JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, cancelled a trip to South Africa planned for this week that had put Pretoria in a bind between its…
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Rebels kill scores in Somali capital blast
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's al Qaeda-linked rebels struck at the heart of the capital on Tuesday, killing scores of people with a truck bomb in the group's most deadly…
Tanzania arrests 7 pirates after attack on oil vessel
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania has arrested seven suspected Somali pirates after an attack on an oil and gas exploration ship operated by Brazilian petroleum company Petrobras off…
Turkey spreads its wings into Africa
PRETORIA (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Tayyip Erdogan visited South Africa on Tuesday, the latest stop in a diplomatic drive into the resource-rich continent whose attention is increasingly fixed on…
Germany returns skulls from colonial era to Namibia
WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Germany repatriated to Namibia on Tuesday 20 African skulls taken from the area about a century ago when it was under its colonial rule and sent…
Ben Aliné sms háborúja Tunéziában
Tunézia, Tunisz – Összeesküvést szervezett a „boszorkány” sms-ben szaúd-arábiai száműzetéséből. Ben Ali felesége megpróbált távirányítással zavart kelteni. Az sms-ek címzettjei közül sokan most a választásokra készülő politikai pártok…
Gyilkos tartálykocsi Nigériában
Nigéria, Kano – Összeütközött egy üzemanyagot szállító tartálykocsi egy utasokkal teli minibusszal Nigériában. A szerencsétlenségben 11 ember meghalt – jelentették a nigériai hatóságok.
Jolie appeals for Somalia at UN refugee award ceremony
GENEVA (Reuters) - Angelina Jolie made a surprise appearance on Monday night at the U.N. refugee agency's ceremony to honour a Yemeni aid group credited with rescuing thousands of…
Tanker targeted off Benin in latest W.African pirate attack
Pirates armed with automatic weapons fired upon and boarded achemical tanker off Benin before stealing cash, the latest in a wave of such attacks off West Africa, a piracy watchdog said on Monday.
Kadhafi birthplace overrun as Libya rulers tweak govt
Anti-Kadhafi fighters Monday overran the ousted strongman's birthplace of Qasr Abu Hadi, medics said, marking a symbolic victory in their battle to eradicate the last vestiges of his 42-year…