Benin President Thomas Boni Yayi has held talks in China with his counterpart Hu Jintao on further Chinese investment in the West African nation, a presidential adviser said…
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Somalia’s al Shabaab says it did not kidnap Briton
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali Islamist rebel group al Shabaab said on Wednesday it was not behind the kidnapping of a British woman from a luxury Kenyan beach resort, and…
Angola army says 17 killed in air crash
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Seventeen people were killed when an Angolan military aircraft crashed at an airport in Huambo on Wednesday, state news agency Angop reported, citing a statement from…
Pirates hijack vessel with 23 crew off Benin
COTONOU, Benin (Reuters) - Armed men hijacked a Cyprus-flagged fuel tanker with 23 crew off the coast of Benin in West Africa on Wednesday, the International Maritime Bureau and…
Politikai gesztus vagy bábjáték Szudánban?
Szudán, Kartúm – Új taggal bővült a szudáni kormány. A szudáni elnök egy darfuri politikust nevezett ki alelnöknek. A gesztusértékű kinevezést a darfuri lázadó törzsek elutasították.
Suspected Islamists kill four at bar in northern Nigeria
Gunmen killed four people at a bar in the troubled northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri in another of what has become incessant attacks blamed on an Islamist sect,…
Gadhafi’s son, 3 generals in Niger ask for asylum
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — A son of Moammar Gadhafi and three of his generals were trying to gain political asylum Wednesday in this poor, landlocked nation at Libya's…
Jöhetnek a magántévék Algériában
Algéria, Algír –Kiterjeszti az algériai kormány a sajtószabadságot. Zöld utat kapnak a magán televízió- és rádiótársaságok. A kormány arról is döntött, hogy kiveszik a büntetőtörvénykönyvből a sajtóra vonatkozó…
Somalia briefly detains Turkish aid workers
MOGADISHU (Reuters)- Somali security forces briefly detained two Turkish aid workers on Tuesday after they delivered food to famine victims in an area near the capital controlled by…
Sudan’s Bashir names first Darfur vice president
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's President on Tuesday appointed his first vice president from the Darfur region -- but rebels from the strife-torn territory dismissed it as an empty gesture…