Saturday, July 04, 2009

  • ICC
    AU votes against cooperating with ICC arrest warrant for Bashir
    African Union leaders have approved a decision not to cooperate with the International Criminal Court over its indictment of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for alleged crimes against humanity in Darfur.
  • COMOROS CRASH
    Yemenia suspends all flights to Comoros
    Yemenia Airways has suspended all flights to the Comoros in the wake of the Tuesday crash of an Airbus 310 off the east African islands. Yemeni Transport Minister Khaled Ibrahim Al-Wazir defended Yemenia on FRANCE 24.
  • GAS
    Nigeria, Niger, Algeria sign trans-Saharan pipeline deal
    Petroleum and Energy ministers from Nigeria, Niger and Algeria have signed an agreement to build a $10 billion pipeline to transport Nigerian gas across the Sahara to the Mediterranean and European markets.
  • SUDAN
    Two female foreign aid workers kidnapped in Darfur
    Armed men have seized two female aid workers, one Irish and one Ugandan, in Sudan’s Darfur region, their employer said. It is the third kidnapping of foreign aid staff in the territory in four months.
  • NIGER
    President names new court to pave way for third term
    Niger's President Mamadou Tandja named new members to the constitutional court after having dissolved the previous court on Monday. The old court had ruled three times against his bid to hold a referendum on whether he could serve a third term.
  • AFRICAN UNION
    Leaders reach compromise on new regional authority
    African leaders have reached a compromise on a new African Union Authority that will coordinate key policies of defence and trade, but will have little power to represent the continent in international affairs without a mandate from member states.
  • FRANCE
    Pop star Cheb Mami on trial in forced abortion case
    French-Algerian pop star Cheb Mami appears in a Paris court today on charges of attempting a forced abortion on his former partner. He was arrested on Monday after evading capture for two years in Algeria.
  • GUINEA-BISSAU
    Presidential election goes to run-off
    Elections in Guinea-Bissau to replace former President Joao Bernardo Vieira, who was assassinated in March, are to go to a second round after Sunday's vote failed to produce a winner, according to the country’s electoral commission.
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