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Madagascar rivals sign power-sharing deal
Nairobi/Addis Ababa - Madagascar's squabbling leaders on Saturday signed an agreement to form a power-sharing government after months of wrangling. Current President Andry Rajoelina and former president Marc Ravalomanana were among four leaders meeti...

[Posted on : 2009-11-07 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

International prosecutor targets Kenya election violence suspects
Nairobi - International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Saturday that he believes he has a strong case against two or three high-profile figures suspected of orchestrating violence after Kenya's 2007 election. I'd like to be ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-07 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Tsvangirai-Mugabe detente cautiously welcomed in Zimbabwe - Summary
Harare/Maputo, Mozambique - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's agreement to end his boycott of the country's unity government was welcomed in the southern African country Friday, where many had feared a return to violence and economic c...

[Posted on : 2009-11-06 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

MDC suspends government boycott after SADC summit - Update
Maputo- Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai announced late Thursday his party would end a boycott of the country's unity government and gave President Robert Mugabe's party 30 days to fulfill its commitments under a power-sharing agreement...

[Posted on : 2009-11-06 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

MDC back in bed with Mugabe after SADC summit
Maputo - Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai announced late Thursday his party would end its boycott of the country's unity deal and gave President Robert Mugabe's party 30 days to fulfill its commitments under their power-sharing agreemen...

[Posted on : 2009-11-06 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

UN warns emerging armies of drug addicts in Guinea-Bissau
New York - Drug use by Guinea-Bissau's military has increased, which could result in armies of addicts threatening security as well as development, the UN said Thursday. Antonio Maria Costa, executive director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, s...

[Posted on : 2009-11-05 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Greek freighter with crew of 21 taken by Somali pirates
Nairobi - Somali pirates hijacked a Greek freighter and its crew of 21 Thursday in the Indian Ocean, reported European Union officials. The freighter, with its crew of Ukrainians and Filipinos, was on its way to Zanzibar when it was diverted to Somal...

[Posted on : 2009-11-05 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

These walls that divide us: fighting Fortress Johannesburg - Feature
Johannesburg - The Goethe-Institut is fighting the battle of Johannesburg- but will the walls come tumbling down?To mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the German cultural institute is leading the charge on the barriers that the...

[Posted on : 2009-11-05 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

ICC prosecutor to request Kenya election violence probe
Nairobi - International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Thursday he would attempt to initiate a probe into Kenya's deadly post-election violence by December. I consider the crimes in Kenya to be crimes against humanity ... in...

[Posted on : 2009-11-05 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Pirates move kidnapped fishermen from Spanish vessel to Somalia
Vigo/Madrid - Somali pirates holding a Spanish fishing vessel with 36 crew have taken three of the crew to Somalia, according to the wife of one of the fishermen Thursday. The pirates had threatened to hand some of the fishermen over to the families ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-05 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

 

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