News About Africa 03-JUL-09 en-us Harare (AFP) June 30, 2009 - Zimbabwe has won 950 million dollars in credit lines from China, the largest loan secured by the new government, boosting the country's global appeal for funds to rebuild its shattered economy.]]> Monrovia (AFP) July 1, 2009 - Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission submitted to parliament on Wednesday its final report on crimes and human rights abuses committed during the country's devastating civil wars.]]> Washington (AFP) June 29, 2009 - Google on Monday unveiled a new service designed to provide information via SMS text message to mobile phone users in Africa, where cell phones are prevalent but Internet penetration is low.]]> Washington (AFP) June 25, 2009 - The United States is giving Somalia's embattled government urgent supplies of weapons and ammunition to fight off Islamist insurgents, a US official said Thursday.]]> Brussels (AFP) June 24, 2009 - Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade called on European nations on Wednesday to boost their aid to Africa, warning that countries there might turn to Brazil, China and India for economic help.]]> Lagos, Nigeria (UPI) Jun 22, 2009 - Amid growing unrest around the oil-rich Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, Nigerian security authorities have seized a Ukrainian cargo aircraft loaded with 18 crates of weapons and ammunition bound for Equatorial Guinea, the third-largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa.]]> Nairobi, Kenya (UPI) Jun 22, 2009 - European mercenaries, the notorious "Dogs of War," came to prominence in Africa in the 1960s when the mineral-rich continent was convulsed by wars and revolutions as Britain, France and Belgium relinquished their vast colonies.]]> Addis Ababa (AFP) June 19, 2009 - Developed countries have maintained their aid commitments despite the global economic crisis, a top UN official said Friday, but warned that fluctuating exchange rates could impact on pledges.]]> Kano, Nigeria (AFP) June 18, 2009 - Nigerian security agents Thursday searched again a detained aircraft from Ukraine carrying arms and headed for Equatorial Guinea, while its crew awaited interrogation, officials said.]]> Mogadishu (AFP) June 12, 2009 - At the ripe old age of 13 and after two years of military training with the insurgent group Hezb al-Islamiya, Husein Abdi is proud to have been inducted into Somalia's fighting brotherhood.]]>