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World Briefing | Africa: Sudan: Camp Raid Denounced
30 08 2008 The United Nations high commissioner for human rights condemned Sudan’s attack on a camp in Darfur for displaced persons “disproportionate and excessive.”
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Zimbabwe Lifts Ban on Aid Groups, but Its Effects Linger
30 08 2008 The suspension of the groups’ field operations deprived more than a million Zimbabweans of basic assistance, according to the nations that donated the aid.
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2 Hijackers of Jet in Darfur Surrender and Free Hostages in Libya
29 08 2008 Passengers said the hijackers identified themselves as members of a Darfur rebel group, the Sudan Liberation Movement, which denied any involvement.
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Ex-Rebel Leader Deflects Questions About Atrocities in Liberia
28 08 2008 Nigeria’s former rebel leader Sekou Conneh refused to accept blame for any wrongdoing during an appearance before a public commission.
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2 Hijackers of Jet in Darfur Surrender and Free Hostages in Libya
28 08 2008 The two hijackers who had commandeered a jetliner from the Darfur region of Sudan on Tuesday had asked for asylum in Libya, but it was not clear whether their request had been granted.
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World Briefing | Africa: Sudan: Plane Is Hijacked From Darfur
27 08 2008 Hijackers in the Darfur region of Sudan seized a jetliner carrying nearly 100 people, including local Darfur officials, and forced it to land at an airfield in the Sahara Desert in Libya.
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Zimbabwe Parliament Opens to Jeers and Arrests
27 08 2008 President Robert Mugabe opened Zimbabwe’s Parliament to heckling from opposition lawmakers, hours after police arrested three of them, bringing the total in custody to five.
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Zimbabwe Parliament Opens, to Jeers and Arrests
26 08 2008 President Robert Mugabe opened Zimbabwe’s Parliament on Tuesday to heckling from opposition lawmakers, hours after police arrested three of them, bringing the total in custody to five.
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World Briefing | Africa: Malawi: AIDS Deaths Drop by 75%
26 08 2008 Greater access to free medicine has helped reduce AIDS-related deaths in Malawi by 75 percent in the past four years, the country’s principal secretary for H.I.V. and AIDS said.
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Dozens Are Killed in Raid on Darfur Camp
26 08 2008 The deaths resulted from an assault by the government on a huge camp for displaced people in Darfur, according the witnesses and leaders at the camp.
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Mugabe Opens Parliament to Heckles
26 08 2008 President Robert G. Mugabe said that he had “every expectation” of striking a power-sharing agreement.
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Zimbabwe Opposition Wins Key Post
26 08 2008 In a sign of political strength, Zimbabwe’s main opposition party won the powerful position of speaker of Parliament.
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Zimbabwe Opposition Wins Key Post in Parliament
25 08 2008 Opposition officials feared more arrests could follow in an effort by President Robert Mugabe to consolidate power.
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Militants Patrol Captured Somali City
23 08 2008 Islamic militants announced Saturday that they had seized control of Somalia’s third-largest city after three days of fighting that left about 70 people dead.
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World Briefing | Africa: Somalia: Islamists Seize Port in Fierce Fight
23 08 2008 Islamist rebels seized control of a port in southern Somalia on Friday after 70 people died in fighting, the worst in months, that started Wednesday night, residents said.
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World Briefing | Africa: Niger: Reward for Guinea Worm Alerts
23 08 2008 Niger will award 5,000 CFA francs to anyone who reports a case of Guinea worm, a waterborne parasite, to the authorities as part of a global eradication effort.
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World Briefing | Africa: Libya: Qaddafi Son Says He’s Out of Politics
23 08 2008 Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi, a son of the Libyan leader, Muammar el-Qaddafi, called for political changes and denied that he would succeed his father.
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Parole in ‘Lion’s Den’ Case Stirs Anger
22 08 2008 The white owner of a construction was released on parole after serving three years of a life sentence for ordering a black worker be beaten and thrown to a pack of lions.
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Blasts Kill 12 and Damage a Military Compound in Algeria
21 08 2008 Two car bombs killed at least 11 people and wounded 31 others a day after a suicide bombing killed 43 people, according to the Algerian Interior Ministry.
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Bombings in Algeria Kill 11
20 08 2008 Two car bombs killed at least 11 people and wounded 31 others a day after a suicide bombing killed 43 people, according to the Algerian Interior Ministry.
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World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Parliament to Open Next Week
20 08 2008 Zimbabwe’s government said that it planned to convene Parliament next week despite a deadlock in talks to end a postelection political crisis.
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World Briefing | United Nations: African Union Force Extended in Somalia
20 08 2008 The United Nations Security Council authorized the presence of an African Union force in Somalia for an additional six months.
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World Briefing | Africa: Egypt: Fire Damages Parliamentary Palace
20 08 2008 Fire ravaged a 19th-century palace in Cairo that is home to the upper house of the Egyptian Parliament on Tuesday.
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Levy Mwanawasa, Zambia President, Dies at 59
20 08 2008 In Zambia, Mr. Mwanawasa may best be remembered as a crusader against corruption.
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Bomber Kills at Least 43 Near Capital of Algeria
20 08 2008 A suicide bomber drove a car filled with explosives into a police academy about 35 miles east of the Algerian capital, officials said.
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