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  1. South Africa: Farm Workers Tear Down Zimbabweans' Homes

    Scores of De Doorns residents, most of them farmworkers, ripped down shacks belonging to Zimbabweans this morning, accusing them of "stealing our jobs".

  2. Liberia: Prosecution Reads Statements By Other Leaders on Taylor

    Prosecutors spent much of today's cross-examination of former Liberian president, Charles Taylor, reading out statements by other West African leaders condemning Mr. Taylor Liberian rebel group for crimes committed against Liberians and members of international humanitarian agencies, including American Catholic nuns and peacekeepers during his country's civil war.

  3. Liberia: Taylor Denies Supporting Plans to Attack Sierra Leone

    Charles Taylor did not support plans to attack Sierra Leone while he was in Libya, the accused former Liberian president told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges today while being cross-examined by the prosecution.

  4. Congo-Kinshasa: Spain, France Probed on Links to Rwandan Militia

    The UN's Eminent Group of Expert report on rebel militias in the DRC is expected to reveal Spanish and French connections to the FDLR militia, The New Times has been informed.

  5. Zimbabwe: Activist's Application Dismissed

    A Harare magistrate yesterday threw out the application for refusal of remand by MDC-T transport manager, Pascal Gwezere, who is facing allegations of stealing 20 AK-47 rifles and a shotgun from Pomona Army Barracks.

  6. Liberia: Judges Give Taylor Prosecutors Time to 'Rearrange Strategies'

    Charles Taylor's testimony was cut short for the second day in a row, as prosecutors asked for more time to "rearrange strategies" for the cross-examination of the former Liberian president on trial for his alleged role in crimes committed during Sierra Leone's brutal conflict.

  7. Nigeria: One Killed, Eight Injured in Lasu Crisis

    One person was feared killed while 8 others sustained serious injuries yesterday when some suspected students of Lagos State University, (LASU) staged a protest in their Ojo campus.

  8. Somalia: Abusive Behavior in Puntland

    In late October, the Puntland government arrested five men of Ogadeni origin.  These men came to Puntland using Somali travel documents provided by Somali authorities in Yemen.

  9. Rwanda: Monuc Accused of Sharing Intelligence With Rebels

    New information has emerged that a clandestine partnership of sharing intelligence existed between the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) and FDLR rebels even deeper than earlier thought.

  10. Equatorial Guinea: British Mercenary Seeks Revenge and Book Deal

    An expensive round of score-settling and legal cases among the purported financiers and conspirators behind the 2004 coup plot in Equatorial Guinea is likely to be the immediate outcome of the release of convicted plotter Simon Mann, a dual British and South African national, in Malabo on 2 November.

  11. Nigeria: 2011 Polls - Delta Police Asks for More Arms

    WORRIED by the high rate of violence associated with general election, Delta State Commissioner of Police, Mr Yakubu Alkali, has sought for extra arms and ammunition to meet up with the challenges as the 2011 general election draw nearer.

  12. Sudan: Big Hopes for Civil Society Input in Darfur Peace Talks

    The top United Nations-African Union official for Darfur has highlighted the role of civil society groups in the search for a solution to the strife that has plagued the Sudanese region, encouraging their full participation in the peace talks that resumed in Doha today.

  13. Zimbabwe: Weapons Theft Stokes Fears of Instability

    The recent "suicide" of a senior army officer in the wake of a break-in at a military armoury in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, is sowing fears that the missing guns may be used to fuel instability.

  14. Congo-Kinshasa: Report Condemns Trial in Military Court Over Killing of UN Journalist

    A United Nations report released today criticizes the judicial process in a Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) military court in connection with the trial of a murdered Congolese journalist, including the alleged bribery of the presiding judges.

  15. Somalia: President Denounces Planned Killings and Explosions in Puntland

    The president of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland Abdirahman Mohamed Farole has Thursday strongly denounced overnight killing and explosions in Basoso, Galka'o and Garowe, the centre of the administration in north Somalia.


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