty20 qualifier event in Abu Dhabi. Set a target of 193 runs in the Group B fixture, Scotland could only manage 143 for eight in ...
View ArticleIslamists threaten Somalia's new oil zone
Islamist fighters linked to al-Qaida are reported to be moving into the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in northeastern Somalia where Western companies recently struck oil in fields believed to ...
View ArticleCongo warlord Lubanga convicted of war crimes in first ICC verdict
A file photo taken on August 25, 2011 shows Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga sitting in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the ...
View ArticleCongo militia leader found guilty in landmark ICC ruling
Judges have convicted a Congolese warlord of snatching children from the street and turning them into killers. The ruling is the International Criminal Court's first judgment 10 years after it ...
View ArticleClooney comes under rocket fire in the Sudan
By Randee Dawn George Clooney has long been known as for his political activism, but as he told TODAY's Ann Curry, his recent trip to the Sudan put Clooney, and his camera crew, under ...
View ArticleNigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan In Secret Talks With Boko Haram...
By SaharaReporters, New York Following the botched rescue attempt by the British Special forces in Sokoto last week leading to the death of two European contractors the UK authorities have finally ...
View ArticleWhy make Kony famous Video rubs raw Uganda scars
LIRA, Uganda (Reuters) - Few faces evoke more hatred and fear in northern Uganda than Joseph Kony, one of Africa's most wanted men whose army of child soldiers preyed on this town for years and ...
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