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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) ]

Football match strains Algerian-Egyptian relations
Cairo - Egypt on Thursday said it would summon the Algerian ambassador in Cairo to protest attacks against Egyptian fans after Wednesday night's World Cup playoff in Sudan. The ambassador will receive a strong message about securing the Egyptian pre...

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

Army withdrawing from Zimbabwe diamond field, says investor
Harare - Zimbabwe's military has begun to withdraw from a contentious diamond field as private investors move in, the head of a South African mining company investing in the area was quoted Thursday as saying. The state-controlled daily Herald newspa...

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

Almost 50 dead in latest Southern Sudan tribal clash
Nairobi/Juba, Southern Sudan - At least 47 people have died in a clash between the Mundari and Dinka tribes in Southern Sudan - the latest in a series of cattle raids that is threatening a fragile peace. Army spokesman Kuol Deim Kuol said late Wednes...

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

African kangas: Colourful wraps with something to say
Stone City, Zanzibar - They shimmer in bright colours, have patterns in multiple hues and they are adorned with messages written in Swahili. They are called kangas and are part of every day life for the women of east Africa, particularly Kenya and Ta...

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

Thousands displaced by anti-foreigner attacks in Western Cape
Johannesburg - In scenes reminiscent of last year's deadly campaign of xenophobic violence, residents of a South African informal settlement this week attacked migrants living in their midst, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes. Around 3,...

[Posted on : 2009-11-18 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Germany condemns alleged attack by Zimbabwe soldiers on priest
Harare - The German government has sent a written protest to the Zimbabwean over an alleged attack by Zimbabwean soldiers on a German priest last weekend, it was disclosed Wednesday. In a letter to the ministry dated Tuesday, the German embassy expre...

[Posted on : 2009-11-18 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Hostage drama ship Alabama escapes second capture by Somali pirates
Nairobi/London - The Maersk Alabama, a container ship at the centre of a dramatic hostage drama earlier this year, Wednesday narrowly avoided being captured by Somali pirates for a second time, the European Union's anti-piracy mission off Somalia sai...

[Posted on : 2009-11-18 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

 

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