Posts having tag: crime and corruption
Niger opposition leader abducted ! Marou Amadou was among a group of prisoners brought to court in Niamey An opposition leader in Niger, Marou Amadou, has been abducted, hours after he was freed ...
Clinton demands end to Congo rape The UN estimates 3,500 women have been raped since the start of the year US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has demanded an end to widespread sexual abuse in ...
Aid workers 'released in Somalia' ! Four European aid workers and two Kenyan pilots kidnapped nine months ago in Somalia have been released, French aid group Action Against Hunger says. The group was taken captive from ...
Horrors of South Sudan massacre ! By Peter Martell BBC News, Akobo ...
Niger 'must return to democracy' ! Mamadou Tandja's plans have caused unrest at home and abroad France has called on Niger to restore a democratic framework, after weeks of turmoil caused by the ...
Clinton to tackle Congo conflict ! Many thousands have fled the violence in eastern DR Congo this year US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is heading to the Democratic Republic Of Congo, where ...
Eritrea rebuffs 'smear campaign' ! Somali insurgents are trying to topple the UN-backed govenrment Eritrea has strongly denied allegations that it supports Islamist insurgents in neighbouring ...
Cathy Buckle's Weekly Letter from Zimbabwe ! Ordinary Heroes Saturday 8th August 2009 Dear Family and Friends, As Zimbabwe commemorates Heroes Day in 2009 it again feels like a very partisan affair. For many of us who have suffered such trauma in recent times, it is appropriate to remember the ordinary heroes of our country who have died ...
ZIMBABWE - LETTER FROM THE DIASPORA ! 7 August 2009 Dear Friends. It is common to all cultures to honour the dead. There was one death in the UK this week that united the British nation in respect for Harry Patch, the 111 year-old last remaining survivor of the horrors of the 'War to end all wars': World War 1. Watched by ...
Clashes rock Somali pirate port ! Pirates say they fear the clan conflict may affect their activities at sea Overnight gun-battles between rival clans in a pirate stronghold on the coast of ...
IMF and Angola to negotiate loan ! Eduardo dos Santos's government broke off talks with the IMF in 2007 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Angola have agreed to begin talks on a loan to ...
Nigerian militant amnesty starts ! By Caroline Duffield BBC News, Lagos, Nigeria ...
Botswana 'frees hunting bushmen' ! Rights groups say the Bushmen's lifestyle is being made "impossible" Six Botswana bushmen found guilty of hunting without a permit on their ancestral ...
Nigeria frees Ukraine arms plane ! Nigerian authorities have allowed a Ukrainian aircraft to leave the country one month after it was impounded for carrying weapons. The plane was on its way to Equatorial Guinea but ...
Zambia reporter in 'porn' trial ! By Jo Fidgen BBC News, Lusaka ...
Kenya empties its death-row cells ! By Will Ross ...
Ethiopia jails Canadian for life ! A Canadian citizen has been jailed for life after being convicted of terrorism charges in an Ethiopian court. Judges found Ethiopian-born Bashir Makhtal was a member of a separatist ...
Ugandan rebels 'launch new raids' ! LRA warlord Joseph Kony's rebels have killed thousands over two decades Civilians in both the Central African Republic (CAR) and south Sudan have come under ...
Scale of Nigerian unrest emerges ! Aftermath of the bloody fighting in Maiduguri, northern Nigeria Around 700 people were killed in the city at the centre of the recent wave of violence in Nigeria, according to a senior regional military official. Col Ben Ahanotu, head of ...
Brutal reality of Nigeria killing ! Most of the 300 people killed this week have been militants By Andrew Walker ...
