Somalia – Somalia: Third Journalist Slain This Year
Somalia: Third Journalist Slain This Year A Somali reporter was viciously stabbed to death in the Galkayo district of Puntland, a semi-autonomous region of Somalia, on 31 August, report the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
Somalia unrest claims 19 more lives At least [...]
North Africa – Chris Mannix: Fast Breaks: USA vs. Tunisia
Chris Mannix: Fast Breaks: USA vs. Tunisia After a forgettable first half, Team USA pulled away in the second to rout Tunisia 92-57, completing a 5-0 run through pool play at the FIBA World Championship in Turkey. Here’s what we can glean from the Americans’ latest victory:
Group promotes Egypt’s spy chief for president Activists [...]
Somalia – Pirates Take Sides, Both Sides, in Somalia s War
Pirates Take Sides, Both Sides, in Somalia s War After years of not getting sucked into the messy civil war on land, Somalia s heavily armed pirate gangs are taking sides both sides.
U.N. official is ‘hopeful’ for Somalia A U.N. official who toured the Horn of [...]
African News Update – UN to release Congo ‘genocide’ report in October
UN to release Congo ‘genocide’ report in October A report detailing hundreds of gruesome attacks against civilians in Congo over a 10-year period won’t be released until October, the U.N.’s top human rights official said Thursday, after Rwanda angrily protested the findings in a draft version.
Uganda: NRM Elections a Good Lesson The National Resistance [...]
North Africa – Africa: Building a Classroom Across an Ocean
Africa: Building a Classroom Across an Ocean When President Obama addressed the Muslim world in 2009 and talked of having students collaborate online between Kansas and Cairo, Amr Abdalla Attia and David Denton knew it was a good idea: They’d been doing much the same already.
Tanzania/Algeria: Algeria Name [...]
Somalia – Somali Islamists call for resignation of President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed
Somali Islamists call for resignation of President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed MOGADISHU, SOMALIA : Islamist rebel insurgents called for the resignation of Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed due to his failure to establish order in the East African country.
Somalia: Insurgents Predict Air Raids on Mogadishu A senior officer of Al-Shabaab has today predicted air raids [...]
South Africa Politics and News Monitor – South African State Workers Continue Strike While Weighing New Wage Offer
South African State Workers Continue Strike While Weighing New Wage Offer Two of South Africa’s biggest public-sector unions rejected a government wage offer while other labor leaders continued talks to decide whether to end a 15-day strike that has closed schools and disrupted hospitals and courts.
South Africa state workers reject new pay offer JOHANNESBURG [...]
Somalia – U.S. sees rebel “tension” on foreign militant role
U.S. sees rebel “tension” on foreign militant role Foreign militants do not enjoy universal acceptance in Somalia’s al-Shabaab but outside powers will find it hard to use their presence to divide and weaken the hardline Islamist insurgency, a U.S. military official said.
Violence In Somalia Sends Scores To Hospitals Eight days of deadly clashes between [...]
African News Update – Big S.Africa state workers’ union rejects pay offer
Big S.Africa state workers’ union rejects pay offer One of South Africa’s largest state workers’ unions said Wednesday it had rejected a new pay offer from the government aimed at ending a three-week strike by about 1.3 million workers in Africa’s largest economy.
FACTBOX-Key political risks in the Gulf of Guinea FACTBOX-Key political risks in [...]
North Africa – Tanzania/Algeria: Poulsen to Use New Game Plan for Algeria Clash
Tanzania/Algeria: Poulsen to Use New Game Plan for Algeria Clash Taifa Stars head coach Jan Poulsen said yesterday he would change his playing formation against Algeria in their Friday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Algiers.
Egypt destroys 12 smuggling tunnels to Gaza Egypt destroyed 12 smuggling [...]
