No websites in this category, yet!

---

Africa RSS Feeds

Somalia: Multinational Force to Combat Pirates - The United States Navy has announced the formation of an international force to provide security in the dangerous shipping lanes in the Gulf of Aden off the Somali coast....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

Sudan: Country in Danger of Splitting, Warns Report - Southern Sudan might break away from the north if the "troubled relationship" between Sudan's dominant centre and regions on its periphery are not resolved, a new report has warned....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

West Africa: Region Calls Summit on Guinea Coup - The extra-ordinary meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) summoned by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua over the coup in Guinea will hold tomorrow in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

Africa: Analysts Raise Doubts on Telecoms Cables - AT LEAST four out of 10 undersea telecoms cables supposed to be heading for Africa will probably never materialise, according to analysts from AfricaNext Investment Research....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

Uganda: Rebel Leader Still in DRC - LRA rebel leader Joseph Kony is in Garamba jungles and has not escaped the allies' snare to sneak into the Central African Republic (CAR)....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

Congo-Kinshasa: Peace Talks Making Progress - The latest round of United Nations-supported Government-rebel political negotiations seeking to quell the violence engulfing the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continued today, with the co-chair reporting slow but steady progress....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

Nigeria: Air Force Chief Raises Alarm Over Chinese Contract - More than three years after a N30 billion contract was awarded to a Chinese company for the supply of one N17, 12 F7 and five other Chinese aircraft for military flying operations by the Nigerian Airforce, delivery of the aircraft is yet to be effected even after over 85 percent payment obligations had been made by the Nigerian government....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

Nigeria: Arrests Over New Motorcycle Helmet Law - About 152 motorcyclists had been arrested by the Anambra State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) for compulsory use of helmet since the order came into effect January 1, 2009....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

Nigeria: State Challenges Probe of Jos Riots - The controversy over who has the constitutional power to institute a probe panel into the November 28, 2008 sectarian riots in Jos, Plateau State has taken another turn....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

Sudan: U.S. to Help Airlift Darfur Equipment - The United States Africa Command, under the directive of President George Bush, will soon airlift Rwandan equipment meant for the Rwandan peacekeepers from Kigali to war ravaged Darfur in Sudan....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

Rwanda: Prosecutors Probe Genocide Survivors' Funds - Rwandan Prosecutor General, Martin Ngoga, has confirmed that at least 17 people are under investigations for their involvement in mismanagement of Funds for Support of Genocide Survivors (FARG), established some ten years ago....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

South Africa: Ruling ANC Finalizes Election Lists - THE pecking order in the African National Congress (ANC) will be decided over the next few days, as the ruling party's provincial structures meet to decide on its candidates ahead of the party's national list conference next weekend....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

South Africa: Factories Head for Recession - MANUFACTURING output dived 4,4% in November, the biggest annual fall in more than nine years, adding to evidence that the economy's second-biggest sector is in recession....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

Zimbabwe: South African NGOs Lobby on Crisis - CIVIL society organisations in SA are to press the government and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to hasten resolution of the crisis in Zimbabwe....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

Sudan: Pluses and Minuses of War Crimes Charges - Attempts to charge Sudan's leaders with war crimes in Darfur have dramatically changed the country's political scene, says a new report by the British think tank Chatham House....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

Uganda: New HIV Cases Alarm Doctors - DOCTORS have raised a fresh alarm over the rate at which Ugandans are becoming infected with HIV, especially married people....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

Africa: Press Can Spark War - And Peace - In 2003, two journalists from Radio-Télévision Libre des Milles Collines were convicted of war crimes in the Rwanda genocide - illustrating the dangerous role media can play by relaying hate speech or rumours during times of violent conflict....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

Congo-Kinshasa: Obasanjo Optimistic On Peace - The UN Secretary General's special envoy, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, Thursday reiterated his optimism that peace will ultimately come to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

Zimbabwe: Number of Cholera Cases Climbs to Nearly 36,000 - UN - The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) says the number of suspected cases of cholera in Zimbabwe has now reached almost 36,000 while nearly 1,780 people have died from the infection since the outbreak began over five months ago....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

Cameroon: Poaching, Wildlife Trade Provokes Outrage - Government and some NGOs working for wildlife protection have expressed outrage at the horrible spectre of poaching and wildlife trafficking in the East Region....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

Southern Africa: More Flooding On the Way - More rains are forecast for Southern Africa into next week, threatening countries already grappling with the impact of recent flooding....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

Chad: Women Protest Domestic Violence - Cécile Moutouba marched with a knife in one hand, a stick in the other. She said her husband has used both against her....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

Somalia: Opposition Candidate Wins Puntland Presidency - A much-anticipated regional election in Somalia's self-governing State of Puntland ended peacefully on Thursday with the democratic election of Dr. Abdirahman Mohamed "Farole," Radio Garowe reports....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

Zimbabwe: MDC Engaged in 'Intense Debate' - The top leadership of the MDC met for the second day in Johannesburg on Thursday, amid reports the indaba has been characterized by 'intense debate' since the three-day meeting started on Wednesday....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

Africa: Continent May Face 'Centuries' of Poverty - Extreme poverty will continue to blight sub-Saharan Africa for another 200 years unless action to overcome it is intensified, a new report has suggested....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

Côte d'Ivoire: Election Process Moving Ahead, UN Official Reports - Despite some problems, voter identification and registration in Côte d'Ivoire have been positive overall in the run-up to elections, a key element in resolving a political crisis that in 2002 divided the West African country into a rebel-held north and Government-controlled south, a top United Nations official said today....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

Ghana: Africa Hails Country's Elections - Ghana's largely peaceful and credible presidential election was a rare example of a functioning democracy in Africa and should be a model for the continent, African leaders, voters and diplomats said on Sunday....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

Ghana: Call Me Mr. Speaker - It began like a slip of tongue when Majority leader, Alban Bagbin first addressed the newly sworn Speaker of Parliament, Justice Mrs. Joyce Bamford-Addo as Mr. Speaker, but after persistent repetitions from members of the House, it was realized the Standing Orders of Parliament was not gender sensitive enough, to recognize women for the position....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

Ghana: Is There Even More Oil Offshore? - Ghana's oil find has received another facelift as TULLOW announced it has achieved successful drilling results from the Hyedua_2 appraisal well offshore. The success of this well has substantially increased the proven areal extent of the Jubilee field and is likely to lead to material upgrades of current resource estimates....
Feed Source: allafrica.com

Togo: Law of Silence Trumps Anti-Trafficking Rule - Parents, police and even judges are hesitant to press charges against human-traffickers because of fear of punishment, concern for the community and confusion about Togo's 2005 anti-trafficking law, according to an NGO analysis of the law....
Feed Source: allafrica.com