Africa

New York, 7 July– United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has welcomed President Charles Taylor’s decision to resign from office and leave Liberia in the interest of peace, and has called on the Liberian people to […]

Lagos, 7 July– At least 10 people were shot dead in Nigeria’s biggest city of Lagos on Monday, as police battled angry mobs rioting in the streets to enforce a second week of a crippling […]

Mbabane, 7 July– Swaziland may be entering a new and violent political phase with the proclamation at the weekend of a manifesto by the Swaziland Youth Congress (SWAYOCO), promising an armed response to alleged political […]

Nairobi, 7 July– A truth, justice and reconciliation commission should be set up immediately to address human rights violations and economic crimes committed in Kenya between 1963 and 2002, a national conference has recommended. The […]

BUJUMBURA, 7 July– Up to 20 civilians and seven rebel fighters were killed in an attack early Monday by the Forces nationales de liberation (FNL) on southern suburbs of the capital, Bujumbura, army spokesman Col […]

Nairobi, 7 July– Delegates to the Somali peace talks, taking place in Kenya, signed what was termed an ”historic” agreement on 5 July to set up a federal government, but confusion was created when some […]

Monrovia, 6 July– Liberian President Charles Taylor on Sunday accepted to leave his country and take up asylum in Nigeria. But he repeated earlier demands for an ”an orderly exit from power” and called on […]

Washington, 6 July– On the eve of the President’s first trip to Africa, Chairman of the House Africa Subcommittee Ed Royce (Republican of California) says Bush may be an unknown quantity to many people on […]