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Body of Malawi's ex-leader to come home Saturday - Africasia
His body was initially expected to return on Thursday, but the official, who did not want to be identified, said: "I can confirm that it is now Saturday." No reasons were given for the postponement. Supporters will be able to view his body in Blantyre, ...
Cameroon ex-PM held in corruption probe: lawyer - Africasia
"He has been placed in detention...," after having been questioned by an investigating magistrate, the lawyer, who asked not to be identified, told AFP. A source at the court said Ephraim, who served as prime minister between 2004 and 2009, ...
Former Ben Ali regime aide arrested in France - Africasia
France on Monday detained a close aide to disgraced Tunisian former first lady Leila Trabelsi on an international arrest warrant in a corruption probe, an official close to the case said. Saida Agrebi was arrested at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport ...
Hostages killed in Nigeria were on verge of release: report - Africasia
"There was never any coherent demand, no request for money and no indication that the hostages would be released," a senior British government official said on condition of anonymity. "The situation on Thursday was that their lives were under immediate ...
Yemen army death toll from Qaeda assault jumps to 185 - Africasia
"The bodies of 110 soldiers are in military hospitals while the rest of the bodies, found in the desert, were placed in refrigerated rooms," in military hospitals, the source said. General Ali Salah, deputy chief of staff for military operations, ...
Egypt begins trial of foreign, Egyptian activists - Africasia
An official with one of the targeted US groups, who requested anonymity, said that only seven of the American defendants are still in the country, the others apparently having left before a travel ban was imposed on the suspects.
More than 100 killed in south Libya clashes: tribes - Africasia
Fierce clashes between two tribes in Libya's remote southeastern desert have killed more than 100 people over the past 10 days, tribal sources said on Tuesday. At least 113 people from the Toubu tribe and another 20 from the Zwai tribe have been killed ...
Syria's ancient desert city besieged: residents - Africasia
Security forces have set up camp in the citadel which overlooks the Roman ruins and the city of some 60000 people, said the resident who asked not to be identified for fear of reprisals. "Machinegun fire rains down from the citadel at anything that ...
Sudan stops river return to S. Sudan: sources - Africasia
Sudan's military has stopped the return of South Sudanese by barge on the White Nile river because of suspicions they are also being used by the South to reinforce troops near the tense border, sources said on Monday. "No further barges carrying ...
Saleh partisans and foes clash in Yemeni capital - Africasia
A source close to Ahmar told AFP that two of his tribesmen were killed overnight in a bombing carried out by the president's forces, while 13 others were wounded. Twenty people were killed on Saturday in clashes between between Saleh's loyalists and ...
Clinton says 'no going back' in Syria - Africasia
A senior administration official said on Friday that the United States was studying whether war crimes charges could be brought against Syria. Two administration officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, outlined the campaign in a teleconference ...
Saudi urges Iran to keep nose out of Gulf - Africasia
"Iran's statement deliberately ignores Iran's interference in the region's affairs and its violation of the independence and sovereignty of the region," a government official said late on Friday, quoted by state news agency SPA. ...
Safety fears lead to rally no-show for Nigeria candidate - Africasia
But having travelled to the venue and seen the mammoth crowd, which was overflowing into the surrounding streets, he decided not to enter because of security concerns, a political associate, who asked not to be named, told AFP. ...
Oman busts UAE spy ring - Africasia
The cell was uncovered five months ago, before it was watched and dismantled by Omani security services, an official close to the case told AFP. ...
Gaza's fallen women: doing time for 'moral' crime - Africasia
The woman's sister, who also refused to give her name, is in a similar situation. She is heavily pregnant and due to give birth this month, after spending ...
C.African rebels abduct census agents: military - Africasia
... had been gathered for the electoral register, intended for the January 2011 presidential and legislative elections, and tore it up, the source said. ...
Second Israeli telecom 'spy' arrested in Lebanon - Africasia
Lebanon has arrested a suspected accomplice of a telecom technician who stands charged with spying for Israel, a source close to the investigation said on ...
Iran police crackdown 'targets posh cars' - Africasia
They seized the car and my drivers' licence," a young man who asked not to be named told AFP. "Yes, the music was a bit too loud, but that's all," said the ...
Burundi vote credibility hangs by a thread - Africasia
According to several officials who asked to remain anonymous, 25 to 35 percent of voters had not been able to retrieve their voter cards by Thursday. ...
Berlin says working to secure Germans' release in Nigeria - Africasia
One works in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, while the other came from Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos, the source said. ...
New sectarian slaughter rocks Nigeria - Africasia
"We still have some relations still unaccounted for," a resident, who refused to be named, told AFP. Police spokesman Lerama Mohammed said the pre-dawn ...
Oil prices dive under 80 dollars - Africasia
Elsewhere on Monday, two car bombs rocked Warri during talks on an amnesty for former rebel fighters, a government official said. ...
Land disputes, politics at root of Nigeria violence: experts - Africasia
A Plateau lawmaker speaking on condition of anonymity blames "bad governance", brushing aside suggestions the conflict is religiously-motivated. ...
West targets Iranian oil for nuclear sanctions - Africasia
If sanctions are not massive, they'll have no impact," a senior French diplomat said, speaking on condition of anonymity while negotiations continue. ...