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World News >> Africa

Fatima Meer, Mandela biographer, dead at 81 (AP)
AP - Fatima Meer, a friend and biographer of Nelson Mandela has died. She was 81.
03/12/2010 - 02:10 PM

 

US dismayed after Morocco expels Americans (AP)
AP - The U.S. ambassador to Morocco has expressed dismay over the expulsion of Americans accused of trying to convert Moroccans to Christianity in the North African kingdom.
03/12/2010 - 01:52 PM

 

US embassy slams 'horrific' Nigeria massacre (AFP)

Thousands of women in black, many of them carrying a placards, marched on March 11 in protest at the slaughter of scores of mainly Christian villagers -- many of them women and children -- near Jos in central Nigeria. The United States embassy Friday slammed as AFP - The United States embassy on Friday slammed as "horrific" this week's massacre of more than 100 people in a central Nigerian state prone to sectarian violence.



03/12/2010 - 11:34 AM

 

Mandela's ex-wife denies interview in UK paper (AP)

FILE - In this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010 file photo, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, left, alongside her former husband former President Nelson Mandela, centre, and his current wife Graca Machel attend the opening of Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa. Nelson Mandela's ex-wife denied Friday, March 12, 2010,  that she had sharply criticized the anti-apartheid icon in a British newspaper interview, saying the comments attributed to her had been fabricated. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydaml, File)AP - Nelson Mandela's ex-wife denied Friday that she had given an interview to a British newspaper in which she was quoted sharply criticizing the anti-apartheid icon.



03/12/2010 - 11:11 AM

 

Uganda president says rebel chief likely in Darfur (AFP)

The leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), Joseph Kony, pictured in 2006 in southern Sudan. Kony is believed to have fled into the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur, President Yoweri Museveni told reporters Friday.(AFP/File/Stuart Price)AFP - Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army rebel chief Joseph Kony is believed to have fled into the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur, President Yoweri Museveni told reporters Friday.



03/12/2010 - 10:13 AM

 

Africa's local players eye international glory (AFP)

DR Congo international Joel Kimuaki holds the trophy aloft after his team's victory over Ghana in the inaugural Championship of African Nations (CHAN) at Felix Houphouet-Boigny stadium in Abidjan, March 2009. The race for places in the second edition of CHAN begins this weekend with some interesting match-ups in north Africa, where Tunisia battle Morocco and Algeria tackle Libya.(AFP/File/Issouf Sanogo)AFP - The race for places in the second edition of the Championship of African Nations (CHAN) begins this weekend with some interesting match-ups in north Africa, where Tunisia battle Morocco and Algeria tackle Libya.



03/12/2010 - 09:49 AM

 

Ex-Liberian president Taylor's wife has baby girl (AP)
AP - A family spokesman says that the wife of detained former Liberian President Charles Taylor has given birth to a baby girl.
03/12/2010 - 09:15 AM

 

US envoy disappointed by Morocco expulsions (AFP)

The US ambassador to Morocco Samuel Kaplan voiced disappointment on Friday at the recent expulsions of foreign nationals accused of proselytism, including some legal American residents.(AFP/File/Abdelhak Senna)AFP - The US ambassador to Morocco voiced disappointment on Friday at the recent expulsions of foreign nationals accused of proselytism, including some legal American residents.



03/12/2010 - 09:14 AM

 

Sarkozy pays tribute to top Sunni cleric Tantawi (AFP)

French President Nicolas Sarkozy paid tribute to Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, seen here in 1999, the Egyptian cleric who died this week at age 81, saying he embodied AFP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday paid tribute to Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, the Egyptian cleric who died this week at age 81, saying he embodied "an Islam of dialogue and openness."



03/12/2010 - 04:57 AM

 

S.African school trains Southern Sudanese (AP)
AP - A South African university is training Southern Sudan government leaders in international law, security and other affairs of state as the region prepares for a 2011 independence referendum, university officials said.
03/12/2010 - 04:57 AM

 

Women in black protest in violence-hit Nigeria state (AFP)

Dressed in black, thousands of women marched in a Nigerian city to express grief at a new bout of sectarian carnage and anger at the failure to stop it.(AFP/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Dressed in black and carrying wooden crosses, thousands of women marched Thursday in Nigerian city of Jos to express grief at a new bout of sectarian carnage and anger at the failure to stop it.



03/11/2010 - 06:42 PM

 

US slams rights abuses in Sudan, Congo and Nigeria (AFP)

Refugees sit in a makeshift shelter in Dongou, 55 kms from Imfondo, northern Congo in January 2010. The United States on Thursday highlighted flagrant human rights abuses in 2009 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Nigeria and Sudan, three conflict-ridden African countries.(AFP/File/Guy Gervais Kitina)AFP - The United States on Thursday highlighted flagrant human rights abuses in 2009 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Nigeria and Sudan, three conflict-ridden African countries.



03/11/2010 - 06:12 PM

 

43 Somalis die in capital after 2 days of warfare (AP)

Somali government soldiers cross a street during heavy fighting with Islamist insurgents in northern Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, March 11, 2010. Islamist insurgents and government forces battled for a second day in the Somali capital. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)AP - Heavy fighting between Somali insurgents and pro-government troops has killed at least 43 people over two days, as African Union peacekeepers used tanks to help the beleaguered government beat back an insurgent attack, officials said Thursday.



03/11/2010 - 03:03 PM

 

Morocco warns of tough line after missionaries expelled (AFP)

The Moroccan government said Thursday it would take a tough line against proselytisers, in a warning issued two days after 20 foreign Christian missionaries were expelled. Communications Minister Khalid Naciri Naciri, pictured in January 2010, said the government would be AFP - The Moroccan government warned Thursday it would take a tough line against proselytisers two days after 20 foreign Christian missionaries were expelled.



03/11/2010 - 02:23 PM

 

Sout Africa may face power cuts without loan (Reuters)

Cityscape of Johannesburg in South Africa, a venue of the 2010 World Cup, February 18, 2010. REUTERS/Euroluftbild.deReuters - South Africa may need to enforce power cuts or raise electricity prices further if a disputed $3.75 billion loan from the World Bank is not approved, a senior government official said on Thursday.



03/11/2010 - 02:16 PM

 

Mubarak's health 'satisfactory': German medical chief (AFP)

Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak is pictured on March 4. Mubarak's health is AFP - Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak's health is "satisfactory" after surgery in Germany to remove a gall bladder, the head of the medical team at Heidelberg University Hospital said on Thursday.



03/11/2010 - 01:30 PM

 

African Union wants Niger President freed (AFP)

The African Union wants Niger's military junta to free President Mamadou Tandja, pictured in 2009, the body's peace and security chief Ramtane Lamamra said Thursday.(AFP/POOL/File/Francois Mori)AFP - The African Union wants Niger's military junta to free President Mamadou Tandja, overthrown in a February 18 coup, the body's peace and security chief Ramtane Lamamra said Thursday.



03/11/2010 - 01:24 PM

 

EU observers say confident of monitoring Sudan elections (AFP)

Veronique De Keyser, Chief of the European Union Election Observation Mission for the upcoming Sudanese election, speaks during a press conference in Khartoum. De Keyser said they are confident of being able to detect any irregularities in next month's multiparty polls, the country's first since 1986.(AFP/Ashraf Shazly)AFP - European Union election observers in Sudan said on Thursday they are confident of being able to detect any irregularities in next month's multiparty polls, the country's first since 1986.



03/11/2010 - 01:19 PM

 

More than 20 civilians killed in fierce Mogadishu battles (AFP)

Somali government soldiers man a position near the frontline of heavy clashes in northern Mogadishu. Somali government forces backed by African Union troops raided Islamist rebel positions in Mogadishu Thursday, sparking a heavy fire exchange which killed more than 20 civilians and injured scores.(AFP/Mustafa Abdi)AFP - Somali government forces backed by African Union troops raided Islamist rebel positions in Mogadishu Thursday, sparking a heavy fire exchange which killed more than 20 civilians and injured scores.



03/11/2010 - 01:02 PM

 

Zimbabwe to use IMF cash for overhaul: minister (AFP)

Zimbabwe's government has allocated 100 million dollars to refurbish the country's dilapidated infrastructure, part of the funds granted by the IMF last year, the finance minister said Thursday. AFP - Zimbabwe's government has allocated 100 million dollars to refurbish the country's dilapidated infrastructure, part of the funds granted by the IMF last year, the finance minister said Thursday.



03/11/2010 - 12:32 PM

 

 

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