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From Wikinews, the free news source you can write! Jean Ping, the AU's current chairperson, said of the decision by the 53 member states "They are showing to the world community that if you don't want to listen to the continent, if you don't want to take into account our proposals... if you don't want to listen to the continent, as usual, we also are going to act unilaterally." Thirty African states have ratified the ICC treaty. Libya in particular had pressed for the decision, with leader Moamer Kadhafi, who hosted the summit, going so far as to invite controversial Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to address the summit; the Iranians agreed but later cancelled the visit. A Human Rights Watch spokesman said "This resolution, the result of unprecedented bullying by Libya, puts the AU on the side of a dictator accused of... [read full story]
North Africa has been facing a new source of strife since last Thursday, when the Egyptian national soccer team lost its World Cup bid to rival Algeria 1-0. Egyptians rioted outside the Algerian embassy in Cairo, and riots...
The Nigeria-Ghana rivalry was rekindled at the weekend in Lagos when the Accra Tennis Club visited Ikoyi Club 1938 Tennis section for the 2009 Nigeria-Ghana International Tennis Tournament. True to tradition, the host club won...
Abuja — The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Dimeji Bankole has charged the Economic Communities of West African States (ECOWAS) to sanction corrupt leaders within the sub-region. Bankole gave the charge at the West...
Source: Reuters * Insurgents control most of south * Some 3.76 million Somalis need aid * Fresh fighting near Kismayu port By Ibrahim Mohamed MOGADISHU, Nov 25 (Reuters) - The U.N.'s World Food Programme ...
