http://en.redtram.com/ News on "State & Community"  in "Africa" Copyright (c) 2008 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:28:54 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 178713 | Zimbabwe deal on the verge of collapse http://en.redtram.com/go/162963980/top100/ 162963980 Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe's opposition leader, accused President Robert Mugabe of "power grabbing" and has threatened to pull out of a power share unless Cabinet posts were distributed fairly. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:09:30 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162963980/top100/ 178713 | Madagascar tackles taboo on twins http://en.redtram.com/go/162963946/top100/ 162963946 Superstition holds that twins bring bad luck in Madagascar. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:09:15 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162963946/top100/ 126165 | Uganda: Army Warns Somali on Terror http://en.redtram.com/go/162934595/top100/ 162934595 THE army yesterday warned the Somali community living in Uganda to cooperate with security agencies to avert the looming terror attack. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:10:53 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162934595/top100/ 126169 | Nigeria: Power Sector - AC Asks Yar'Adua to Probe Obasanjo http://en.redtram.com/go/162934504/top100/ 162934504 The Action Congress (AC) has called on President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to direct the anti-corruption agencies, especially the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to probe the role played by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in the alleged frittering away of Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:10:44 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162934504/top100/ 151500 | Ethiopian need 'under-estimated' http://en.redtram.com/go/162926642/top100/ 162926642 Aid agencies dispute the Ethiopian government's estimates of those suffering in the country's drought. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:15:22 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162926642/top100/ 151500 | Mbeki seeks to save Zimbabwe deal http://en.redtram.com/go/162887853/top100/ 162887853 Ex South African President Thabo Mbeki is due in Harare for talks aimed at breaking the political impasse in Zimbabwe. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:08:44 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162887853/top100/ 151500 | Tsvangirai in threat to quit deal http://en.redtram.com/go/162887834/top100/ 162887834 Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai threatens to pull out of a power-sharing deal with President Robert Mugabe. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:08:43 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162887834/top100/ 126165 | Somalia: Stealing From the Rich http://en.redtram.com/go/162866525/top100/ 162866525 What is it that makes Pirates different from other brigands; why do dacoits of the sea excite the imagination where the land-bound highwayman invokes fear and loathing? To explain, we cite the curious case of the Pirates of Puntland. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:12:57 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162866525/top100/ 126165 | Somalia: Pirates Issue New Threat http://en.redtram.com/go/162866524/top100/ 162866524 Somali pirates holding a Ukrainian ship for the last 16 days have threatened to blow up the MV Faina in the next 36 hours if ransom is not paid. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:12:57 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162866524/top100/ 126165 | Congo-Kinshasa: Ban Calls On Rebels, Army to Immediately Cease Fire http://en.redtram.com/go/162866526/top100/ 162866526 Voicing "increasing concern" at developments in the border areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on rebels and the Congolese Government to immediately observe an effective ceasefire and cooperate with United Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:12:57 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162866526/top100/ 126165 | Somalia: Clashes At Red Sea Between Soldiers, Pirates http://en.redtram.com/go/162866527/top100/ 162866527 Fighting erupted Sunday between a group of pirates holding Somali ship and soldiers loyal to Somalia's semiautonomous state of Puntland between the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, according to eyewitnesses. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:12:57 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162866527/top100/ 126165 | Congo-Kinshasa: LRA Elements Commit Grave Human Rights Violations http://en.redtram.com/go/162866528/top100/ 162866528 The UN Mission in the DRC (MONUC) says that during the period from mid-September to the beginning of October, elements from the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have conducted attacks on 16 localities in the DRC's eastern territory of Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:12:57 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162866528/top100/ 126165 | Congo-Kinshasa: Are Rwanda And DRC Heading for War? http://en.redtram.com/go/162866523/top100/ 162866523 Is Rwanda about to invade the Democratic Republic of Congo? That was the big question last week as tension and military activity continued to build up rapidly in eastern Congo. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:12:57 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162866523/top100/