Gadhafi’s ghost haunts Libya
As the new rulers of Libya struggle to restore order and keep their posts, clashes erupt in several Libyan cities. Claims pro-Gadhafi fighters have captured former Gadhafi stronghold Bani Walid are ...
View ArticleAlgeria approves 3 new Islamist parties
ALGIERS, Algeria -- Algeria's Interior Ministry has approved 10 new political parties, including three Islamist ones ahead of elections in May.Algeria now has 22 legal political parties that ...
View ArticleAfrican leaders heap praise on ANC's liberation role
African leaders on Saturday hailed South Africa's ruling ANC in centenary celebrations for the continent's oldest liberation movement which inspired regional struggles for freedom. ...
View ArticleMysterious disease toll at 100 in Uganda
Photo/FILE A mysterious disease that has killed over 100 people and left over 2,000 others infected in several districts in northern ...
View ArticleCompaore to mediate in Guinea Bissau
Burkina Faso's president has accepted a request by the African Union to broker mediation in the politico-military conflict in Guinea Bissau. The request for President Blaise Compaor's ...
View ArticleUrgent Humanitarian Help for Eight African Sahel Countries Demanded
Nairobi, Jan 24 (Prensa Latina) The international humanitarian organization Oxfam alerted Tuesday of an imminent humanitarian crisis in eight countries of the so-called African Sahel because of ...
View ArticleZimbabwe reaches out to England on cricket
Coltart's lobbying efforts have managed to sway Australia and New Zealand to tour the country following years of boycotts on political grounds, but the British government prohibits England to ...
View ArticleOttawa confirms deportation of man linked to Rwanda genocide
The Canadian government has confirmed the deportation of a man long accused of crimes linked to Rwanda’s genocide.After waiting nearly 24 hours, the government announced Tuesday that Leon ...
View ArticleUS says East Africa famine easing but not over
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. officials say the famine in Somalia has eased but 13.3 million people across the Horn of Africa still need emergency food, shelter or other ...
View ArticleUN refugee agency warns of potential polio cases in Ethiopian camps
The United Nations refugee agency today voiced its concern over reports of two suspected polio cases this week among Somali refugees living in camps in Ethiopia and three cases in the surrounding comm
View ArticleICC prosecutor hails ruling on Kenya as crucial step for country's future
The recent ruling by the International Criminal Court (ICC) requiring four prominent Kenyans to stand trial for crimes against humanity allegedly committed in late 2007 represents a significant step t
View ArticleAlgeria foils al-Qaeda plot to attack US, European ships in Mediterranean
Algerian security forces have reportedly foiled a terror plot by an al Qaeda affiliate to carry out suicide attacks with an explosive-laden boat on US and European ships in the Mediterranean sea.
View ArticleHerschelle Gibbs denied entry into nightclub over tattoos
South African cricketer Herschelle Gibbs was reportedly barred from entering a Perth nightclub because of his tattoos at the weekend.
View ArticleU.S. Navy SEALs free two hostages, kill pirate captors in rare Somalia raid
MOGADISHU -- U.S. special forces swooped into Somalia on Wednesday and rescued an American and a Dane after a shootout with pirates holding them hostage, in a rare raid into the Horn of Africa ...
View ArticleSouth Sudan, Kenya Agree to Build Oil Pipeline
KHARTOUM, Jan 25 (Reuters) - South Sudan has signed an agreement with Kenya to build a pipeline to connect its oil fields with the Kenyan port of Lamu, both governments said. "The pipeline ...
View ArticleSpecial Operations Forces Rescue Hostages in Somalia
By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2012 Special operations forces rescued an American woman and Danish man who had been held captive in Somalia for three months, ...
View ArticleJohn Mensah sending-off highlights worrying fragility of Ghana | Jonathan Wilson
The captain's indiscretion in the narrow victory over outsiders Botswana proves Ghana are in need of radical improvement if they are to make an impression at the Africa Cup of ...
View ArticleLibya v Zambia – live! | Paul Doyle
Midway through the second half of Ghana's 1-0 win over Botswana on Tuesday night, Anthony Annan misjudged a long clearance and inadvertently flicked the ball beyond the defensive line, giving ...
View ArticleGhana GDP growth falls to 12%
Ghana's unadjusted GDP growth fell to 12 percent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2011 from a revised 17.6 percent in the second quarter of 2011, Ghana's statistics office said on ...
View ArticleE.Africa famine easing but not over - US
US officials say the famine in Somalia has eased but 13.3 million people across the Horn of Africa still need emergency food, shelter or other ...
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