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Morocco and Algeria : Impasse over Western Sahara
Morocco's invitation of Algeria for a direct dialogue over the Western Sahara conflict is faced with an impasse as the algerian government maintains...
Over 100 000 Refugees repatriated
The UN refugee agency has announced the repatriation of more than 100,000 refugees from South Sudan, under an organised repatriation programme launched in December...
Comoros reconstruction pledged by AU
Following the defeat of Colonel Mohamed Bacar's illegal regime in the Island of Anjouan during the week, the African Union (AU) is looking into...
Agreement reached by gov’ts of Ghana and Liberia
Ghana has softened its position on the issue of the repatriation of Liberian refugees and announced that it has reached an agreement with Liberia...
Zimbabwe votes : Statistics of votes in three scenarios
Three scenarios have been developed based on slightly different assumptions. The major assumption is that Tsvangirai still has major support in urban areas,...
African defence ministers pledge effort for peace on the continent
Member states of the African Union (AU) need to intensify efforts at making the continent's peace and security architecture fully operational, defence and security...
Zimbabwe cabinet dissolved
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe Friday dissolved his cabinet ahead of weekend general elections in which his party is fighting for political survival after 28...
Kenya : Disabled want to be part of coalition gov’t
The community of people with disabilities said Friday it envisaged a grand coalition government with the clout to deal with disability issues.
The disabled, who...
Comoros : Rebels warned
The Alliance for the Liberation of Anjouan, made up of the Comoran military supported by AU forces from Tanzania and Sudan, has presented rebels...
Voter fraud uncovered by opposition
Opposition parties in Zimbabwe said they had uncovered plans by the government to rig crunch weekend polls, and warned of unspecified action.
At a joint...
Refugees to go home in June
Ghana and Liberia have reached an agreement under which the repatriation of Liberian refugees in Ghana would begin in June.
The agreement was reached at...
Stiffer penalities for human traffickers in Mozambique
The Mozambican government favours stiffer penalties for criminals found guilty of trafficking in people, Justice Minister Benvinda Levi said Thursday.
Levi was speaking at a...
Malian Touareg rebels vow more violence
The March 8 release of 22 Malian soldiers, by touareg gunmen led by Brahim Bahanga has not done much to calm down the Malian...
Mining contracts under review
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo ( DRC) has set up a panel to review mining contracts, Mining Minister Martin Kabwelulu said...
Catholicism more powerful in Scotland
The Catholic Church has become closely associated with an open and positive attitude toward Scottish independance
Part of the growing interest in the country’s national...
A long list of Christian Zionists running the United States
All Jews are not Zionists, and all Zionists are not Jews. Starting with Bush, Cheney, and Ashcroft - plus many in Congress such as...
Heavy arms discovery made in Morocco
The Moroccan security service (DST) is believed to have laid their hands on arms weighing 2,270 tonnes of different varieties, including shells. According to...
Zimbabwe : Mugabe defends rigging accusations
Embattled Robert Mugabe has come out fighting over accusations of vote rigging that have variously been levelled against him and his Zanu PF government...
US and Libyan lawmakers discuss politics
The secretary of the Libyan People's General Congress (PGC ), the highest legislative authority in the country, Muftah Kaiba, on Wednesday briefed the head...
Debt relief for The Gambia
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on Wednesday in Tunis approved debt relief of US $ 22.77 million in nominal...
Funds for Great Lakes reconstruction to be managed by AfDB
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on Wednesday in Tunis approved a proposal for the Bank Group to administer and...
Yar’Adua gets tougher as two ministers get the sack
Umaru Yar’Adua, Nigeria’s president, has sacked two ministers on suspicion of stealing public funds, a sign he is adopting a more assertive style after...
6 month jail term for Egyptian editor
Egypt's leading Editor Ibrahim Eissa has been sentenced to six months in prison over a series of articles published by his Al Dustour newspaper...
Comoros’ rebel island under union gov’t control
Comoros took control of its rebel island of Anjouan on Tuesday in a military operation aimed at toppling renegade leader, Mohamed Bacar, a government...
Opposition arrests among other threats begin
ZIMBABWEAN police have again vowed to ruthlessly crush any premature victory celebrations ahead of the official release of results from this weekend's general...
Mother and 3 month baby abducted
In the first of its kind, a mother and her three-month-old baby were kidnapped from their home in Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers in...
Ghana : President to meet refugees as one sues
A Liberian government delegation is scheduled to meet President John Agyekum Kufuor on Wednesday for talks on the standoff between the government and Liberian...
Comoros: Anjouan under loyalist control
The executive assistant of the Comoros president in charge of defence, Mohamed Bacar Dossar, declared on Tuesday in Moroni that the army had the...
Diana wanted by two governments for crimes
A team from the Mozambican Criminal Investigation Po lice (PIC) and the Attorney General's Office have arrived in South Africa to negotiate the extradition...
WFP, MOSS and GAIN celebrate start of flour fortification in Egypt
Aswan, Egypt (GAIN/WFP) - The fortification of Egyptian flour, used in the production of widely-consumed baladi bread, with iron and folic acid has been...