20110118
xinhua

LUSAKA, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The government of Zambia has called for more exchange of ideas with Ghana to root out the causes of increased drug trafficking and money laundering in the two countries, the Times of Zambia reported on Tuesday.

20110118
xinhua

TUNIS, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of Tunisians took to the streets of Tunisian capital Tunis on Tuesday to protest against the new-born interim government, announced only one day before, demanding the ruling RCD party to give up power.

20110118
xinhua

ACCRA, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Ghana on Tuesday justified its position of no military intervention in neighboring Cote d'Ivoire to resolve the post-election crisis.

20110118
xinhua

CAIRO, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- An Egyptian lawyer set himself on fire in front of the government headquarters on Tuesday, security sources told Xinhua.

20110118
africanews

The first edition of the annual documentary film Festival known as iRepresent International Documentary Film Festival is scheduled to begin on the 20th-23rd of January in Nigeria's commercial nerve-centre of Lagos.

20110118
africanews

The Kalahari Bushmen remain 'determined' to win a legal battle over water supply, according to human rights group Survival International. This week, Botswana's Court of Appeal will begin a hearing to decide whether the bushmen living on their ancestral lands in the Kalahari have the right to the water in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.

20110118
africanews

The Egyptian man charged with the shooting and killing of seven people outside a church on Coptic Christmas Eve has been sentenced to death, Egypt's Daily News said Monday. Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Hassan killed six Coptic Christians and one Muslim in Naga Hammadi on Coptic Christmas Eve of January 6.

20110118
africanews

unisia's Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi has announced a national unity government to replace the former administration led by President Ben Ali who was ousted by a month-long anti-hunger uprising last Friday.

20110118
reuters

As the Ivory Coast political crisis lingers on with no definite solutions yet, Ivoirians are still crossing from western Côte d'Ivoire into Liberia at a rate of 400 to 600 a day, according to an "initial refugee assessment" issued by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).

20110118
reuters

JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - South Sudan appealed for investors to plough $140 million into its war-hit wildlife parks, seeking to kick-start a tourism industry and wean itself off oil months ahead of its expected independence.

20110118
reuters

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - An ethnic Hutu mayor from Rwanda residing in Germany went on trial on genocide charges in Frankfurt on Tuesday over his suspected involvement massacres against the Tutsi minority in 1994.

20110118
reuters

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese security forces on Tuesday arrested opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi and eight other party officials after they called for a "popular revolution" if Khartoum did not reverse price rises.

20110118
reuters

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's new coalition government hit trouble on Tuesday when four ministers quit and an opposition party threatened to walk out, undermining efforts to restore stability and end unrest on the streets.

20110118
reuters

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Rising infrastructure investment and agricultural productivity, and a growing demand for Africa's exports will help the continent's economy expand by five percent in 2011 and 5.1 in 2012, the United Nations said.

20110118
reuters

ACCRA (Reuters) - Foreign direct investment in Ghana doubled to $1.11 billion in 2010, with China leading the number of investment projects, the government said on Tuesday.

20110118
reuters

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday delayed a vote on sending additional troops to Ivory Coast, where the blue helmeted peacekeepers have been under attack, due to Russian objections, council envoys said.

20110118
reuters

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The African Union's mediator for Ivory Coast will cut short a trip to the country, his spokesman said on Tuesday, after failing to make a breakthrough in efforts to resolve the country's power struggle.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian official announced on Monday that the country plans to unveil a home-made brain surgery-aiding robot as soon as the next month.

20110117
xinhua

NOUAKCHOTT, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- A Mauritanian man on Monday expressed displeasure with the regime by setting himself aflame near the presidential palace in the capital Nouakchott, witnesses reported.

20110117
xinhua

KHARTOUM, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) on Monday hailed the south Sudan referendum as "credible and well organized" and availed the opportunity for the southern Sudanese to freely express their will.