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Kenya protests western diplomatic pressure on electoral head
Nairobi - Kenya has protested to the United States and the European Union after diplomats were accused of pressuring the head of Kenya's electoral commission to resign. The Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) has faced strong criticism from an indepe...

[Posted on : 2008-10-03 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Dismay in Zimbabwe as central bank bans electronic transfers
Harare - Confusion struck Zimbabwe's financial system Friday after the central bank stopped electronic transfers, following the currency's crash to a new record low. State radio quoted Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono as saying that elec...

[Posted on : 2008-10-03 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Report: Burundi albinos go into hiding after killings
Nairobi/Bujumbura - Albinos in Burundi have been forced to go into police protection after gangs killed three of them for their body parts, reports said. The BBC said that four albinos were taken to a provincial town, where they were being guarded by...

[Posted on : 2008-10-03 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

At least 29 dead in floods in southern Algeria
Algiers - At least 29 people have died and more than 80 were injured in floods in the southern Algerian region of Ghardaia, some 600 kilometres south of the capital Algiers, the web site Everything about Algeria reported on Thursday. Army units have ...

[Posted on : 2008-10-02 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

After eight-month delay, Zimbabwe to host COMESA summit in December
Johannesburg - After several months postponement Zimbabwe announced Thursday the 13th summit of the 20-nation Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA) will take place in Victoria Falls resort from November 25 to December 8. Zimbabwe takes ...

[Posted on : 2008-10-02 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Aid agency closes offices in Chad after armed robberies
Nairobi/N'Djamena - Aid agency Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has shut down two offices in eastern Chad and evacuated its staff after armed robberies, the charity said Thursday. MSF said that all activities in Ade and Goz Beida had been suspended inde...

[Posted on : 2008-10-02 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Tensions rising in Kenya as Somali refugees flood over border
Nairobi - Tensions are rising at the sprawling Dadaab refugee camp complex in North-West Kenya as a massive influx of Somali refugees fleeing a brutal insurgency across the border stretches the facilities to breaking point, a UN official said Thursda...

[Posted on : 2008-10-02 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Report: At least 19 teenagers dead in Tanzania disco stampede
Nairobi/Dar es Salaam - At least 19 teenagers and children have died during a stampede at a disco organized to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Tanzania, reports said Thursday. The BBC, quoting police officials in the Tabora region...

[Posted on : 2008-10-02 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Stop running to mother Mbeki: Mugabe's party tells the MDC
Johannesburg - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party has opposed calling in ex-South African president Thabo Mbeki to salvage a power-sharing deal with prime minister-designate Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). Zanu...

[Posted on : 2008-10-02 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

PROFILE: Asha Hagi - tireless campaigner for women in lawless Somalia
Nairobi- Somali Asha Hagi has dedicated much of her life to fighting for the rights of women and against the tide of violence that has ripped her country apart since 1991. She was honoured for her work on Wednesday with the Right Livelihood Award, al...

[Posted on : 2008-10-01 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

 

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