Sudan military helicopter crashes, six killed
KHARTOUM, Sudan -; The Sudanese army says a military helicopter has crashed, killing all six crew on board, including two army officers. The official Sudan news agency quoted an army statement as ...
View ArticleKenya denies al-Shabaab report of soldiers killed in raid
The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) maintained that only one of their soldier had died following the fighting but Al Shabaab claimed they had killed eleven Kenyan troops and damaged three armoured ...
View Article2011- A Ground-breaking Year for INTERPOLs Future
General Assembly came towards the end of a year which began with the official ground breaking ceremony for the INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation in Singapore and saw INTERPOL’s global ...
View ArticleThe Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union Visits Guinea- Bissau
press release The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU) Jean Ping, undertook a working visit to Guinea?Bissau, on 28 December 2011, following the armed incidents of 26 December ...
View ArticleCabinet Scorecard - How Did the Ministers Fare
analysis AS the wobbly alliance of the inclusive government stumbles into 2012, there are concerns that the relative economic stability Zimbabweans have been experiencing will be short-lived if the ...
View ArticleUNHCR Deeply Regrets Killing of a Somali Refugee Leader in Dadaab
press release The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, voiced today his deep regrets about the senseless killing of a refugee leader in the Dadaab refugee complex in ...
View ArticleMSF Deeply Shocked and Saddened by the Killing of Two Staff Members
press release It is with great sadness that Medecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) confirms that two MSF staff members were killed yesterday morning as a result of a ...
View ArticleExplosion hits mosque in Nigeria
A blast has rocked an area near a mosque in the restive northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, with casualties feared. In a BBC interview, Nigerian army spokesman Brig Gen Isa blamed the Islamist ...
View ArticleWhat Does it Mean
Sudan , ethnic conflict is always the first assumption in such situations, and even though this recent violence started with soldiers stealing cattle, ethnic hatred is the motivating force. And the ...
View ArticleIslamist attacks strain Nigeria's north-south divide
Jos, in Nigeria's volatile "Middle Belt", is historically a religious and ethnic tinderbox in the country's sensitive North-South divide between Muslims and ...
View ArticleTop African army officer held for graft
The head of supplies for the Central African Republic's armed forces was detained over allegations of embezzling close to €150 000 ($200 000), a judicial source said ...
View ArticleAl-Qaida building network in eastern Libya
Ayman al-Zawahiri dispatched a veteran fighter to Libya in May to recruit fighters in the region near the Egyptian border. He is believed to have mobilized some 200 people to join al-Qaida's ...
View ArticlePan African Grill burns bright in West Seattle
Dining Deal review: Pan Africa Grill is the new West Seattle casual-dining spot from the folks behind Pan Africa Restaurant & Bar in Pike Place ...
View ArticleSkipper Dilshan acclaims Sri Lanka's historic triumph over S.Africa
Sri Lanka captain Tillekeratne Dilshan acclaimed "one of the great wins" after his side completed a historic 208-run victory over South Africa on the fourth day of the second Test at ...
View ArticleNot Everyone Pleased with New Vitamin A-Fortified Cassava
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Dec 30, 2011 (IPS) - Using hybridisation and selective breeding, researchers in Nigeria have developed three new yellow varieties of cassava, a staple crop in much of Africa, ...
View Article$9.5 Million Federal Grant To Support "Asthma Genome" Project With...
A Johns Hopkins-led team of experts in genetics, immunology, epidemiology and allergic disease has embarked on a four-year effort to map the genetic code, or whole genome, of 1,000 people of African ...
View ArticleRhino poaching soars, horns worth more than gold
JOHANNESBURG — A record number of rhinos were poached this year in South Africa, home to the greatest number of the animals, as rising demand in Asia for their horns led to increased ...
View ArticleShooting Kills Two Aid Workers in Somalia
Mogadishu, Dec 30 (Prensa Latina) Two employees of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), an Indonesian and a Belgian, were killed during a shoot-out at the headquarters of that organization in Mogadishu, ...
View Articleprotests against the head of the observers involved in the Darfur genocide
The Syrian opposition appeal to step up today's nationwide anti-regime demonstrations. It calls for the removal of Mustafa al-Dabi, Head of the Arab League Mission, the right arm of Omar ...
View ArticleGorilla tracking in eastern Congo is no walk in the park
Congo was quite a journey. I had been in Asia the week before, so I travelled to Johannesburg on the long Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong. Then I got on a flight to Nairobi, and a final ...
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