Africa News
- Climate change not linked to African civil wars, claims expert September 7, 2010
An expert has dismissed claims that global warming can drive civil war in crisis-ridden parts of Africa. - UN outlines steps to boost civilian protection in DR Congo in wake of mass rapes September 7, 2010
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has taken several measures to improve the protection of civilians in the east of the country following the recent inci … - UN reports over 500 rapes in eastern Congo September 7, 2010
UNITED NATIONS The United Nations reported Tuesday that more than 500 systematic rapes were committed by armed combatants in eastern Congo since late July – more than double the number previou… - Further Broad Copper and Cobalt Mineralisation Intercepted in Drilling at the Luisha South Project September 7, 2010
(Marketwire – Sept. 7, 2010) – Nigel Ferguson, the President of African Metals Corporation (TSX VENTURE:AFR)(FRANKFURT:OWW) is pleased to report that the Company has received final assay results from … - Mozambique government reverses bread price hike September 7, 2010
MAPUTO, Mozambique Mozambique's government is reversing bread and water price increases that had touched off deadly riots, the planning minister said Tuesday. Protests last week in the capital. … - UN says its forces were unable to stop mass rape in Congo September 7, 2010
women in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a UN official said Tuesday.Margot Wallstrom, the UN special representative on sexual violence in conflict, urged the UN Security Council to blacklist and ena … - "Who Fears Death" – a postapocalyptic fairy tale set in war-torn Sudan September 7, 2010
When I read that a critically acclaimed young adult and children’s book author had written a fantasy novel for adults set in war torn Sudan, I was not sure how the story would play out. Would it … - Death toll at Darfur camp rises to nine, U.N. says September 7, 2010
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The death toll from weekend clashes at a refugee camp in Sudan's violence-torn Darfur region has risen to nine, the United Nations said on Tuesday. - French strike over plan to raise retirement age September 7, 2010
Nicolas Sarkozy 's proposal to raise the legal retirement age. It's all but French tradition to launch the new school year with a festive protest, slowing down trains and forcing newly reope … - Kenya mobile price war cuts calling costs September 7, 2010
Kenya 's four mobile providers, Mutuha ensured he never had to pay the exorbitant off-network rates that have long frustrated consumers here.But his thrift may now be redundant.In recent weeks a … - HRW calls on Zambia to stop police abuse of prisoners September 7, 2010
investigate the inhumane treatment of prisoners [press release] in the nation's jails and to hold those implicated accountable. HRW claims that Zambian police officials "routinely engage … - Rwanda genocide tribunal opens trial of ex-mayor September 7, 2010
charged [indictment, PDF] in July 2001 on charges of genocide or, alternatively, complicity in genocide, and crimes against humanity in connection with the - U.S. whips Angola to make quarters September 7, 2010
Scoring in traffic: Danny Granger of the United States goes up for a shot against Angola at the FIBA World Championship on Monday in Istanbul. The U.S. won 121-66. AP PHOTO - Further Broad Copper and Cobalt Mineralisation Intercepted in Drilling at the Luisha South Project September 7, 2010
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — 09/07/10 — Nigel Ferguson, the President of African Metals Corporation (TSX VENTURE: AFR)(FRANKFURT: OWW) is pleased to report that the Company has received final assa. … - South Sudan army to buy helicopters, plans air force September 7, 2010
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – South Sudan's army said on Tuesday it planned to buy its first transport helicopters in the near future and hoped to build up a full air force if southerners chose independen … - Assault ends at prison holding extremists September 7, 2010
Gunmen launched a massive attack Tuesday night against a northern Nigerian prison holding suspected members of a radical Muslim sect, authorities said, apparently leaving some people dead and allowing … - UN chief in Rwanda for talks on troop withdrawal threat September 7, 2010
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Rwanda on Tuesday for surprise talks with President Paul Kagame, who has threatened to pull his country's troops out of international peacekeeping miss … - Nigeria to hold presidential election on Jan. 22 September 7, 2010
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) – Nigeria will hold its presidential election in January, giving the oil-rich nation only four months to register voters and untangle its notoriously corrupt electoral system. The … - Ban arrives in Rwanda to discuss upcoming report on DR Congo rights violations September 7, 2010
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived today in Kigali, where he plans to meet with Rwandan leaders to discuss the soon-to-be-released United Nations report on serious human rights violations committed … - The latest incarnation of Conrads Congo September 7, 2010
Last Updated: September 07. 2010 4:23PM UAE / September 7. 2010 12:23PM GMT Could the Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad ever, in his wildest dreams, have imagined that his most famous work, Heart … - UN Secretary-General arrives in Rwanda amid leaked report claiming genocide September 7, 2010
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived on Tuesday in Rwanda, the UN said, following a dispute with the African nation over a leaked UN report saying its troops may have committed genocid …
