UN Mission Pleased With Peaceful Election in Guinea Bissau
The United Nations Integrated Peace-Building Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) said it's pleased with the peaceful conduct of Sunday's presidential election in the West African nation. Citizens voted
View ArticleAfrican piracy a threat to U.S. security
Pirate attacks on merchant vessels in Africa pose a threat with ripple effects for U.S. homeland security and must be tackled as such, security industry experts say. The industry's experts ...
View ArticleLibya steps up call for Senussi transfer
NOUAKCHOTT - Libya stepped up pressure on Mauritania to hand over Muammar Gaddafi's feared intelligence chief Abdallah al-Senussi on Monday, sending a senior delegation to argue he must face ...
View ArticleTunisia worried on rift between seculars, Salafis
Salafi demonstrators wave flags during a protest outside the Tunisian Parliament in Tunis in this photo. Tension grows between seculars and Salafis in the country. REUTERS photo Tunisian ...
View ArticleIndia seeks big rush to Africa with $90 bln trade in 3 years
Fresh trade deals encourage India to compete with China in the growing African markets. The goal for African trade volume is $90 million within three years, says an ...
View ArticleDesecration of Quran, mosques shocks Tunisia
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Tunisia's government on Monday condemned the desecration of the Muslim holy book and attacks on mosques as attempts to sow discord in ...
View ArticleAs violence reigns, some flee north Nigeria
NNEWI, Nigeria (AP) -- A town hall meeting called by Christians to discuss funeral arrangements turned into a bloodbath in northern Nigeria when members of a radical Islamist sect opened fire with ...
View ArticleHoly See And Mozambique Ratify Their 2011 Agreement
Vatican City, 15 March 2012 (VIS) - The Holy See Press Office today released a communique announcing that the Holy See and the Republic of Mozambique have - with Notes Verbales dated 12 March - ...
View ArticleAlgeria marks 50 years since France cease-fire
Algeria paid little formal attention to Monday's 50th anniversary of the cease-fire ending its bloody war of independence from France, and France officially ignored the awkward ...
View ArticleThousands still missing in Libya
As the Libyan authorities try to secure the extradition of Abdullah al-Senussi - the head of intelligence in Col Gaddafi's government - from neighbouring Mauritania, details have emerged about ...
View ArticleUN peacebuilding body enhancing partnership with African Development Bank
The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission and the African Development Bank (AfDB) are strengthening their partnership in support of post-conflict countries in the continent that are on the agenda of
View ArticleBritish Journalists Held for a Month in Libya Had Reported on Revenge Attacks
Two British journalists detained last month by a Libyan militia that accused them of spying were released without charge by Libya’s government and allowed to fly home on ...
View ArticleZimbabwe Convicts 6 Who Viewed Revolt News
Zimbabwe who gathered last year to watch and discuss television news broadcasts of the Arab Spring protests were convicted on Monday of conspiring to commit violence in an effort to overthrow the ...
View ArticleGuilty – of watching a film on the Arab Spring in Mugabe's Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe issued a tough warning yesterday that opposition to President Robert Mugabe's 32-year rule will not be tolerated when six political activists who screened a film about the Arab Spring ...
View ArticleAmnesty accuses Nato of ignoring Libya air-strike deaths
Nato has failed to properly investigate or provide compensation for civilian deaths caused by its air strikes during the seven-month operation in Libya that helped bring about the overthrow of ...
View ArticleMinisters to Examine Strategies for Unleashing Africa's Economic Potential
More than 50 African ministers of finance and economic development are gathering in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa to examine strategies for unleashing the continent's vast economic potential. A p
View ArticleSouth Africa Maps Strategy for TB Fight
A global strategy to develop safe and effective tuberculosis vaccines over the coming decade was unveiled in South Africa this week.
View ArticleUN Report Confirms Intimidation through Murder
A spokesman for Congolese opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi says the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) faces an institutional legitimacy crisis following the country's November 28 election.
View Article'KONY 2012' will bring more misery
The Ugandan army hunts Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2009. Ugandan newspapers carried front-page reports in recent weeks from the highly ...
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