Mideast & N. Africa
After this week's attempt to restart Mideast peace talks, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is now caught between undesirable choices. Despite Abbas' deep misgivings, a Jordanian offer ...
View ArticleKenya's Incursion in Somalia
Kenyan troops invaded Somalia on Oct. 16. The official version given by Nairobi was that it began chasing al-Shabaab, the powerful Somali Muslim organization that controls large parts of southern ...
View ArticleUganda launches investigation into “nodding disease”
Kampala (dpa) – Ugandan authorities have began an investigation into a mysterious disease that has left about 3,000 victims, mainly children, nodding their heads continuously, the Health ...
View ArticleLibya Army Chief of Staff Wants to Disarm Fighters
Libya's new military chief of staff said Wednesday his first missions are to protect the desert nation's vast borders and help disarm thousands of former rebels who took part in the ...
View ArticleRwandan rebels 'kill 26 in DRC'
At least 26 people have been killed in attacks by a Rwandan militia group in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Congolese army says. It says several remote villages in South Kivu ...
View ArticleFears of escalating conflict in Nigeria
Tensions are rising in Nigeria over economic and religious issues. At least one person has been killed in protests over the removal of a government subsidy on fuel that has led to a doubling of ...
View ArticleReligious tension cranks up in Nigeria
Nigeria has been rocked by a wave of unrest and attacks in the north blamed on Islamist group Boko Haram. An ultimatum by a purported spokesman for Boko Haram gives Christians living in the north ...
View ArticleLibya's leader warns of civil war after Tripoli gun battles
The head of Libya's interim government warned yesterday that the country could descend into civil war after rival militias fought gun battles in the centre of the capital, Tripoli, leaving a ...
View ArticleGiving Congo's child soldiers a second chance
A child soldier from the Mai Mai militia stands outside a school in Mutongo, a village in the Walikale district in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The UN estimates that thousands are still being ...
View ArticleOccupy Nigeria Activists Set Up "Tahrir Square" In Kano City
By SaharaReporters, New York Pro-gasoline subsidy rallies across Nigeria continue to gain momentum with protesters in Kano staging an overnight rally in at the Silver Jubilee round about renaming it ...
View ArticleMilitias could drag Libya into civil war - NTC chief
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya risks sliding into civil war unless it brings under control the rival militias which filled the vacuum left by Muammar Gaddafi's downfall, the head of the interim ...
View Article"Alarming malnutrition" in Sudan conflict zones - UN
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The United Nations has received alarming reports of malnutrition in two Sudanese border states where the army is fighting insurgents, a senior U.N. official said on Wednesday. ...
View ArticleTips on getting African violets to bloom
Why won't my African violets bloom? They're in the same conditions where they used to blossom beautifully, but I haven't seen a flower for the last two ...
View ArticleU.N. warns of alarming malnutrition in Sudan
KHARTOUM: The United Nations has received alarming reports of malnutrition in two Sudanese border states where the army is fighting insurgents, a senior U.N. official said Wednesday. Fighting ...
View ArticleUN diplomat wants Libya NATO investigation
The incoming UN Security Council president has called for an investigation into human rights abuses committed during NATO's bombing campaign to oust Libyan leader Muammar ...
View ArticleBomb blasts hit northern Nigeria
President Jonathan at the weekend declared a state of emergency in parts of four northern states hard hit by attacks blamed on Boko Haram. (Getty) Three bomb blasts hit the northern Nigerian ...
View ArticleObama lifts ban on US arms to South Sudan
President Barack Obama has officially lifted US restrictions on the sale of weapons to South Sudan.
View ArticleAnother Church Attack in Nigeria Kills 6
The latest in a series of church attacks in northern Nigeria left six dead and 10 wounded outside of Kano on Thursday. The radical Islamist sect Boko Haram is suspected of the attack, and of pushing t
View ArticleGunmen Kill 17 In Northeastern Nigeria
Witnesses say gunmen have killed at least 17 people in northeastern Nigeria after storming a town hall where a Christian ethnic group was meeting.
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