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Machel: Schools must act against traffickingGraca Machel, a Mozambican human rights campaigner and the country's former first lady, appealed to schools Saturday to take more action to prevent children being kidnapped and sold into prostitution.
Machel, who is married to former South African President Nelson Mandela, said Mozambique was targeted by child traffickers because it did too little to protect the young.
'The vulnerability of many schools arises from the fact that they are not protected by walls or fences, and have no security guards. Anyone can enter,' she told The Associated Press.
Source : Topix.net | 12-Oct-2008 00:19
Violence follows Senegal exit
Senegal fans shower the ground with missiles after the Teranga Lions fail to go through to the final round of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup.
Source : BBC News | 11-Oct-2008 21:27
US Warns of al-Qaida Threat in Sudan
Popular cafe identified as possible target.
Source : voanews.com | 11-Oct-2008 21:21
Global crisis may worsen Africa's hunger: U.N
ADDIS ABABA - The global financial crisis could hamper efforts to alleviate hunger in Africa, the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa said Friday.Parts of the continent have been hit by drought ...
Source : Topix.net | 11-Oct-2008 19:51
THE WEEK IN THE MAGHREB: Mauritanians defy military junta
In this week's edition we take a closer look at the Mauritanian people's growing frustration regarding the military junta, the drama of floods in Algeria, and the enduring scourge of corruption in the Maghreb.
Source : france24.com | 11-Oct-2008 19:50
Mugabe chooses ministers
The opposition has said that the action taken by the Zimbabwen president jeopardises the power-sharing agreement.
Source : Iol | 11-Oct-2008 19:05
Zimbabwe's Mugabe helps himself to main cabinet portfolios
Harare - Attempts to settle Zimbabwe's political crisis appeared to be shattered Saturday after President Robert Mugabe allocated
Source : monstersandcritics.com | 11-Oct-2008 19:04
2010 qualifying results
Malawi have given themselves a real chance of clinching one of the second-place spots as they beat DR Congo 2-1 with a last minute winner in Blantyre.
Source : BBC News | 11-Oct-2008 18:22
Stampede at Ghana Cup qualifier
The build-up to Ghana's vital World Cup qualifier against Lesotho is marred by serious overcrowding and reports of injuries.
Source : BBC News | 11-Oct-2008 17:16
Senegal fan put up by hero Fadiga
A fan who cycled 465km across Senegal to meet his hero, footballer Khalilou Fadiga, has been rewarded by being accommodated in the national team's hotel.
Source : BBC News | 11-Oct-2008 15:18
Ask AP: Somali pirates, disabled presidents-elect
They come from a failed state whose people are desperately poor. So how have Somali pirates managed to take control of large commercial ships and hold them for days, even weeks? A reader's curiosity about the ...
Source : Topix.net | 11-Oct-2008 15:17
Mugabe 'gives Zanu-PF key posts'
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe gives key ministries to his own party - in defiance of a power-sharing deal, reports say.
Source : BBC News | 11-Oct-2008 13:06
Mbeki heads for Zim
South Africa's former president will go to Zimbabwe to try to assist in the political deadlock.
Source : Iol | 11-Oct-2008 13:03
New rebels attack DR Congo town
A new rebel group threatens the key town of Bunia in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Source : BBC News | 11-Oct-2008 12:45
Zimbabwean Opposition Says Power-Sharing Deal under Threat
Opposition Movement for Democratic Change describes announcement of Cabinet list by official government newspaper as midnight ambush
Source : voanews.com | 11-Oct-2008 11:38
Libya to cut Swiss economic ties in protest
Libya will withdraw $7 billion of assets in Swiss banks, cut economic ties with Switzerland and stop supplying it with oil to protest against poor treatment of Libyan diplomats and businessmen, Libyan news ...
Source : Topix.net | 11-Oct-2008 10:51
ZIMBABWE: Mugabe grabs key ministries, jeopardizes deal
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe (left) unilaterally allocated three important government ministries to his ZANU-PF party. The move angered the opposition MDC, who claims the power-sharing deal is now "in jeopardy".
Source : france24.com | 11-Oct-2008 10:49
Niger Delta Philanthropist Seeks Better Deal for Oil Communities
Ebimiere Okrika says lack of education in region breeds ignorance, desperation and more violence
Source : voanews.com | 11-Oct-2008 09:42
Democratic Congo names budget minister as premier
By Joe Bavier
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila named Budget Minister Adolphe Muzito as prime minister on Friday, according to a presidential decree read out on state television.
Muzito, 51, replaces his Unified Lumumbist Party (PALU) leader Antoine Gizenga, who retired last month ahead of his 83rd birthday on October 5.
Muzito has earned praise from diplomats and donors for his fiscal discipline in pushing through austere budgets for Congo following years of political turmoil and a devastating 1998-2003 war that left much of the country's infrastructure in ruins.
Source : Topix.net | 11-Oct-2008 06:14
Pirates Threaten to Blow Up the Ship
The Associated Press 10 comments A spokesman for the group of pirates holding an arms-laden tanker off the coast of Somalia has threatened to blow up the ship in three days if no ransom is paid.
Source : Topix.net | 11-Oct-2008 01:32
UN warns of increasing conflict along Congo-Rwanda border areas
New York- The flare-up in fighting along the border areas between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Source : monstersandcritics.com | 11-Oct-2008 01:02
AFRICA: Research and Tradition Could Save Environment
CAPE TOWN, Oct 10 (IPS) - Africa risks losing up to 50 percent of its indigenous species over the next century due to global warming.
Source : IspNews.net | 11-Oct-2008 00:45
POLITICS-SENEGAL: Ms. Mayor, Ms. Prefect
DAKAR, Oct 10 (IPS) - The Sicap Baobap neighborhood, one of the prettiest in the Senegalese capital, stands out, but not for the most obvious reasons. Not for its well-paved roads, or the number of naturalised immigrants from Cabo Verde, Togo or Benin, not for the hustle and bustle of the formal and informal economies.
Source : IspNews.net | 11-Oct-2008 00:45
Pirates threaten to blow up ship
Somali pirates holding a Ukrainian cargo ship carrying military tanks threaten to blow it up if they are not paid a ransom.
Source : BBC News | 10-Oct-2008 23:56
IMF Predicts Slow Growth For Africa
Growth in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to slow from 6.5 percent in 2007 to six percent in 2008 and 2009
Source : voanews.com | 10-Oct-2008 23:38
WFP Food Aid Pipeline To Zimbabwe Supplied Through 2008 - Official
But the agency's spokesman for Southern Africa said the WFP does not have sufficient resources for the peak hunger season months of January-February
Source : voanews.com | 10-Oct-2008 22:28
GOVERNMENT: DR Congo names budget minister as premier
Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila named Budget Minister Adolphe Muzito as prime minister on Friday, according to a presidential decree read out on state television.
Source : france24.com | 10-Oct-2008 22:11
UN Econ Official Confident Africa Will Emerge Stronger from Financial Crisis
But official says crisis will have negative impact on efforts to cope with the continent's severe food shortages
Source : voanews.com | 10-Oct-2008 22:02
Africa in pictures
Pictures from the African continent this week
Source : BBC News | 10-Oct-2008 21:16
Appiah wants cautious approach
Ghana captain Stephen Appiah calls for patience ahead of Saturday's must-win 2010 World Cup qualifier against Lesotho.
Source : BBC News | 10-Oct-2008 21:02
100 Somalis feared dead off Yemen coast: UNHCR
GENEVA (Reuters) - About 100 migrants believed to be mainly Somalis are missing and feared dead after being forced overboard by smugglers off the coast of Yemen, the United Nations refugee agency said Friday.
Survivors of the latest tragic crossing reported that a smuggling boat carrying about 150 passengers had left the Somali port of Marera near Bossaso Monday and spent three days crossing the Gulf of Aden, it said.
Most passengers were forced overboard about 3 miles from the Yemeni shore, and many are feared to have drowned, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said.
Source : Topix.net | 10-Oct-2008 20:58
Congo president's call to arms
DR Congo's leader makes a televised appeal for people in the east to take up arms against rebel general Laurant Nkunda.
Source : BBC News | 10-Oct-2008 19:41
Mugabe, rivals agree to fresh mediation
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and his rivals have agreed to fresh mediation by former South African president Thabo Mbeki to end a deadlock over a new unity government.
Source : Iol | 10-Oct-2008 19:28
Ethiopians 'need emergency aid'
The number of Ethiopians in need of emergency assistance has reportedly leapt by 40 percent.
Source : Iol | 10-Oct-2008 19:13
Some 100 people feared drowned in Gulf of Aden smuggling
New York - About 100 people were feared drowned off the coast of Yemen after they were forced to
Source : monstersandcritics.com | 10-Oct-2008 19:02
Scores missing in Gulf of Aden
About 100 people have been reported missing in the Gulf of Aden after being forced overboard by smugglers.
Source : Iol | 10-Oct-2008 18:58
World's loneliest bug may offer clues to life on other planets
A bug which lives entirely on its own without oxygen and in complete darkness could offer clues to life on other planets.
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 10-Oct-2008 18:53
Swiss-Libyan ties chilled after arrest of Gaddafi son
Tripoli/Bern - Libya has shocked Swiss officials by announcing plans to reduce its economic ties to Switzerland, apparently
Source : monstersandcritics.com | 10-Oct-2008 18:47
Pirates release Filipino seamen
Somali pirates have reportedly freed 20 Filipino seamen from a hijacked ship they held for more than 80 days.
Source : Iol | 10-Oct-2008 18:43
Zimbabwe Rivals Agree To Further Mediation By S. Africa's Mbeki
Political analyst Teressa Mugadza said difficulties forming a cabinet signal more challenges ahead for what many Zimbabweans call an "all-inclusive" government
Source : voanews.com | 10-Oct-2008 18:22
Somalis 'feared dead' off Yemen
About 100 Somalis are feared drowned in the Gulf of Aden after being forced overboard by smugglers, the UN says.
Source : BBC News | 10-Oct-2008 18:17
THE OBSERVERS - ALGERIA: Ghardaia, a city under mud
Ghardaia, a city under mud
Source : france24.com | 10-Oct-2008 17:55
Mugabe's party 'wants mediation'
Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe's party has agreed to outside mediation over a deadlocked deal, a minister says.
Source : BBC News | 10-Oct-2008 17:13
Former Nigerian Leader Indicted By Lawmakers Over Power Projects Funds
Former Nigerian Leader Olusegun Obasanjo Indicted By Lawmakers Over Power Projects Funds
Source : voanews.com | 10-Oct-2008 17:07
AU Urges the West Not to Cut Aid to Africa
Oxfam says cutting aid should be the last resort for industrialized countries
Source : voanews.com | 10-Oct-2008 16:41
EU opens immigration centre in Mali
 | Many Africans are risking their lives to cross the Atlantic Ocean to the Canary Islands, or the Mediterranean Sea to Spain or Italy. Now the European Union has opened its first immigration centre outside Europe. |
Source : radionetherlands.nl | 10-Oct-2008 16:23