"Ivory Coast gets new government"

DJIBOUTI: Food insecurity worsens as dry spell persists

UN, Congo end joint operation, killing 86 Ugandan rebels
UN peacekeepers and government forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) wrapped up a joint operation against Ugandan rebel groups in east DRC with a total of 86 rebels killed, UN mission said on Wednesday.

Central African Republic decrees prayer, shuts bar
Central African Republic, reeling from years of coups, mutinies and violence, has decreed three days of prayer for reconciliation from Thursday and ordered all bars and nightclubs to shut down for 24 hours.

UN finishes partial Nigeria, Cameroon border demarcation
The United Nations Office in West Africa (UNOWA) has announced that a team has finished demarcating 260 km of the Nigeria and Cameroon boundary south of Lake Chad.

Botswana Shows Success in Treating AIDS
GABORONE, Botswana — Catherine had already buried two sisters because of AIDS when she was diagnosed with the dreaded disease. After doctors broke the news, she stopped eating. "I thought that was the end of my life," she said.

Kenyan skaters flock to East Africa's first ice rink
Eager for a dose of winter, Kenyans are stepping out of blazing equatorial heat into the chill of East Africa's first ice rink for halting forays into sports normally associated with colder climes.

Fear, terror still stalk Sudan's Darfur -Annan

Ethiopia-Eritrea: Yemen to help
Aden - Yemen on Thursday offered to mediate in a mounting crisis between Horn of Africa rivals, Ethiopia and Eritrea, as regional leaders prepared to wrap up a two-day summit in the southern port city of Aden.

Ivory Coast gets new government
Abidjan - War-divided Ivory Coast announced a 32-member unity government on Wednesday that included rebel, opposition party and ruling party ministers and represented a rare firm step toward national reconciliation.

Ghana wants once-enslaved diaspora
For centuries, Africans walked through the infamous "door of no return" at Cape Coast castle directly into slave ships, never to set foot in their homelands again.

African students protest against racism in Russia
Dozens of African students rallied this week to protest against the killing of a comrade in what is believed to be the latest in a string of racially-motivated attacks in Russia's second largest city. One student from Cameroon was killed and another African badly injured on Saturday in an attack by unidentified young people. Police have launched an investigation under a criminal code article dealing with racially-motivated murders.

Mbeki congratulates Bolivia's new president
President Thabo Mbeki on Wednesday congratulated Bolivia's new President Evo Morales, describing his election as evidence of the continuing changes in Latin America.

Bolivian leader to visit Cuba
Bolivian leader to visit CubaBolivia's president-elect said he will meet with Cuban President Fidel Castro during his first trip abroad since winning the Bolivian presidential elections this month.

Secret Invasion: US Troops Steal into Paraguay
The Bush administration has sent troops into Paraguay. They are there ostensibly for humanitarian and counterterrorism purposes. The action coincides with growing left unity in South America, military buildup in the region and burgeoning independent trade relationships.

Chicago Turns Down Discounted Venezuelan Oil
As Chicago's poorest face an increase to already-high public transit fees, the city is ignoring an offer of discounted diesel fuel to benefit low-income people.

America's Tomorrow
Throughout human history certain patterns continue repeating themselves over and over again, becoming, if careful attention is paid to study them, a direct harbinger to what tomorrow’s cultures and societies will be like.