Mauritania has seen weeks of clashes between security forces and black Mauritanians of the ‘Don’t Touch My Nationality’ movement protesting against a controversial census plan by the government which they fear will deprive them of their citizenship.
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Liberia: Nigerian vote chief to head observer team
ABUJA (AFP) – Nigeria’s electoral chief widely praised for organising his country’s April polls will head a regional observer mission for Liberia’s vote on October 11, a statement said on Tuesday.
DR Congo: reporter Kikunde aggressed
DR Congo-Kinshasa: John Kikundi, reporter of RFO, agressed. John Kikunde, a cameraman of a French Television-Radio France d’Outre mer (RFO), has been agressed on Thusday 29th september 2011 in Kinshas. This happened during demonstrations organised similtaneously by two political parties: “Union pour la démocratie et le progrès social (UDPS)” and “Partie du Peuple pour la […]
Kenyans demand more security for Lamu Archipelago
After the abduction of a French woman from Manda Island and a British woman to the north of Lamu, dozens of protestors have taken to the streets in the archipelago to demand better security from the police and Kenyan navy.
Ormat Signs Major Loan for Kenyan Geothermal
Ormat Technologies Inc.’s US subsidiary Ormat Industries Ltd. has signed two major loans for geothermal projects in the US and Kenya.
Mass grave at Abu Slim is a big a lie
MASS GRAVE AT ABU SLIM, TRIPOLI: IT IS A BIG LIE. EEN NTC ADMITS IT. PLEASE SPREAD THE NEWS On Sunday 25th the world media spread the news that Libyan Ntc found a mass grave with 1.200 bodies (or 1.700 according to other Ntc sources) near Abu Slim prison.
Wangari Maathai Burial Plans
President orders state funeral for fallen heroine. Maathai’s family yet to firm up burial plans.
Libyan families fear for their safety
Despite rising prices of petrol in the city of Sirte some families are fleeing to safe areas as they hope for an end to the fighting so that they can return to their homes.
Capn's Log: Tribute to Wangari Maathai
She made the news in the most unusual of fashions over the last few decades: Her passionate protests against the administration at the time as she choked on teargas; her sustained championing of women’s rights as her eyes teared up from the clouds of the very same teargas; and indeed, the work that she is […]
Message From Aisha Qadhafi to Libyan People
This is the English translation of the message by Aisha Qadhafi to the Libyan people heard yesterday 23 September 2011.