Nigeria gunmen kidnap American, Briton
2006-11-02 16:54:33
Armed gunmen seized two expatriate oil workers - an American and a Briton - during a raid Thursday on a Norwegian oil services ship off Nigeria's southern coast, oil company officials said.
Zambian president arrives in Beijing for China-Africa summit
2006-11-02 09:14:16
Zambian President Levy Patrick Mwanawasa arrived here on Thursday for the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.
Seychellois president starts state visit to China
2006-11-02 09:07:19
Seychellois President James Alix Michel arrived here on Wednesday, kicking off his state visit to China.
Equatorial Guinean president arrives in Beijing
2006-11-02 09:01:48
Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo arrived here Wednesday evening for the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.
President Hu pledges to promote cooperation with Guinea Bissau
2006-11-02 08:57:29
China would work with Guinea Bissau to promote traditional friendship and increase bilateral cooperation, said President Hu Jintao here Wednesday.
Botswanian president arrives in Beijing for China-Africa summit
2006-11-02 08:47:36
Botswanian President Festus Mogae arrived here on Wednesday evening for the Beijing Summit of the Forum on the China-Africa Cooperation.
AU chief arrives in Beijng for China-Africa summit
2006-11-01 14:10:35
African Union (AU) Commission Chairman Alpha Oumar Konare arrived here Wednesday morning to attend the Beijing Summit of the Forum on the China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) scheduled for November 4-5.
Former South Africa president dies at 90
2006-11-01 10:47:36
P.W. Botha, the apartheid-era president who led South Africa through its worst racial violence and deepest international isolation, died Tuesday. He was 90.
Guinea-Bissau president arrives in Beijing
2006-11-01 08:56:25
President of Guinea-Bissau Joao Bernardo Vieira arrived here Tuesday afternoon, continuing his state visit to China.
Zambian president off to China for Beijing summit
2006-11-01 08:49:57
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa left here on Tuesday for China to attend the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) scheduled for November 4- 5.
UN helicopter makes force landing in DRC
2006-10-31 11:19:25
The UN special envoy to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) confirmed on Monday that a UN helicopter made a forced landing in the country's northeastern district of Ituri but there were no casualties.
Nigeria pilot reportedly ignored advice
2006-10-31 08:35:20
A plane crash that killed 96 people in Nigeria might have been averted if the pilot had heeded advice from air traffic controllers to wait for a lightning storm to clear before taking off.