AP - Officials say a police shooting in Nigeria's southeast caused Muslims living in the Christian area to flee in panic amid concerns about retaliatory violence.
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2012-02-09 20:29
Police shooting starts panic in southern Nigeria (AP)
2012-02-09 20:29
Somalia's Al Shabab launches suicide attack ahead of talks (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - A suicide car bomb attack, apparently aimed at two Somali lawmakers in the heart of the government-controlled center of Mogadishu, has left 15 people dead. Itâ
2012-02-09 20:29
Freed Morocco Islamists say owe release to Arab Spring (Reuters)
Reuters - The leaders of a Moroccan Islamist group, who were jailed over what campaigners say were trumped-up charges and then released last week, said on Thursday they owed their freedom to the "Arab Spring" and called for other captives to be freed.
2012-02-09 20:29
South Africa plans big infrastructure campaign (AP)
AP - South Africa's president announced ambitious infrastructure projects Thursday, laying out his plans for creating jobs and hope in nation harder hit than most in Africa by global recession.
2012-02-09 20:29
South Africa rhino dies in anti-poaching procedure (AP)
AP - An attempt to protect a rhinoceros from poachers in South Africa by sedating it to treat its horn ended with the animal's death Thursday in front of journalists and others who had been invited to learn more about anti-poaching efforts, conservationists said.
2012-02-09 03:50
Reporters locked out of Nigeria's busiest airport (AP)
AP - An international watchdog says authorities have shut down a long-standing press center in Nigeria's busiest airport.
2012-02-09 03:50
Russia's Putin condemns "horrible crimes" in Libya (Reuters)
Reuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday "horrible crimes" were being committed in Libyan cities that supported late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
2012-02-09 03:50
Top general to visit Egypt amid US-Cairo tensions (AP)
AP - The Pentagon's top general will visit Egypt for security talks amid tensions over Cairo's move to bring criminal charges against 19 American pro-democracy workers.
2012-02-09 03:50
Sierra Leone ruling party refutes violence claims (AP)
AP - Sierra Leone's ruling party says they may use libel and defamation laws to refute claims by the top opposition presidential candidate that the party is provoking violence ahead of November polls.
2012-02-09 03:50
Insight: In Sudan, glimpses of an Arab spring (Reuters)
Reuters - A few weeks ago, a leading opposition activist sat down in a downtown Khartoum office to talk to a journalist. The young man immediately removed the battery from his cellphone.
2012-02-09 03:50
6-week-old lone elephant calf dies in Zimbabwe (AP)
AP - Conservationists in Zimbabwe said Wednesday round-the-clock efforts to save a baby elephant, separated from his mother on a busy highway, have failed. The six-week-old calf who has been hand fed for three weeks has died, apparently from pneumonia.
2012-02-09 03:50
Egypt to deploy soldiers, tanks ahead of strike (Reuters)
Reuters - Egypt's ruling generals said Wednesday they would deploy more soldiers and tanks across the country, an announcement seen as a warning to activists planning a national strike on the anniversary of the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak.
2012-02-09 03:50
Egypt will not be swayed by aid threat in NGO case: PM (Reuters)
Reuters - Egypt said on Wednesday it would not be swayed by threats to aid when probing NGOs over charges they received foreign cash without official approval, a case that has led Washington to warn that $1.3 billion a year of military aid may be at risk.
2012-02-09 03:50
Russian, Chinese arms used in Darfur abuse: Amnesty (Reuters)
Reuters - Russian and Chinese arms are being used to violate human rights in Darfur region in breach of an "ineffectual" United Nations embargo, Amnesty International said on Thursday.
2012-02-09 03:50
Amnesty: imported arms fueling Darfur conflict (AP)
AP - Weapons from China, Russia and Belarus are fueling the nine-year-old conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, Amnesty International said in a report late Wednesday.
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