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Africa RSS FeedsSudan: Country in Danger of Splitting, Warns Report - Southern Sudan might break away from the north if the "troubled relationship" between Sudan's dominant centre and regions on its periphery are not resolved, a new report has warned....Feed Source: allafrica.com Somalia: Piracy Surges Again - There has been a new upsurge of piracy off Somalia, reports an agency associated with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato).... Zimbabwe: New Call for Joint Control of Security Forces - THE Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC is now demanding that the police, army and Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) be placed under the effective control of parties to the inclusive government agreement after the security apparatus has of late been used to target MDC members and human rights activists.... West Africa: Region Calls Summit on Guinea Coup - The extra-ordinary meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) summoned by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua over the coup in Guinea will hold tomorrow in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).... Congo-Kinshasa: Peace Talks Focus on Security - United Nations-backed talks aimed at bringing an end to the deadly conflict between the Government and rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been focusing on security matters, including a possible ceasefire, since resuming earlier this week in Nairobi, a senior official said today.... Uganda: Rebel Leader Still in DRC - LRA rebel leader Joseph Kony is in Garamba jungles and has not escaped the allies' snare to sneak into the Central African Republic (CAR).... Congo-Kinshasa: Peace Talks Making Progress - The latest round of United Nations-supported Government-rebel political negotiations seeking to quell the violence engulfing the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continued today, with the co-chair reporting slow but steady progress.... Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Requests Meeting With Mugabe - MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai' stay outside Zimbabwe is coming to an end as he's expected back in Harare soon, a senior official of the party said on Friday.... Cape Verde: Can Fog Solve Water Shortages? - When the rainy season ends in Cape Verde hundreds of families tap into another source of water: fog. Farmers track fog as their ancestors followed rain clouds, monitoring 15 double-sided nets that rise into the mountains.... Congo-Kinshasa: Thousands Displaced By Latest LRA Attack - Thousands of civilians have been displaced in another deadly attack by suspected Lord's Resistance Army rebels in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to local sources.... Benin: Voodoo Community Remains Impenetrable to HIV Outreach - Voodoo rituals have long been inaccessible to anyone except disciples and priests. Even though certain practices like scarification carry a high risk of HIV infection, outsiders to the voodoo community have largely been unable to penetrate the secrecy that health officials say can be deadly to its followers.... Zimbabwe: Patients Pay U.S. Dollars for Healthcare - BRIAN Towanda sits with his wife on a sofa counting down the days to January 15 -- the day his spouse's gynaecologist said she would deliver their first child.... Zimbabwe: Bid to Stifle Foreign Press - Foreign correspondents and local journalists filing for international media have expressed anger over the introduction this week of hefty accreditation fees, apparently aimed at stifling their work.... Zimbabwe: Elephants Killed to Feed Soldiers - Report - IN a move likely to appal conservationists the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) and the Parks and Wildlife Management Authority have reportedly struck a deal that has resulted in the authority slaughtering elephants to feed soldiers at army barracks across the country.... Togo: Law of Silence Trumps Anti-Trafficking Rule - Parents, police and even judges are hesitant to press charges against human-traffickers because of fear of punishment, concern for the community and confusion about Togo's 2005 anti-trafficking law, according to an NGO analysis of the law.... Nigeria: Air Force Chief Raises Alarm Over Chinese Contract - More than three years after a N30 billion contract was awarded to a Chinese company for the supply of one N17, 12 F7 and five other Chinese aircraft for military flying operations by the Nigerian Airforce, delivery of the aircraft is yet to be effected even after over 85 percent payment obligations had been made by the Nigerian government.... Nigeria: Arrests Over New Motorcycle Helmet Law - About 152 motorcyclists had been arrested by the Anambra State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) for compulsory use of helmet since the order came into effect January 1, 2009.... Somalia: Multinational Force to Combat Pirates - The United States Navy has announced the formation of an international force to provide security in the dangerous shipping lanes in the Gulf of Aden off the Somali coast.... Nigeria: State Challenges Probe of Jos Riots - The controversy over who has the constitutional power to institute a probe panel into the November 28, 2008 sectarian riots in Jos, Plateau State has taken another turn.... Sudan: U.S. to Help Airlift Darfur Equipment - The United States Africa Command, under the directive of President George Bush, will soon airlift Rwandan equipment meant for the Rwandan peacekeepers from Kigali to war ravaged Darfur in Sudan.... Rwanda: Prosecutors Probe Genocide Survivors' Funds - Rwandan Prosecutor General, Martin Ngoga, has confirmed that at least 17 people are under investigations for their involvement in mismanagement of Funds for Support of Genocide Survivors (FARG), established some ten years ago.... South Africa: Ruling ANC Finalizes Election Lists - THE pecking order in the African National Congress (ANC) will be decided over the next few days, as the ruling party's provincial structures meet to decide on its candidates ahead of the party's national list conference next weekend.... Africa: Analysts Raise Doubts on Telecoms Cables - AT LEAST four out of 10 undersea telecoms cables supposed to be heading for Africa will probably never materialise, according to analysts from AfricaNext Investment Research.... South Africa: Factories Head for Recession - MANUFACTURING output dived 4,4% in November, the biggest annual fall in more than nine years, adding to evidence that the economy's second-biggest sector is in recession.... Zimbabwe: South African NGOs Lobby on Crisis - CIVIL society organisations in SA are to press the government and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to hasten resolution of the crisis in Zimbabwe.... Sudan: Pluses and Minuses of War Crimes Charges - Attempts to charge Sudan's leaders with war crimes in Darfur have dramatically changed the country's political scene, says a new report by the British think tank Chatham House.... Uganda: New HIV Cases Alarm Doctors - DOCTORS have raised a fresh alarm over the rate at which Ugandans are becoming infected with HIV, especially married people.... Africa: Press Can Spark War - And Peace - In 2003, two journalists from Radio-Télévision Libre des Milles Collines were convicted of war crimes in the Rwanda genocide - illustrating the dangerous role media can play by relaying hate speech or rumours during times of violent conflict.... Congo-Kinshasa: Obasanjo Optimistic On Peace - The UN Secretary General's special envoy, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, Thursday reiterated his optimism that peace will ultimately come to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).... Cameroon: UN Declares 2009 'Year of the Gorilla' - The United Nations Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals has declared this year (2009) as the "Year of the Gorilla."The declaration is in a bid to help save our endangered 'primate cousins', the gorillas, from extinction.... Copyright © 2009, Digital Profit Tips & Solutions. All Rights Reserved. |