Africa News - AFP

COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Africa's frustration at the UN climate summit boiled over Monday as delegates walked out of key talks and continental giant Nigeria warned the negotiations were now on red alert. Full Story »

KHARTOUM (AFP) - Sudanese police fired tear gas, used water cannons and rounded up dozens of opposition supporters on Monday to halt a pro-democracy rally outside parliament, an AFP reporter said. Full Story »

NDJAMENA (AFP) - Sudan is behind the abduction of three French nationals, a senior Chadian official told AFP on Monday. Full Story »

ABUJA (AFP) - The new head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Yukiya Amano, on Monday held talks here on future cooperation with Nigeria, which plans to build its first nuclear power plant with Russian assistance. Full Story »

LIBREVILLE (AFP) - Government forces in Chad have been fighting rebel forces in the east of the country for the past two days, both sides reported Monday. Full Story »

GEMENA, DR Congo (AFP) - Democratic Republic of Congo soldiers have retaken control of Dongo in the country's north-west, where recent tribal clashes have forced thousands to flee, the government said Monday. Full Story »

KHARTOUM (AFP) - A civilian staffer of the UN-African Union peacekeeping force in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region expressed relief on Monday after being freed along with another UNAMID employee following a kidnap ordeal. Full Story »

KAMPALA (AFP) - Uganda may lose the chance of hosting a major AIDS research institution if it passes an anti-homosexual bill that seeks to significantly curtail gay rights, a UN official said Monday. Full Story »

NAIROBI (AFP) - Twelve players of the Eritrean national football squad have gone missing in Kenya, the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) general secretary Nicholas Musonye told AFP on Monday. Full Story »

PARIS (AFP) - France's President Nicolas Sarkozy handed his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak a stolen ancient relic on Monday, ending a row between France and Egypt over artefacts taken from a Luxor tomb. Full Story »