Ex-Central African leader to run for president - Focus Infomation
Libreville. Ex-Central African Republic leader Ange-Felix Patasse, who was ousted in a 2003 coup, has filed papers to run as a candidate in upcoming presidential elections, his spokesman said Sunday, AFP reported. The 73-year-old who returned from ...
Libya as an African Power - Family Security Matters
The following year, the Central African Republic and Eritrea joined, followed by Djibouti, The Gambia, and Senegal in 2000. In the ensuing years, sixteen other countries, some quite far from either Sahel or Sahara – Benin, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire ...
Sudan's Darfur Conflict - YAHOO!
Olivier Frappé one of the two French aid workers abducted in the Central African Republic and held for four months, talks to journalists in front of the al-Amal al-Watani military hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, late Sunday, March 14, 2010. Olivier ...
Kristalina Georgieva welcomes release of aid workers in ... - Reuters AlertNet
Olivier Denis and Olivier Frappe, who work for the French NGO Triangle, had been seized by gunmen in the neighbouring Central African Republic and were released on Sunday, having been held for 112 days. Both organisations are humanitarian partners of ...
UN and aid partners call for $60 million to help 110 ... - UN News Centre
... tensions have enveloped most of Equateur, sending some 114,000 to the Republic of Congo, driving some 60,000 to other parts of the province, and forcing an additional 17,000 people to seek refuge in the Central African Republic (CAR).
Vote applications delayed in Centr.African Republic - YAHOO!
BANGUI (AFP) – The commission organising elections in the Central African Republic announced Monday a delay in receiving candidates' papers, amid concern about the date of the poll set for April 25. The Independent Electoral Commission had been due ...
UNICEF providing books to 145,000 Central African ... - UN News Centre
17 March 2010 – The United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) is working to ensure that some 145,000 children affected by conflict in the Central African Republic have literature, mathematics and science books. With funding from the Belgian ...
Coup plot foiled: Central African govt - Special Broadcasting Service
The Central African Republic's government says it had foiled a plan to launch a coup d'etat next week, with intelligence implicating former president Ange Felix Patasse who strongly denied any involvement. National Security Minister Jules Bernard ...
Kidnapped French aid workers freed in Darfur - Press Trust of India
Khartoum, Mar 15 (AFP) Two French aid workers abducted in the Central African Republic and held for four months were freed in Darfur, the Sudanese region gripped by civil war and a wave of kidnappings. The two were working for a French charity ...
Books For 145,000 Central African Children - Scoop
... By Conflict New York, Mar 17 2010 10:10AM The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is working to ensure that some 145,000 children affected by conflict in the Central African Republic have literature, mathematics and science books.
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164 people face charges over massacres in Nigeria
A Nigerian police spokesman says 164 people will be charged with a variety of offenses, including terrorism, for their suspected roles in the slaughter of more than 200 people in central Nigeria this month.
Leftists crush Sarkozy’s party at ballot box
 French President Nicolas Sarkozy plots strategy with his prime minister after their conservative party's crushing defeat in regional elections.
Pakistan seeks to probe nuclear secrets scientist
Pakistan wants to investigate a disgraced scientist on charges of transferring nuclear secrets to Iraq and Iran, a government lawyer said Monday, just before important nuclear talks begin with Washington.
A China without Google? Chinese say: So what?
With speculation swirling that Google will soon announce the closure of its China-based Internet portal, the reaction from some Chinese has been hurry up and leave.
IMF warns wealthiest nations about their debt
The IMF warned the world's wealthiest nations Sunday to watch their levels of government debt, saying it could drag down the growth needed to ensure continued economic recovery.
Pope amid abuse furor: Refrain from judging sinners
 Pope Benedict XVI urges Catholics to refrain from judging sinners a day after he rebukes Irish bishops for their handling of a half-century of sexual abuse of minors by clergy.
Iraqis go for a little nip, tuck
 Even in the worst spasms of violence that followed the U.S.-led invasion, cosmetic surgery didn't go out of style in Iraq. Now, as the country quiets down, plastic surgery is all the rage.
Hazardous sandstorms sweep across China
 Sandstorms whipping across China shrouded cities in an unhealthy cloud of sand and grit, with winds carrying the pollution outside the mainland as far as the island of Taiwan.
China: U.S. would lose ‘trade war’
 China's commerce minister warns White House that tariffs on Chinese imports would hurt Americans most.
Karzai meets with al-Qaida-linked group
 Afghan President Hamid Karzai has met a senior delegation for peace talks with one of the main insurgent groups fighting against his government and foreign troops.
Clinton calls for harsh Iran sanctions
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is vowing that the Obama is working on sanctions on Iran "that will bite" to press Tehran to come clean about its suspect atomic program.
Official: Bystanders killed in Mexico clash
Two men killed in a shootout between soldiers and gunmen near a prestigious university in this northern Mexican city were graduate students, not suspected drug traffickers, officials said.
Iran detains grandson of powerful cleric
Iranian authorities detained the grandson of former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the most powerful opposition supporter inside the country's clerical leadership, a news agency reported Monday.
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