Central Africa

47 Dead in Congo Boat Accident

time.com     23 hrs ago   74 related          

— At least 47 people died when a motorized boat sank on a river in Congo, and more than 100 people are missing, a district official said Friday. Twenty-seven people are known to have survived, said Mathieu Modeste Bella,...                

Banro provides update on share trading activity (PR Newswire)

yahoo.com     18 hrs ago   3 related          

TORONTO, July 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - At the request of Market Surveillance on behalf of the Toronto Stock Exchange, Banro Corporation ("Banro" or the "Company") (AMEX - "BAA"; TSX - "BAA") is providing an update to...                

Southern African wetland region to become world's largest protected freshwater site.

webwire.com     22 hrs ago   2 related          

An area of the Democratic Republic of Congo containing the largest body of fresh water in Africa has been added to the Ramsar Convention's list of Wetlands of International Importance, making it the l... [WebWire - Friday, July...                

Chad rebels free U.S. missionary after 9 months

reuters.com     17 hrs ago   4 related          

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Rebels in northern Chad have freed U.S. missionary Steven Godbold after holding him hostage for more than nine months, a U.S. evangelical organization said on Friday. Godbold, who was captured by rebels in...                

Cameroon: Human Rights Group Condemns Chinese Fishing Atrocities

allafrica.com     16 hrs ago   3 related          

Posted to the web 25 July 2008 Peterkins Manyong Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture, ACAT, has condemned in very strong terms the atrocities committed on aquatic life by Chinese fishermen. "They have not only...                

South Africa: Kumba On Track to Lift Exports of Iron Ore

allafrica.com     22 hrs ago   3 related          

Posted to the web 25 July 2008 Charlotte Mathews Johannesburg KUMBA Iron Ore was on track to double exports of iron ore from Northern Cape to 44-million tons by 2013, CEO Chris Griffith said yesterday. When added to domestic...                

Camasej General At the Brink of Renewal

allafrica.com     16 hrs ago   3 related          

Members of the Cameroon Association of English Speaking Journalists, CAMASEJ that gathered in Buea from July 18-19 for the General Assembly meeting, took far reaching decisions to rebuild and reassert Anglophone journalism.                

Sudan: UN 'Satisfied' With General Karake

allafrica.com     yesterday   13 related          

Posted to the web 25 July 2008 Kigali The U.N said Friday that Rwandan General Karenzi Karake whose tenure as deputy force commander in Darfur is under fire - should stay still on his job because it was satisfied with his...                

Africa and the International Criminal Court

washingtonpost.com     23 hrs ago   2 related          

Council on Foreign Relations Introduction In July 2008, the chief prosecutor of the six-year-old International Criminal Court (ICC) presented evidence that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir committed genocide, crimes against...                

Sudan: Lawyer Explains ICC's Call for Arrest of President

allafrica.com     16 hrs ago   3 related          

Posted to the web 25 July 2008 Joe Dinga Pefok The call by the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, ICC, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, for the arrest of Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashir, is already a subject of debate...                

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