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PREVIEW: Namibia votes, but little change in 20 years of democracy
Windhoek - As Namibians head to the polls this weekend, 20 years to the month they first got a vote, political parties and candidates in the country's fifth presidential and parliamentary elections hav...

[Posted on : 2009-11-24 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

South Africa emerges from recession
Johannesburg - South Africa, Africa's biggest economy, is back on the growth path following two quarters of recession, statistics released Tuesday showed. In the third quarter of 2009, gross domestic produce (GDP) grew by an annualized 0.9 per cent c...

[Posted on : 2009-11-24 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Two French aid workers kidnapped in Central African Republic
Paris/Nairobi - Two French nationals working with a charity in the Central African Republic (CAR) have been kidnapped, the French Foreign Ministry said. The incident was the latest in a series of kidnappings of French citizens in the region. ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-24 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Mugabe bodyguards may face prosecution in Hong Kong over visas
Hong Kong - Two bodyguards protecting Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe's student daughter in Hong Kong could be prosecuted for working in the city on tourist visas, officials confirmed Monday. The two bodyguards were found to be working on tourist ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-23 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Qatar minister hopeful for Darfur peace
Doha - Qatar, which hosts talks between the government of Sudan and rebels from its western Darfur region, has expressed hope that a peace deal can be reached soon between the warring sides, media reports said Sunday. Minister of State for Foreign Af...

[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Thirty five injured as football fans riot in Cairo - Summary
Cairo - Roughly a thousand people rioted in the streets around the Algerian Embassy in Cairo in the early hours of Friday to vent their anger at attacks against Egyptian fans in Sudan the previous night. Angry crowds converged on the embassy, chantin...

[Posted on : 2009-11-20 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Bedouins protest in Sinai, alleging police killed man
Cairo - Bedouins in the Sinai desert blocked major trade routes Friday, alleging Egyptian police killed a man and injured others in the early morning, witnesses said. The protesters were blocking a major highway, attacking passing cars and setting ti...

[Posted on : 2009-11-20 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Three children killed in Mozambique mortar bomb blast
Maputo - Three children were killed and two seriously injured in northern Mozambique after accidently exploding a mortar bomb left over from the country's past wars, a local newspaper reported Friday. Noticias daily reported that the children in Nias...

[Posted on : 2009-11-20 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

'Arctic Sea' finally reaches destination in Algeria
Moscow - The Arctic Sea , the Finnish-owned, Maltese- registered ship believed to have been captured by pirates in early August has reached its destination in Algeria, Interfax news agency reported Thursday. The ship was due to deliver its load of w...

[Posted on : 2009-11-19 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Witchcraft murderers leave East African albinos living in fear
Nairobi - Dozens of witchcraft-related murders of albinos in Tanzania and Burundi have left the albino populations of both nations living in fear, a report released Thursday said. The report, Through Albino Eyes, by the International Federation of Re...

[Posted on : 2009-11-19 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

 

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