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Sat, 04 Jul 2009
Sudan police search for kidnapped aid workers
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese security services were searching on Saturday for two kidnapped female aid workers, one Ugandan and one Irish, taken from their compound in Darfur, said Irish humanitarian group Goal which employs the women. Sat, 04 Jul 2009
Madagascar president to ask EU to maintain aid
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Army-backed President Andry Rajoelina left for Brussels early on Saturday hoping to persuade the European Union not to suspend aid to Madagascar, its economy hit by political turmoil and the global crisis. Sat, 04 Jul 2009
Morocco arrests brother of top Islamist group member
RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco has arrested the brother of a prominent figure in the country's main Islamist opposition group on suspicion of belonging to a hashish smuggling ring, police said on Saturday. Sat, 04 Jul 2009
Rescuers find debris of Yemenia aircraft
SANAA (Reuters) - Search crews have located a large piece of debris from a Yemeni jet that crashed into the Indian Ocean off the Comoros islands last week and are working to retrieve it, the Yemeni transport ministry said on Saturday. Sat, 04 Jul 2009
AU ruling means Bashir can travel in Africa - Sudan
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan said on Saturday its president was free to travel across Africa after heads of state of the African Union voted not to cooperate with the International Criminal Court's indictment of him. Sat, 04 Jul 2009
Crew onboard hijacked ship are "desperate"- paper
BERLIN (Reuters) - The 24 hostages on board a German ship that was hijacked by Somali pirates in April have no more water, food or medicine, a German weekly reported, citing comments emailed by the captain of the ship. Sat, 04 Jul 2009
African leaders seek sanctions on Eritrea
SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - African leaders asked the United Nations on Friday to impose sanctions on Eritrea, saying it was aiding the Islamist rebels fighting government forces in nearby Somalia. Sat, 04 Jul 2009
Nigeria militant trial goes on despite amnesty offer
JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) - The trial of top Nigerian oil militant Henry Okah for gun-running and treason continued on Friday despite President Umaru Yar'Adua's order that a top government official meet with him and offer him amnesty. Sat, 04 Jul 2009
G8 expected to back new approach to food aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Group of Eight rich nations is expected to back a U.S. proposal next week that would seek a more "coordinated approach" to food aid and development, a top U.S. official said on Friday. Fri, 03 Jul 2009
Zimbabwe to re-evaluate all mining contracts
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe will re-evaluate all mining contracts and introduce a "use it or lose it" policy for its mining industry under a proposed law, Finance Minister Tendai Biti told Reuters on Friday. |
