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Dozens dead in army offensive: Darfur rebels
(AFP)
3 Sep 2010 at 4:20am
AFP - A Darfur rebel group said on Friday that the Sudanese army had launched a major offensive against territory under its control killing 74 people, most of them civilians.
Mozambique calm after 2 days of deadly food riots
(AP)
3 Sep 2010 at 2:27am
AP - Mozambique's government says the economy lost more than $3 million because of two days of violent protests over rising prices.
Calm returns to Mozambique after food riots
(AFP)
3 Sep 2010 at 2:07am
AFP - Calm returned to the capital of Mozambique Friday following two days of protests over food and fuel prices that left seven people dead and hundreds injured. officials said.
Japan whale meat case echoes apartheid: Greenpeace chief
(AFP)
3 Sep 2010 at 12:42am
AFP - Greenpeace chief Kumi Naidoo on Friday likened Japan's treatment of two of its anti-whaling activists to the tactics of the former apartheid regime he once campaigned against in his native South Africa.
Sudan's north-south faultline worries about war
(AP)
2 Sep 2010 at 5:15pm
AP - Four months before Southern Sudan is scheduled to hold an independence referendum, tensions are already rising in this oil-rich region that sits on the expected future border, with allegations the central government is using violence and ethnic cleansing to sway the vote.
Sudan referendum body agrees post to end deadlock
(Reuters)
2 Sep 2010 at 1:12pm
Reuters - Sudan's referendum commission agreed on a key post on Thursday, ending a deadlock which has stalled plans for the January 9 southern vote on independence from the north against which it has fought decades of civil war.
Clashes continue in Mozambique price protests
(AFP)
2 Sep 2010 at 12:36pm
AFP - Fresh clashes between police and demonstrators erupted in Mozambique on Thursday, the second day of violent protests over food and fuel prices that have left seven dead and hundreds injured.
Strikes in South Africa could have long-term economic consequences
(The ...
2 Sep 2010 at 10:32am
The Christian Science Monitor - South Africa’s civil servants continue to flex their muscles, rejecting the latest government offer of wage increases in a nationwide strike that has reached its 16th day.
Sudan north-south border 'dangerously militarised': ICG
(AFP)
2 Sep 2010 at 10:21am
AFP - The undefined border between ex-civil war foes in northern and southern Sudan is creating tension in the oil-rich area as the south nears an independence vote, the International Crisis Group warned on Thursday.
Uganda ready to send 10,000 troops to Somalia: army
(AFP)
2 Sep 2010 at 10:18am
AFP - Uganda said Thursday it can provide up to 10,000 troops for deployment to Somalia where it already has soldiers in the African Union mission protecting the country's embattled government.
HRW denounces alleged torture of Islamists in Morocco
(AFP)
2 Sep 2010 at 10:14am
AFP - Human Rights Watch (HRW) has denounced the alleged torture by Moroccan police of seven prominent members of the country's leading Islamist association, the organisation said in a statement.
UN to release Congo 'genocide' report in October
(AP)
2 Sep 2010 at 10:02am
AP - A report detailing hundreds of gruesome attacks against civilians in Congo over a 10-year period won't be released until October, the U.N.'s top human rights official said Thursday, after Rwanda angrily protested the findings in a draft version.
Liberia okays $1.6 bln palm oil investment
(AFP)
2 Sep 2010 at 9:03am
AFP - Liberia's parliament on Thursday ratified a 1.6 billion US dollar (1.2 billion euro) concession granted to Indonesian palm oil giant Golden Veroleum to develop plantations in the west African nation.
BRIC nations should add S. Africa: minister
(AFP)
2 Sep 2010 at 8:30am
AFP - South Africa's foreign minister said Thursday the informal grouping of fast-growing emerging economies known as BRIC -- Brazil, Russia, India and China -- should add South Africa to become BRICSA.
Africa starting to take agriculture seriously: Annan
(AFP)
2 Sep 2010 at 8:27am
AFP - Nobel Peace laureate and former UN secretary general Kofi Annan on Thursday said calls on African governments to give priority to agricultural funding are starting to bear fruit.
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