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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) ]

Southern Africa summit attempts to reconcile Zimbabwe's leaders
Maputo/Windhoek - Southern African leaders were meeting in Mozambique Thursday in yet another attempt to try to break the deadlock in Zimbabwe's power-sharing government. President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai have been summoned...

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

Pigs Might Fly - Zimbabwe plane crashes after run-in with wild pigs
Harare - Two people were slightly injured after a passenger aircraft of Zimbabwe's state-owned airline crashed on take-off after colliding with a herd of wild pigs, officials said Thursday. Trsnsport Minister Nicholas Goche told the state-controlled ...

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

Tropical Storm Ida threatens Nicaragua
Managua/Miami - Tropical Storm Ida is threatening Nicaragua, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said on Wednesday. The storm was due to make landfall in Nicaragua on Thursday morning, possibly at hurricane strength, and then continue towards Hond...

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

Calls for African observers to monitor violence in Zimbabwe
Johannesburg - Southern African leaders preparing for yet another round of crisis talks on Zimbabwe were urged Wednesday to immediately send observers to the country to investigate reports of fresh political violence. Zimbabwe's President Robert Muga...

[Posted on : 2009-11-04 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

South Africa's Zuma role in mercenaries' release revealed
Nairobi/Malabo - One of the South African mercenaries released along with British coup plotter Simon Mann from a prison in Equatorial Guinea revealed Wednesday his country's President Jacob Zuma was pivotal in securing the pardons. Speaking to South ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-04 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Equatorial Guinea president pardons British coup plotter - Summary
Nairobi/Malabo - British mercenary Simon Mann and four others convicted of attempting to overthrow Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema have been pardoned, according to the West African nation's information ministry. Mann, 57, was senten...

[Posted on : 2009-11-03 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Zuma 'did not intervene' in release of British, SA mercenaries
Johannesburg - South African President Jacob Zuma did not intervene with Equatorial Guinea to obtain the release of convicted British coup plotter Simon Mann and four accomplices, including a South African, his spokesman said Tuesday. The answer is ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-03 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

HRW: UN must cut all support for Congolese army after massacres
New York/Goma - United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo should cut all support for the army, which is raping and killing civilians during anti-rebel operations, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said. The New York-based rights body on ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-03 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Abducted MDC party worker allegedly tortured in Zimbabwe
Harare - Efforts were underway Monday to secure freedom for a worker from Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's arm of the country's coalition government, with his lawyers saying he needed medical attention after undergoing severe torture f...

[Posted on : 2009-11-02 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

 

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