(SomaliNet) An Egyptian official said on Tuesday that kidnappers who had seized 19 hostages including European tourists in a remote desert area of Egypt had threatened to kill them if attempts were made to find them by plane.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official said the kidnapped to
(SomaliNet) For every two children released, five are taken and forced to be child soldiers, said Amnesty International, in a new report released today on the ongoing conflict in the province of North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Many of those recruited had already been reun
(SomaliNet) A spokesperson for renegade officer Laurent Nkunda's group said fresh fighting broke out on Sunday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo between the army and rebel militia.
"The FARDC (government troops) attacked our positions early this morning in Rugari," 45 kilometres north of No
(SomaliNet) At least 15 people were killed and dozens badly burnt in the Central African Republic when a petrol tanker that had overturned exploded as villagers tried to salvage fuel from it.
Media reports say the truck, carrying petrol and diesel oil, overturned on Saturday after blowing a tyre
(SomaliNet) One person was killed when gunmen in speedboats raided a coastal city in south-west Cameroon, and robbing four banks.
The incident was at least the third sea-borne raid in less than a year on banks in Gulf of Guinea countries.
A police officer said the raiders on Limbe, described
(SomaliNet) At least three people were killed and six others were wounded in a suicide attack near the Algerian capital, APS news agency quoted security officials as saying on Monday.
According to the news source, the bomber blew up his car packed with explosives near the town of Dellys, about 4
(SomaliNet) The shortlisted companies and individuals for the African Banker Awards 2008 have been announced.
The unique ceremony, organised in partnership with BusinessinAfrica Events, will recognize and reward across 17 award categories the individuals, companies and institutions which have ex
(SomaliNet) Police said on Wednesday that three people died in Malawi after they were forced by a herbalist and a mob of villagers to drink a potion meant to cleanse them of witchcraft.
"The three died after they were forced to drink the concoction. They collapsed and died within a few minutes,"
(SomaliNet) According to a statement posted on the Internet on Wednesday, Al-Qaeda's north Africa wing said it was behind a deadly suicide bombing in Algeria on Sunday.
On Sunday, a car bomb exploded in the Takdemt district near the coastal town of Dellys, 100 km east of Algiers, killing three pe
(SomaliNet) The government of Algeria said on Thursday that floods have killed at least 29 people in the North African nation’s oasis town of Ghardaia in the Sahara.
According to the official APS state news agency, some 48 people had been injured and one person had gone missing since heavy rain
