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14 Darfur civilians killed in government air raids: rebels Khartoum (AFP) May 5, 2008 
Sudanese government air strikes killed at least 14 civilians in three days of bombardment in North Darfur, including a raid on a busy market, the rebel Justice and Equality Movement said on Monday. "There has been continuous bombardment by Antonov aircraft for three days," London-based JEM spokesman Ahmed Hussein Adam told AFP by telephone. "Yesterday (Sunday) morning they bombarded a ... read more |
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Revenge threatened for slain Somali Qaeda chief
Dubai (AFP) May 1, 2008A statement posted in the name of a Somali militant group on Thursday vowed to avenge the killing in a US air strike of its commander, said to be Al-Qaeda's leader in the lawless African country. "American enemy fighters targeted a house in Dhusamareb, around 500 kilometres (310 miles) north of the capital Mogadishu, where some of the leaders of your brothers in the Young Mujahedeen Movement ... more Angola issues 500 visas each day to Chinese: report 
Luanda (AFP) April 30, 2008Angola's embassy in Beijing has been issuing up to 500 visas every day this year for Chinese to travel to the southern African country, state news agency Angop reported on Wednesday. "We're issuing on average 400 to 500 visas per day," more than "the 200 initially anticipated," Ambassador Joao Manuel Bernardo was quoted as saying. Joao Bernardo said the increased number of visa requests ... more Burundi air force bombs rebel bases 
Bujumbura (AFP) April 30, 2008Burundi's air force bombed rebel positions northwest of the capital Bujumbura on Wednesday, military officials said, after two days of violent clashes left at least 21 people dead. "The air force repeatedly flew over the Rukoko swamp and bombed FNL fighter units," army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Adolphe Manirakiza told AFP, but gave no toll. The sound of air raids could be heard in ... more It's home bittersweet home for northern Uganda's returnees 
Apyeta, Uganda (AFP) April 26, 2008Joseph Alana has returned to the village Uganda's civil war forced him to flee. The mango tree he planted years ago is one of the few things still standing and the task ahead is huge. "I'm happy to be back home. I planted this mango tree many years back, I'm now enjoying the fruit of this tree," says the 67-year-old. The war that raged for two decades between the government and the rebel ... more China Railway to invest in 2.9-billion-dollar mining project in Congo 
Shanghai (AFP) April 23, 2008China Railway Group, the nation's largest construction firm, said Wednesday it had signed an agreement to invest in a 2.9-billion-dollar copper and cobalt mining project in Congo. It planned to set up an investment joint venture for the project with registered capital of 100 million dollars with several other state-run Chinese firms and Congolese companies, according to a statement to the ... more |
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Washington (AFP) April 10, 2008A vast study of the plants and animals unique to Madagascar was published Thursday in a bid to protect thousands of rare species found only on the large African island. The island is home to two percent of the Earth's total biodiversity, and only in Madagascar can you find wild lemurs, as well as several species of butterflies, frogs, geckos and ants. Half of the world's chameleon species ... more Uganda rebels to sign historic peace deal 
Ri-Kwangba, Sudan (AFP) April 10, 2008Uganda's top rebel leader Joseph Kony was to sign an historic peace deal on Thursday to end one of Africa's longest conflicts which has left tens of thousands dead. The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) chief was due in the southern Sudan jungle town of Ri-Kwangba to initial an agreement which is to be signed by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday. "They (the LRA) told me he would be ... more Joseph Kony: Uganda's mysterious rebel leader 
Kampala (AFP) April 10, 2008Joseph Kony, Uganda's elusive rebel leader who is expected to sign a final peace deal Friday, is a former altar boy who turned into one of Africa's most brutal commanders. The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) chief has waged a 20-year war against the government, demanding the country be ruled according to the biblical 10 commandments. The man with a rumoured 60 wives has sown terror in north ... more First India-Africa summit pledges close partnership 
New Delhi (AFP) April 9, 2008India on Wednesday ended its first-ever summit with African nations, aimed at deepening ties with the resource-rich continent and trying to ensure it is not eclipsed by Asian rival China. The two-day meeting, attended by leaders of 14 African countries and regional economic groupings, identified food security, high oil prices and climate change as top concerns in a joint declaration as India ... more Kenya appeals for partnership to clean environment: official 
Nairobi (AFP) April 8, 2008Kenya's environment watchdog appealed Monday for a public-private partnership to help clean the environment choked by thousands of tonnes of dumped waste. "Now we are paying the cost of poor management either through flooding, land slides or various diseases because of open dumping. It is about time people realise that the solutions are with us," said Betty Nzioka, the deputy head of the sta ... more |
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Niamey (AFP) March 31, 2008Ten Tuareg rebels were killed and many others wounded in the last three weeks of March in strikes against mountain hideouts in Niger, a spokesman for the country's armed forces said Monday. The rebels were killed in "operations to destroy the hideouts of armed bandits in the Air mountains," said spokesman Goukoye Abdulkarim. Five soldiers were also killed in the operations, three of them ... more Plastic bags spawn cottage industry in Ivory Coast 
Abidjan (AFP) March 30, 2008They may be the scourge of cityscapes and the countryside and the bane of environmentalists, but discarded plastic bags have spawned a growing and lucrative cottage industry in Ivory Coast. Thousands of men and women dubbed "manan-ferela" -- bag washers in the local Malinke language -- spend their days collecting and washing the sacks, which are recycled into brand new plastic objects "Made ... more Analysis: China ships weapons to Sudan 
Hong Kong (UPI) Mar 28, 2008 While the world focuses on China's crackdown in Tibet, Beijing has shipped its most advanced ground-to-air missiles and fighter aircraft to Sudan, where the government is engaged in a bloody battle against rebel groups in the Darfur region. China shipped its latest version of the FN-6 portable ground-to-air missiles to Sudan, video footage of that country's 2007 Independence Day military ... more Attacks on Darfur villages were deliberate military strategy: UN 
Geneva (AFP) March 20, 2008Attacks on four villages in West Darfur in January and February by the Sudanese armed forces amounted to a "deliberate" military strategy, the United Nations said Thursday. The attacks resulted in at least 115 deaths, according to a report issued jointly by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN African Union Mission in Darfur. "The scale of destruction of civ ... more Defy commanders, Zimbabwe rights group urges security forces 
Harare (AFP) March 21, 2008A rights group on Friday urged Zimbabwe's security forces to defy commanders who have vowed they would support only President Robert Mugabe to rule the country after next week's poll. "You have heard your commanders declare that they would not support and salute anyone other than the current president," the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA), a coalition of rights groups campaigning for ... more
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