CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met Palestinian and Israeli leaders and the U.S. peace envoy on Sunday with a return to direct talks on the agenda, but a breakthrough still seemed distant.
Liberia will benefit from a US$15 million grant from the United States Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) after it recently signed an agreement with the corporation. The grant is aimed at promoting equitable access to land, improve girls' primary education enrollment and retention, and trade policy and practices.
JOS Nigeria (Reuters) - Raiders armed with machetes killed the family of a Nigerian Christian priest and set fire to his church in central Plateau state on Saturday, close to where hundreds have died in religious violence this year.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's army said it has killed more than 300 fighters from Darfur's rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in recent clashes in which 75 of its own soldiers also died, state media reported on Saturday.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Almost two-thirds of Kenyans intend to vote for a new constitution next month although just as many say it will need some amendments, an independent poll has found.
The US government has sent 60 Federal Bureau of Investigations specialists to comb Uganda for forensic leads as two more terrorist suspects were picked in Arua District on Friday.
Rubavu — The Minister of Agriculture, Dr Agnes Kalibata, Thursday, urged the residents of Rubavu and Nyabihu districts to own a re-forestation project of Gishwati forest.
Nairobi — I have been inundated with hate mail since I stated that tribal associations - like Gema - were anti-Kenya. I have considered the rants I have received, and have no apologies to make.
Kigali — The Nyarugenge Intermediate Court, on Thursday, denied bail to the two suspects in the murder of local journalist, Jean Leonard Rugambage, citing the gravity of the charges the two are facing.
Nearly 1,800 Rwandans were deported from Uganda this week after arriving at two refugee camps in the west of the country to seek asylum. The UN High Commission for Refugees and other organisations representing refugees have criticised the decision. Uganda has said that everything was done in accordance to procedure. Two men died during the deportation.
ens of thousands of people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been fleeing a government offensive against Ugandan rebels, adding to the nearly 2.5 million people who have already become internally displaced or refugees in neighboring countries. U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Reuben Brigety recently visited camps for the displaced and refugees. He spoke with allAfrica.com’s Saratu Abiola and Carine Umuhumuza of what he saw on his last trip and what he thinks the international community should do to improve the situation.
Abuja And Okon Bassey in Uyo — President Goodluck Jonathan confirmed yesterday that security agencies have arrested one of the persons believed to have been involved in the abduction of four Lagos based journalists in Abia State on Sunday last week.
About eight people are reported to have been killed near Jos in northern Nigeria. Unknown attackers descended on a village on the outskirts of Jos, burning about 10 houses, early on Saturday, according to the media. Reports say the dead include the family of a priest.
Théophile Kouamouo, the Editor-in-chief of the Ivorian daily 'Le Nouveau Courier' and three of his collaborators are being held in detention at the headquarters of Ivorian judiciary police section in Abidjan, after publishing the results of the investigation carried out by the Prosecutor about alleged fraud and embezzlement in Cocoa and coffee sector.
The US vowed to boost support for a peacekeeping mission in Somalia following the pledge of another 2,000 Ugandan peacekeepers to Somalia. State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said Washington would increase aid for the AU Mission in Somalia (Amisom), a UN backed peacekeeping mission that seeks to help Somali government for restoring peace.
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - International Criminal Court prosecutors appealed on Friday against an order to free Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga, whose trial for war crimes was halted by judges.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Standard Bank plans to finance more land deals involving South African farmers seeking expansion opportunities across the continent to grow export crops, the bank said on Friday.
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero pulled out of a meeting with President Paul Kagame on Friday after receiving a petition alleging the Rwandan leader has violated human rights, an ally of Zapatero said.
WINDHOEK (Reuters) - A Southern African Development Community tribunal has asked a regional summit of heads of state to consider a request by a white farmer to suspend the Zimbabwe government from the group over its seizure of his land.
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete dissolved parliament on Friday ahead of a general election in the east African country slated for October.
