Ben Affleck urges world to help stop Congo suffering The Africa News.Net London, : Hollywood actor Ben Affleck is urging the world to help stop the suffering of innocent civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa.
Somali pirates live high life when not on high seas The Africa News.Net They drive flashy cars, throw extravagant parties in their massive houses, use the latest mobile phones and marry only the most beautiful young women. This may seem like a description of any number of bling-bling rap artists, but it also applies to Somali pirates, who are swiftly becoming the Horn of Africa nation's nouveau riche.
The 3rd piece to Congo International Herald Tribune The Mai Mai are the third piece to eastern Congo's violent puzzle, with the rebels on one side, the government forces on the other and the Mai Mai often terrorizing the uncontrolled areas in...
Mushfiqur Rahim receives reprimand for Code of Conduct breach The Africa News.Net Dubai, Nov.21 : Bangladesh's Mushfiqur Rahim has been officially reprimanded for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the first Test against South Africa at Bloemfontein.
Former ruling party gains clear win in Guinea-Bissau One News Guinea-bissau's former ruling PAIGC party won a clear parliamentary majority in last weekend's poll, seeing off a new formation allied to President Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira, provisional results...
Libya wants to invest in US Seattle Post-Intelligencer The son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi says Libya wants to put some of its $100 billion investment fund into American business and send thousands of students to...
Desmond Tutu Awarded 2008 U.S. Fulbright Prize America.org Washington — If peace and understanding could be human, then South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu would be one of the best examples of these concepts because few have worked harder for...
ICC seeks warrants for Sudan rebel heads SBS The International Criminal Court prosecutor has sought arrest warrants for three Darfur rebel leaders over a deadly attack on African peacekeepers in 2007."I will not let such attacks go...
"Cursed" Congo still shocks and fascinates Swiss Info President-elect Barack Obama has selected Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary, charging the respected head of the New York Federal Reserve with...
New scramble pushes house prices at Kenya’s coast Daily Nation Kenyans might be going through hard times, and the rest of the world is hurting badly from the credit crunch. However, one of the world’s hottest property markets in the world, going by prices...
Fewer terror attacks in Algeria this year Gadsden Times Al-qaida's offshoot in Algeria has carried out fewer terror attacks this year but some of those had a high number of casualties, an academic study said Friday.
Gunmen storm Congo camp CNN U.n. says gunmen forced families from huts, looted dwellings in Congo camp Violence in Congo is offshoot of Hutu-Tutsi animosity after Rwandan genocide In addition to violence, camp faces threats of...
Cholera Epidemic And Health System Disarray Deepen In Zimbabwe VOA International and non-governmental organizations were working nonstop in the Glen View and Budiriro suburbs of Harare treating victims of an expanding cholera epidemic, but the death toll continued...
Kenya Official: Pirates Release Greek Tanker Morning Star Afp --Somali pirates on Friday released a Greek-owned chemical tanker and its crew they hijacked in September, a Kenyan maritime official told AFP.
Aunesi Saidi Omari: "In South Africa I IRIN Aunesi Saidi Omari lives in the Philippi township of Cape Town, South Africa. A refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo, she was a victim of the xenophobic...
Bulgarian Worker Kidnapped In Nigeria - Ministry Morning Star ... was alerted to the incident by the company, it said. Foreign ministry spokesman Dragovest Goranov told AFP Friday that the man's family had requested that his identity and the details around the...
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