Africa
Unpaid Zimbabwe soldiers fight police
Gunfire broke out in the centre of the Zimbabwean capital when rampaging, unpaid soldiers attacked money changers and clashed with police.
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Somali pirates agree on ransom for tanks ship
Monday, 1 December 2008
Somali pirates have agreed on a ransom for a Ukrainian freighter carrying tanks and other heavy weapons and it could be released within days, said Mikhail Voitenko, a spokesman for the owner, Vadim Alperin. The MV Faina could be freed, with its 20-man crew, if agreement is reached on how to get the ransom money to the pirates, who seized the ship off the coast of Somalia in late September, said Mr Voitenko, editor of Maritime Bulletin-Sovfrakht, a shipping news website.
Death toll hits 400 in Nigerian clashes
Monday, 1 December 2008
Residents took more bodies to the main mosque in the Nigerian city of Jos yesterday, bringing the death toll from two days of clashes between Muslim and Christian gangs to about 400.
Now anthrax takes toll on the starving in Zimbabwe
Monday, 1 December 2008
To add to the peril of cholera, Zimbabwe's beleaguered population is now facing anthrax. An outbreak of the deadly infection has killed two children and one adult and spread to 32 others. It is threatening to wipe out at least 60,000 livestock in the northern Zambezi Valley, aggravating the food crisis, Save the Children warned yesterday.
The IoS Christmas Appeal: Starvation threatens millions in Zimbabwe
Sunday, 30 November 2008
Our special correspondent in Zimbabwe reports from Matabeleland North on the desperate plight of families facing malnutrition and disease. Here's what you can do to help.
Calm returns to Nigerian city after deadly clashes
Sunday, 30 November 2008
After two days of mob violence, an uneasy calm returned today to the central Nigerian town of Jos.
British security guards jump ship to escape Somali pirates
Saturday, 29 November 2008
Men rescued from sea but Indian crew taken hostage / Deployment of foreign navies fails to curb attacks
Somalia faces collapse as Ethiopia plans troop withdrawal
Saturday, 29 November 2008
Somalia's weak and discredited transitional government was facing outright collapse last night after its main backer, Ethiopia, declared it would remove its troops by the end of the year.
Congo rebels take town on Ugandan border
Saturday, 29 November 2008
Rebels captured two border posts and a town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as thousands of refugees fled into neighbouring Uganda.
UK boost for South Africa in new struggle against Aids
Saturday, 29 November 2008
South Africa's revitalised drive against AIDS today received a £15 million boost which could help save millions of lives and stop the spread of HIV across the country.
Pirates hijack ship 'with British guards on board'
Friday, 28 November 2008
Somali pirates hijacked a chemical tanker today with two British security guards and dozens of Indian crew members on board, two diplomatic sources said.
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