Mali leader heads to Abidjan for talks...

Sudan / Freelance journalist released on bail, to face trial

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
PARIS, France, May 16, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Freelance journalist Faisal Mohammed Salih was released on bail yesterday after being held for six days by the security forces in Khart ... Read more

W. African jihadists threaten to kill Spanish hostage

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
BAMAKO (AFP) - A west African Al-Qaeda splinter group on Wednesday threatened to kill a Spanish hostage kidnapped in western Algeria last year if their demands are not met, a spokesman said. "Spain ... Read more

South Sudan: thousands displaced as fighting escalates

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 16, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Since the beginning of the year, the ICRC has stepped up its efforts to respond to mounting humanitarian needs in South Sudan. In ... Read more

Irish Minister Costello announces programme of events for Africa Day 2012

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
DUBLIN, Ireland, May 16, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Minister of State for Trade and Development, Joe Costello TD, today announced a nationwide programme of events to mark Africa Day 201 ... Read more

Kenyan police arrest suspect in grenade attack

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
NAIROBI (AFP) - Kenyan police have arrested a man suspected to have taken part in a grenade attack on a restaurant in the coastal city of Mombasa that killed one, police chief Mathew Iteere told journ ... Read more

Convicted Taylor says prosecutors paid witnesses

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
THE HAGUE (AFP) - Convicted Liberian warlord Charles Taylor on Wednesday accused prosecutors of paying and intimidating witnesses as he address a UN court in The Hague. "Witnesses were paid, coerce ... Read more

President Donald Kaberuka Invited To The 38th G8 Summit And To The White House By President Obama

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
WASHINGTON, May 16, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- At the invitation of the President of the United States, Barack Obama, the President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, wil ... Read more

Convicted warlord Taylor says prosecutors paid witnesses

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
THE HAGUE (AFP) - Convicted Liberian warlord Charles Taylor on Wednesday accused prosecutors of paying and intimidating witnesses as a UN court heard arguments ahead of his sentencing hearing in two w ... Read more

Kenya police arrest suspect in grenade attack

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
NAIROBI (AFP) - Kenyan police have arrested a man suspected to have taken part in the grenade attack on a restaurant in the coastal city of Mombasa that killed one, police chief Mathew Iteere told jou ... Read more

INVITATION / PRESS BREAKFAST ON RIO+20

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, May 16, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- INVITATION / PRESS BREAKFAST ON RIO+20 Tuesday, 22 May 2012 09h00 – 11h00 UNDP Regional Service Centre, Johannesburg ... Read more

FAO helps Tanzania monitor carbon stocks / Soil carbon assessment is key to reducing emissions

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
ROME, Italy, May 16, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- FAO is helping scientists and policymakers in Tanzania to evaluate how much carbon is stored in forests and forests soils, which will ena ... Read more

One dead in Kenya restaurant grenade attack: police

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
MOMBASA, Kenya (AFP) - A woman has died a day after armed men opened fire and threw explosives into a restaurant in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa, police said Wednesday. "We lost one of the victi ... Read more

World Record Breaker: Bola Adebisi Caught In US Airport With Swallowed 180 Pellets Of Heroin!!!

Saturday, May 12, 2012
The dream to acquire a Mercedes Benz, own a house in Lekki/Ajah and become one of the party attendants within and outside the country has been dashed as a Nigerian woman, Bola Adebisi, set an unenviab ... Read more

Nigerian military arrests foreign 'oil thieves'

Wednesday, May 09, 2012
YENAGOA, Nigeria (AFP) - Nigeria's military has arrested 21 Ghanians and five Nigerians for alleged oil theft as they operated two vessels in the country's main crude-producing region, authorities sai ... Read more

Airlift of South Sudanese under way in Khartoum

Monday, May 14, 2012
KHARTOUM (AFP) - The first batch of up to 15,000 South Sudanese to be airlifted from Khartoum were welcomed in their homeland Monday, after they were ordered to leave Sudan for the newly independent S ... Read more

EU force strikes Somali pirate land base

Tuesday, May 15, 2012
BRUSSELS (AFP) - A helicopter gunship swooped over the Somali coast to strike at a pirate stronghold Tuesday in a major escalation of an international effort to protect vital shipping lanes. The he ... Read more

Moroccan rapper jailed over video

Friday, May 11, 2012
CASABLANCA, Morocco (AFP) - A Moroccan court on Friday sentenced one of the country's most famous rappers to one year in prison over a video critical of the police, judicial officials told AFP. Mou ... Read more

West Africa envoys quit Mali

Sunday, May 13, 2012
BAMAKO (AFP) - Two West African envoys quit Mali after failing to reach agreement with coup leaders on naming the head of a transitional government. Ivory Coast envoy Adama Bictogo on Saturday said ... Read more