"Jamaica and Sudan establish diplomatic ties"

Jamaica and Sudan establish diplomatic ties
Jamaica and the Republic of Sudan have established diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level.

Ivory Coast Peace Remains Elusive
September 19 marks the third anniversary of the start of the civil war that divided Ivory Coast in two. Despite repeated attempts at mediation and the presence of a U.N. mission and international peacekeepers, a resolution to the stagnant conflict remains elusive.

Nigeria militant threatens UK interests in oil delta
A militant leader in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta has threatened British interests over the arrest in London of a Nigerian politician but industry sources see no immediate impact on oil output.

Falashas on hunger strike
Some 350 members of Ethiopia's Bete Israel community went on hunger strike in Addis Ababa on Tuesday in protest over what they described as Israel's "unfulfilled promise" to take them to the Holy Land.

Africa delegation to visit Sudan Saturday
A delegation from Africa Union (AU) led by Patrick Mazimhaka, the deputy chairman of the AU commission, is expected to arrive in the country on Saturday 24 September on a four-day visit.

Efforts to save Mt Kenya forest underway
Kenya`s forestry officials, regional administrators and wildlife service personnel from the central and eastern provinces Monday held a crisis meeting in Chuka, a town 200 km north of Nairobi, to redress the deteriorating conservation situation around Mount Kenya forest region.

NAMIBIA: Eco-groups say uranium mine brings new hazards
Namibia has commissioned a second uranium mine despite strong opposition from human rights and environmental groups who fear it could pose an ecological hazard.

All White At Emmys
The otherwise lily-white parade of winners was only broken up by S. Epatha Merkerson, who took home her trophy in the Outstanding Actress in a Movie or Miniseries category, beating out her Lackawanna Blues co-star, Halle Berry in the process. \

Anglican rift over homosexuality deepens
Nigeria's Anglican church has deleted all references to its mother church from its constitution, deepening a rift over homosexuality but stopping short of a feared schism.

Sudan's power-sharing govt completed
Former rebels and Sudan's ruling party have agreed on a power-sharing government, with the ruling party saying it would keep the critical energy portfolio in the oil-producing country.

Lions kill 20 people in southern Ethiopia
Lions have mauled to death 20 people and 750 head of livestock in southern region of Ethiopia, local administrators said on Tuesday.

Iran threatens to quit nuclear Non-Proliferation Trea
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani has warned that Tehran could quit the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty if it is subjected to the language of force.

Middle East Press Reports on the British "Undercover Soldiers"
Ten Iraqis - seven police commandos, two civilians and a child - were killed and more than 10 others wounded in the explosion of two car bombs near two checkpoints in Al-Mahmudiyah and Al-Latifiyah south of Baghdad while hundreds of thousands of Iraqis were heading towards the city of Karbala to mark the anniversary of a religious event.

The occupation forces are the real perpetrators of bomb attacks in Iraq?
Iran's top military commander accused the United States and Israel of planning the non-stop bomb attacks that killed thousands of civilians in Iraq.
Brigadier General Mohammad-Baqer Zolqadr, the deputy commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), told a gathering of senior officials, that the U.S. needs those attacks to justify the continuation of its military presence in Iraq.

UK Soldiers Caught Dressed As Iraqis Killing Local Police

The Real Reasons Why Iran is the Next Target

North Korea Demands Nuke Reactor From U.S.
North Korea said Tuesday it would not dismantle its nuclear weapons program until the United States first provides an atomic energy reactor, casting doubt on its commitment to a breakthrough agreement reached at international arms talks.