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Ghana says sailors on seized Argentine ship free to leave

YoopyaOct 22, 20120

ACCRA (Reuters) – The crew of an Argentine naval training vessel impounded in Ghana by a firm seeking to claw back $300 million in defaulted bonds

U.S. intended to keep Benghazi mission open through 2012

YoopyaOct 20, 20120

(Reuters) – Newly released government documents show U.S. officials intended to keep open a mission in Benghazi, Libya, for at least the rest of this

DR Congo: UN to sanction M23 rebels

YoopyaOct 20, 20120

The UN Security Council says it intends to impose sanctions against leaders of the M23 rebel movement in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It said

South Africa Gold Fields workers ‘end strike’

YoopyaOct 19, 20120

Nearly all the 15,000 South African gold miners who faced dismissal for going on an illegal strike have reported for duty, their company says. Gold

Rwanda voted onto UN Security Council

YoopyaOct 19, 20120

Rwanda has been elected to sit on the United Nations Security Council for the next two years. The vote comes a day after a leaked

Moroccan king begins tour of the Gulf

kiemtarOct 17, 20120

King Mohamed VI of Morocco, on Tuesday arrived in Saudi Arabia, the first step of a tour that will also take him to Qatar, the

Kenyan policemen injured in Coast province grenade attack

YoopyaOct 17, 20120

MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – At least 10 Kenyan police officers were injured when two grenades were hurled at them by suspected al Shabaab sympathisers during

Fighting in Sudan border states kills 600: minister

YoopyaOct 17, 20120

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – More than 600 people have been killed in insurgencies that erupted in two Sudanese states bordering South Sudan last year, Sudan’s interior

Exclusive: Rwanda, Uganda arming Congo rebels, providing troops – U.N. panel

YoopyaOct 17, 20120

(Reuters) – Rwanda’s defense minister is commanding a rebellion in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that is being armed by Rwanda and Uganda, both of

Ivory Coast sets meeting dates for bondholders

YoopyaOct 17, 20120

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ivory Coast, currently in arrears with bondholders over a $2.3 billion Eurobond, said in a statement dated October 15 that it