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Mali hit by looting after coup, president "safe"

Soldiers looted petrol stations and hijacked cars in Mali`s capital Bamako on Friday, 48 hours after a military coup, ...

Car bomb rocks Somali capital, Al Shabaab says responsible

A car bomb exploded in the heart of the Somali capital on Wednesday, wounding two people, and the rebel al Shabaab ...

Indonesia potential for international cargo port investment

Indonesia`s strategic geographic position in the North Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean shipping lanes has the ...

Six Somalis killed in Mogadishu mortar attack: witnesses

At least six Somali civilians were killed after mortar shells struck their camp for displaced people near the ...

Libya brigades promise to turn over strategic sites

Libyan militias who helped oust Moamer Kadhafi have promised to turn over to the interim government strategic ...

New fighting in Sudan`s Darfur region

Sudan`s armed forces and a rebel group clashed in the Western Darfur region, both sides said on Wednesday, the latest ...

AU-backed troops seize Shebab positions in Mogadishu

African Union-backed Somali government troops attacked and seized positions of hardline Shebab insurgents in the ...

Indonesian journalists` photos to be exhibited at Amsterdam Biennial Festival 2012

GRID Biennial 2012 Committee officials have said they are pleased to display Indonesian journalists` photos and ...

1 peacekeeper killed, 3 injured in Darfur: UN spokesman

One UN peacekeeper was killed and three others injured in an ambush in the Sudanese region of Darfur, a UN spokesman ...

Gabon names new prime minister

Gabon`s President Ali Bongo Ondimba named Raymond Ndong Sima as the country`s new prime minister following a ...

Somali Shebab crumbling as foreign fighters flee: AU

Somalia`s Al-Qaeda allied Shebab fighters are close to collapse, with large numbers fleeing the war-torn country for ...

Ethiopia, Somali troops seize rebel bastion of Baidoa

Truckloads of Ethiopian and Somali troops on Wednesday captured the strategic Somali city of Baidoa from Al-Qaeda ...

Darfur rebels say 49 AU-UN peacekeepers held

Rebels in Sudan`s Darfur region said Monday they have detained 49 international peacekeepers and three suspected ...

UN chief marks one-year anniversary of revolution in Libya

Marking the one-year anniversary of the revolution in Libya, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday that Libyans ...

ContourGlobal and Lending Group Accept Prestigious Award for KivuWatt Project Financing

-     ContourGlobal announced today that it has been awarded the 2011 Africa Power Deal of the Year ...