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Nigeria: Obama Phones Yar'Adua, Discusses African Affairs - United States of America's President-elect, Senator Barrack Obama last Thursday called President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua on phone and had extensive discussion on a wide range of issues....

Somalia: Piracy And the U.S. Policy Vacuum - "While the responsibility for this crisis [in Somalia] lies first and foremost with the Somali leadership, the international community, principally the U.S. government and members of the UN Security Council, has also failed They have failed repeatedly to take a principled engagement to solve the crisis, acknowledge the power realities on the ground, support peace negotiations without imposing external agendas, or provide independent humanitarian assistance." - Refugees International...

Rwanda: Former Minister Faces Genocide Verdict - The verdict in the trial of the former Minister of Justice, Agnes Ntamabyariro, will be rendered on 19 January by the Court of First Instance of Nyarugenge, Kigali, Judge Jocelyne Ninahazwa, announced Thursday....

Africa: Forum Calls for More Investment in Women - "Investing in women pays off. It is an effective means to reduce poverty and accelerate the achievement of the rest of the MDGs," says Danish minister for development cooperation Ulla Tørnæs....

Congo-Kinshasa: UN Condemns Murder of Radio Journalist - The top United Nations official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has condemned last night's killing of a journalist working for a UN-sponsored radio station in the troubled Great Lakes country, the second assassination of its kind in the same city in 17 months....

Somalia: 'Police Kill 15 Insurgents' - Officials - Somali police killed at least 15 insurgents when the group attacked the home of a district commissioner in Mogadishu, government officials said Friday....

Liberia: Govt Hosts Economic Roundtable - An Economic Roundtable, spearheaded by the Government of Liberia, has taken place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Monrovia. The Forum, chaired by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, was intended to share broad exchanges on the current global financial crisis and its impact on Liberia....

Somalia: New Round of Peace Talks Opens - UN-backed talks have opened will open in Djibouti on Saturday in a bid to end the civil conflict that has raged in Somalia for nearly two decades....

Africa: Desmond Tutu Awarded 2008 U.S. Fulbright Prize - If peace and understanding could be human, then South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu would be one of the best examples of these concepts because few have worked harder for them, often in the face of insurmountable odds....

Malawi: Charges Against Journalist Dismissed - The Magistrate's Court in Lilongwe acquitted Nation Publications journalist Maxwell Ng'ambi of the charge of providing false information to a public officer. Ng'ambi was arrested on 17 May 2008 at Maula Prison where he was suspected of planning to interview a former speaker and minister of education, Sam Mpasu, who is serving a jail term....

Zimbabwe: Mugabe Bans Annan, Machel, Jimmy Carter - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has barred the former United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, the former United States President, Jimmy Carter, and the advocate for the rights of women and children, Graça Machel, from entering Zimbabwe....

South Africa: Foreigners Remain Under Threat - As Aunesi Omari and her children cowered in her room in Philippi, a low-income section of the South African city of Cape Town, in Western Cape Province, she heard the armed men outside shout: "We're going to kill you because you don't want to listen."...

Nigeria: Defeated Atiku to Run for President Again - Former vice president and candidate of the Action Congress (AC) in the April 2007 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has vowed to contest future presidential polls, particularly the one in 2011....

Zimbabwe: Govt Probes Alleged Plot in Botswana - ZIMBABWE has sent a team of investigators to Botswana to probe an alleged plot of banditry involving Botswana authorities and opposition MDC activists, raising the diplomatic tensions between the two states....

Ghana: Police Fear Election Violence - As Ghana counts down to its presidential and parliamentary elections on 7 December, the national police service says it has identified 1,399 violence-prone areas which could see unrest....

Mauritania: Europe Set to Act Over Coup - One month after setting a deadline for Mauritania's coup leaders to restore constitutional order or face sanctions, the European Union said the junta's efforts have been "insufficient" and that the EU will examine "appropriate measures," according to a 20 November statement by France's Ministry of Foreign Affairs....

Congo-Kinshasa: Violence Hits Refugee Camp - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today expressed its mounting concern for the safety of nearly 70,000 displaced people taking shelter in camps, where shootings and lootings have been reported, outside a provincial capital in the war-wracked eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)....

Somalia: UN to Crack Down on Pirates, Arms Smugglers - The United Nations Security Council has approved a resolution establishing a framework through which the international commmunity can crack down on Somali pirates and better enforce the UN arms embargo on the country....

Nigeria: Govt Foils Attack on Chevron Oil Facility - Security Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger-Delta said yesterday that its troops successfully foiled an attack launched by militants on the United States of America (USA) oil multi-national, Chevron, at Escravos, Warri South-west Local Government Area of Delta State....

Africa: Glaring Gender Disparities in Continent Must Be Overcome, Deputy Secretary-General Says - While many African countries have experienced economic growth in recent years, glaring gender disparities remain in the areas of health, higher education, employment and empowerment, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro told an international meeting in Addis Ababa today....

Zimbabwe: Human Rights Lawyers Call for Release of MDC Supporters - HUMAN Rights Lawyers have written to the Attorney-General demanding the immediate release of 12 Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters and two young children from unknown police camps this week....

Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Comes Out Against More Sanctions - Mugabe 'Delighted' - MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai this week met with European Union officials and came out against the imposition of more sanctions against Robert Mugabe and his cronies....

Zimbabwe: Nothing Should Still Come As a Surprise in Zim - EVENTS unfolding this past week have left virtually everyone without a clue of how exactly to proceed from here....

Zimbabwe: MDC-T Moots Transitional Govt As Plan B - THE Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC this week said it will press for the establishment of a transitional authority if the power-sharing deal with Zanu PF falls through....

Zimbabwe: Fear of More Cholera Deaths As Pandemic Spreads - THE advice by MPs, civic society and medical personnel not to transfer water management from city councils to the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa)...

Zimbabwe: 'Talks' Can't Go On Forever - Tsvangirai - MEDIATION in Zimbabwe's power-sharing talks should be brought to an end and alternative ways found to stem the deteriorating social, political and economic situation, political analysts have said....

Zimbabwe: ZSE Bull-Run Comes to a Halt - CENTRAL bank governor Gideon Gono yesterday drove a stake through the hearts of speculators on the stock exchange by ending suspected fraudulent trading which drives out buyers from the bourse....

Zimbabwe: Tensions High Between Ex-Zapu And Zanu PF - ZANU PF national chairman John Nkomo last weekend failed to persuade ex-PF Zapu members from breaking away from the ruling party....

Zimbabwe: An Exercise in Futility - THIS newspaper has consistently maintained a sceptical stance as to whether Sadc was the correct forum to resolve the vexed issue of ministries between Zanu PF and the MDC....

Congo-Kinshasa: South Kivu - Humanitarian Agencies Mobilise to Assist Displaced People At Minova - Due to the armed conflict in North Kivu province between the Armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (RDC) and rebels of the National Congress for the Defence of People (CNDP), some 6,000 people have found shelter in the town of Minova in Kalehe territory some 150 kilometres north of Bukavu, capital of the neighbouring South Kivu province....