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SA Police Chief: 'Cops Must Use Deadly Force'

noreply@blogger.com (Anton Small) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:23:00 +0000

South Africa's chief of police has told Sky News his officers should kill criminals if they are under attack. The country has one of the worst crime rates in the world and is due to host the World Cup in just over six months time. Lisa Holland reports from Johannesburg.

Somaliland at crisis point

noreply@blogger.com (Anton Small) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:12:00 +0000

Somaliland has been hailed as a beacon of stability in the troubled Horn of Africa region since declaring independence from Somalia in 1991.

Kenya accused of training Mogadishu fighters

noreply@blogger.com (Anton Small) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:06:00 +0000

"Children of War" Documents Rehabilitation of Former Child Soldiers

noreply@blogger.com (Anton Small) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:38:00 +0000

Thousands Left Homeless By Kenya Floods

noreply@blogger.com (Anton Small) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:10:00 +0000

Zimbabwe Diamond Sale Ban Threat

noreply@blogger.com (Anton Small) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:43:00 +0000

Inside Story - Egypt's next president

noreply@blogger.com (Anton Small) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:39:00 +0000

Egypt has been awash with rumour this week over who will be the country's next president. The current leader, 81 year old Hosni Mubarak, hasn't ruled out running for yet another term.
But if he doesn't stand, it's being increasingly suggested that his son will.

The endless war against Hutu rebels

noreply@blogger.com (Anton Small) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:20:00 +0000

In this Edition: FRANCE 24 looks at the growing human cost of a UN-backed government operation to crack down on rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Mozambique polls: Guebuza confident in win

noreply@blogger.com (Anton Small) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:23:00 +0000

Mozambicans voted in presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections on Wednesday with President Armando Guebuza expected to retain power and move to attract more foreign investors. Votes were being counted following the elections but the full official results will not be out until November 12.

Mozambique polls register high voter turnout

noreply@blogger.com (Anton Small) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:54:00 +0000

Somalia: The impact of War

noreply@blogger.com (Anton Small) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:48:00 +0000

Inside Story - New US policy on Sudan

noreply@blogger.com (Anton Small) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:00 +0000

Khartoum has welcomed the new US approach on Sudan despite the fact that Washington still describes events in Darfur as genocide. But will Sudan be reponsive to the US demands? Under what conditions? And will this engagement approach work at all?

Housing crisis triggers clashes in Algiers shanty town

noreply@blogger.com (Anton Small) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:12:00 +0000

Tensions caused by poor housing and rising unemployment boiled over in the Algerian capital this week, triggering violent clashes between youths and riot police. Our correspondent in Algiers, Ahmed Tazir, sent us this report.

Egypt train crash embitters poor

noreply@blogger.com (Anton Small) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:09:00 +0000

An investigation has begun in Egypt into a train crash that killed at least 18 people.

Atrocities haunt DRC child soldiers

noreply@blogger.com (Anton Small) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:58:00 +0000

Militia brigades abducting children and forcing them to become soldiers, porters and sex slaves is a huge problem in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Somalis hit during attack on the president - 22 Oct 09

noreply@blogger.com (Anton Small) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:16:00 +0000

Somalia's president may have escaped a mortar attack near Mogadishu's airport on Thursday, but many other civilians were not so fortunate.

Tribal bloodshed in Sudan

noreply@blogger.com (Anton Small) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:50:00 +0000

Somalis hit during attack on the president - 22 Oct 09

noreply@blogger.com (Anton Small) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:40:00 +0000

Somalia's president may have escaped a mortar attack near Mogadishu's airport on Thursday, but many other civilians were not so fortunate.

Ethiopian Famine Worse Than 1984

noreply@blogger.com (Anton Small) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:38:00 +0000

Egypt's drug problem spirals out of control

noreply@blogger.com (Anton Small) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:45:00 +0000

According to Egypt's National Council for Fighting and Treating Addiction, six million people from Egypt's population are addicted to narcotics.

Africa Today /Relations between Zimbabwe and the West ....

noreply@blogger.com (Anton Small) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:31:00 +0000

DRC civilians talk of war atrocities

noreply@blogger.com (Anton Small) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:08:00 +0000

Civilians caught in the fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo have told Al Jazeera of atrocities committed by government troops. The Congolese military claims it is making gains in its campaign to crush rebel groups in the east of the country. But some of those who've fled the conflict say the army are as feared as the rebels. Al Jazeera's Mohammed Adow sent this exclusive report from the regional capital, Goma.

Tsvangirai announces cabinet boycott

noreply@blogger.com (Anton Small) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:40:00 +0000

Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe's prime minister, has announced he will boycott cabinet meetings with the country's coalition government until his Movement for Democratic Change party is treated as an equal partner.

Benin: The traffic of false medicines

noreply@blogger.com (Anton Small) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:23:00 +0000

Zimbabwe's Court Order

noreply@blogger.com (Anton Small) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:25:00 +0000