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September 30, 2007
 

  • American Peace Worker, 2 Germans Detained as 'Spies' in Nigeria's Niger Delta
    The American head of a Niger Delta peace organization and two German filmmakers are being detained in Nigeria by State Security on suspicion of what officials are calling espionage and terrorism. VoiceOfAmerica
     
  • Oil companies keep up Myanmar ties
    Just last Sunday Indian Oil Minister Murli Deora was in Myanmar's capital for the signing of oil and gas exploration contracts between state-controlled ONGC Videsh Ltd. and Myanmar's military rulers. CNN
     
  • CIA, U.S. Army condemned in Iran
    The Iranian parliament on Saturday voted to designate the United States' Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Army as terrorist organizations, IRNA, the country's state-run news agency, reported. CNN
     
  • Tsvangirai calls for free polls
    Morgan Tsvangirai has said he will not take part in national elections next year if the Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe continues political "repression" in the country. Aljazeera

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September 29, 2007
 

  • Nigeria arrests foreign 'spies'
    Judith Burdin Asuni (Photo from Academic Associates Peace Works www.aapw.org)A US aid worker and her two German companions are arrested in Nigeria's Niger Delta for "spying". BBC
     
  • Row over SA police boss 'warrant'
    South African's opposition seek answers to reports that an arrest warrant was issued for the police chief. BBC
     
  • Children's home
    Young people from around the world find refuge in Israeli village
    Ethiopian Jewish girlWhen Adam arrived at Yemin Orde Youth Village as a frightened and bewildered 17-year-old, in June 2006, it was the end of one long journey and the start of another. BBC
     
  • Nigerian Military Hunts for Abductors of Foreign Workers
    The Nigerian military says it is leading a manhunt for gunmen who seized two foreign oil workers in the latest attack on the country's troubled oil industry. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that the kidnapping has heightened fears of possible violence after threats by a rebel group to resume attacks following the arrest of one its leaders. VoiceOfAmerica
     
  • Nigerian President Pledges Commitment to Electoral Reform
    Nigeria's president says he is committed to creating a credible electoral process in his country, where elections in April were badly marred by fraud. VoiceOfAmerica
     
  • Zimbabwe land grab may extend to companies
    Whites in Zimbabwe found themselves a step closer Thursday to losing control of their businesses to blacks under new government legislation. CNN
     
  • Iranian leader cements ties with Chavez
    The leaders of Iran and Venezuela cemented an alliance aimed at countering the United States, while the Iranian president reached out to a new ally in Bolivia and declared that together, "no one can defeat us." CNN
     
  • Mugabe hits out at 'hypocrite' Bush
    Attacks against the US president have dominated speeches by world leaders for the third straight day at the UN General Assembly. Aljazeera
     
  • Iraqi PM rejects US federal plan
    Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's prime minister, has rejected a US senate resolution calling for the creation of separate Sunni, Shia and Kurdish federal regions. Aljazeera

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September 28, 2007
 

  • Oil man dies in Niger Delta raid
    A foreign oil worker dies in a gun attack on a compound in the Nigerian oil city of Port Harcourt. BBC
     
  • UK targets Nigeria's stolen loot
    Joshua Dariye, former governor of Nigeria's Plateau StateLondon police return money seized from an impeached Nigerian governor and say millions more will follow. BBC
     
  • SA's top policeman 'not arrested'
    South African police say they are not aware of an arrest warrant reportedly issued for the police commissioner. BBC
     
  • Africa Good Governance Survey Explained
    Professor Robert Rotberg, director of the good governance project, says five categories were used to rank 48 Sub-Saharan African countries VoiceOfAmerica
     
  • Nigerian Parliament Leader Under Pressure to Resign or Face Impeachment
    Critics of Nigeria's parliament speaker say the report of a panel of legislators which indicted her about contracts to renovate two official residences and buy 10 cars is sufficiently grave to warrant impeachment proceedings. VoiceOfAmerica
     
  • Niger Delta Gunmen Attack Oil Workers' Compound
    Nigerian security officials say gunmen have killed one foreign worker and kidnapped another at a compound for foreign oil workers in the Niger Delta region. VoiceOfAmerica
     
  • Nigerian Anglicans want U.S. gay clergy ban
    Nigerian Archbishop Peter Akinola has rejected the U.S. Episcopal Church's latest efforts to calm tensions over the consecration of gay bishops -- an issue threatening to split the global Anglican-Episcopalian family. CNN
     
  • Soweto: From apartheid to arcades
    Former President Nelson Mandela opened the largest shopping center in Soweto on Thursday in a sign of the business boom that is transforming South Africa's most famous township. CNN

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September 27, 2007
 

  • Probe condemns Nigerian speaker
    Nigerian MPs probing a $5m spending spree by the new speaker say she broke the rules. BBC
     
  • Mugabe condemns Western 'attacks'
    Zimbabwe's President Mugabe accuses the US and Britain of a relentless campaign to destabilise his country. BBC
     
  • Zimbabwe orders 'white firm grab'
    The Zimbabwean parliament has passed a bill to move majority control of foreign-owned companies operating in the country to black Zimbabweans. BBC
     
  • Gay bishop move rejected by Kenya
    The head of Kenya's Anglican Church rejects a compromise over gay bishops by US Episcopal Church leaders. BBC
     
  • Nigeria's Parliament Speaker Violated Rules, Report Says
    Umaru Yar'Adua In Nigeria, the committee investigation allegations that Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives violated House rules has submitted its report to parliament. VoiceOfAmerica


     
  • African Leaders Push Continental Issues at UN General Assembly
    Pan-Africanist Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem says unlike the past, African leaders are pressing African issues onto the global agenda VoiceOfAmerica
     
  • Mauritius 'best-run African state'
    Mauritius is the best run country in sub-Saharan Africa while Rwanda has made the greatest improvements in good governance in recent years, a new study says. Aljazeera

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September 26, 2007
 

  • Nigeria National Assembly Speaker's Fate to be Decided Wednesday
    An ad-hoc committee has been looking into allegations that Speaker Patricia Etteh flouted House rules when she awarded contracts worth $5 million VoiceOfAmerica
     
  • Youth Leader Calls on Militants to Hold Off on Kidnappings in Nigeria's Niger Delta
    The president of the world wide Ijaw Youth Council in Nigeria’s troubled Niger Delta is calling on the militant youths to hold off any armed attacks and kidnappings in the region and give the government of President Umaru Yar’Adua time to pursue the current peace process. VoiceOfAmerica
     
  • New force for Chad and CAR
    The UN Security Council approves a French plan to send UN and EU forces to protect refugees from Darfur. BBC
     
  • Zimbabwe exodus to SA 'lower'
    The number of Zimbabwean migrants in neighbouring South Africa may be a lot lower than estimated. BBC
     
  • British troops accused of illegally scaring Kenyan wildlife
    Elephants in Samburu national park, KenyaBritish soldiers training in Kenya, accused of frightening wildlife, say they did not overfly the game reserves. BBC
     
  • Buy one give one free '$100 laptop' scheme announced for public
    LaptopComputer enthusiasts in the developed world will soon be able to get their hands on the so-called "$100 laptop". BBC
     
  • Ahmadinejad slams 'arrogant' powers
    The nuclear issue in Iran is "now closed," Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in an address Tuesday loaded with broadsides against "selfish and incompetent" powers that have "obedience to Satan." CNN
     
  • US senators in Hmong refugee appeal
    A group of US senators has asked the government to prevent 150 Hmong refugees held by Thai immigration authorities from being forcibly repatriated to Laos. Aljazeera

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September 25, 2007
 

  • Nigerian militants call off truce
    Militants from Nigeria's oil-rich Delta have called off a voluntary ceasefire, promising a fresh campaign of violence and kidnappings of oil workers. BBC
     
  • Tensions rise over Ivory Coast ID
    A controversial programme begins to give identification papers to hundreds of thousands of Ivorians. BBC
     
  • Rwanda 'most improved' in Africa
    Rwanda is sub-Saharan Africa's most improved nation according to a survey promoting good governance. BBC
     
  • Youth Leader Calls on Militants to Hold Off on Kidnappings in Nigeria's Niger Delta
    Chris Ekiyor of the Ijaw Youth Council says the Yar'Adua government has begun to talk to the people of the Niger Delta about their grievances VoiceOfAmerica
     
  • U.N. climate summit calls for action
    With tales of rising seas and talk of human solidarity, world leaders at the first United Nations climate summit sought to put new urgency into global talks to reduce global-warming emissions. CNN
     
  • Yasuo Fukuda elected as Japan's PM
    Yasuo Fukuda, a quiet compromiser who has promised to bring stability and moderation to Japan's tumultuous political scene, was elected prime minister by the lower house of parliament on Tuesday. Aljazeera

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September 24, 2007
 

  • Zimbabwe bishop 'victim of state'
    Zimbabwe's Bishop Ncube says that the allegations of adultery which forced him to resign are state driven. BBC
     
  • Israel settles Darfur asylum deal
    Israel sets up a committee to oversee the absorption of about 500 illegal Sudanese refugees from Darfur. BBC
     
  • Congolese flee renegade general
    Some 4,000 people arrive at a UN camp in the eastern DR Congo, many fleeing rebel forces, UN officials say. BBC
     
  • Zimbabwe’s Opposition MDC Decries Violence
    Zimbabwe’s main opposition Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) has expressed concern about what it describes as the increasing level of violence against its supporters, and other opponents of president Robert Mugabe’s ruling ZANU-PF party VoiceOfAmerica
     
  • SAF Authorities Unearth Mass Grave Near Johannesburg
    South African authorities have unearthed a mass grave that they believe contains the bodies of African National Congress militants killed more than 20 years ago.     VoiceOfAmerica
     
  • Ahmadinejad eager to educate Americans
    President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that the American people are eager for different opinions about the world, and he is looking forward to providing them with "correct and clear information," state media reported. CNN
     
  • Pakistan detains opposition leaders
    Pakistani police have arrested more than a dozen opposition leaders saying they want to prevent further protests against the re-election of Pervez Musharraf, the president. Aljazeera

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September 23, 2007
 

  • Ex-Ivory Coast head in rare rally
    Ivory Coast opposition leader Henri Konan Bedie holds his first official rally since being deposed as president in 1999. BBC
     
  • Zimbabwe giraffe targeted for meat
    A stray giraffe in Zimbabwe is rescued by police after villagers tried to kill it for its meat, local media reports. BBC
     
  • Darfur Rebel Groups Suspend Meeting in Chad Looking to October Peace Talks
    Meeting of Darfur rebel groups expected to resume early next month to allow more groups to be represented VoiceOfAmerica
     
  • Niger Detains Reporter Accused of Links to Tuareg Rebels
    Authorities in Niger have detained a local journalist they say is linked to Tuareg rebels in the northern part of the country. VoiceOfAmerica
     
  • Fujimori sent to Peru to face charges
    Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori landed in Lima, Peru, on Saturday, one day after the Chilean Supreme Court approved his extradition to face five corruption and two human rights abuse charges. CNN
     
  • Iraqi president urges release of Iranian detainee
    Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has blasted the United States for the arrest Thursday of an Iranian and called for his immediate release. CNN
     
  • Iran unveils new missile at parade
    Iran has unveiled a new long-range missile among an array of armaments displayed in an annual military parade commemorating the country's 1980-88 war with Iraq. Aljazeera
     
  • Brown talks tough on Zimbabwe
    Gordon Brown, the British prime minister, says his government intends to call for extended EU sanctions against members of Zimbabwe's ruling elite over their poor human rights record. Aljazeera

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September 22, 2007
 

  • Nine new DR Congo Ebola cases
    The World Health Organisation says nine further cases of the deadly Ebola virus have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo. BBC
     
  • Merck drops HIV vaccine trials
    International drug company Merck has halted trials on an HIV vaccine that was regarded as one of the most promising in the fight against Aids. BBC
     
  • SA health minister in advert row
    South Africa's health department has angered opposition parties by placing newspaper advertisements supporting the health minister over a court case. BBC
     
  • New Sierra Leone President Discusses Borders, Security on Regional Tour
    Sierra Leone's newly elected president Ernest Koroma began his first foreign trip Friday since taking office. He stopped first in Guinea and continued on to Liberia where meetings are planned on bolstering security, among other topics. VoiceOfAmerica
     
  • Gambian Press Union Concerned About Jailed Journalists
    The Press Union of The Gambia says it is concerned about the continued detention of journalist Malick Jones, a broadcaster with the Gambia Radio and Television Service. VoiceOfAmerica
     
  • Castro on TV appears gaunt but lucid
    Looking gaunt -- but appearing lucid -- ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro spoke about a variety of issues in a taped interview that aired on Cuban state television Friday. CNN
     
  • Blackwater resuming operations in Iraq
    The security firm Blackwater USA is starting to resume normal operations in Iraq after a hiatus sparked by concerns among Iraqi and U.S. government officials over its actions. CNN
     
  • Castro makes Cuban TV appearance
    Fidel Castro, the ailing Cuban leader, has appeared in his first television interview since June 5, in an attempt to halt rumours that he had died or was again seriously ill. Aljazeera

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September 21, 2007

  • Nigeria governor's multiple wives wrestle for first lady status
    A new Nigerian state governor has sought to play down reports that he faces domestic strife over not naming any of his wives