Tuesday, November 24, 2009
A judge failed to turn up to preside over a high-profile Nigerian corruption trial on Monday, causing the second postponement in the case in a month. |
At least 14 people were killed Sunday in fighting between rival Somali Islamist militia battling for control of the southern town of Afmadow, witnesses said. |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
President Hosni Mubarak vowed on Saturday that Egypt will be firm in dealing with attacks on its nationals, amid hot tempers and a diplomatic spat with Algeria over a World Cup football showdown. |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Ten passengers aboard a Congolese airliner were slightly injured Thursday when the plane overshot the runway as it landed at a regional airport, witnesses and the airline said. |
Zimbabwean security forces have started withdrawing from the country's eastern diamond fields to meet Kimberley Process reforms over human rights abuses, the government said Thursday. |
Thursday, November 19, 2009
1Up to 2,700 Zimbabwean asylum seekers have set up a temporary “safety camp” in a rural South African town following attacks on their shacks in a dispute over jobs, a human rights group said on Wednesday. |
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Mozambique's main opposition party says the ruling party stuffed ballot boxes and expelled opposition monitors from polling stations to help it win the country's Oct. 28 presidential election. |
Tuesday, November 17, 2009







