African Union head calls for UN troops on Chad-CAR-Sudan border Nov 15, 2006, 1:33 GMT Paris - African Union and Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso on Tuesday said he supports the deployment of UN peacekeepers along Sudan's borders with Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR) to prevent the Darfur conflict from spreading. ....more

African Union head calls for UN troops on Chad-CAR-Sudan border Nov 15, 2006, 1:33 GMT Paris - African Union and Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso on Tuesday said he supports the deployment of UN peacekeepers along Sudan's borders with Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR) to prevent the Darfur conflict from spreading. ....more

Steinmeier urges release of Bulgarian nurses in Libya Nov 14, 2006, 20:47 GMT Benghazi, Libya - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on a visit Tuesday to Libya urged the release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor being held since 1999 on charges of deliberately infecting Libyan children with HIV/AIDS. ....more

More violence in Darfur leaves at least 30 people dead (Roundup) Nov 14, 2006, 18:48 GMT Khartoum/New York - At least 30 civilians have been killed and 40 injured after an attack by unknown armed militias on Sirba village in Sudan's embattled Darfur region, an African Union (AU) official said Tuesday. ....more

Bemba supporters threaten to reject DRC election results (Roundup) Nov 14, 2006, 18:48 GMT Kinshasa - Supporters of the challenger in last month's presidential runoff election in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Tuesday they may not accept the poll's results due to be announced in the coming days. ....more

Flash floods leave 21 dead in Kenya, displace 80,000 Nov 14, 2006, 15:03 GMT Geneva/Nairobi - Flooding has displaced at least 80,000 people in Kenya and has destroyed bridges and roads, impeding relief efforts, aid agencies and the UN said on Tuesday. ....more

More violence in Darfur leaves at least 30 people dead Nov 14, 2006, 8:28 GMT Khartoum - At least 30 civilians have been killed and 40 injured after an attack by unknown armed militias on Sirba village in Sudan's embattled Darfur region, an African Union (AU) official said Tuesday. ....more

UN report highlights problems in Africa Nov 9, 2006, 18:36 GMT Cape Town - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) chose Africa as the launch site for its 2006 Human Development Report (HDR), taking the issues of global human development and living conditions into the eye of the storm. ....more

South Africa's top cop denies links to criminals Nov 7, 2006, 16:25 GMT Johannesburg - South Africa's top cop and current president of the international police agency, Interpol, has defended himself against persistent allegations that he is cosy with criminals and might be on the take in a country that appears to be losing its war on crime. ....more

Obituary: Botha refused accountability for apartheid atrocities Nov 1, 2006, 10:33 GMT Johannesburg - In the turbulent years that he led South Africa, first as prime minister and then as state president, Pieter Willem Botha hogged the airwaves and television screens, vowing to crush resistance to white minority rule under apartheid. ....more

Will loser acknowledge result of DRC election? Oct 30, 2006, 18:32 GMT Kinshasa - A group of Congolese discussing the second round of the presidential elections around a grubby plastic table on a street corner in Kinshasa were happy Monday that things had gone peacefully. ....more