Death toll in Nigerian religious clashes rises to 400
2008-12-01 07:39:05
Residents delivered more bodies to the main mosque in the central Nigerian city of Jos yesterday, bringing the death toll from two days of clashes between Muslim and Christian gangs to around 400 people.
Ransom agreed for ship carrying tanks
2008-12-01 07:39:05
Somali pirates have agreed on a ransom for a Ukrainian freighter carrying tanks and other heavy weapons and it could be released within days, a spokesman said yesterday.
Death toll over 300 in Nigerian sectarian violence
2008-11-30 16:01:02
Mobs have burned homes, churches and mosques in a second day of riots and the death toll rose to more than 300 in the worst sectarian violence in Africa's most populous nation in years.
Crew escapes Somali pirates
2008-11-29 14:05:04
Somali pirates hijacked a chemical tanker with dozens of Indian crew members on Friday, and three British security guards were rescued by helicopter after jumping into the sea, officials said.
African airlines to create network amid financial crisis
2008-11-26 18:17:47
African airlines plan to create a network covering all the continent in part of efforts to promote regional integration against the backdrop of global financial crisis, China's state news agency Xinhua reported on Tuesday from Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso.
WHO sets Zimbabwe cholera death toll at 366
2008-11-26 10:57:33
More than 50 cholera deaths have been reported in Zimbabwe in the past day, bringing the toll to 366 since August, the United Nations said Tuesday.
Regional rapid response force formed to address piracy
2008-11-25 16:54:46
East African countries have formed a 7,000-strong standby brigade to respond to conflicts and other crises including piracy within the region.
Journalist shot and killed in eastern Congo
2008-11-25 16:18:38
U.N. officials say a Congolese journalist working for a U.N. radio station has been shot and killed outside his home in unstable eastern Congo.
Somali pirates treating hijacked crew 'like prisoners of war'
2008-11-25 16:12:17
Crew members on board a hijacked oil tanker are being treated like "prisoners of war", according to one of the Somali pirates holding them to ransom.
Somali pirates hijack Yemeni cargo ship
2008-11-25 15:32:18
Somali pirates have hijacked a Yemeni cargo ship in the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden, a regional maritime official said on Tuesday.
Shippers urge naval blockade of Somali coast
2008-11-25 11:31:44
Shipping officials from around the world called Monday for a military blockade along Somalia's coast to intercept pirate vessels heading out to sea.
Pirates cut ransom for Saudi ship to $15m
2008-11-25 06:51:00
Somali pirates holding a Saudi supertanker have reduced their ransom demand to $15 million, an Islamist leader and a regional maritime group said Monday.