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Associated Press: World: Africa

4 hours, 43 minutes ago

(AP) Sudan's president made a defiant visit to Darfur just a week after being charged with genocide in the war-ravaged region, vowing not to be intimidated by the indictment and then breaking into a tribal dance on a parched field to the delight of cheering supporters.Wearing a beige suit and sunglasses ...

Sudan's president pays defiant visit to Darfur

12 hours, 30 minutes ago

Zimbabwe talks are starting at secret location

18 hours, 48 minutes ago

(AP) South Africa's presidential spokesman said Wednesday that power-sharing talks between Zimbabwe's ruling and opposition forces were under way at a secret location.But Zimbabwe's justice minister, the chief ruling party negotiator, was quoted as saying they are to start Thursday.President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai signed an agreement Monday ...

Islamist takes over Somali opposition

18 hours, 48 minutes ago

(AP) A fundamentalist Muslim suspected by the U.S. of collaborating with al-Qaida has taken over as head of Somalia's exiled opposition movement, pushing out a relative moderate who tried to strike a peace deal with the government, officials said Wednesday.Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys _ who denies any links to terrorism _ ...

Militants threaten Nigeria's main oil pipelines

18 hours, 49 minutes ago

(AP) Nigeria's main militant group on Wednesday threatened to destroy the nation's major oil pipelines within 30 days to counter allegations it had struck a $12 million deal with the government to protect them.A spokesman for the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta denied claims it said had been ...

South Africa official: Zimbabwe's talks underway

1 day ago

(AP) South Africa's presidential spokesman says power-sharing talks are under way between Zimbabwe's ruling and opposition forces. But there are conflicting reports about the day the talks are set to open.It is impossible to confirm Wednesday's statement from presidential spokesman Mukoni Ratshitanga since the talks are to be held in a ...

Pirates seize ship with 20 Filipinos off Somalia

1 day, 3 hours ago

(AP) Pirates have seized a cargo ship with 20 Filipino sailors on board off the coast of Somalia, a Philippine government official said Wednesday.The pirates climbed aboard the bulk carrier Stella Maris in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Estaban Conejos told reporters.The Japanese owner of the ship ...

Hardline Islamist takes over Somali opposition

1 day, 3 hours ago

(AP) A fundamentalist Muslim whom the U.S. suspects of collaborating with al-Qaida says he has taken over leadership of Somalia's opposition.Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys says he deposed the former chairman, Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, because Ahmed signed a U.N.-brokered peace deal with the Somali government last month.The U.S. government has said ...

Pirates off Somalia seize ship with 20 Filipinos

1 day, 3 hours ago

(AP) A Philippine government official says a ship with 20 Filipino sailors has been hijacked off the coast of Somalia.Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Estaban Conejos says the Japanese-owned vessel was seized by pirates on Sunday. He says that the ship's owner is in contact with the crew and they are safe.Conejos told ...

Zimbabwe president under pressure to share power

1 day, 4 hours ago

(AP) Europe turned up pressure on Zimbabwe's president to share power with the opposition, toughening sanctions Tuesday against Robert Mugabe just as his ruling party was to begin talks with its chief rival mediated by South Africa.Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai met face-to-face Monday for the first time in 10 ...

Zimbabwe president under pressure to share power

1 day, 16 hours ago

UN says 14 million in Africa's Horn need food aid

1 day, 20 hours ago

(AP) Dahir Abdi Salah used to feed his children three meals a day _ pancakes for breakfast, spaghetti for lunch and beans for dinner.Now, due to a global food crisis that is hitting this impoverished country especially hard, the family eats one meal a day. Other times they drink tea or ...

EU toughens sanctions against Zimbabwe's Mugabe

1 day, 20 hours ago

(AP) European Union foreign ministers agreed Tuesday to toughen sanctions against Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe to pressure him to share power with the opposition ahead of the opening of talks between Zimbabwe's rival parties in South Africa.Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai agreed Monday to formal talks about sharing power to ...

UN officials say Congo prisoners dying of hunger

1 day, 20 hours ago

(AP) At least 26 prisoners have died of hunger in a prison in Congo since the beginning of the year, U.N. officials said.The United Nations Mission in Congo sent a team to the Mbuji-Mayi Central Prison in the province of Kasai Oriental, about 600 miles southeast of the capital, Kinshasa.Sylvie Van ...

EU agrees more sanctions against Zimbabwe's Mugabe

1 day, 21 hours ago

(AP) European Union foreign ministers have agreed to toughen sanctions against Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe to pressure him to share power with the opposition, diplomats said Tuesday ahead of the opening of talks between Zimbabwe's ruling and opposition parties in South Africa.EU ministers agreed to expand their sanctions blacklist of people ...