Nearly seven UN peacekeepers were killed and 17 others injured in an attack in the Darfur region of Sudan. A spokesman for Unamid, a joint African Union-United Nations mission, said the incident occurred near the mission's base at Manawashi, north of Nyala. According to the BBC, a UN statement said that all the seven who were killed were Tanzanian. Spokesman Christopher Cycmanick said the ...
Guinea Issues Two Life Sentences for Conde Attack
A court in Guinea has sentenced two people to life in prison for attempting to assassinate President Alpha Conde two years ago. Six others were sentenced to prison terms of up to 15 years for their roles in the July 2011 attack. President Conde survived the assault, but at least one of his guards was killed and at least two others were injured. The attack came just seven ...
7 Peacekeepers Killed in Sudans Darfur Region
Seven United Nations peacekeepers were killed Saturday in Sudan's troubled Darfur region when gunmen ambushed their group. The assault marked the single deadliest attack on the joint African Union-U.N. peacekeeping force in its five-year history. The force, known as UNAMID, said the team came under heavy fire from a large unidentified group. A spokesman said the "extended firefight" took ...
Nearly 30 People Killed in Attacks in Iraq
The deadliest attacks struck central and south Iraq late Sunday, including in the southern oil hub of Basra, where eight people were killed and at least 15 wounded in a car bombing. Other attacks took place in Kut, Nasiriyah and the Shi'ite holy city of Karbala. The blasts went off shortly before the evening iftar meal that ends the daylong fast during the Muslim holy month of ...
Obama Urges Calm in Wake of Jury Verdict
George Zimmerman leaves court with his family after Zimmerman's not guilty verdict was read in Seminole Circuit Court in Sanford, Florida, July 13, ...
Kenya Man in Tuju divorce case buried
KENYA: The man behind former Office of the President Minister, Raphael Tuju's marriage tribulations was laid to rest at his ancestral home in Homa Bay ...
Kenya Show of unity as Knut feels the pressure
Growing public pressure to end a crippling nationwide teachers' strike was behind Knut's show of unity yesterday and an apparent departure from its hard-line ...
Kenya Make buildings user-friendly for disabled bureau advises owners
The notice was issued during the launch of an initiative that seeks to ensure all buildings remain accessible to persons with disabilities through progressive removal of barriers. National Council for Persons with Disabilities in partnership with Kenya Bureau of Standards launched the initiative that seeks to compel property owners to redesign their building to become user friendly by next year. ...
Kenya Knut insists Government offer not good enough for them call off strike
NAIROBI; KENYA: Hopes of children returning to school any day soon have continued to diminish after the Kenya National Union of Teachers rejected the latest offer by the ...
Magazines How to beat Kenyas weighty VAT burden
Government is finding innovative names for it -- VAT, this and that charge and what-have-you. At the end of the day, it boils down to you footing the bill for ...
Nigeria says troops find mass graves weapons in raids against Islamic extremists
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Military officials say they have uncovered mass graves of decomposing bodies, networks of underground tunnels and caches of buried arms in raids that killed dozens of Islamic extremists in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri. Sunday's statement about last week's raids contradicts previous military assurances that it had forced militants out of major ...
Libyas Foreign Minister defects
On a flight to the UK, Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa has asked for asylum, saying he wants to leave the Ghaddafi government. Mr Koussa was seen as one of Colonel Ghaddafi's most trusted ...
Malta airport not open for Libya strikes
Malta, Libya's closest European neighbour, denies its airport will be open for "any military strike against Libya" by the coalition preparing to implement the no-fly ...
Libya rebels hold key city Ajdabiya
Despite a further advance eastward by Ghaddafi troops, the Libyan rebels claim to be able to hold the city of Ajdabiya, which is key to stop an advance to Benghazi and ...
African Union praises Ghaddafi reform offer
The African Union (AU) has come out in support of Libya's Ghaddafi regime, opposing any military action against the regime and praising its "readiness" for "political ...
Algeria protests risk losing momentum
Organisation errors by the protest movement and clever manoeuvres by the government are strongly challenging the pro-democracy protests in Algeria. It is unsure when new protests will be ...
Botswana split over Kalahari court ruling
The Botswana government is frustrated about yesterday's Court of Appeal decision to allow the indigenous San ("Bushman") people of a Kalahari reserve drill for water. Human rights groups celebrate the ...
Pedal power may clean up Tanzania slum
The slums of the Tanzanian capital, Dar es Salaam, are an unhealthy and smelly place due to freely flowing sewage. Now, a researcher has found a low-threshold technology without needing electricity that could clean up the ...
African dreams of Egypt-like revolt
All over Africa, the dramatic events in Tunisia and Egypt are followed, with opposition groups and dissidents hoping the same could happen in their country. Mostly, these are only dreams, but some could come ...
Niger transition shows way for North Africa
With Saturday's second-round presidential elections, Niger ends a model one-year all-inclusive democratic transition process. The process could be an example for the revolutions in Egypt and ...
New AU leader Obiang calls criticism un-African
Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, whose election as new Chairman of the African Union (AU) caused widespread outrage by human rights groups and media, hits back at the criticism, calling it ...
Seychelles negotiates pirate returns with Somalia Somaliland
The government of Seychelles has entered into negotiations with ministers from Somalia and the breakaway republics of Somaliland and Puntland to secure the repatriation of convicted Somali ...
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