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Sudan rebels say take town in Darfur in new push

YoopyaMay 9, 20120

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Rebels in Sudan’s western Darfur region said on Tuesday they had seized control of a town from Sudanese government troops, part of

Nigeria police arrest 27 oil thieves at pipeline

YoopyaMay 9, 20120

PORT HARCOURT (Reuters) – Nigerian troops have arrested 22 Ghanaians and five Nigerians whom they caught stealing from an oil pipeline in the Niger Delta,

Libya holds first civilian trial of alleged Gaddafi supporters

YoopyaMay 9, 20120

ZAWIYAH, Libya (Reuters) – Libya began its first civilian trial of alleged supporters of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime on Tuesday, officials said, as five men accused

Glencore dismisses calls for Congo probe

YoopyaMay 9, 20120

LONDON (Reuters) – Commodities trader Glencore told shareholderS on Wednesday that it was confident its transactions in the Democratic Republic of Congo were “entirely proper”

Libya police end Agoco protest, secure offices

YoopyaMay 9, 20120

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan security forces have put an end to a protest that closed off the headquarters of the country’s biggest oil company

China dissident Chen says officials must face justice

YoopyaMay 8, 20120

(Reuters) – Blind dissident Chen Guangcheng has demanded the central Chinese government punish officials he blames for false imprisonment and years of persecution, saying on

Tullow Oil says finds more oil in Kenya well

YoopyaMay 8, 20120

By Kelly Gilblom NAIROBI (Reuters) – Tullow Oil has found more oil in a well it is drilling in Kenya and plans to drill another

Power cuts slow Tanzanian economic growth

YoopyaMay 8, 20120

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Frequent power blackouts caused Tanzania’s economic growth rate to slow to 6.5 percent in the fourth quarter of last year

Egypt election committee halts work after criticism

YoopyaMay 8, 20120

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s presidential elections committee said it would stop its work in preparation for presidential elections due later this month after what it

S.Africa mine deaths fall to monthly low

YoopyaMay 7, 2012May 7, 20120

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A safety crackdown on the South African mining industry reduced the number of fatalities in the country’s mines to three in April,