World News - Africa
Zimbabwe opposition leader threatens to quit gov't
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Sunday, 12 October 2008 07:38:11
By ANGUS SHAW - Associated Press Writer
Zimbabwe's opposition leader threatened Sunday to pull out of a national unity government if President Robert Mugabe refuses to cede control of key ministries.
Somali region raids 1 of many hijacked ships
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Sunday, 12 October 2008 07:16:47
By SALAD DUHUL - Associated Press Writer
Somali forces raided one of the many ships hijacked off the country's coast Sunday as a deadline loomed in a standoff aboard another, arms-laden vessel, officials said.
Kenya's elephants send text messages to rangers
OL PEJETA, Kenya - Saturday, 11 October 2008 16:10:40
By KATHARINE HOURELD - Associated Press Writer
The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir's screen: Kimani was heading for neighboring farms.
Zimbabwe's president claims key ministries
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Saturday, 11 October 2008 10:40:45
By ANGUS SHAW - Associated Press Writer
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, locked in a standoff with the opposition in power-sharing talks, went ahead Saturday and laid claim to all key ministries as he tries to retain his iron grip on the struggling southern African nation.
Machel: Schools must act against trafficking
MAPUTO, Mozambique - Saturday, 11 October 2008 10:11:14
By EMMANUEL CAMILLO - Associated Press Writer
Graca Machel, a Mozambican human rights campaigner and the country's former first lady, appealed to schools Saturday to take more action to prevent children being kidnapped and sold into prostitution.
2nd ship seized as pirates threaten to blow up 1st
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Saturday, 11 October 2008 06:54:06
By SALAD DUHUL - Associated Press Writer
Armed pirates hijacked a massive tanker as world powers on Saturday headed toward the Somali coast to end a two-week standoff aboard a ship laden with tanks and weapons, officials said.
Zimbabwe's Mugabe claims key ministries
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Saturday, 11 October 2008 04:44:25
By ANGUS SHAW - Associated Press Writer
President Robert Mugabe has laid claim to all key Cabinet posts and Zimbabwe's powerful state security apparatus in a direct challenge to a power-sharing agreement that has deadlocked over allocation of ministries.
Pirates threaten to blow up arms-laden ship
NAIROBI, Kenya - Saturday, 11 October 2008 03:55:40
By MALKHADIR M. MUHUMED - Associated Press Writer
With U.S. warships lurking nearby, the pirates who hijacked an arms-laden Ukrainian tanker off Somalia threatened to destroy the vessel unless a ransom is paid, a spokesman for the bandits said.
Zimbabwe's Mugabe chooses key ministries
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Saturday, 11 October 2008 03:21:01
Zimbabwe's official Herald newspaper says President Robert Mugabe has chosen key ministries for his own party to control in a new government. The opposition says the action jeopardizes a power-sharing agreement.
Congo names new prime minister
KINSHASA, Congo - Friday, 10 October 2008 14:32:27
Congo's President Joseph Kabila named a new prime minister following the resignation of 83-year-old Antoine Gizenga.
Bodies, perhaps of migrants, wash ashore in Yemen
SAN'A, Yemen - Friday, 10 October 2008 13:10:41
By AHMED AL-HAJ and LEE KEATH - Associated Press Writers
Dozens of bodies washed ashore Friday in Yemen after smugglers threw nearly 150 Somali migrants overboard in shark-infested waters, the latest such tragedy in one of the most lawless stretches of ocean in the world.
Hijackers of ship off Somalia issue ultimatum
NAIROBI, Kenya - Friday, 10 October 2008 12:50:58
By MALKHADIR M. MUHUMED - Associated Press Writer
The pirates who hijacked an arms-laden Ukrainian tanker off Somalia issued an ultimatum Friday and threatened to destroy the ship if no ransom is paid, a spokesman for the bandits said.
Threat to blow up hijacked ship off Somalia
NAIROBI, Kenya - Friday, 10 October 2008 10:06:30
By SALAD DUHUL - Associated Press Writer
A spokesman for the group of pirates holding an arms-laden tanker off the coast of Somalia has threatened to blow up the ship in three days if no ransom is paid.
Zimbabwe leaders call for Mbeki to break deadlock
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Friday, 10 October 2008 10:03:57
By ANGUS SHAW - Associated Press Writer
Zimbabwe's leaders have agreed that power-sharing talks have broken down over the allocation of Cabinet posts and called Friday for former South African President Thabo Mbeki to mediate an end to the deadlock.