Nigeria rampant with scavengers
Nigeria may rank among Africa's top oil producers, but many Nigerians scrape by on a dollar a day.
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So far, pirates off Somalia's lawless coast have raked in up to $30m in ransom.
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Somali journo tells of release
06/10/2008 12:56
A Somali radio journalist arrested after covering a mortar attack on the home of Somalia's parliamentary speaker says he has been released on bail.

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    African governance improving
    06/10/2008 12:56
    Governance has improved in almost two-thirds of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa, according to an index published.


    RUNNING: Mauritanian policemen disperse protesters in a street of Nouakchott, where an anti-coup protest took place. (Seyllou, AFP)
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    Anti-junta protesters beaten
    06/10/2008 10:00
    Mauritanian security forces beat and fired tear gas at opponents of the ruling military junta when they defied a government ban on street demonstrations.


    Navy has eye on pirate bases
    06/10/2008 10:00
    The Unites States Navy has its eye on the land bases of Somali pirates, a US commander has warned.
  • Pirates strike four ships
  • Pirates told to destroy ship

  • Development a 'top priority'
    06/10/2008 07:55
    Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has pledged named development as a top priority for the oil-rich nation, it has been reported.
  • Angola's Unita keeps leader
  • Angola closer to legitimacy

  • 'Angolagate' - 42 on trial
    06/10/2008 00:14
    Forty-two people - including the son of late French president Francois Mitterrand - are to go on trial over a vast "arms-to-Angola" scandal.
  • France, Angola may mend ties

  • Christians, Muslims riot
    05/10/2008 17:06
    Egyptian officials say police have fired tear gas to quell clashes between Christians and Muslims in a southern village.


     
    Zim parties to resume talks
    06/10/2008 11:30
    Zimbabwe's main political rivals will meet to discuss the allocation of contentious cabinet posts after their leaders failed to agree at the weekend, it has been reported.
  • Zimbabwe factions resume talks
  • MDC: No agreement on govt
  • Zim leaders meet over cabinet

  • Cops arrest 15 Muslim Brothers
    06/10/2008 07:55
    Egyptian police have arrested 15 members of the Muslim Brotherhood in the northern coastal city of Alexandria, a security official says.


    Ethiopia denies torture claims
    06/10/2008 00:14
    Ethiopia has denied claims by Human Rights Watch that it tortured terror suspects held in prisons since 2006.
  • West fails to condemn abuse

  • Raid on aid group
    05/10/2008 19:38
    Somali gunmen have pillaged the office of a Britain-based aid group operating in the lawless country's capital, officials and witnesses say.
  • Food looted from UN trucks

  • Nigerian kidnappers strike
    05/10/2008 14:13
    Unidentified gunmen have seized six Filipino seamen from a boat plying the waterways of Nigeria's southern oil delta region.
  • Briton released, no ransom paid
  • 400+ suspected militants held


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