Thursday, November 21, 2013

Africa News Headlines ..Friday 22nd November 2013

Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou on Friday denied China was behind Gambia's surprise decision to cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan, which left the island with a dwindling number of allies. "There were no signs ... before Gambia's cutting ties (with Taiwan), it is an isolated incident and based on…


The United States is calling for deeper international involvement to halt violence in the Central African Republic, amid growing alarm that the impoverished nation is on the brink of a possible genocide. US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday unveiled $40 million in new funding to help the…
AFP

Ghanaian authorities have impounded a South American ship carrying 400 kilogrammes (880 pounds) of cocaine and arrested its crew, the nation's anti-narcotics agency said Thursday. "It has a street value of about US$50 million," said the statement by the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) seen by AFP.…
AFP

Nigeria's lower house of parliament Thursday voted to probe giant state-run oil firm NNPC over its alleged failure to account for about $13 billion from crude sales this year. The House of Representatives adopted a motion sponsored by one of its members, Haruna Manu, asking the Nigerian National…
AFP

Zimbabwe, the world's number three platinum producer, is determined to ban exports of raw platinum and to force firms to refine locally, the new mines minister told AFP Thursday. "We are determined to ensure that a refinery is put up in Zimbabwe," minister Walter Chidakwa said, speaking during a…
AFP

A collection of Nelson Mandela's personal items, including his photograph with boxing legend Muhammad Ali, will go under the hammer in South Africa next week, in a rare auction of the peace icon's memorabilia. The collection includes the historic speech he delivered from the dock in 1964 during…
AFP

PARIS (AP) — The suspect in a shooting at a French newspaper office and three other attacks had written a "confused" letter criticizing media manipulation and capitalism and including a vague reference to Syria, authorities said Thursday.
Associated Press

Bangui (Central African Republic) (AFP) - The Central African Republic's president said Thursday he was negotiating the surrender of wanted Ugandan militia boss Joseph Kony but Washington dismissed the claims. The announcement had raised hopes that Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army were on their…
AFP
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Central African Republic's government said Thursday that Joseph Kony, an accused war criminal hunted by African troops and U.S. advisers, is believed to be in the country's remote southeast and has been talking with the president. U.S. officials and others expressed doubt the…
Associated Press

A former Catholic altar boy who became one of Africa's most brutal rebel commanders, Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) chief Joseph Kony has sowed terror across four nations for almost three decades. Combining religious mysticism with an astute guerilla mind and bloodthirsty ruthlessness, Kony has…
AFP

Bangui (Central African Republic) (AFP) - The president of war-torn Central African Republic said on Thursday he no longer enjoys the power he seized in a bloody March coup as ruling the country has affected his sleep. In a public meeting with representatives from political parties, Michel…
AFP

Kenya argued on Thursday that putting its top two leaders on trial before the International Criminal Court could compromise security in the often volatile east African region. The indictments for crimes against humanity against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto "create…
AFP

By Seda Sezer ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A feud between Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and an influential Islamic cleric has spilled into the open months ahead of elections, highlighting fractures in the religiously conservative support base underpinning his decade in power. Erdogan's government…
Reuters

World alarm grew over the Central African Republic on Thursday, with France joining a chorus warning of possible genocide in the mineral-rich but poor country torn by strife since a March coup. France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius warned that the CAR was "on the verge of genocide", while the…
AFP

By Thomas Escritt THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Kenya said the International Criminal Court's case against its two highest elected officials risked destabilizing the entire east African region at a meeting of the court's member states on Thursday. At a debate to discuss the crisis resulting from the…
Reuters

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Central African Republic's government said Thursday that Joseph Kony, an accused war criminal being hunted by African troops and U.S. advisers, is believed to be in a town in the country's remote southeast and has been talking with the president, but U.S. officials and others…
Associated Press

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan received unplanned medical treatment in London on Thursday after he "became indisposed" and was forced to miss a scheduled meeting, his spokesman said. "In the course of his ongoing visit to London for a meeting of Nigeria's Honorary International Investors'…
AFP

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — American officials said they have "little reason to believe" that Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony is part of a group in talks with the Central African Republic, as an aid group and Uganda's military said Thursday they did not think reported talks represent a…
Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States is aware that authorities in the Central African Republic are in contact with a unit of Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army but American officials "have little reason to believe" Kony is part of the group, the State Department said Thursday.
Associated Press

·         OBA OF BENIN TASKS LEADERS ON CORRUPTION

·         ‘97,000 CHILDREN DIE YEARLY OF DIARRHOEA’

·         BUS KILLS CUSTOMS OFFICER IN LAGOS

·         CUSTOMS SEIZES 36.9KG OF INDIAN HEMP

·         FAKE WINE FACTORY UNCOVERED IN IMO

·         MAN TO HANG FOR KILLING STUDENT


·         ‘ABA NEEDS MASSIVE INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE’

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