World | Africa http://www.theepochtimes.com/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:49:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/25440/ Nigeria imports about $3 billion worth of food annually and has been trying to boost its self-sufficiency. Reuters Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:38:36 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/25303/ A priest accused of genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1994 Rwandan genocide has been acquitted. Reuters Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:15:48 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/24879/ Up to 750,000 Kenyans could be caught up in flooding from heavy rains expected to peak in November. Reuters Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:36:18 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/24868/ Zimbabwe's government has proposed that Zimbabweans take 51 percent ownership of all foreign companies in the country. Reuters Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:21:54 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/24829/ Somali pirates seized a Greek-owned vessel full of wheat in the Indian Ocean on Thursday. Reuters Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:49:04 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/24793/ Regional leaders hold a summit in Mozambique on Thursday hoping to prevent the collapse of Zimbabwe's unity government. Reuters Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:52:34 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/24703/ African nations agreed on Tuesday to resume work on a new U.N. climate pact after a day-long boycott. Reuters Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:15:13 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/24644/ Somali al Shabaab insurgents closed three women's organisations in the rebel-held town of Balad Hawa. Reuters Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:11:09 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/24555/ U.N. Sec-Gen. Ban Ki-moon has launched an inquiry into a bloody crackdown on protesters in Guinea. Reuters Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:42:09 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/24547/ Armed villagers killed at least 47 policemen trying to intervene in ethnic clashes in northern Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:58:58 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/24296/ A kidnapped French aid worker in Darfur is in good spirits and was being given food and water, says ICRC. Reuters Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:00:56 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/24179/ More than 13 million of Ethiopia's 83 million people rely on foreign handouts to survive. Reuters Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:16:29 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/24021/ U.S. President Obama said the action was necessary to prevent the oil-rich African giant from falling further into chaos. Reuters Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:03:24 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/24014/ Somali insurgents say they shot down a U.S. drone aircraft flying over the southern port of Kismayu on Monday. Reuters Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:39:02 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/23979/ Two kidnapped aid workers were released on Sunday in Darfur after more than 100 days in captivity. Reuters Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:49:11 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/23944/ Zimbabwe's MDC said it would boycott the country's unity government until sticking points have been resolved. Reuters Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:48:30 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/23918/ Somali pirates demanded $4 million in ransom plus the release of the two hijackers captured by the Spanish Navy on Oct. 4. By Sandra Flores/Epoch Times Staff Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:47:24 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/23860/ A Zimbabwean court ordered the detention of Roy Bennett, a senior official in Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC party. Reuters Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:01:14 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/23838/ A Zimbabwe court ordered prison for Roy Bennett, a senior official in PM Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC party. Reuters Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:23:46 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/23531/ Somalia's two main insurgent groups agreed to a truce on Wednesday to end days of clashes between them. Reuters Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:07:46 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/23496/ Uganda has freed Somalia's state minister for defence after his arrest and questioning by security officials. Reuters Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:28:51 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/23469/ Gunmen kidnapped Somalia's state minister for defense during a visit to Uganda in the capital Kampala. Reuters Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:20:43 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/23344/ Thousands gather to witness the disarmament of militant leader Government Tompolo. Reuters Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:38:12 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/22966/ Somali pirates boarded a Panama-flagged ship heading for Mogadishu and killed its Syrian captain. Reuters Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:29:25 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/22822/ Sierra Leone started the Bumbuna hydroelectric dam to power the country's main hospital, prison and government agencies. Reuters Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:53:30 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/22598/ Somali rebels hit the African Union's (AU) main base in Mogadishu on Thursday with two suicide car bombs. Reuters Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:34:46 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/22496/ Somali militia opposed praised a U.S. commando raid that killed one of the region's most wanted al Qaeda suspects. Reuters Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:49:06 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/22492/ Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, 28, was suspected of building the truck bomb that killed 15 people in Kenya in 2002. Reuters Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:01:50 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/22459/ Suspected foreign commandos in helicopters in Somalia killed one of the region's most wanted militants. Reuters Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:19:46 +0100 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/22414/ Influential rights group is concerned about police brutality used in response to rioting in Uganda's capital last week. Reuters Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:12:25 +0100