Shell shuts down Nigerian oilfield after attack
2008-06-19 21:22:28
Royal Dutch Shell said it shut down production from an offshore oilfield that produces about 200,000 barrels per day after the most powerful militant group in Nigeria launched an attack on an installation there Thursday.
S Africa's Mbeki to meet with Mugabe-Zim state media
2008-06-18 16:54:24
South African President Thabo Mbeki is to visit Zimbabwe on Wednesday for talks with his counterpart Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean state media reported.
Zimbabwean gov't to cut election observers
2008-06-18 09:12:23
Over 50,000 individuals have applied for accreditation as local observers for Zimbabwe's presidential election run-off set for June 27 while the government said on Tuesday it would cut the number by 80 percent.
Rich nations fall short on Africa aid: Watchdog
2008-06-17 07:51:33
The world's richest nations are falling short on pledges to double aid to Africa by 2010 at a time when soaring food prices risk destroying decades of economic progress on the continent, a watchdog said Monday.
Libyan leader Ghaddafi visits Togo
2008-06-16 10:04:23
Libyan leader Muammar Ghaddafi (C), accompanied by Togolese President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe, visits a stadium in Lome, capital of Togo, on June 16, 2008. Muammar Ghaddafi was on a three-day visit to Togo. [Xinhua]
Kenyan ministers killed in plane crash
2008-06-11 09:04:11
Kenyan Roads Minister Kipkalya Kones and Home Affairs Assistant Minister Lorna Laboso were killed in a plane crash on Tuesday in west Kenya.
Sudanese plane bursts into flames, killing dozens
2008-06-11 06:43:24
A Sudanese jetliner landed in a thunderstorm and veered off the runway late Tuesday, bursting into flames and killing dozens of people, Sudanese officials said.
Fighting kills at least 12 in Somalia's Mogadishu
2008-06-08 16:56:55
Artillery battles between allied Somali-Ethiopian troops and Islamist insurgents killed at least 12 people on Sunday around Mogadishu's sprawling Bakara Market, residents said.
Egypt uncovers 'missing' pyramid of a pharaoh
2008-06-06 10:03:52
Egyptian archaeologists unveiled on Thursday a 4,000-year-old "missing pyramid" that is believed to have been discovered by an archaeologist almost 200 years ago and never seen again.
Food summit vows 'green revolution' for Africa
2008-06-04 16:56:16
A UN summit on the global food crisis will draw up an emergency plan on Wednesday to cut trade barriers, mobilise aid and invest in farming in poor countries to ease hunger threatening nearly 1 billion people.
Uganda's children work on dangerous rock pile
2008-06-02 10:17:12
Stephen Batte works in a quarry under the blazing sun, chipping rocks into gravel with a homemade hammer. It's tiring, boring and dangerous.
UNAMID peacekeeper murdered in Darfur
2008-05-30 15:16:03
A peacekeeper serving with the joint UN-African Union mission (UNAMID) has been "brutally and shamelessly murdered" in Sudan's Darfur region, the UN mission confirmed Thursday.