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 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:32:43 -0400 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:32:43 -0400 30 The UN Security Council has decided to extend the peacekeeping mission in Liberia for at least one more year while reducing the number of troops and increasing the number of police. The 15-member cou... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18229361/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:56:01 -0400 CBC News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18229361/ Though Dr Mwangi revealed that his bank will start off with six branches, Equity is keen on saving costs through its Eazzy 24/7 solution compared to investing in brick and mortar. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18229487/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:14:10 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18229487/ United States officials have made it clear that Washington won’t fund economic recovery in Zimbabwe unless there’s genuine political power sharing. A recent agreement between President Robert Ro... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18229482/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:22:40 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18229482/ Mercy Akide-Udoh has targeted the African Championship in November to make her international comeback. The United States-based Nigerian striker has not been seen in a Super Falcons jersey since the... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18229497/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:53:47 -0400 BBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18229497/ London - Two ancient Egyptian skulls unearthed in a yard in England have been returned to their native country. And the mystery of how they got from the hot sands of Egypt to the rainy north of Eng... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18229712/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:46:55 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18229712/ September 30, 2008 · On today's "Africa Update," we recap the ongoings at the Clinton Global Initiative. Plus, South Africa swears in a new president, and Nigerians make a bid to buy the Britis... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18229486/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:15:01 -0400 NPR http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18229486/ Officials in Kenya and South Sudan are denying reports that a shipment of tanks and other military equipment was headed for Sudan when it was seized by Somali pirates last week. The reports have promp... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18229480/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:22:55 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18229480/ -(Dow Jones)- The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries may hold an early meeting if oil prices suffer a sustained fall but this option will only be assessed when the final outcome of a ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18229516/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:06:55 -0400 Morning Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18229516/ Ethiopia is urging the U.N. Security Council to deploy peacekeepers to neighboring Somalia, where a conflict has killed and displaced thousands of people since last year. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18224440/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:49:18 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18224440/ Titus Mulwa is part of the Hippo Focus Group working to save the otter. Its original goal was to save the hippopotamus – also an endangered species at Lake Victoria. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18224441/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:49:06 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18224441/ Contests Iran ranked third in the 7th International Quran Competitions in Tunisia among 20 participating countries. Amin Aminifard, a 17-year-old Iranian who has memorized the entire Quran represented... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18224439/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:50:11 -0400 IRNA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18224439/ MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Disagreements between Somali pirates holding a ship laden with tanks and heavy weapons escalated into a shootout and three pirates are believed dead, a U.S. defense offi... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18222700/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:23:58 -0400 USA Today http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18222700/ A new political party in Morocco backed by a close friend of King Mohammed VI is forming an alliance that should create the biggest group in parliament. The BBC's James Copnall in the capital, Raba... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18224450/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:19:09 -0400 BBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18224450/ Hibernian manager Mixu Paatelainen has confirmed he will sign a new goalkeeper before the end of the year. Khalid Sinouh is on trial at Easter Road and is a free agent after his release from Turkish ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18224453/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:19:08 -0400 BBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18224453/ Uganda's government has urged aid agencies to stop supplying food to the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Minister for Disaster Preparedness Tarsis Kabwegyere said this would increase pressure on ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18224452/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:19:12 -0400 BBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18224452/ An Islamist group in Somalia has destroyed a derelict church in the southern port town of Kismayo, an eyewitness has told the BBC. The destruction took place after prayers to mark the Eid al-Fitr f... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18224451/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:19:10 -0400 BBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18224451/ Dubai: Majority of Muslim countries celebrated Eid Al Fitr on Tuesday, September 30, but some countries will be celebrating on Wednesday, October 1, according to reports from Islamonline.com. Egypt, S... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18224434/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:05:42 -0400 Gulf News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18224434/ The failure of US lawmakers to pass the $700 billion financial bailout package – and the historic plunge on wall street Monday – are being watched closely around the world. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18224442/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:49:06 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18224442/ Port Harcourt - A Nigerian military official says more than 400 suspected militants have been arrested following a spate of attacks in the restive southern oil region. Military spokesperson Lieuten... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18224456/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:12:15 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18224456/ Zimbabwe’s historic power-sharing pact recognizes that the revival of the agriculture sector is essential to the recovery of the country’s devastated economy. Analysts blame President Robert Mu... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18223227/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:49:10 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18223227/ Rome - The 19 Europeans and Egyptians kidnapped in the Sahara were not rescued in a military operation, but were released by their captors and driven to safety by their Egyptian tour guides, the freed... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18224624/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:11:58 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18224624/ MOGADISHU (AFP) - The US Navy stood guard on Tuesday around a Ukrainian ship carrying tanks and arms to stop them from falling into the wrong hands in lawless Somalia amid growing confusion over the c... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18223937/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:27:14 -0400 AFP http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18223937/ + ] By Vincent Fertey NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Mauritania will turn to Arab partners for aid and development funds if western donors slash their assistance to the Saharan Islamic state as a result of... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18222742/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:05:30 -0400 Reuters http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18222742/ . The raiders are reported to be from Uganda's rebel Lord's Resistance Army, a group accused of forcibly enlisting child soldiers and of massacring thousands during what has been one of Africa's lon... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18224473/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:34:15 -0400 Morning Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18224473/ 0 posts The United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign announced a new initiative to help eliminate malaria deaths in the next generation. Responding to an urgent and immediate need, Nothin... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18219978/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:09:23 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18219978/ A group of Western tourists, who spent 10 days as hostages in the Sahara Desert, have returned home. Five Italians flew from Egypt to Turin, while five Germans and a Romanian national landed in Berli... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18220116/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:47:12 -0400 BBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18220116/ America is a multi-cultural and multi-national nation with at least one person from each country in the world residing there.There is no way that matters in America can go unnoticed by other countries... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18220118/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:47:10 -0400 BBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18220118/ Libyan Ambassador to Uganda Abdallah Bujeldain has, as part of his diplomatic duty, embarked on a project to appeal to Ugandans to elect President Museveni to yet another term because he has done exce... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18220109/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:10:04 -0400 Daily Monitor http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18220109/ Key opposition figures in Somalia are engaged in a public dispute as to exactly why Ethiopian troops pulled out of a major town in the central regions. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18220133/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:31:52 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18220133/ Egyptian club Ismaili have named Brazilian Ricardo Ferreira as their new coach, on a two-year contract. Ferreira has reached a mutual agreement with Sudanese club Al Hilal to terminate his contract... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18220117/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:47:11 -0400 BBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18220117/ The Central African Republic's parliament has passed an amnesty aimed to allow the conclusion of peace talks between government forces and rebels. The law covers both rebels and government official... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18220114/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:47:14 -0400 BBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18220114/ . "The explosion went off as a pick-up truck was passing a market. A seven-year- old boy was killed and four others, including three policemen, were wounded," said Adaf Sheikh Mumin, a witness. Poli... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18219703/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:59:16 -0400 Morning Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18219703/ Australia's Sundance Resources is seeking a strategic partner for its more than $3 billion Cameroon iron ore project, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. One source familiar with the Mb... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18220110/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:09:26 -0400 Mine Web http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18220110/ Posted on: Tuesday, 30 September 2008, 06:00 CDT Text of report in English by UN sponsored Radio Miraya FM website, Juba on 30 September The campaign to immunize against polio is still going on in ru... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18220108/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:13:42 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18220108/ The cargo which is a grant from UAE Deputy Prime Minister and President of Red Crescent Authority (RCA) H.H Sheikh Bin Zayed Al Nahyan on the occasion of Eid el-Fitr will be distributed to underprivil... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18219834/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:04:38 -0400 WAM http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18219834/ (AFP)--Somali pirates holding a Ukrainian freighter carrying tanks and other military supplies said Tuesday that the weapons were headed for southern http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18220140/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:59:09 -0400 Morning Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18220140/ SALEKHARD, September 30 (RIA Novosti) - Gazprom's entry into Libya's Elephant oilfield under an asset swap with Eni could be clinched in October, the Italian company's chief executive officer said on ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18220142/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:56:07 -0400 Russian Information Agency http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18220142/ Dressed in a milk-colour caftan with a black shoe to match, Obasanjo arrived at the Presidential Lounge of the Murtala Mohammed Airport around 12.30pm in a black Suburban jeep with registration number... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18220285/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:54:57 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18220285/ In this picture released by U.S. Navy on Sunday, Somali pirates in small boats are seen alongside the hijacked "Faina." The captain of a hijacked Ukrainian ship off the coast of Somalia says one crew ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18215915/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:09:05 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18215915/ Experts as well as professionals in the energy sector will meet next month in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to deliberate on the ways out of the current energy crisis in the country. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18215957/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:02:15 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18215957/ Mauritania's armed forces intervened last month to overthrow the elected government because it had allowed the social, economic and security conditions to deteriorate so badly that it threatened the c... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18216215/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:02:11 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18216215/ A bomb aimed at police exploded in the town housing Somalia's parliament on Tuesday, killing six civilians and injuring 13 people, witnesses said. Civilians have taken the brunt of Somalia's civil ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18215759/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:22:05 -0400 One News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18215759/ Corruption, bribery, money-laundering and the transfer of illegally-derived funds all obstruct progress towards reaching the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight anti-poverty targ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18216409/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:29:01 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18216409/ Nairobi/Khartoum, Sep 29 : A helicopter contracted by the joint African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has crashed, killing at least two of its four occupants, the UN said Monday. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18212727/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:54:46 -0400 New Kerala http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18212727/ The United States House of Representatives threw out the $700 billion bailout bill for Wall Street yesterday with a 228-205 vote, further plunging the financial markets into turmoil worldwide. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18212083/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:26:08 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18212083/ Analysts say despite the government's efforts to secure the north through its clampdown of a militia accused of masterminding recent Tuareg killings, lasting peace is still elusive in the north becaus... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18212951/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:26:07 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18212951/ As the holy month of Ramadan draws to a close, residents of the northern Nigerian city of Kano have endured double pain: already high food prices have been driven through the roof. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18212346/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:26:01 -0400 All Africa http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18212346/ Foreign affairs analysts have long posited the danger of failed states, and we are now seeing an example of that danger off the coast of Somalia, the very model of a failed and dysfunctional state. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18212741/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:03:25 -0400 Corpus Christi Caller-Times http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18212741/ Moving to relieve acute cash shortages nationwide, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe on Monday introduced new bank notes in denominations of Z$10,000 and Z$20,000 dollars - respectively 100 trillion doll... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18209674/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:19:15 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18209674/ Some concerned South Africans are reportedly unhappy with remarks by the youth wing of the ruling African National Congress party (ANC) saying that it would demolish any splinter group that backs de... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18210022/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:19:12 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18210022/ UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - African Union leaders are more interested in protecting Sudan's president than its people and Southeast Asian leaders do the same when it comes to Myanmar, a group of women ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18210027/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:59:49 -0400 The Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18210027/ MIAMI | Former Liberian President Charles Taylor's son housed political opponents in dirt pits, shocked their genitals and even beheaded some, federal prosecutors said Monday during open statements. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18210025/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:16:41 -0400 The Ledger http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18210025/ Zimbabweans are reportedly expressing excitement after President Robert Mugabe said he would ensure a unity government is formed with opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) some time this w... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18210023/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:19:11 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18210023/ if convicted. The trial got underway shortly before midday (1200 GMT), after a delay of almost three hours. But the long-awaited hearing was adjourned amid some confusion after only 75 minutes. ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18210129/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:13:03 -0400 Yahoo! News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18210129/ The UN Security Council extended on Monday the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) for another year, until September 30, 2009. In a unanimously adopted resolution, the 15-member body also aut... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18210039/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:09:01 -0400 People's Daily http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18210039/ UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to reduce the number of U.N. peacekeeping troops in Liberia but increase the number of international police. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18206598/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:22:13 -0400 USA Today http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18206598/ The Foreign Minister of Chad today called for a strengthened United Nations peacekeeping mission in his country and for the reinforcement of the hybrid UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in t... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18206614/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:45:01 -0400 UN News Centre http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18206614/ Ecuadoreans back Correa's new constitution EGYPT:  Eleven European tourists and eight Egyptians abducted in a remote border area of Egypt have been freed and half of their kidnappers killed, Egyp... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18206580/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:35:51 -0400 Irish Times http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18206580/ UNHCR reports at least 52 Somalis died when the boat smuggling them across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen broke down, leaving them adrift with no food or water for 18 days. The UNHCR says this latest trage... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18202397/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:16:20 -0400 VOA http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18202397/ UNICEF Ambassador Hayley Westenra rides along with girls in rural northern Ghana who have received bicycles from UNICEF. The Bikes for Ghana programme is increasing school attendance rates and boostin... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18202399/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:15:58 -0400 UNICEF http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18202399/ An aid helicopter for the U.N.-African Union mission in Darfur was shot down outside a refugee camp on Monday, killing all four crew members and scattering debris over a half-mile, Sudanese police and... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18198360/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:39:02 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18198360/ The US navy has said it believed a hijacked Ukrainian ship it is shadowing off Somalia was carrying tanks bound for south Sudan and not for Kenya. If proven, it would be a major embarrassment to Na... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18197986/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:21:04 -0400 One News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18197986/ MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- U.S. warships and helicopters on Monday surrounded a hijacked cargo ship loaded with Sudan-bound tanks and other arms to keep the weapons from falling "into the wrong hands,... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18197959/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:35:35 -0400 The News Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18197959/ Cairo - A group of European tourists and their guides snatched by armed bandits in a remote desert 10 days ago were freed unharmed in a pre-dawn raid by Egyptian special forces on Monday, officials sa... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18198507/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:05:10 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18198507/ LAGOS (AFP)--Nigerian authorities rounded up some 300 suspects after the main armed group in the Niger Delta oil hub declared a ceasefire following a week's worth of attacks, the military said Monda... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18198364/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:26:44 -0400 Morning Star http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/82d02f9fd73afff4/id/18198364/