World: Africa

Children receive schooling from a Red Cross volunteer in an orphange in the eastern Chadian city of Abeche in 2006. The Red Cross has said a French staff member was abducted last night by several armed men in eastern Chad, close to the border with Sudan and its war-ravaged Darfur region.(AFP/File/Francesco Fontemaggi)

French staff member kidnapped in Chad: Red Cross

AFP - 7 minutes ago

GENEVA (AFP) - The Red Cross said on Tuesday that a French staff member was abducted last night by several armed men in eastern Chad, close to the border with Sudan and its war-ravaged Darfur region.

  • Over 20 million people need food aid in east Africa: U.N Reuters - 9 minutes ago

    ROME (Reuters) - Drought and war in eastern Africa have left more than 20 million people in desperate need of emergency food aid, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

  • A stream of molten gold cascades from the furnace into moulds to produce gold ingots at the Al-Amar Gold Mine, in Saudi Arabia. Ethiopia has announced the discovery of a mine containing more than 40 tonnes of gold deposit worth $1.7 billion.(AFP/File/Hassan Ammar)
    Ethiopia discovers mine with 40 tonnes of gold AFP - 30 minutes ago

    ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Ethiopia on Tuesday announced the discovery of a mine containing more than 40 tonnes of gold deposit worth 1.7 billion dollars (1.1 billion euros).

  • Rwanda genocide trial starts in suspect's absence Reuters - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The trial of a former Rwandan bank director charged with helping fund the 1994 Rwanda genocide will go ahead despite his absence due to ill health, a Belgian court ruled Tuesday.

  • One of King Tutankhamun's gold sarcophagi is displayed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo in 2007. Restoration work will begin on the tomb of Egypt's most famous pharaoh, King Tutankhamen, Egypt's antiquities department has said.(AFP/File/Cris Bouroncle)
    King Tut's tomb to get a facelift AFP - Tue Nov 10, 6:36 AM ET

    CAIRO (AFP) - Restoration work will begin on the tomb of Egypt's most famous pharaoh, King Tutankhamen, Egypt's antiquities department said on Tuesday.

  • Madagascar's disputed leader Andry Rajoelina talks to journalists after a meeting with African Union mediators in Addis Ababa on November 6. The African Union has called on Madagascar's political rivals to urgently implement a power-sharing deal reached last week aimed at ending the country's protracted political crisis.(AFP/File/Aaron Maasho)
    AU calls for formation of Madagascar unity govt AFP - Tue Nov 10, 6:21 AM ET

    ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - The African Union on Tuesday called on Madagascar's political rivals to urgently implement a power-sharing deal reached last week aimed at ending the country's protracted political crisis.

  • Central African Republic former president Ange-Felix Patasse, pictured in 2008, who returned from exile last month, met Monday with the man who deposed him and vowed to run for office next year.(AFP/File/Christian Panika)
    Back from exile, Central African ex-leader eyes election AFP - Mon Nov 9, 6:04 PM ET

    BANGUI (AFP) - Central African Republic former president Ange-Felix Patasse, who returned from exile last month, met Monday with the man who deposed him and vowed to run for office next year.

  • World Cup hosts South Africa have axed striker Mabhuti Khanyeza, seen here in 2007, for friendlies against Japan and Jamaica after he missed a training-camp deadline.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)
    South Africa axe late arrival Khanyeza AFP - Mon Nov 9, 2:25 PM ET

    JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - World Cup hosts South Africa have axed striker Mabhuti Khanyeza for friendlies against Japan and Jamaica after he missed a training-camp deadline.

  • A view of the headquarters(L) of Gepetrol, the National Oil Company of Equatorial Guinea, in Malabo II, Equatorial Guinea. Like its neighbor Gabon, whose oil wealth in the 1980s attracted many Beninese to work in education and the informal sector, little Equatorial Guinea has become a favoured destination among west Africans.(AFP/File/Rodrigo Angue Nguema)
    Africa's new 'boat people' set sights on oil-rich EGuinea AFP - Mon Nov 9, 12:56 PM ET

    COTONOU (AFP) - After a four-week ocean journey to nowhere, Raimi was tired and disillusioned on return to Benin's port of Cotonou, which he had left in high hopes of reaching the oil "El Dorado" of central Africa: Equatorial Guinea.

  • Callixte Kalimanzira, a former Rwandan senior government official, makes his initial appearance today at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha, Tanzania, in 2005. Nzabonimana, described by prosecutors as "the Butcher of Gitarama", went on trial Monday at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Tanzania.(AFP/HIRONDELLE/File/Kennedy Ndahiro)
    'Butcher of Gitarama' goes on trial over Rwanda genocide AFP - Mon Nov 9, 12:33 PM ET

    ARUSHA, Tanzania (AFP) - Former Rwandan government minister Callixte Nzabonimana, described by prosecutors as "the Butcher of Gitarama", went on trial Monday at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Tanzania.

  • Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir, seen here in August, has made a big show of defying a global arrest warrant against him, but in fact it has greatly curtailed his travel, as shown by his scrapping of trip to Istanbul.(AFP/File/Ashraf Shazly)
    Sudan leader's travel hampered by ICC warrant AFP - Mon Nov 9, 11:41 AM ET

    KHARTOUM (AFP) - Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir has made a big show of defying a global arrest warrant against him, but in fact it has greatly curtailed his travel, as shown by his scrapping of trip to Istanbul.

  • A farmer harvests wheat near the Tunisian city of Bizerte. China's pledge of 10 billion dollars in concessional loans to African states and enhanced trade was warmly received by African delegates as a two-day summit in Egypt ended on Monday.(AFP/File/Fethi Belaid)
    China's aid pledges draw African nations AFP - Mon Nov 9, 11:38 AM ET

    SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) - China's pledge of 10 billion dollars in concessional loans to African states and enhanced trade was warmly received by African delegates as a two-day summit in Egypt ended on Monday.

  • Roy Bennett, a top aide to Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, seen here arriving at the court, has gone on trial for terror charges before a packed courtroom in a case that has rocked Harare's fragile unity government.(AFP/Desmond Kwande)
    Bennett 'terror' trial adjourned in Zimbabwe AFP - Mon Nov 9, 11:36 AM ET

    HARARE (AFP) - Roy Bennett, a top aide to Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, on Monday went on trial for terror charges before a packed courtroom in a case that has rocked Harare's fragile unity government.

  • Prosecutor: Rwanda genocide suspect 'killed kids' AP - Mon Nov 9, 11:25 AM ET

    ARUSHA, Tanzania - A prosecutor at a U.N.-backed tribunal is accusing a Rwandan official of ordering the murder of children too weak to walk during the country's 1994 genocide.

  • Roy Bennet, centre, arrives at teh High Court for the beginning of his trial in Harare, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, where he faces weapons-smuggling charges.  Bennet is a top aide to Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who has called for a end to, what he has called the malicious prosecution of Bennet, who he has nominated to become deputy agriculture minister in the coalition government.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
    Trial for top Zimbabwean PM's aide gets under way AP - Mon Nov 9, 10:24 AM ET

    HARARE, Zimbabwe - Prosecutors sought to throw out testimony that evidence against a top prime minister's aide was obtained through torture as the trial that has strained Zimbabwe's troubled coalition government began Monday.

  • Swiss: Pair detained in Libya delivered to embassy AP - Mon Nov 9, 9:42 AM ET

    BERN, Switzerland - Two Swiss businessmen detained by Libya over a spat involving leader Moammar Gadhafi's son have been handed over to their embassy in Tripoli, Switzerland's Foreign Ministry said Monday.

  • A Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) soldier, in this exclusive image, pose sduring peace negotiations between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and Ugandan religious and cultural leaders in Ri-Kwangba, southern Sudan, November 30, 2008. REUTERS/Africa24 Media
    Darfur rebels threaten Sudan election workers Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 8:18 AM ET

    KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Rebels from Sudan's Darfur region on Monday threatened to attack any election officials that came into their territory, underlining the challenges facing the country's first multi-party poll in 24 years.

  • Zimbabwe's main opposition Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) national treasurer and nominee deputy minister of Agriculture Roy Bennet gestures as he leaves Mutare remand prison in Mutare 300 km (188 miles) east of the capital Harare, in this March 12, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo/Files
    Zimbabwe PM's ally goes on trial for terrorism Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 8:16 AM ET

    HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's ally Roy Bennett went on trial accused of terrorism on Monday in a case that has stoked tensions in the unity government of Tsvangirai and President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF.

  • Educating South Africa's kids, one by one The Christian Science Monitor - Mon Nov 9, 4:00 AM ET

    Soweto, South Africa - When José Bright arrived in South Africa in 1994, he felt daunted by the task ahead. After all, as an education consultant from the Washington, D.C., public school system, his job was to help South Africa transform its schools, designed to benefit the white minority of 4 million, into a system to educate the 40 million black majority as well.

  • A dredger flushing water from the River Niger in Lokoja in the Kogi State, to boost navigation and commerce along a 572 kilometres stretch of the river. After decades of delay and wrangling by resisting riverine communities, Nigeria has launched a multi-million-dollar dredging exercise to boost navigation and commerce on the Niger River.(AFP/File)
    Nigeria banks on River Niger to boost commerce, navigation AFP - Sun Nov 8, 6:49 PM ET

    LOKOJA, Nigeria (AFP) - After decades of delay and wrangling by resisting riverine communities, Nigeria has launched a multi-million-dollar dredging exercise to boost navigation and commerce on the Niger River.

  • A Dinka man poses for a photograph as he herds his cattle at a camp in Abyei, southern Sudan, in this picture released by the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) on March 13, 2009. REUTERS/Tim McKulka/UNMIS/Handout
    South Sudan faces famine danger after poor rains: U.N. Reuters - Sun Nov 8, 3:30 PM ET

    BOR, Sudan (Reuters) - South Sudan could face famine following low rainfall and a surge in tribal conflicts, the United Nations children's agency UNICEF said on Sunday.

  • FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2008 file photo, Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir seen during a news conference with his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul, not pictured, in Ankara, Turkey.Turkey should arrest Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir if he visits Istanbul because of an international warrant against him for atrocities in Darfur, human rights groups said Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Omar al-Bashir will reportedly arrive in Istanbul on Monday for a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Conference, a bloc of Muslim countries. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Afghan President Hamid Karzai are also expected to attend the meetings. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)
    Turkey: Indicted Sudan leader won't attend summit AP - Sun Nov 8, 11:58 AM ET

    ISTANBUL - Turkey said Sunday that Sudan's internationally indicted leader, President Omar al-Bashir, will not attend a conference of Muslim nations in Istanbul.

  • Opener Hashim Amla top scored for South Africa with a 131-minute 80 that included six fours. A late run flourish lifted South Africa to 295-5 off 50 overs against Zimbabwe at Willowmoore Park in the one-day international.(AFP/File/Prakash Singh)
    S.Africa cruise to victory as Taibu steals show AFP - Sun Nov 8, 11:50 AM ET

    BENONI, South Africa (AFP) - South Africa cruised to a 45-run victory over Zimbabwe on Sunday in a one-day international designed to dust away cobwebs ahead of a tour by England that begins in five days.

  • Zimbabwe's Prime Minister and opposition Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai attends the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit in Mozambique's capital Maputo, November 5, 2009. REUTERS/Grant Lee Neuenburg
    Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai vows to stay in government Reuters - Sun Nov 8, 11:40 AM ET

    CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe (Reuters) - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Sunday he would stay in the government and challenge President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF to implement last year's political deal in full.

  • Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai -- pictured addressing his party supporters at a rally in Chitungwiza, southeast of Harare -- has appealed to President Robert Mugabe and his ZANU-PF party to treat him as equal partner in the power sharing government.(AFP/Desmond Kwande)
    Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai urged to be treated as equal AFP - Sun Nov 8, 11:30 AM ET

    CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe (AFP) - Zimbabwe Prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Sunday appealed to President Robert Mugabe and his ZANU-PF party to treat him as equal partner in the power sharing government.

  • A southern Sudanese nurse weighs a malnourished baby at the hospital in Bor, the capital of Jonglei state. Southern Sudan faces potential famine and the risk of further ethnic conflict, with over one million people already hit by serious food insecurity, the UN Children?s Fund deputy head has warned.(AFP/Peter Martell)
    Famine and conflict risks confront south Sudan: UN AFP - Sun Nov 8, 10:29 AM ET

    BOR, Sudan (AFP) - Southern Sudan faces potential famine and the risk of further ethnic conflict, with over one million people already hit by serious food insecurity, the UN Children?s Fund deputy head warned Sunday.

  • Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao -- pictured at the opening session of the fourth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh -- has pledged to give Africa $10 billion in loans, brushing off criticism of "neo-colonialism" as China boosts its presence on the continent.(AFP/Cris Bouroncle)
    China to give Africa $10 billion dollars in loans AFP - Sun Nov 8, 11:56 AM ET

    SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) - Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao on Sunday pledged to give Africa 10 billion dollars in loans, brushing off criticism of "neo-colonialism" as China boosts its presence on the continent.

  • Congolese forces arrest 100 over police deaths Reuters - Sun Nov 8, 10:22 AM ET

    KINSHASA (Reuters) - Security forces in Democratic Republic of Congo have arrested about 100 armed men blamed for killing dozens of policemen in an attack in the country's isolated north last month, the government said on Sunday.

  • Chinese premier pledges funds, aid to Africa AP - Sun Nov 8, 9:50 AM ET

    SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt - China's premier on Sunday pledged $10 billion in low interest loans to African nations over the next three years and said Beijing would cancel the government debts of some of the poorest of those countries.

  • Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao -- pictured at the opening session of the fourth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh -- has pledged to give African countries $10 billion in concessional loans.(AFP/Cris Bouroncle)
    China to give Africa $10 billion in loans: Wen AFP - Sun Nov 8, 6:37 AM ET

    SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) - Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao pledged to give African countries 10 billion dollars in concessional loans as a two-day Forum on China-Africa Cooperation opened in Egypt on Sunday.

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