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Africa RSS FeedsSudan: Prosecutor Accuses Darfur Rebels of War Crimes - The International Criminal Court (ICC), which is already considering charges against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir arising out of the war in Darfur, has now been asked to examine evidence that Darfur rebel commanders have committed war crimes....Feed Source: allafrica.com Nigeria: Attack on Oil Pipeline Causes Major Setback - Nigeria's crude oil export has suffered another major setback as United States oil major Chevron yesterday declared a force majeure on its Escravos crude oil exports, until the end of the year, due to last Friday's militant attack on its pipeline.... Zimbabwe: Row Erupts Over Constitution Changes - AS ZIMBABWE's rival political parties drift further apart on the implementation of their power-sharing pact, a new row has erupted over the unilateral drafting of a proposal to amend the constitution by President Robert Mugabe's negotiation team.... Somalia: Fighting Threatens Aid, Warns UN Chief - The deteriorating security situation in Somalia poses a serious threat to the delivery of humanitarian aid to millions of desperate people in the Horn of Africa country, the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned in his latest report to the Security Council today.... Africa: Govts 'Ignore' Civil Society on Health - Health experts and activists have heavily criticised African governments for failing to collaborate with civil society organisations (CSOs) on health research and health policy development.... South Africa: Zimbabwe's Cholera Crosses Border - Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic has crossed into South Africa, with four confirmed diagnoses in a total of 68 suspected cases in the border town of Musina, according to aid workers.... Congo-Kinshasa: What is the Future for Peacekeeping Force? - Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria and newly-appointed U.N. envoy in the Great Lakes Region, has visited both Congolese president Joseph Kabila and CNDP rebel leader General Laurent Nkunda, attempting to chisel the outlines of a new peace in the region.... Nigeria: Desertification - 35 Million Affected in the North - The House of Representatives has pledged its readiness to partner with the Agricultural Development Company (International) Ltd, Israel and the Federal Ministry of Environment under the Desert-To-Food Programme to eradicate the menace of desertification.... Zimbabwe: Mbeki Convenes Talks on Constitutional Changes - THE facilitator of the inter-party talks, former South African president Cde Thabo Mbeki, has scheduled a meeting of the negotiators in South Africa next week to discuss the draft Consti-tutional Amendment Number 19 Bill.... Somalia: Hardline Islamist Leader Tells Kenya Not to Send Its Troops - Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, radical Islamist leader of a Somali opposition faction, has warned Kenya against sending its troops to Somalia to join the African Union peacekeepers who are already here, local media reports said on Thursday.... South Africa: Business Lags on Climate Change, Says Minister - The private sector had been slower than some of its overseas counterparts in appreciating the consequences of climate change for business, Environmental and Tourism Affairs Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said yesterday.... South Africa: Retailers Left Out of China Quota Talks - THE trade and industry department is to hold talks today on the possibility of extending quotas on Chinese clothing and textile imports, but retailers, who are affected most, will be excluded.... Rwanda: Jail Ex-Minister for Life, Says Prosecutor - Life imprisonment, maximum sentence envisaged by the Rwandan penal code, was requested Tuesday against the former Minister for Justice, Agnes Ntamabyariro, on trial in Rwanda since June 2006 after being arrested in Zambia in 1997.... Uganda: Fuel Companies Blamed for Shortage - MOTORISTS yesterday accused dealers of hoarding petroleum products to keep the price high.... Rwanda: Kagame's Aide Arrives in France - The Director of State Protocol Rose Kabuye, who was recently arrested in Germany, was yesterday transferred to France.... Nigeria: Govt Declines to Cut Fuel Prices - Hopes that the falling crude oil prices would lead to cheaper petroleum products in Nigeria have been dashed by the Federal Government.... Somalia: UN Chief Deplores Latest Acts of Piracy Off Coast - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his concern at new acts of piracy off the Somali coast this week amid reports of a series of attacks or attempting hijackings in recent days in a region already notorious for the practice.... Sudan: UN Chief Concerned Over Fresh Darfur Fighting - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged all sides to the Darfur conflict to refrain from hostilities as the United Nations tries to verify "troubling reports" of aerial bombings by Sudanese military forces and renewed fighting in recent days across the war-torn region.... Guinea Bissau: Cholera Contained But Source Still Unknown - After more than six months of battling cholera in Guinea-Bissau the epidemic is now under control health officials say, though they admit they have not identified its root causes or put in place measures to prevent future outbreaks.... Equatorial Guinea: Torture is Rife in Prisons, Says UN Expert - Detainees kept in police custody in Equatorial Guinea are victims of systematic torture, and prisoners suffer inhuman conditions, an independent United Nations human rights expert said in a press statement today, blaming a break down in the country's judicial system.... Mozambique: Two Incidents Halt Voting - Although no incidents have been reported from the vast majority of polling stations during the municipal elections taking place on Wednesday, the Electoral Administration Technical Secretariat (STAE), the electoral branch of the Mozambican civil service, told AIM that disturbances forced a halt to voting in two places.... Congo-Brazzaville: Flooding Raises Health Risks - The torrential rains experienced in Brazzaville every year at this time spread sewage in the streets and sometimes bury houses in sand carried along by the ensuing floods.... Namibia: National Assembly Approves U.S. Grant - FOLLOWING weeks of controversy, the National Assembly yesterday approved a N$3 billion development aid grant from the US government, known as the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) compact, with a minor amendment.... Eritrea: Use Harvest Wisely, Government Urges - Eritreans should use the current harvest efficiently and share crop resources equitably because most parts of the country had received inadequate rains this year, the information ministry said.... Senegal: Weighing the Benefits of Solar Stoves - Researchers have sold over 1,000 solar stoves to rural families in Senegal in a bid to prove that the ovens can improve child and maternal health and reduce household fuel consumption.... Comoros: Volcano Experts Gather to Debate Threat - Experts in vulcanology, natural resources and disaster prevention are gathering today in the Comoros for the start of a United Nations-sponsored conference examining how the Indian Ocean archipelago can better manage and promote the active volcano that dominates the main island in the chain.... Somalia: Crops Destroyed, Families Displaced in Flooding - At least 8,000 hectares of farmland in southern Somalia's Lower Shabelle region have been destroyed after the Shabelle river burst its banks, displacing thousands of people, officials said.... Congo-Kinshasa: Aid Workers Fear New Wave of Sexual Violence - Soaring insecurity in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has raised fears of a new wave of sexual violence in a region termed "the worst place in the world to be a woman" by aid workers.... Nigeria: Satellite Lost Forever, Says Company Boss - IT has now been confirmed that the disintegrating N29.95 billion ($256 million) NigComSat-1 flown into orbit about a year ago by China Great Wall Industry Incorporation (CGWIC) is irreparably damaged and has been safely de-orbited to its eternal resting place in the heavens.... Nigeria: Rights Group Lauds Court Martial On Arms Deal - Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria (HURIWA), a Non-Governmental Organisation yesterday applauded the Brigadier-General Bala Usara-led ten-man military Court Martial that recently slammed various prison sentences to six military operatives for supplying sophisticated weapons illegally to militants in the Niger Delta even as the rights group charged the State Security Service and other security agencies to comprehensively unravel those behind the spate of abductions and kidnappings around the country and especially in the South Eastern region of Nigeria.... Copyright © 2008, SandyHay.com. 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