Africa
Nelson Mandela 'responding well' to treatment, 6th day in hospital
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- Created on Thursday, June 13, 2013 7:59 AM
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (defend.ht) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela is spending his sixth day in a hospital where family, friends, press and multitudes of South Africans have gathered.
Son and Minister of Senegalese President arrested for $1.4B graft
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- Created on Monday, April 15, 2013 4:10 PM
UN accused of Zimbabwe cholera cover-up
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- Created on Sunday, March 03, 2013 11:22 AM
Somalia Facing World's Worst Famine in 20 Years
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- Created on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 3:49 PM
NAIROBI, Kenya — Tens of thousands of Somalis are feared dead in the world's worst famine in a generation, the U.N. said Wednesday, and the U.S. said it will allow emergency funds to be spent in areas controlled by al-Qaida-linked militants as long as the fighters do not interfere with aid distributions.
Hillary Clinton Warns Africa of 'New Colonialism'
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- Created on Monday, June 13, 2011 2:11 PM
LUSAKA, Zambia - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday warned African leaders to be cautious of foreign investors and governments.
Clinton Tells Qadhafi to Go, Military Assets Deployed
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- Created on Monday, February 28, 2011 6:46 PM
LIBYA - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today that U.S. emergency relief teams have been dispatched to Libya’s borders to assist Libyans fleeing the armed crackdown of a popular uprising by Libyan leader Muammar al-Qadhafi.
African leaders in Abidjan to mediate Ivorian crisis
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- Created on Monday, February 21, 2011 11:18 AM
IVORY COAST - Four African presidents have arrived in the Ivory Coast capital of Abidjan to mediate the political deadlock, as tensions in the country escalate.
The African Union-backed panel met in Mauritania on Sunday to draw up a strategy, after previous attempts by other leaders have failed to resolve the crisis.
Reform Lawyer Says Tunisia Risks Anarch
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- Created on Monday, February 21, 2011 11:06 AM
TUNIS — The head of a Tunisian government commission on political reform warned on Monday that the country risked falling into “anarchy” as it passed through what he described as a very dangerous post-revolutionary transition toward multi-party democracy.
