Komoly visszaélésekkel és korrupcióval vádolják a nemzetközi emberjogi szervezetek és aktivisták a nigériai rendőrséget, a mostanában kiadott egyik jelentésükben.
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Három békefenntartó meghalt Kongóban
Meghalt három indiai békefenntartó katona a Kongói Demokratikus Köztársaságban, miután összecsapásra került sor helyi lázadókkal.
Nigériai teherautó okozott tüzet az autópályán
Legalább 40 ember halt meg egy nigériai autópályán, amikor egy cukorszállítmánnyal megrakott teherautó belerohant egy rendőrségi úttorlaszba, és lángra lobbant.
Bin Laden chef sentenced to 14 years in jail
Osama Bin Laden's former cook and driver has been sentenced to 14 years in prison by a Guantanamo Bay tribunal.
Cholera kills 87 in Nigeria
Kano - A cholera outbreak in Nigeria has killed 87 people during the past month while 1 315 others have been infected, official figures showed on Monday.
Kenyan held over albino sale
Nairobi/Dar Es Salaam - Tanzanian police are holding a Kenyan man on suspicion of attempting to sell a teenage albino for his body parts, reports said on Wednesday.
Gabon inks 4.5 billion dollars deals with India, Singapore
Gabon signed Saturday 4.5 billion dollars (3.5 billion euros) in contracts with Indian and Singaporean companies for infrastructure projects, the president's office said in a statement.
Angola to launch fund to build 1 million homes for poor
LUANDA (Reuters) - Angola will launch a special fund in the first half of 2009 to help build one million new homes in four years for the poor…
Zimbabwe: ‘Blood diamonds’ go on sale
Zimbabwe on Wednesday opened the first sale of diamonds from its Marange fields since international regulators partially lifted a ban imposed after the military violently seized control of…
Obama criticises Rwandan government
The United States says it is "concerned" by disturbing acts by the Rwandan government in the run up to the country's elections that President Paul Kagame won.