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Liberia to require registration of new births
(AP)
AP - Liberia's government, still recovering from a 14-year civil war and previous decades of poverty and illiteracy, said Friday it will now require all children to get birth certificates, a document most of them lack.
Pubished :Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:00:20 GMT( 8 hours ago )
AP - Liberia's government, still recovering from a 14-year civil war and previous decades of poverty and illiteracy, said Friday it will now require all children to get birth certificates, a document most of them lack.
Pubished :Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:00:20 GMT( 8 hours ago )
Nigeria lauds efforts to achieve stability in G.Bisssau
(AFP)
AFP - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday lauded international efforts to achieve lasting peace and political stability in crisis-wracked Guinea-Bissau, his office said.
Pubished :Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:34:30 GMT( 8 hours ago )
AFP - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday lauded international efforts to achieve lasting peace and political stability in crisis-wracked Guinea-Bissau, his office said.
Pubished :Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:34:30 GMT( 8 hours ago )
Thousands flee Congo clashes, security worsens
(Reuters)
Reuters - Almost 90,000 people have fled fighting in eastern Congo in the past month, aid agencies said, underscoring a worsening security situation despite the official end of Congo's 1998-2003 war.
Pubished :Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:13:38 GMT( 9 hours ago )
Reuters - Almost 90,000 people have fled fighting in eastern Congo in the past month, aid agencies said, underscoring a worsening security situation despite the official end of Congo's 1998-2003 war.
Pubished :Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:13:38 GMT( 9 hours ago )
Sudanese head to Canada to learn referendum lessons
(AFP)
AFP - Senior MPs from north and south Sudan are heading for Canada this weekend to learn from Quebec's independence referendums, officials said Friday, as the African state prepares to vote on southern secession.
Pubished :Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:14:49 GMT( 10 hours ago )
AFP - Senior MPs from north and south Sudan are heading for Canada this weekend to learn from Quebec's independence referendums, officials said Friday, as the African state prepares to vote on southern secession.
Pubished :Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:14:49 GMT( 10 hours ago )
South Sudanese mourn war dead ahead of key vote
(AFP)
AFP - Thousands of southern Sudanese gathered at the grave of their first president John Garang on Friday in memory of those killed in a 22-year war with the north, six months before an independence vote.
Pubished :Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:34:12 GMT( 11 hours ago )
AFP - Thousands of southern Sudanese gathered at the grave of their first president John Garang on Friday in memory of those killed in a 22-year war with the north, six months before an independence vote.
Pubished :Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:34:12 GMT( 11 hours ago )
Zimbabwe 'housing blitz victims still homeless'
(AFP)
AFP - The government of Zimbabwe has failed to build houses and provide jobs to victims of mass evictions five years ago that left thousands homeless and unemployed, a human rights group said Friday.
Pubished :Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:31:04 GMT( 11 hours ago )
AFP - The government of Zimbabwe has failed to build houses and provide jobs to victims of mass evictions five years ago that left thousands homeless and unemployed, a human rights group said Friday.
Pubished :Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:31:04 GMT( 11 hours ago )
Central African Republic to go to polls in January
(AFP)
AFP - Presidential and parliamentary elections will take place in the Central African Republic next January 23, President Francois Bozize decreed on Friday.
Pubished :Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:25:16 GMT( 11 hours ago )
AFP - Presidential and parliamentary elections will take place in the Central African Republic next January 23, President Francois Bozize decreed on Friday.
Pubished :Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:25:16 GMT( 11 hours ago )
Central African Republic election delayed to Jan.
(AP)
AP - The president of the Central African Republic has issued a decree delaying the country's elections again, to Jan. 23.
Pubished :Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:08:31 GMT( 13 hours ago )
AP - The president of the Central African Republic has issued a decree delaying the country's elections again, to Jan. 23.
Pubished :Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:08:31 GMT( 13 hours ago )
Ex-students fined in SAfrica racist video case
(AP)
AP - A South African court on Friday ordered four white former students to pay fines of nearly $3,000 each for a video they made that humiliated black university employees and drew global attention to entrenched racism on the campus.
Pubished :Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:53:02 GMT( 13 hours ago )
AP - A South African court on Friday ordered four white former students to pay fines of nearly $3,000 each for a video they made that humiliated black university employees and drew global attention to entrenched racism on the campus.
Pubished :Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:53:02 GMT( 13 hours ago )
Nigerian regulator to sanction 260 stock operators
(AFP)
AFP - Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) financial regulator has vowed to haul 260 organisations and individuals, including banks, before a tribunal for alleged fraudulent share activities.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:23:55 GMT
AFP - Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) financial regulator has vowed to haul 260 organisations and individuals, including banks, before a tribunal for alleged fraudulent share activities.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:23:55 GMT
South Africa axes six traditional kings
(AFP)
AFP - President Jacob Zuma announced Thursday that South Africa would stop recognising half the nation's traditional kings and queens, dismissing them as artificial creations of the apartheid regime.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:04:30 GMT
AFP - President Jacob Zuma announced Thursday that South Africa would stop recognising half the nation's traditional kings and queens, dismissing them as artificial creations of the apartheid regime.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:04:30 GMT
Border must be agreed before south Sudan vote: party
(AFP)
AFP - A referendum in south Sudan on possible independence cannot he held as planned in January unless the border between north and south is demarcated in advance, a senior official of Sudan's ruling party said on Thursday.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:40:35 GMT
AFP - A referendum in south Sudan on possible independence cannot he held as planned in January unless the border between north and south is demarcated in advance, a senior official of Sudan's ruling party said on Thursday.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:40:35 GMT
South Africa abolishes 6 traditional monarchies
(AP)
AP - South Africa's president says six of the country's traditional monarchies are being abolished.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:39:46 GMT
AP - South Africa's president says six of the country's traditional monarchies are being abolished.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:39:46 GMT
Moroccan king marks anniversary with clemency
(AFP)
AFP - King Mohammed VI of Morocco on Thursday granted pardons or reduced sentences to nearly 1,000 people to mark his 11 years on the throne, the justice ministry said.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:01:31 GMT
AFP - King Mohammed VI of Morocco on Thursday granted pardons or reduced sentences to nearly 1,000 people to mark his 11 years on the throne, the justice ministry said.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:01:31 GMT
Russian pilot missing in Sudan's Darfur returns to UN base
(AFP)
AFP - A Russian helicopter pilot who went missing in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region was returned to his UN peacekeepers' base on Thursday, as Moscow said he had been taken prisoner and freed.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:21:00 GMT
AFP - A Russian helicopter pilot who went missing in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region was returned to his UN peacekeepers' base on Thursday, as Moscow said he had been taken prisoner and freed.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:21:00 GMT
Up to 138 killed in DR Congo boat accident
(Reuters)
Reuters - As many as 138 people died when an overloaded boat carrying passengers and goods capsized in rough water in Democratic Republic of Congo, police said on Thursday.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:38:49 GMT
Reuters - As many as 138 people died when an overloaded boat carrying passengers and goods capsized in rough water in Democratic Republic of Congo, police said on Thursday.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:38:49 GMT
Fifth suspect charged in Rwandan exile shooting
(AP)
AP - A court has charged a fifth suspect in the shooting and wounding of an exiled Rwandan general living in South Africa.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:31:59 GMT
AP - A court has charged a fifth suspect in the shooting and wounding of an exiled Rwandan general living in South Africa.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:31:59 GMT
Zimbabwean president's sister dies
(AP)
AP - The party of Zimbabwe's president says his sister Sabina Mugabe — a former lawmaker and one of his closest allies — died after a long battle with illness. She was 76.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:47:32 GMT
AP - The party of Zimbabwe's president says his sister Sabina Mugabe — a former lawmaker and one of his closest allies — died after a long battle with illness. She was 76.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:47:32 GMT
Somali group warns more troops will be annihilated
(AP)
AP - Somalia's al-Qaida-linked group has warned African countries against plans to send additional troops to the war-ravaged country, saying they would be "annihilated."
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:57:25 GMT
AP - Somalia's al-Qaida-linked group has warned African countries against plans to send additional troops to the war-ravaged country, saying they would be "annihilated."
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:57:25 GMT
Al-Qaeda claims suicide bombing in Algeria's east
(AFP)
AFP - Al-Qaeda's branch in North Africa has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing against security forces in Algeria's eastern Kabylie region, the SITE monitoring group said.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:24:42 GMT
AFP - Al-Qaeda's branch in North Africa has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing against security forces in Algeria's eastern Kabylie region, the SITE monitoring group said.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:24:42 GMT
Nigerian regulator cracks down on stock operators
(AFP)
AFP - Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) financial regulator has vowed to drag 260 organisations and individuals, including banks, before a tribunal for alleged fraudulent share activities.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:44:08 GMT
AFP - Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) financial regulator has vowed to drag 260 organisations and individuals, including banks, before a tribunal for alleged fraudulent share activities.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:44:08 GMT
Shebab vow to make Mogadishu graveyard for extra troops
(AFP)
AFP - Hardline Somali Islamist rebels promised Thursday to turn Mogadishu into a graveyard for the extra troops African Union sends to boost its force in the war-torn Horn of Africa country.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:52:39 GMT
AFP - Hardline Somali Islamist rebels promised Thursday to turn Mogadishu into a graveyard for the extra troops African Union sends to boost its force in the war-torn Horn of Africa country.
Pubished :Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:52:39 GMT
Ulster-bound rugby player Pienaar agrees Sharks release
(AFP)
AFP - South Africa fly-half Ruan Pienaar has agreed his release from Natal Sharks and will join Ulster at the start of September, it was announced on Wednesday.
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:46:01 GMT
AFP - South Africa fly-half Ruan Pienaar has agreed his release from Natal Sharks and will join Ulster at the start of September, it was announced on Wednesday.
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:46:01 GMT
'Pet' tiger found in S.Africa after two days on the run
(AFP)
AFP - A tiger kept as a pet in South Africa was finally cornered after two days on the run, thanks to a tracker, sniffer dogs, a piece of meat -- and his master's voice.
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:20:53 GMT
AFP - A tiger kept as a pet in South Africa was finally cornered after two days on the run, thanks to a tracker, sniffer dogs, a piece of meat -- and his master's voice.
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:20:53 GMT
Over 30 police slain in Nigeria religious uprising: official
(AFP)
AFP - Nigerian police on Wednesday said 32 of its men were murdered a year ago by members of an Islamic sect who launched a religious uprising in which more than 800 people were killed.
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:51:50 GMT
AFP - Nigerian police on Wednesday said 32 of its men were murdered a year ago by members of an Islamic sect who launched a religious uprising in which more than 800 people were killed.
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:51:50 GMT
Zimbabwe appeals treason acquittal of top PM aide
(AP)
AP - Zimbabwean lawyers say the nation's highest court is appealing the acquittal on treason charges of a top aide of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:08:38 GMT
AP - Zimbabwean lawyers say the nation's highest court is appealing the acquittal on treason charges of a top aide of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:08:38 GMT
Mandela meets renowned author in South Africa
(AP)
AP - The Nelson Mandela Foundation says renowned Chilean-American author Ariel Dorfman has met with the South African icon and former president at the foundation's offices.
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:13:36 GMT
AP - The Nelson Mandela Foundation says renowned Chilean-American author Ariel Dorfman has met with the South African icon and former president at the foundation's offices.
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:13:36 GMT
US urges accountability in Egypt police brutality case
(AFP)
AFP - US Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday he hoped that an investigation into a case of police brutality in Egypt would be transparent and those responsible would be brought to justice.
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:12:30 GMT
AFP - US Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday he hoped that an investigation into a case of police brutality in Egypt would be transparent and those responsible would be brought to justice.
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:12:30 GMT
Nearly 1 million South Africa public workers set to strike
(Reuters)
Reuters - As many as 900,000 South African public sector workers are likely to strike in a week to push for higher wages, a group of unions said on Wednesday.
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:57:28 GMT
Reuters - As many as 900,000 South African public sector workers are likely to strike in a week to push for higher wages, a group of unions said on Wednesday.
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:57:28 GMT
Mogadishu fighting kills at least 17 civilians
(AFP)
AFP - Clashes in Mogadishu pitting Islamist insurgents against Somali government troops backed by African Union forces have killed at least 17 civilians, medics said Wednesday.
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:39:34 GMT
AFP - Clashes in Mogadishu pitting Islamist insurgents against Somali government troops backed by African Union forces have killed at least 17 civilians, medics said Wednesday.
Pubished :Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:39:34 GMT
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