Archive for August, 2009
Latest News Bulletin Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state is in Africa for an 11 day tour. It follows last month’s visit to Ghana by Barack Obama, the US president. The State Department says the trip is meant to highlight Africa as a priority for the US, but there may be more than just [ Read More ]
AFP – Mauritanian authorities have blamed a young Islamist extremist for a suicide bombing near French embassy in the capital as France Sunday condemned the attack and pledged support to fight terrorism. Three people, two of them French paramilitary gendarmes, were slightly injured in the attack, the first suicide bombing seen in Mauritania, a former [ Read More ]
REUTERS – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton encouraged Nigeria on Wednesday to take a firmer line on corruption and offered U.S. help to implement badly needed electoral reforms in Africa’s biggest energy producer. Mismanagement and graft over decades have imperilled Nigeria’s development, deterred investment, undermined democracy and deepened conflicts such as the insurgency in [ Read More ]
It has been three months since Winnie Waitherero Maina last saw her husband. Kidnappers asked her for a 20,000 euro ransom. Unemployed and with six grandchildren to look after, she was only able to send 200 euros. Not enough, replied the kidnappers. Winnie now trembles with fright every time she sees the kidnappers’ number come [ Read More ]
AFP – Clashes erupted Tuesday in several Niger towns between police and protestors opposed to a constitutional referendum aimed at extending President Mamadou Tandja’s grip on power, police and the opposition said. In one small town of Illela, in the western Tahoua town, an opposition stronghold, police fired teargas at a group of protestors trying [ Read More ]
AFP – The trial of a Sudanese woman journalist who faces 40 lashes for wearing trousers was adjourned on Tuesday as police used tear gas to disperse hundreds of demonstrators outside the Khartoum court.The judge decided to delay the trial to September to determine whether Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein, who also works with the United Nations, [ Read More ]
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