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Feed: ALLAFRICA NEWS: LATEST
All Africa, All the Time.
South Sudan: Kiir Launches Attack on Sudan's Bashir
07-Feb-12
[Sudan Tribune]
Juba -
The president of South Sudan Salva Kiir on Monday launched a fierce attack on his Sudanese counterpart Omer Hassan al-Bashir calling him a "thief" and urged him to surrender himself to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Mali: Tuareg Rebellion Forces Thousands Into Exile
07-Feb-12
[UNHCR]
UNHCR has deployed emergency teams to countries surrounding Mali to help meet the needs of some 20,000 people who have been forced to flee fighting in northern Mali. Most of the displaced are in Niger, Burkina Faso and Mauritania.
Cameroon: Economy Suffers As Boko Haram Infiltrates
07-Feb-12
[IPS]
Yaounde -
Ahmadou Lamine has been forced to close his business selling fuel imported from Nigeria, known locally as "zoa-zoa", because of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram.
Madagascar: Regional Leaders Urge Political Players to Speed Up Change
07-Feb-12
[SANF]
Southern African leaders have intervened to ease tensions in Madagascar, urging the main political players to speed up implementation of a roadmap intended to restore constitutional order in the country.
Somalia: Heads of Govt to Debate Nation's Future
07-Feb-12
[African Arguments]
If I were a Somali I would thank Allah for the pirates. For more than 20 years the world has stood by while successive civil wars destroyed the country, killing hundreds of thousands of people by bullets, disease and starvation and reducing what was once a prosperous land to a war zone. But the seizure of more than 200 ships by kids with guns in small craft has changed all that.
Mauritania: Displaced Malians Burden Food-Insecure Hosts
07-Feb-12
[IRIN]
Bamako/Dakar -
Some 12,000 Malians have fled fighting in the towns of Ménaka and Anderamboucane in northern Mali and reached already food-insecure villages around Tillabéri in western Niger, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Niger's capital, Niamey.
Africa: Politics May Be Real Climate Hazard - Experts
07-Feb-12
[AlertNet]
Climate change impacts - from worsening droughts to new pots of climate-related cash for fragile states - may turn out to be a catalyst for worsening conflict. If so, keeping an eye on local politics and the quality of governance could be as important in heading off climate crises as breeding drought-resistant crops or protecting forests, climate security experts said at a recent meeting in London.
Nigeria: Boko Haram Plans to Kill Me, Says Nobel Laureate
07-Feb-12
[Leadership]
Following a threat by the Boko Haram sect that Professor Wole Soyinka would be their next target for attack, the Nobel laureate has raised the alarm, urging security agencies to take action immediately or risk possible disintegration of the country should the sect carry out its threats.
Uganda: Charcoal Boon a Bust for Forests
07-Feb-12
[IRIN]
Gulu -
Once a fortnight, Moses Sserwada travels from the capital, Kampala, to northern Uganda to pick up a truckload of charcoal destined for the popular Owino market in the city.
Uganda: MPs Bag Allowances for Vehicles
07-Feb-12
[New Vision]
NEW Members of Parliament have started receiving sh103m each for purchase of vehicles.
Malawi: New Report Highlights Press Freedom Challenges
07-Feb-12
[MISA]
A recent report released by the civil society organisation Civic and Political Space Platform (CPSP) shows that the media in Malawi continue to grow despite facing very tough conditions.
Kenya: Parliament Invites Views On Election Date Bill
07-Feb-12
[Nation]
Parliament has called on Kenyans to give their views on the Bill seeking to change the election date currently awaiting debate in the August House.
Somalia: London Conference 'An Opportunity' for Somaliland
07-Feb-12
[IRIN]
Hargeisa -
More than two decades after it unilaterally asserted its independence from the rest of Somalia, Somaliland plans to lobby hard at a major conference in London in February for something it has sorely lacked since its inception: international recognition of its sovereignty.
Egypt: Presidential Nominations Open on March 10
07-Feb-12
[Egypt Online]
Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the chief of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces SCAF conferred on Monday 6/2/2012 Counselor Farouq Sultan, the president of the Supreme Constitutional Court and the head of the Presidential Elections Commission on the legal measures for opening nomination for the presidential elections.
Nigeria: Boko Haram Attack Two Police Stations in Kano
07-Feb-12
[This Day]
Kano State police command has confirmed that suspected members of the Boko Haram Islamic group on Monday evening launched a bomb and gun attack on Sharada Police station.
Ghana/Zambia: Coach of Underdogs Starts War of Words Against Black Stars
07-Feb-12
[allAfrica.com]
Zambia coach Herve Renard is heaping praise, platitudes and the mantle of match favorites onto his opponents for Wednesday's Nations Cup semi-final, taking all the pressure off the southern African side and trying instead to impose it on Ghana's Black Stars.
Cote d'Ivoire/Mali: Superior Elephants Face Opponents With Guts in Semi-Final
07-Feb-12
[allAfrica.com]
Tournament favourites Cote d'Ivoire and Mali go head-to-head for a place in the final of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations at the Stade d'Angondjé in Libreville on Wednesday.
Zimbabwe: Sanctions Gridlock Reflects Paralysis of Politics
07-Feb-12
[ICG]
Zimbabwe must hold elections before the end of June 2013, but the reforms needed to ensure appropriate conditions are critically wanting.
Liberia: President Sirleaf Launches Children's Law
07-Feb-12
[Unicef]
Monrovia -
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf today officially launched the Children's Law of Liberia to protect children and their right to participate meaningfully in their development.
Central African Republic: Upcoming Prosecution Witness to Testify Via Video Link
07-Feb-12
[Bemba Trial Website]
Trial judges have granted an application by prosecutors to hear the evidence of one of their two outstanding witnesses in Jean-Pierre Bemba's trial via video link from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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