Mortar lands in Congo as UN chief arrives
Melanie Gouby, Associated Press |
posted 41 minutes ago
A spokesman for the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Congo says that a mortar landed in a neighborhood of Goma, a major city in eastern Congo, which last year was briefly overrun by a rebel group. The explosion comes as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Congo's distant capital for a two-day visit that is expected to take him to Goma.
Kenya's truth report: Killings, land grabs, graft
Tom Odula, Associated Press |
posted May 22nd - 4:37am
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta received a long-awaited Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission report that says his father, the country's first president, presided over a government that was responsible for numerous gross human rights violations, political assassinations and illegal allocation of land.
Nigeria: Islamic extremist inmates to be released
Jon Gambrell, Associated Press |
posted May 21st - 3:06pm
Nigeria's military said Tuesday that the West African nation would release some of the prisoners it has taken in the country's fight against Islamic extremists _ including all the women now held in custody.
New Egypt tax law: cuts for poor, business hikes
Aya Batrawy, Associated Press |
posted May 21st - 3:00pm
Egypt's president signed a new tax law Tuesday that cuts the amount paid by poorer Egyptians in the latest move aimed at reforming the country's economy.
Thousands of women protest death in Togo
Associated Press |
posted May 21st - 11:50am
Thousands of women have taken to the streets in Togo to protest the death of an opposition figure who had been jailed.
China vice-premier arrives in Zimbabwe
Associated Press |
posted May 21st - 10:42am
Chinese vice-premier Wang Yang has arrived in Zimbabwe at the start of an official trip to view his nation's burgeoning trade and development ties in Africa.
South Africa: Winnie Mandela forced auction flops
Wandoo Makurdi, Associated Press |
posted May 21st - 10:35am
There were no bidders and no locksmiths willing to force entry for a scheduled auction Tuesday to sell artworks and other belongings of Nelson Mandela's ex-wife.
Fighting for 2nd day between army, rebels in Congo
Melanie Gouby, Associated Press |
posted May 21st - 10:35am
Fighting between the M23 rebels and the army continued for a second day Tuesday near Congo's eastern provincial capital of Goma, in clashes that have so far killed 19 people, all of them either soldiers or rebels, officials said.
Court frees man in murder that shocked SAfricans
Michelle Faul, Associated Press |
posted May 21st - 10:32am
A magistrate drops charges against the boyfriend accused in the brutal gang-rape and killing of a teenager that shocked South Africans.
Rebels in C. African Republic protest conditions
Jose Richard Pouambi and Rukmini Callimachi, Associated Press |
posted May 21st - 10:23am
Some members of the rebel alliance who overthrew the president of Central African Republic are protesting outside the luxury hotel where their leader is based.
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