Africa
Sudan, S.Sudan move from ‘crisis to catastrophe’: aid groups 16 May 2012   JUBA – Heavy rains coming soon in Sudan and South Sudan will add to the woes of civilians after a border conflict and civil war forced thousa
Egypt’s Brotherhood sees years of friction ahead 15 May 2012   CAIRO – EGYPT is destined for up to eight years of friction between reformists and the powerful military seeking to safeguard its interests a
South Sudanese airlifted from Khartoum return home 15 May 2012   JUBA – The first batch of up to 15,000 South Sudanese to be airlifted from Khartoum were welcomed in their homeland yesterday, after they wer
Mali coup leaders threatened with new sanctions 15 May 2012   ABUJA – West Africa’s 15-nation ECOWAS bloc threatened yesterday to impose new sanctions on Mali’s coup leaders and their allies,
Mali’s ex-junta wants talks to decide on transition leader 15 May 2012   KATI – Mali coup leader Captain Amadou Sanogo yesterday urged interim leaders to hold talks to choose a transition president after regional m
Egypt vote won’t push the generals aside 15 May 2012   CAIRO – Near the rock-strewn scene of a bloody anti-army protest, Islamist, liberal and other politicians sat with ruling generals this month
Ugandan army says captures rebel LRA ‘top commander’ 14 May 2012   ENTEBBE – Uganda’s army has captured a top commander of the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a spokesman said yesterday. &
Clinton hails Algeria elections as ‘welcome step’ 14 May 2012   WASHINGTON – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hailed Algeria’s elections Saturday, welcoming the large number of women elected and
Sudan and S.Sudan at odds over talks after fighting 11 May 2012   JUBA/KHARTOUM - South Sudan said yesterday it was ready to re-open negotiations ‘any time’ on a range of disputes with its northern nei
Egypt seizes heavy weapons from arms smugglers 11 May 2012   CAIRO - Egyptian security forces seized near the Libyan border dozens of heavy weapons allegedly bound for the Sinai Peninsula yesterday to stir up
Ethiopian troops battle Somali rebels blocking supplies 11 May 2012   MOGADISHU - Ethiopian troops and Somali government forces killed 17 al Shabaab rebels on Thursday after the Islamist militants blocked a road in so
S.A police seize US$6.8 mln assets from rhino poachers 10 May 2012   JOHANNESBURG - South African authorities Wednesday seized assets worth almost US$7 million of a game farm owner and two veterinarians accused of rh
Uganda says could eject Oxfam over land grab claims 10 May 2012   KAMPALA - Uganda has threatened to kick out Oxfam after the British charity accused the government of complicity in violent land grabs for commerci
Nigeria leader says West Africa to send team to G. Bissau 10 May 2012   ABIDJAN - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said Wednesday that West Africa will within days send a team to Guinea-Bissau for new talks on steer
Land leasing not forcing farmers to relocate, Ethiopia says 10 May 2012   ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi denied Wednesday that private investment in the country’s arable land is forcibly relocat