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Africa RSS FeedsSudan: Hijackers Release Passengers in Libya - Two hijackers who seized a Sudanese airliner flying from the Darfur region to the capital, Khartoum, have released the flight's 87 passengers in Libya, the Sudan Tribune newspaper reported Wednesday....Feed Source: allafrica.com Zimbabwe: Mugabe Humiliated Amid Colonial Pomp - EMBATTLED Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe suffered more humiliation yesterday when opposition MPs jeered him and challenged his legitimacy at the opening of parliament.... Somalia: Somalis Flocking to Displaced Persons Camps - Conditions for thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) camping on the outskirts of the Somali capital Mogadishu are getting worse, with malnutrition cases increasing as more arrive daily, sources told IRIN.... Zambia: Four Ruling Party Figures Claim Presidency - VICE-President, Rupiah Banda is among four prominent MMD members who have applied to stand on the party ticket to be floated for the Republican presidency for the forthcoming by-election.... Kenya: Party Leaders Testifying at Commission - The leaders of Kenya's two main political parties, ODM and PNU, will appear before the Waki commission investigating post-election violence on Wednesday.... Sierra Leone: Activists Cry Foul Over Mining Policy - In December 2007, unrest broke out in the diamond mining region of Kono in the east, between kimberlite mining corporation Koidu Holdings and locals in the lease area.... Congo-Kinshasa: Leprosy Almost Eliminated, Says Govt - Leprosy is under control in Democratic Republic of Congo where the number of cases being reported has fallen dramatically, health officials said.... Ghana: Opposition Supporters Continue to Join Ruling Party - The dream of the biggest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), to wrestle power from the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the forth-coming December general elections would be a mirage, judging by the way party supporters continue to switch camp to the NPP, despite the problems the NPP has had with its primaries.... Ethiopia: Thousands More Displaced As Floods Spread - Flash floods following torrential rains in Ethiopia's Gambella regional state have spread to four woredas [districts] and displaced thousands more people, an official in the area said.... Somalia: Humanitarian Situation 'Increasingly Acute' - Somalia is moving more rapidly than expected into a serious humanitarian crisis, with an estimated 3.2 million people both in urban and rural areas facing extreme poverty, according to humanitarian officials.... Burundi: FAO Predicts Serious Food Shortages - Parts of eastern and southern Burundi are threatened with acute food shortages following low agricultural yields compounded by an influx of returning refugees, an official of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said.... Ethiopia: Thousands More Displaced As Floods Spread - Flash floods following torrential rains in Ethiopia's Gambella regional state have spread to four woredas [districts] and displaced thousands more people, an official in the area said.... Sudan: Ugandan Among Hijack Victims - An unnamed Ugandan national is one of 96 passengers of a Sudanese plane that was hijacked forced to land in Libya.... Nigeria: Tension Mounts Over Biafra Protest - ANAMBRA State, especially Onitsha, the commercial nerve centre of the state, yesterday, was enveloped in a pall of tension as the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) sit-at-home protest in the entire South-East begins tomorrow.... Nigeria: Govt Discusses Nuclear Power With Iran - The third session of the Nigerian-Iran Joint Commission opened yesterday in Abuja with an agreement between the two parties to enter into discussion on nuclear power for peaceful purposes, oil and transportation.... Africa: Continent Lacks Geographical Data - Geographic Information Systems (GIS) could play a vital role in improving agriculture and boosting food security in Africa. However, only a few African countries are capable of developing such systems, partly because of a lack of basic geographical data.... Zimbabwe: Mugabe to Appoint Cabinet - PRESIDENT Mugabe is in the process of forming a new Government.... Nigeria: Kerosene As 'Gold' in Abuja - "Please appeal to government on our behalf to ensure that kerosene is supplied to every filling station in Abuja and to also ensure that the subsidised price for which the NNPC sells their product is maintained in all the stations. I am tired of spending nights at fuel stations or even risking my life to come here by 3.am when I am supposed to be resting in my bed."... Sudan: China to Increase Investments in South - While China is Sudan's largest trading partner, most investments are in the north. That may yet change, according to officials, as China opens a consulate in Juba, with a clear plan to tap into the potential of the less explored autonomous Southern Sudan region.... Zambia: Succession Battles Rock Country - Although it was reasonable to assume Zambian authorities would take precautions in the event of President Levy Mwanawasa's leaving hospital alive but incapacitated, the topic was strangely treated as taboo ever since he suffered a stroke in June and was hospitalised in Paris.... West Africa: WHO Raises Alarm Over Region's Floods - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed concern over rising flood waters across West Africa, which was described as capable of intensifying health risks for millions of people, and adding to the impact of the food price crisis.... Uganda: Lawyers Demand Release of Terror Suspects - Lawyers representing two South Africans who were arrested at Entebbe Airport on terrorism suspicions last week have petitioned Court seeking orders compelling the commanding officer of the Joint Anti Terrorism Task Force to produce them before Court immediately.... Sudan: UN Condemns Govt After 64 Die in Darfur Raid - The joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today strongly condemned what it called the "excessive, disproportionate use of lethal forces" by Sudanese security forces against civilians during a raid inside a displaced persons' camp in Darfur yesterday.... Uganda: MPs Accuse Officials of Doctoring Evidence - MPs yesterday accused the two top National Social Security Fund officials of doctoring evidence and threatened to order their suspension to allow smooth investigations into alleged political influence-peddling in the Fund.... Nigeria: Militants Lay Ambush for Soldiers - MILITANTS, yesterday, ambushed men of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta at a military location in Delta State barely a month after a similar attack in Bomadi Local Government Area of the state.... Côte d'Ivoire: UN Anxious at Readiness for Polls - Senior United Nations officials in West Africa have stressed the importance of starting the identification and registration processes for the upcoming presidential polls in Côte d'Ivoire as soon as possible, voicing concern over delays in the preparations.... Sudan: Police Surround Raided Darfur Camp - Sudanese police continued to surround one of the largest sites for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Darfur on 26 August, a day after gunfire caused dozens of injuries and, according to some sources, numerous fatalities.... Niger: Conflict Disrupts Maternal Health Care - All she saw was blood. Ouma Ibrahim knew it was not normal to have so much blood after delivering her son at home. She consulted a midwife at the nearby Dagamanet Clinic near her Agadez home, who sent her to the regional hospital five kilometres away.... Liberia: UN Body Condemns Dealth Penalty - The United Nations Human Rights Committee expressed deep concern today at new death penalty legislation authorized by Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, contravening an international treaty on civil and political rights.... Somalia: Plight of Displaced Worsens - Conditions for thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) camping on the outskirts of the Somali capital Mogadishu are getting worse, with malnutrition cases increasing as more arrive daily, sources told IRIN.... Copyright © 2008, Chicago Best Price. All Rights Reserved. |