| Congo refugees stream east(By Joe Bavier Joe Bavier 2008-11-27 14:10) | | KINSHASA (Reuters) – Thousands of Congolese civilians streamed into Uganda on Thursday, fleeing fresh fighting in east Congo which added urgency to calls for more international peacekeepers to be deployed immediately. The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR s... |
| Prince, Boucher turn it around for South Africa(by Chris Burnes Chris Burnes 2008-11-27 12:08) | | CENTURION, South Africa (AFP) – Bangladesh had a brief taste of dominance before Ashwell Prince and Mark Boucher regained the initiative for South Africa on the second day of the second and final Test at Centurion Park on Thursday. South Africa were... |
| Congo suspects plead not guilty to war crimes(By MIKE CORDER, Associated Press Writer Mike Corder, Associated Press Writer 2008-11-27 12:08) | | THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Two Congolese warlords pleaded not guilty Thursday at the International Criminal Court to charges of murder, rape and using child soldiers during a deadly attack on a village in 2003. Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo ent... |
| Congolese refugees fleeing to Uganda: UN( 2008-11-27 12:08) | | GENEVA (AFP) – About 13,000 people have fled to Uganda from the violence-wracked eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in the last two days, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said Thursday. "UNHCR staff at the south-west Ugandan border town... |
| Africa won't turn its back on Zimbabwe: Nigerian president( 2008-11-27 12:08) | | ABUJA (AFP) – Africa will not give up on Zimbabwe until its economic, political and humanitarian crisis is peacefully resolved, Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua vowed on Thursday. "I assure you that the African Union will not relent until we s... |
| Sudanese police demolish 10,000 shanty homes( 2008-11-27 11:03) | | KHARTOUM (AFP) – Sudanese police have demolished about 10,000 homes in a shanty town south of Khartoum, using tear gas to disperse protesting residents, a security source and witnesses told AFP on Thursday. Police demolished the buildings, home to a... |
| Sierra Leone pirates attack Chinese vessel( 2008-11-27 09:34) | | FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – Sierra Leone police say pirates attacked a Chinese fishing vessel in a rare attack off West Africa that ended with four suspects dead. The pirates forced the crew to hand over their cargo of fish before being caught by secur... |
| Zimbabwe labor leaders call for run on banks(By ANGUS SHAW, Associated Press Writer Angus Shaw, Associated Press Writer 2008-11-27 08:03) | | HARARE, Zimbabwe – Labor leaders called on Zimbabweans Thursday to demand more money for food and medication than they are allowed to take out of their bank accounts because of tight daily withdrawal limits. The cost of basic medications amid a chol... |
| Zimbabwe's Mugabe heads for Qatar( 2008-11-27 08:03) | | HARARE (AFP) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has left for Doha to participate in a weekend UN international conference, state media reported Thursday, as his country battles a deadly cholera epidemic. "President Mugabe left Harare last nig... |
| Zimbabwe crisis hurting its health care, education(By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press Writer 2008-11-27 07:32) | | UNITED NATIONS – Zimbabwe, in the midst of a political and economic crisis, is seeing school attendance plummet, hospitals and clinics close, record cholera cases and millions going to bed hungry, according to a senior U.N. humanitarian official. Ca... |
| 2 arrests in Somali journalists' kidnapping(By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN, Associated Press Writer Mohamed Olad Hassan, Associated Press Writer 2008-11-27 07:32) | | MOGADISHU, Somalia – Two men were arrested Thursday in connection with the kidnapping of two foreign journalists, who were in northern Somalia reporting on the region's rampant piracy, police said. Six other suspects were on the run after the Britis... |
| Civilians flee as Congo rebels attack militia(By ANITA POWELL, Associated Press Writer Anita Powell, Associated Press Writer 2008-11-27 01:45) | | GOMA, Congo – A rebel offensive to expel some of the perpetrators of Rwanda's 1994 genocide forced more than 3,000 civilians to flee eastern Congo to neighboring Uganda in a single day, the insurgents and U.N. officials said early Thursday. In New Y... |
| Rice urges neighbors to step up pressure on Mugabe( 2008-11-27 01:45) | | WASHINGTON (AFP) – US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday urged Zimbabwe's neighbors to step up pressure on President Robert Mugabe to end the stalemate over power-sharing negotiations. "Frankly, we need more help from the region,&... |
| Sarkozy to discuss Darfur crisis with Beshir( 2008-11-27 00:36) | | PARIS (AFP) – French President Nicolas Sarkozy will discuss the Darfur conflict with his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Beshir at a weekend UN meeting on the global financial crisis in Doha, his office said Wednesday. Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khal... |
| Moroccan forum gives pro-democracy award to Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai( 2008-11-27 00:36) | | TANGIERS, Morocco (AFP) – Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai Wednesday won a pro-democracy award at a Moroccan political-economic forum in the Mediterranean, known as MEDays. "The 2008 MEDays prize for political dialogue has been aw... |
| Sudan government breaks Darfur ceasefire: U.N.'s Ban( 2008-11-27 00:36) | | UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday he was disappointed that Sudan's government was still conducting military activity in Darfur in violation of a ceasefire and urged restraint from all sides. Ban's office... |
| UN investigating possible war crimes in Congo(By JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press Writer John Heilprin, Associated Press Writer 2008-11-27 00:36) | | UNITED NATIONS – U.N. officials have opened investigations into whether war crimes have been committed in eastern Congo, saying they have alarming evidence of targeted killings and possibly massacres of civilians. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon raise... |
| 2 mass graves discovered in Congo(By EDDY ISANGO, Associated Press Writer Eddy Isango, Associated Press Writer 2008-11-27 00:36) | | KINSHASA, Congo – Two mass graves containing as many as 2,000 bodies have been discovered in eastern Congo, government officials said Wednesday. Justice Minister Luzolo Bambi told reporters the graves were found Saturday in the town of Bukavu in a p... |
| Algeria accuses France of holding diplomat hostage( 2008-11-27 00:36) | | ALGIERS, Algeria – Algeria's foreign minister has accused France of unfairly holding a senior Algerian diplomat "hostage" as part of a probe into a 1987 murder. Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci says diplomat Ziane Hasseni has been mistaken for someon... |
| Surge in Central Africa violence ahead of political talks: UNICEF( 2008-11-27 00:29) | | GENEVA (AFP) – Central African Republic has seen a surge in violence as factions jostle for position ahead of talks between the government and rebel groups next month, the UN Children's Fund said Wednesday. "The humanitarian situation in the CA... |
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