Ivorian riot leaders unfazed by UN warnings 2006-02-07 01:26:47
The leaders of the recent anti-United Nations riots in Ivory Coast have shrugged off the sanctions the world body is expected to impose on them, saying the measures will not prevent more street demonstrations.Full Story...
US navy to increase presence in Guinea 2006-02-06 19:28:48
The United States navy will increase its presence in the Gulf of Guinea, the commander of US naval forces in Europe has said.Full Story...
Obasanjo begins private talks with Jammeh 2006-02-06 02:00:38
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has arrived in Gambia for diplomatic talks aimed at boosting ties with his counterpart, Yahya Jammeh.Full Story...
Ivory Coast needs UN troops now, says Annan 2006-02-06 03:21:19
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has urged the Security Council to approve a temporary build-up of peacekeeping troops in Ivory Coast to prepare for possible outbreaks of violence in the volatile West African nation.Full Story...
Ivory Coast names proposed for UN sanctions 2006-02-03 20:51:58
France, Britain, Denmark and Slovakia republic have handed the names of three Ivory Coast activists to the UN Security Council sanctions committee for consideration.Full Story...
'Iron Lady' cleans up finance department 2006-02-03 01:18:09
Liberia's newly elected President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, living up to her reputation as a strictly no-nonsense leader, has sacked all the finance department's staff in a bid to curb the rampant corruption crippling her country.Full Story...
21 charged for attacks on military base 2006-02-03 01:32:31
About 21 people, including nine soldiers, have been charged by authorities for a deadly attack on the main military barracks in Ivory Coast's government-controlled south, officials say.Full Story...
Sirleaf gives finance staff the boot 2006-02-03 17:24:39
Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has dismissed all finance ministry employees in an attempt to curb the rampant corruption crippling her country.Full Story...
Ivory Coast peace team says it's satisfied 2006-02-02 01:21:38
Envoys sent by South African President Thabo Mbeki to check on progress in the Ivorian peace process have expressed satisfaction after two days of talks with various actors in the conflict.Full Story...
Scientists find traces of anthrax in Africa 2006-02-02 01:34:07
Germany's public health agency, the Robert Koch Institute, and the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology say gorillas and chimpanzees living in African rain forests are at threat from a new strain of anthrax.Full Story...
SA peace mission a success in Ivory Coast 2006-02-01 09:07:34
A solution has finally been found to a dispute over the mandate of the Ivory Coast parliament, a row that led to violent protests a fortnight ago in the restive west African country, South African mediators said.Full Story...
Ex-officials asked to stay for Liberia audit 2006-02-01 01:18:00
The government of Liberia has asked all former officials of the transitional government to stay in the country for a comprehensive audit of their offices.Full Story...
Well-treated hostages got malaria in Nigeria 2006-01-31 08:03:09
Four foreign oil workers held hostage for 19 days in Nigeria came down with malaria, but their captors gave them fast food and let them watch television, diplomats say.Full Story...
Gangs clash on Benin-Nigeria border 2006-01-31 08:01:43
Several people were killed after a riot erupted when Beninois police arrested a Nigerian and refused to hand him to a gang of Nigerian youths which had crossed the border to retrieve him, according to reports.Full Story...
Cocoa bean stowaway awaits his fate 2006-01-30 23:20:30
His passport says he is French. He's been across the Atlantic three times as the United States and Ivory Coast try to decide what to do with him. Meet Charles Philippe Zata, a stowaway whom no one wants.Full Story...
Nigerian rebels issue new threat 2006-01-30 10:18:20
Nigerian insurgents released four kidnapped foreign contractors but immediately vowed to press home a series of violent attacks against the country's key oil and gas industries.Full Story...
Chad denies Sudan attack claims 2006-01-30 08:37:11
The Chadian government has denied an allegation that their army crossed its border to attack a military position in the western Darfur region.Full Story...
Nigerian militants free foreign oil workers 2006-01-30 04:40:58
Nigerian militants have released four foreign oil workers, ending a 19-day hostage crisis, but have threatened to resume attacks on oil facilities in the world's eighth largest exporter.Full Story...
Ivory Coast head extends parliament's mandate 2006-01-28 08:47:11
Ivory Coast's President Laurent Gbagbo has renewed the mandate of the ruling party-dominated national parliament, two weeks after violent street riots broke out protesting an international call to dissolve it.Full Story...
Kidnappers pull out of talks 2006-01-27 08:50:30
Nigerian militants have withdrawn from talks about the fate of four kidnapped western oil workers, despite optimistic messages from the authorities charged with finding the captive oilmen.Full Story...
UN pulls staff out of Ivory Coast after riots 2006-01-27 01:18:13
The United Nations has pulled nearly 400 civilian staffers out of restive Ivory Coast, fearing fresh unrest when the Security Council slaps sanctions on people blocking the peace process, UN officials have said.Full Story...
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf takes the stage 2006-01-26 00:18:23
The African Union summit in Sudan has been given a few moments of unity and celebration by Africa's first elected woman head of state, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who has received near rock-star adulation.Full Story...
Rescuers burn as smuggled fuel explodes 2006-01-26 06:15:41
Local authorities from Niger's Niamey, a town close to the border with Nigeria, have reported that about 60 people suffered burns and other injuries when smuggled petrol being stored in a house caught fire and exploded.Full Story...
Belgium ask Senegal to extradite Habre 2006-01-26 09:53:47
Belgium has said it would consider going to the International Court of Justice in The Hague if Senegal refused its request to extradite Chad's former leader, Hissene Habre, to stand trial for crimes against humanity.Full Story...
Nigeria hostage talks making progress 2006-01-26 03:56:28
Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that contacts with the kidnappers of four foreign oil workers are making progress, playing down the impact of the crisis on oil investment.Full Story...
Nigeria detains three in kidnap probe 2006-01-25 12:44:14
Nigerian agents, hunting a gang which kidnapped four foreign workers, have interrogated three suspects as the country's huge oil industry reeled from the latest bloody attack on its facilities.Full Story...
Tax network aims to battle plunder of Africa 2006-01-24 00:32:43
There's an estimated $11,5-trillion - yes, trillion - sitting in tax havens, most of it plundered from developing countries. High time then, for South Africa's call at the World Social Forum in Mali for a discussion of tax avoidance by transnational companies.Full Story...
Militants show signs of split in kidnap drama 2006-01-24 01:54:49
Nigerian militants involved in the kidnapping of four foreign oil workers have raised the possibility of divisions within their group.Full Story...
Nigerian militants refuse to release hostages 2006-01-23 08:32:12
Hopes of a quick end to the 12-day-old hostage crisis have been dashed as Nigerian militants refuse to negotiate.Full Story...
Gbagbo wants to restore peace in Ivory Coast 2006-01-23 03:38:38
President Laurent Gbagbo's Ivorian Popular Front party wants to resume the peace process in Ivory Coast and has decided to return to the transitional government of Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny.Full Story...
Hopes rise for Nigerian hostages after photo 2006-01-23 03:28:17
Officials in Nigeria have raised hopes that four foreign hostages will soon be released after receiving a recent photograph of the oil workers at a meeting with a representative for the militants holding them captive.Full Story...
Scores killed after building collapses 2006-01-22 08:21:21
A disabled four-year-old child is among eight people who have been killed after the collapse of a residential building in Lokoja, central Nigeria, local media have reported.Full Story...
Police hunt owner of collapsed Lagos building 2006-01-21 06:04:52
Nigerian police have launched a hunt for the owner of a building that collapsed in Lagos, killing at least seven people and trapping dozens more, a police spokesperson has said.Full Story...
Nigerian government meets kidnap gang 2006-01-21 06:22:11
The Nigerian government has confirmed that it is in talks with a kidnap gang, fanning hopes that four foreign hostages could be released soon.Full Story...
Obasanjo should resign - Nobel winner 2006-01-20 13:49:44
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has said that President Olusegun Obasanjo should resign or Nigerians should force him out of office for the role he played in the impeachment of the governor of the south-western state of Oyo.Full Story...
Abidjan gets back to normal after riots 2006-01-20 03:33:42
Shops, businesses and schools re-opened and buses and taxis have started running in the Ivory Coast's main city after four days of riots against United Nations and French peacekeepers.Full Story...
Nigeria bill to ban same-sex relations 2006-01-19 01:32:37
The executive branch will introduce legislation in Nigeria's parliament outlawing homosexual sex and same-sex marriages - making it an offence for churches and mosques to sanction any such relationship, the justice minister says.Full Story...
Kidnappers say oil workers will not be harmed 2006-01-19 06:13:55
The militants who kidnapped four foreign oil workers in Nigeria have made their demands, saying they will not accept money in return for freeing the workers.Full Story...
Ivorian leaders urge calm after four die 2006-01-19 01:43:19
The president of the Ivory Coast has urged his supporters to end a wave of attacks on United Nations peacekeepers in which at least four people were killed, after a lightning peace mission by Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo.Full Story...
Son of kidnapped man wasn't aware of danger 2006-01-19 01:52:14
The son of an American man kidnapped in Nigeria says that he had no inkling that his ship captain father was heading off for a dangerous assignment.Full Story...
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