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Many Libyans executed in Gaddafi capture -report

YoopyaOct 17, 2012March 8, 20230

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – New evidence implicates Libyan militias in an apparent execution of dozens of detainees in rebel custody following the capture and death of

Obama takes Romney to task on Libya in smack-down moment

YoopyaOct 17, 20120

By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the defining moment of a testy debate, President Barack Obama lashed into Mitt Romney on Tuesday over the

New Nigeria museum fetes late Afrobeat singer Fela

YoopyaOct 16, 20120

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — ‘‘FELA LIVES,’’ reads the Gothic-lettered tattoo on the back of one of the sons of the legendary Afrobeat singer from Nigeria.

Mauritania president ‘may have been targeted by militants’

kiemtarOct 14, 20120

The President of Mauritania, who was shot and wounded on Saturday in what was described as an accident, may have been deliberately targeted by militants,

Reinventing technology in Africa for Africans

YoopyaOct 13, 2012March 6, 20240

Over the coming months, A Matter of Life and Tech will feature a range of voices from people building Africa’s tech future. The first is

UN adopts resolution on northern Mali

kiemtarOct 13, 2012October 13, 20120

The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution paving the way for military intervention in Mali to retake the north from Islamist extremists. The resolution requests

Francophonie summit brings Harper to a city in lockdown

kiemtarOct 13, 20120

Prime Minister Stephen Harper flew to Kinshasa on Friday night, into a city in lockdown, where protests were banned, soldiers were stationed on the main

Ex-head of military team calls Libya security weak

kiemtarOct 11, 2012October 11, 20120

A former U.S. security official in Libya testified Wednesday that the State Department withdrew security officers from the country as violence from armed militia groups

Nigeria says won’t appeal award of oil-rich Bakassi to Cameroon

brunoOct 9, 2012October 9, 20120

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s attorney general said on Tuesday the country would not appeal an international ruling that handed the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to its

About one third of South African truckers end strike

brunoOct 9, 20120

By Agnieszka Flak and Wendell Roelf JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – About a third of striking South African truckers have agreed to return to work on Wednesday,