Provides the latest RSS feeds for North Africa News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Africa Leader.com http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/10/id/82d02f9fd73afff4/ en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:48:41 -0500 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:48:41 -0500 30 An unidentified drone crashed near a camp for displaced people in the outskirts of Somali capital Mogadishu, Xinhua reported. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203218913/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203218913/cs/1/ China has long adhered to a foreign policy of non-interventionism, where it tries to appear neutral in disputes outside its borders. As the country becomes more of a global power, however, it is less http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203211280/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:16:25 -0500 VoA - Asia http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203211280/cs/1/ A coalition of human rights groups Thursday has appealed to the Obama administration to lead a cross-border aid operation into South Sudan to deliver much-needed food and medicine to the people of war http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203211271/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:15:50 -0500 VoA - USA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203211271/cs/1/ Somalia's famine has ended but drought in the Horn of Africa region continues to pose a threat to the area, the UN has said. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203220004/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:00:01 -0500 IANS http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203220004/cs/1/ The United Nations is backing a mass vaccination campaign under way in northern Cameroon, where a new outbreak of yellow fever has killed at least seven people. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203214261/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:18:05 -0500 U.N. - Health, Poverty, Food Security http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203214261/cs/1/ The United Nations declared an end to famine conditions in Somalia today, but warned that the crisis in the Horn of Africa is not over and requires continued efforts to restore food security and help http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203214197/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:15:21 -0500 U.N. - Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203214197/cs/1/ TUNIS, (Reuters) Tunisia has started the procedure for withdrawing its recognition of the Syrian leadership under President Bashar al-Assad and for expelling the Syrian ambassador, the Tunisian ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203235432/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:58:35 -0500 asharq alawsat http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203235432/ Bata, Equatorial Guinea – Stoppila Sunzu, Christopher Katongo and James Chamanga scored as Zambia overcame 10-man Sudan 3-0 Saturday to reach the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals after a ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203235420/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:46:29 -0500 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203235420/ Libreville – History may be knocking on Gabon's door but coach Gernot Rohr was the epitome of calm on the eve of his team's quarter-final with Mali here on ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203235557/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:46:02 -0500 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203235557/ Sierra Leone striker Ibrahim Tahini has tipped the Ivory Coast to win their second continental trophy at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. Sierra Leone striker Ibrahim Tahini has tipped the Ivory ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203235647/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:28:19 -0500 soccerway http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203235647/ Bata - Zambia strode into the African Nations Cup semi-finals with a one-sided 3-0 win over Sudan to book a last four place for the first time in 16 years. They now await either Ghana or Tunisia as ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203235417/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:24:42 -0500 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203235417/ A former Libyan diplomat who went over to the opposition National Transitional Council last year was detained and then tortured to death by a militia force based in the town of Zintan, according to ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203233665/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:11:50 -0500 wsws.org http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203233665/ KIDAL, Mali (Reuters) - Sporadic heavy weapons fire rang out in the northern Malian town of Kidal overnight and on Saturday, in a sign that a Tuareg-led rebellion was nearing its most significant ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203233843/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:08:58 -0500 West Australian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203233843/ The Beijing government "will exert every possible pressure" on the southern Sudan to secure the release of the 29 workers of Sinohydro Corporation taken away by force on 29 January. But ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203233641/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:06:08 -0500 Spero News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203233641/ By Col. Abubakar Umar Boko Haram's ambition of creating a climate of fear, terror and panic ahead of their plan to re-invent Nigeria, seem close to reality. A visitor to some of the major ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203233666/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:39:17 -0500 Sahara Reporters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203233666/ Julius Malema has lost an appeal against a decision by South Africa's ruling party to suspend him. He was suspended from the African National Congress (ANC) for five years for sowing division ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203233630/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:14:04 -0500 BBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203233630/ More than 60 Malian journalists who cover politics for state and privately-owned media are attending a two-day seminar on "Media Coverage of Mali's Next Elections and French-Language ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203233844/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:11:20 -0500 Reporters without Borders http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203233844/ , better known locally as "Hassan Fantastic," was gunned down outside his Mogadishu home at 6:30 p.m. today, Reporters Without Borders has learned from its partner organization in Somalia, ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203233660/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:11:18 -0500 Reporters without Borders http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203233660/ His is an efficient workhorse in the Black Stars, midfield and quietly goes about his business on and off the field in a focused manner. It was pretty much the same scenario at Ngouni Complex in ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203233629/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:06:14 -0500 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203233629/ New trade and investment agreements between Qatar and Nepal will allow investors to explore the "abundant potential for promoting bilateral trade, tourism and foreign direct investment," ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203233650/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:56:11 -0500 Mena Report http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203233650/ (http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=24169)ABUJA, NIGERIA, January 26 (CNA) .- As many as 35,000 people have fled their homes in northern Nigeria after continuing attacks from the Islamic ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203233649/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:53:15 -0500 EWTN http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203233649/ Kenya have a huge mountain to climb in Abeokuta, Nigeria, on Saturday when they take on hosts Nigeria in the women Under-17 Fifa World Cup, first round, second leg ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203231695/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:25:15 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203231695/ High Alert: Kenya Military Defence Force soldiers aboard a Hummer Vehicle patrol Ras Kiamboni area inside Somalia during the 'Operation Linda Nchi'. PHOTO / JARED ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203231698/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:24:01 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203231698/ Sudan's military bombed a Bible school built by a US Christian aid group, prompting students and teachers at the school to run for their lives in the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203231694/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:22:31 -0500 Mail & Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203231694/ Mali in the CAF Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals tomorrow.The co-hosts have defied predictions since battle began a fortnight ago, claiming the scalps of previous winners Morocco and Tunisia, as ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203231762/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:16:45 -0500 FIFA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203231762/ Violence on the Horn of Africa continues unabated. A suicide bomber targeted a once-powerful warlord in an assassination attempt in central Somalia Thursday. One person was killed in the attack. ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203231712/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:08:56 -0500 CBN News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203231712/ KHARTOUM, (Reuters) - Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said Friday tensions with South Sudan over oil transit payments could lead to war between the two countries. Asked in an interview ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203231718/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:05:09 -0500 asharq alawsat http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203231718/ Bongoville – Tunisia are set to start Evian striker Sabeur Khalifa ahead of more established strikers Issam Jemaa and Sami Allagui in Sunday's Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final against ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203231699/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:52:19 -0500 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203231699/ The world has developed a taste for South Africa's rooibos tea in recent years, mainly because of its perceived health benefits. Annual exports have quadrupled since 1999 to 8,000 tonnes, ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203231685/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:35:26 -0500 BBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203231685/ Football graffiti on Mohamed Mahmoud Street as protesters mass in Cairo. CAIRO: The Tunisia national football team as requested from the African Cup of Nations organizers to wear black armbands ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203231722/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:30:18 -0500 bikyamasr http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203231722/ Juba/Bentui - On Thursday the Unity state minster for information and communication, Gideon Gatpan, said 15 people were killed in Mayiandit in a coordinated attack by Unity state forces who came on ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203231684/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:28:55 -0500 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203231684/ It will be a tale of three warhorses on Sunday when Gabon take on Mali in the quarter final of the Africa Cup of Nations. Mali have been helped on their road to the last eight by their special Ks - ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203231761/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:28:47 -0500 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203231761/ PHOTO/FILE Air strike bombing by Sudan air force close to the UN Mission in Sudan compound in Kauda last year. Sudan air force on Monday bombed Elfoj refugee camp in South Sudan's Upper Nile ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203228636/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:01:53 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203228636/ PHOTO/FILE Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia Augustine Mahiga (left) and Somali Prime Minister Abdiwali Mohamed Ali (centre) walk outside Mogadishu airport, Somalia. ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203228556/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:01:48 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203228556/ An exceptional harvest after good rains and food deliveries by aid agencies have ended famine in Somalia for now but food stocks could run out again in May, the United Nations said ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203228633/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:21:21 -0500 The Independent http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203228633/ A Lagos lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, has challenged the monetary compensation given to the batch of 24 Nigerians, who were evacuated by the Federal Government from Libya, during the anti-Gaddafi revolt ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203228836/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:04 -0500 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203228836/ To the Editor: "What's He Got to Hide?," by Nicholas D. Kristof (column, Jan. 29), is intended to incite opposition to the government of Ethiopia, when it would be far better to assist the gove http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203231691/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:23:03 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203231691/ Gabon tuned up for Sunday's Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final with a training session at the country's national Omnisport stadium here on ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203222890/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:37:33 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203222890/ CLAR Ni CHONGHAILE in NairobiTHE FAMINE is over in Somalia thanks to good rains, a bumper harvest and donor aid, but the next 90 days will be critical to ensure the country does not slip back into ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203222761/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:58:48 -0500 Irish Times http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203222761/ "It is difficult to understand the Ethiopian justice system's stubborn insistence on strictly applying an anti-terrorism law that has been accused of infringing on constitutionally ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203222787/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:16:59 -0500 Reporters without Borders http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203222787/ More than 10 people were killed and a United Nations employee was shot and wounded when clashes broke out at a peace meeting in South Sudan, United Nations officials said Friday. The local ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203221687/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:41:10 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203221687/ By Kari Huus, msnbc.com The ouster of Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi was life-changing for Jamal Tarhuni, an American citizen from the North African country who was granted U.S. asylum in the 1970s. ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203213133/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:30:54 -0500 MSNBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203213133/ A fan cheers for Guinea during the African Cup of Nations match against Ghana at Franceville Stadium. The modern stadium in Libreville is never filled except the games of Gabon and the organizers ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203214788/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:20:01 -0500 Turkish Daily News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203214788/ GHARYAN, Libya (Reuters) - As explosions reverberated from the hills near Gharyan, a group met in a college auditorium to hear how one party wants to ensure democracy takes root in Libya. "A ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203214587/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:49:31 -0500 The Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203214587/ Somalia was downgraded to a "humanitarian emergency" by the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organisation after strong rains broke the Horn of Africa's worst drought in 60 years. But 2.3 ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203214635/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:01:48 -0500 IBTimes http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203214635/ Ghana midfielder Anthony Annan will not return home from the Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea despite the death of his mother. Annan lost his mother on Thursday but has opted ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203214579/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:50:15 -0500 BBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203214579/ Newcastle could give a debut to 10m striker Papiss Cisse alongside leading scorer Demba Ba in Sunday's match after both players returned from Africa Cup of Nations duty with Senegal. ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203214577/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:50:09 -0500 BBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203214577/ Nigerian police after Boko Haram violence. Abuja (dpa)- Six Boko Haram members have died in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri, apparently after fighting broke out among members of the Islamist group, ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203214634/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:43:53 -0500 bikyamasr http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203214634/ Aisha Gaddafi, the daughter of the late Libyan dictator, has officially petitioned the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the circumstances under which her father Col. Muammar ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203215007/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:42:02 -0500 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203215007/ The January 2011 revolution in Tunisia brought an end to Internet filtering and control of online content but old habits seem to be resurfacing and Reporters Without Borders urges the Tunisian ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203215008/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:42:00 -0500 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203215008/ The United Nations human rights office today voiced concern over a cattle raid in a northern state of South Sudan earlier this week, which led to 78 deaths and numerous injuries among civilians, ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203214572/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:41:59 -0500 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203214572/ Few outside the Juba government had expected it to start shutting down oil production on 22 January. Warnings from the Government of South Sudan had been widely seen as brinkmanship. The National ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203214610/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:41:40 -0500 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203214610/ Quebec Auxiliary Moved to Mont-LaurierROME, FEB. 2, 2012 (Zenit.org).- The Vatican today announced several bishops' appointments.Bishop Paul Lortie, auxiliary of Quebec, Canada, was named ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203214604/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:23:23 -0500 EWTN http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203214604/ Aid groups say that improved harvests and food donations have ended risk of starvation, but warn that ongoing war in Somalia could still reverse gains ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203214588/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:22:12 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203214588/ KHARTOUM, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- After a relevant calmness and decrease of armed clashes, events in Sudan's South Kordofan area have returned to the forefront under mounting tension that some ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203214614/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:09:50 -0500 SINA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203214614/ For Nigerian Christians, last Christmas and the days that followed have been a nightmare. Christian communities have become the sole target of ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203206613/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:43:11 -0500 Spero News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203206613/ Gulf Keystone announced that all required documentation has been executed and all necessary Government approvals obtained pursuant to the agreement between the Company and BG Group, the Operator, ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203206635/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:39:49 -0500 Rigzone http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203206635/ Nigeria's foreign exchange reserves rose to $34.67 billion on February 1, their highest level in four and half months, central bank data showed on Friday, raising hopes of a more stable ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203205860/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:26:09 -0500 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203205860/ Guest blogger Alex Thurston says the anger follows setbacks for Mali's Army at hand of well-armed Tuareg rebels. Could we see citizen backlash against ethnic ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203207013/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:12:50 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203207013/ Young men herd cattle through the mud-caked streets of Pibor in South Sudan. Cattle raiding between some of the south's dozens of tribes, many of them cattle herders by culture and occupation, ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203206610/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:37:21 -0500 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203206610/ Libreville – Free tickets are being offered in an attempt to fill up Gabon's stadiums at the African Nations Cup but even that measure is failing to bring in ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203206816/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:37:18 -0500 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203206816/ But conditions are still precarious, United Nations officials warned, and more than two million people in wartorn Somalia still need emergency rations to ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203206666/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:28:49 -0500 New York Times http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203206666/ With jail terms for journalists and legal constraints on the activities of civil society groups, Ethiopia doesn't appear to be ticking the good governance boxes required of ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203206527/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:25:13 -0500 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203206527/ NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Sudan's military bombed a Bible school built by a U.S. Christian aid group, prompting students and teachers at the school to run for their lives in the Nuba ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203206616/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:21:45 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203206616/ Violence started after the funeral of Hichem Garem. More clashes were also reported in the nearby towns of Sougueur and Rahaouiya, where groups of protesters set up road blocks and battled with ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203206670/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:17:59 -0500 IBTimes http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/203206670/