Posts having tag: conflicts
China issues alert in Algeria ! There are still many troops on the streets of Urumqi China has urged its citizens in Algeria to take extra care, after reports that a militant group might take ...
Zimbabwe talks resume after fight ! Supporters of Robert Mugabe disrupted Monday's meeting Zimbabwe has resumed talks aimed at framing a new constitution, a day after riot police broke up the ...
Foreigners abducted in Mogadishu ! Islamist guerrillas roam freely in many parts of lawless Mogadishu Two Europeans, believed to be French, have been kidnapped from a hotel in Somalia's capital ...
Congo polls close amid veto call ! Mr Sassou-Nguesso is widely expected to win another seven-year term People in the Republic of Congo have voted in an election which opposition leaders boycotted ...
Nigeria rebels claim Lagos attack! Militant action has severely cut Nigeria's oil output Nigeria's most prominent rebel group says it carried out an "unprecedented attack" on an oil ...
Darfur peace talks held in Egypt! An estimated 300,000 people have died in the Darfur conflict The President of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, is expected in Cairo for talks with President Hosni Mubarak ...
SA miners hold bosses underground! Hostage talks are under way to free five supervisors being held captive at a South African platinum mine. About 500 miners took a total of eight supervisors hostage on Thursday morning ...
Nigeria rebel 'accepts amnesty' ! The militants say Henry Okah's health has been failing Nigerian militant leader Henry Okah has accepted a government amnesty offer, his lawyer says - possibly a ...
Nigeria rebel Okah 'to be freed' ! Henry Okah has been facing treason and gun-running charges Nigeria is to release militant leader Henry Okah because he has accepted a government amnesty offer, ...
Egypt arrests 25 in 'Suez plot'! The Suez Canal is a vital maritime transport link Egyptian officials say 25 militants suspected of having al-Qaeda links have been arrested for plotting attacks ...
Bid to halt SA World Cup strike! Police are monitoring all 2010 World Cup sites throughout South Africa Mediation efforts are under way in South Africa in a bid to end a national strike which has brought construction at 2010 World Cup sites to a halt. Some 70,000 workers downed tools ...
UN plans to tackle W Africa crime! Local officers will have training from overseas experts Peacekeepers, Interpol and various United Nations agencies have promised to work together to tackle the ...
Annan acts on Kenya poll suspects! Kofi Annan brokered a power-sharing deal following two months of violence The names of key suspects involved in violence after the 2007 Kenyan election have ...
Africans prepare to welcome Obama! Africa is preparing to welcome President Barack Obama. BBC News website readers in Africa tell us their hopes and expectations of the visit. The most powerful man in the world will touch ...
DR Congo army 'to act over rapes'! DR Congo troops are trying to flush rebels out of the east The Congolese military has promised to punish any soldiers found guilty of rights abuses, after ...
Could Sudan clashes herald return to war? More people have been killed in South Sudan than Darfur in recent months By Peter Martell ...
UK plans new powers on genocide! Some 800,000 people were killed in Rwanda's genocide Suspects in the Rwandan and Balkan genocides living in Britain could be tried in the UK, under plans outlined ...
Nine held in Tunisia terror plot ! Tunisian police have charged nine men - including two air force officers - with plotting to kill US servicemen during joint military exercises. A lawyer for the accused said they were ...
US warns Ethiopia on Somali role! Ethiopian troops invaded in 2006, pulling out earlier this year The US has urged Ethiopia not to send its troops back into Somalia. The senior US official for ...
Nigeria militants seize ship crew! Attacks by Mend and other groups have severely cut Nigeria's oil output Militants in Nigeria are holding six members of the crew of an oil tanker, including its ...
