Sub-Saharan Africa

EU: Spain Wants Blockade Of Somali Ports
November 12, 2009 0045 GMT
Spain on Nov. 16-17 will call for EU foreign and defense ministers to concentrate naval forces on... [more]
Mozambique: Guebuza Re-Elected President
November 11, 2009 1641 GMT
Armando Guebuza, head of the FRELIMO party, has been re-elected president of Mozambique, the... [more]
China: Beijing Requests Lead Role In Anti-piracy Planning
November 9, 2009 2126 GMT
China has asked to take a leading role in coordinating international anti-piracy efforts off the... [more]
Zimbabwe: Trial Postponed
November 9, 2009 1856 GMT
Zimbabwean Roy Bennett's trial has been postponed until Nov. 11 by a High Court judge, Bloomberg... [more]
Sudan: Southern Sudanese Leader To Visit Europe
November 6, 2009 1559 GMT
Southern Sudanese leader Salva Kiir Mayardit, first vice president of Sudan, is scheduled to... [more]
Zimbabwe: Local Ownership Of Foreign Firms Proposed
November 6, 2009 0741 GMT
Zimbabwe's government proposed that Zimbabweans take 51 percent ownership of foreign companies in... [more]
Zimbabwe: MDC Ends Boycott
November 5, 2009 2059 GMT
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party... [more]
Angola: Government Plans To Sell $4 Billion In Bonds
November 5, 2009 1655 GMT
Angola is planning to sell $4 billion in bonds on the international market from December 2009 to... [more]
Ethiopia, Somalia: Al Shabaab Taking Somaliland, Puntland - Ethiopian FM
November 5, 2009 1651 GMT
Members of Somalia's al Shabaab militant Islamist movement will capture Puntland and Somaliland... [more]
South Africa: Airbus Loses A400M Order
November 5, 2009 1552 GMT
South African officials canceled plans to order eight A400M military transporters from Airbus,... [more]
Spain: $744 Million Loan To Be Given To Angola
November 5, 2009 1424 GMT
Spain plans to give Angola a loan of 500 million euro ($744 million) on top of a previously... [more]
Uganda: Top LRA Commander Surrenders
November 5, 2009 0856 GMT
Senior Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) commander Charles Arop surrendered to the Ugandan military,... [more]
Rwanda: Kagame Visits Egypt
November 4, 2009 2013 GMT
Rwandan President Paul Kagame began a four-day visit in Egypt Nov. 4, where he will hold talks... [more]
Sudan: President To Visit Turkey
November 4, 2009 1542 GMT
Sudanese President Omar al Bashir is slated to visit Turkey the week of Nov. 8, Reuters reported... [more]
Angola: Oil Minister To Visit Ecuador
November 3, 2009 1623 GMT
Angolan Oil Minister Jose Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos will travel to Ecuador on Nov. 5 to meet... [more]
Cote D'Ivoire: President To Visit Ghana
November 3, 2009 1538 GMT
Cote d'Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo is scheduled to arrive in Accra, Ghana, on Nov. 3 for a... [more]
South Africa, Equatorial Guinea: Presidents To Discuss Oil
November 3, 2009 1529 GMT
South African President Jacob Zuma is meeting with Equatorial Guinea's president, Teodoro Obiang... [more]
Equatorial Guinea: President Pardons Mercenaries Involved In Coup Plot
November 3, 2009 1427 GMT
Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has pardoned British mercenary Simon... [more]
Ethiopia: Opposition Report Nearly 450 Members Jailed
November 3, 2009 0651 GMT
Ethiopian opposition parties said nearly 450 of their members were jailed to keep them from... [more]
Zimbabwe: DRC President Meets With Mugabe, Tsvangirai
November 2, 2009 2211 GMT
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila held separate meetings Nov. 2 with... [more]
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