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The Africa News Feed

Saturday 4th July, 2009

  • Sudan police search for kidnapped aid workers

    Reuters

    Sudanese security services were searching Saturday for two kidnapped female aid workers, one Ugandan and one Irish, taken from their compound in Darfur, the women's employer said.

  • African nations unite to defend Sudan leader

    IC Wales

    After bitter wrangling, Africa’s leaders agreed to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted for crimes...

  • Heroin smuggled in from Iran seized at Johannesburg airport

    The Africa News.Net

    South African police have seized a large quantity of heroin which they say was smuggled into the country from Iran.

  • Yemen cancels all Comoros flights

    IOL

    Paris - Yemenia is suspending all flights to the Comoros in the aftermath of Tuesday's crash of an Airbus A310 near the islands' capital Moroni in which 153 died, the airline said Saturday. "In...

  • Obama not to visit father's undemocratic Kenya

    The Africa News.Net

    Washington, : US President Barack Obama's first trip to Sub-Saharan Africa won't include a stop in his father's Kenyan homeland because the violence-plagued country's leaders "do not seem to be moving into a permanent reconciliation that would allow the country to move forward."

  • Gunmen kidnap two female aid workers in Darfur region of Sudan

    Gulf News

    Gunmen abducted two female aid workers in Darfur on Friday, said the international peacekeeping mission in the western region of Sudan. It was the third kidnapping of foreign humanitarian...

  • Coal plant 'will hit African poor'

    Ananova

    Creating a new coal plant in Kent could lead to 100,000 more people in the developing world losing their water supply during dry seasons, it has been claimed. Anti-poverty campaigners at the World...

  • Durban to Get New Bus Operator

    All Africa

    Cape Town — A new bus operator will begin ferrying commuters in Durban from next month, says Transport Minister Sbu Ndebele. Commuters in the eThekwini Metro area had been stranded since...

  • African leaders seek sanctions on Eritrea

    Daily Nation

    Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi attends the opening of the African Union summit in...

  • Ethopia slams HRW over terrorism report

    IOL

    Addis Ababa - Ethiopia has criticised the Human Rights Watch over its report that the country's draft anti-terrorism law would violate human rights. "HRW's so-called analysis is replete with harsh...

  • Liverpool To Strengthen Health Research In Africa

    Medical News Today

    Researchers at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the University of Liverpool will work with universities across Africa as part of a £30 million initiative to strengthen research...

  • Govt to Invest R25 Billion on Rail Infrastructure

    All Africa

    Cape Town — Government is investing R25 billion over the Medium Term Expenditure Framework period to stabilise and upgrade rail passenger transport services in the country. Tabling his Budget...

  • Greeley store sells African products

    Denver Post

    Greeley, Colo.—Abdiqadir Jama knows something about taking risks. He was forced out of Somalia at age 4, fleeing the war-torn country with his parents and many siblings. They lived in refugee...

  • UAE ambassador in Tunisia meets minister

    WAM

    Uae ambassador to Tunisia Abdullah Ibrahim Al Suwaidi met today the Tunisian Minister of Education, Scientific Research and Technology Al...

  • African leaders reach agreement on new authority, ICC's Bashir indictment

    People's Daily

    African leaders wound up a summit on Friday after reaching a deal on the creation of a new authority and approving a resolution to abstain from cooperation with the International Criminal Court...

  • Three African countries agree to build gas pipeline across Sahara

    People's Daily

    Nigeria on Friday in Abuja signed an Inter-Governmental Agreement with Algeria and Niger Republic to promote the Trans-Sahara Gas Pipeline (TSGP) project, the News Agency of Nigeria reported....

  • Africa's leaders agree on no extradition for Al- Bashir

    SABC

    Africa's leaders have agreed not to co-operate with the International Criminal Court's attempt to extradite Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to face charges of war crimes in Darfur. The decision of...

  • $10-billion plan would ship gas from Africa to Europe

    Mail and Guardian

    Nigeria, Algeria and Niger have signed an agreement to create a $10-billion pipeline that would ship gas across the Saharan desert to Europe, Nigeria's state oil company said Friday.

  • Calls for Sustainable Green Revolution

    IPS

    Africa needs a Green Revolution, but one that will increase agricultural productivity by using practices that build soil fertility while minimising harm to the...

  • Iraq's Maliki declines U.S. offer on national reconciliation

    Los Angeles Times

    The Iraqi prime minister tells visiting Vice President Joe Biden that Iraqis must overcome their political differences on their own and that U.S. involvement would not be welcome.

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