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World News >> Africa

Darfur donor meeting eyeing $2 billion opens in Cairo (Reuters)
Reuters - Investment in infrastructure, health, education and agriculture is vital to ending conflict in Sudan's Darfur region and nurturing the relative peace from recent ceasefire deals, Egypt said at a donor meeting on Sunday.
03/21/2010 - 06:46 AM

 

South Africa marks 50th anniversary of massacre (AP)

A man walks past a mural depicting the Sharpville massacre at the human right precinct in Sharpville, Sunday, March 21, 2010. 50 years ago the massacre brought the country's black rights movements to the world's attention when 69 blacks were shot dead by police for peacefully protesting apartheid laws. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)AP - Family members of victims raised flowers to the sky and placed them on gravestones Sunday to mark the 50th anniversary of the massacre that became a turning point in the anti-apartheid struggle and drew world condemnation.



03/21/2010 - 06:37 AM

 

Zimbabwe's power utility debts surge to $100m (AFP)

A family plays cards by candleight in Harare after a power cut hit most parts of the country in January 2007. Zimbabwe's state-run power utility firm owes other regional electricity suppliers 100 million dollars (74 million euros) as it struggles to recover debts from local customers, a report said on Sunday.(AFP/File/Desmond Kwande)AFP - Zimbabwe's state-run power utility firm owes other regional electricity suppliers 100 million dollars (74 million euros) as it struggles to recover debts from local customers, a report said on Sunday.



03/21/2010 - 06:26 AM

 

Namibia celebrates 20th independence anniversary (AP)
AP - Namibia is marking the 20th anniversary of independence from apartheid-era South Africa.
03/21/2010 - 05:30 AM

 

Freed Darfur kidnap victim tells of daily fears (AFP)

Gauthier Lefevre, an employee of the International Committee of the Red Cross who was kidnapped in Darfur in October, speaks to the press upon his arrival at the airport in Khartoum following his release on March 18. Lefevre on Saturday described the AFP - Franco-British former hostage Gauthier Lefevre on Saturday described the "daily struggle" of staying positive for five months as the kidnap victim of a criminal gang in Sudan's war-torn Darfur.



03/20/2010 - 02:34 PM

 

DR Congo could win debt relief deal by June: IMF (Reuters)
Reuters - Democratic Republic of Congo could win a deal to wipe out the bulk of its $11 billion debt in time for June celebrations marking 50 years of independence, the International Monetary Fund said on Saturday.
03/20/2010 - 11:09 AM

 

7,000 demonstrators protest Togo election results (AP)
AP - Thousands of opposition demonstrators have taken to the streets in the West African nation of Togo to protest presidential election results.
03/20/2010 - 09:38 AM

 

US condemns Ethiopia for VOA jamming (AFP)

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi (pictured in 2009) admitted to jamming the US government-funded VOA broadcasts in Amharic, saying he was prepared to censor the broadcasts because of the service's AFP - The United States condemned Ethiopia's blocking of Voice of America broadcasts, calling the country's accusations of the US radio service "baseless and inflammatory."



03/19/2010 - 07:18 PM

 

Bomb scare in Nigerian violence-wracked city: witness (AFP)

Policemen watches as university students fleeing from violent religious clashes are evacuated to Abia State in eastern parts of the country in a bus provided by the state government in Jos on January 2010. Students in central Jos city tackled a man believed to be mentally ill Friday after mistaking him for a suicide bomber, army spokesman and a student said.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Students in Nigeria's violence-rocked central Jos city tackled a man believed to be mentally ill Friday after mistaking him for a suicide bomber, army spokesman and a student said.



03/19/2010 - 06:31 PM

 

Minister: Sierra Leone rattled by disaster hoax (AP)

A diamond mine outside Freetown. Up to 200 wildcat miners were feared missing Friday amid reports of a gold mine collapse in southern Sierra Leone, which were denied by the country's mining ministry.(AFP/File/Desirey Minkoh)AP - A top official in Sierra Leone's government said he raced to a town in the country Friday after news reports said at least 200 people had been killed in a mining accident there, only to find out it was a hoax.



03/19/2010 - 05:59 PM

 

US says new Darfur truce important step for peace (AFP)

Sudanese policemen stand guard as thousands gather at a rally attended by President Omar al-Beshir in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, on February 2010. The United States said Friday the Sudanese government's ceasefire with another rebel movement is AFP - The United States said Friday the Sudanese government's ceasefire with another rebel movement is "a very important step" toward establishing peace in the western Darfur region.



03/19/2010 - 03:06 PM

 

Nigeria's ruling party to hold key talks after cabinet sacking (AFP)

Nigeria's ruling party is planning crucial talks after acting president Goodluck Jonathan, seen here in November 2009,, sacked a government he inherited from the country's ailing head of state.(AFP/File/Wole Emmanuel)AFP - Nigeria's ruling party will hold key talks after Acting President Goodluck Jonathan in a shock move sacked a government he inherited from the country's ailing head of state, officials said Friday.



03/19/2010 - 01:14 PM

 

Oprah, schoolgirls to testify at defamation trial (AP)

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2009 file photo, Oprah Winfrey arrives at the  premiere of the film 'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire,' at AFI Fest 2009 in Los Angeles. Winfrey must defend a defamation suit over remarks she made about a headmistress at her girls school in South Africa after a sex-abuse scandal erupted at the school, a U.S. judge ruled. The case is now set for trial on March 29, 2010 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)AP - Oprah Winfrey and several schoolgirls allegedly abused at her academy in South Africa are expected to testify at an upcoming trial in Philadelphia.



03/19/2010 - 12:34 PM

 

Rwanda opposition figure indicted for breaching state security (AFP)

The flag of Rwanda flutters in front of the Rwandese embassy in Belgium. A court in Rwanda charged Friday a key opposition figure with breaching national security after extraditing him from neighbouring Burundi.(AFP/File/Olivier Matthys)AFP - A court in Rwanda charged Friday a key opposition figure with breaching national security after extraditing him from neighbouring Burundi.



03/19/2010 - 11:49 AM

 

Nigerian armed group claims attack on oil pipeline (AFP)

A Nigerian armed rebel group has claimed to have blown up an oil facility in the restive oil-producing Niger Delta region and threatened to step up attacks in coming days.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Nigerian rebels claimed Friday to have blown up an oil plant in the restive Niger Delta region and threatened further raids, adding to the mounting crises facing Acting President Goodluck Jonathan.



03/19/2010 - 11:36 AM

 

Street kids stage their own World Cup in South Africa (AFP)

Street children representing their respective countries, South Africa in green and gold and India in white, play football during the Street Child World Soccer Championships held at the Durban University of Technology on March 15. Child welfare groups from across the globe brought teams to Durban to play in the week long tournament.(AFP/File/Rajesh Jantilal)AFP - Wearing jerseys in national colours, football teams from eight countries face off on a South African pitch, in full World Cup fervour. But in this tournament, the players are all street kids.



03/19/2010 - 11:02 AM

 

Sudan clashes kill 13 in tense border area (AFP)

The Sudan Peoples Liberation Army (seen here in a file picture) lost two soldiers in clashes with the country's northern nomads in fighting that claimed a total of 13 lives.(AFP/File/Simon Maina)AFP - At least 13 people have been killed in fighting between northern nomads and the southern army, a military spokesman said on Friday.



03/19/2010 - 10:32 AM

 

Nigeria oil facility damaged, military says (AP)

Policemen watches as university students fleeing from violent religious clashes are evacuated to Abia State in eastern parts of the country in a bus provided by the state government in Jos on January 2010. Students in central Jos city tackled a man believed to be mentally ill Friday after mistaking him for a suicide bomber, army spokesman and a student said.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AP - A Nigerian military spokesman says an oil facility in oil-rich southern Nigeria has been damaged by an attack.



03/19/2010 - 09:40 AM

 

World Cup ticket sales 'hit by global crisis' (AFP)

Zakumi, the mascot of the FIFA World Cup in South Africa, poses ahead of a friendly football match in the German city of Leverkusen. The world economic downturn has forced World Cup organisers to review initial projected ticket sales, but host South Africa is confident of full stadiums.(AFP/DDP/File/Lennart Preiss)AFP - The world economic downturn has forced World Cup organisers to review initial projected ticket sales, but host South Africa on Friday was confident of full stadiums.



03/19/2010 - 09:35 AM

 

Mubarak names successor to late Al-Azhar cleric (AFP)

Sheikh Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed al-Tayeb in Cairo, 2009. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has appointed Tayeb as the new head of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's most prestigious institution, after the death of its top cleric last week.(AFP/File)AFP - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Friday appointed a new head of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's most prestigious institution, after the death of its top cleric last week, the official MENA agency reported.



03/19/2010 - 09:29 AM

 

 

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