Mali signs ceasefire accord with Tuareg rebels
Mali's government signed a ceasefire accord with Tuareg rebels, paving the way for presidential elections in the troubled west African state next month. The agreement, reached after 10 days of tense negotiations, will enable Malian troops to enter the Tuareg-held city of Kidal in the northeast to secure more...
Mozambique government blames opposition for deadly raid
Mozambique's government on Tuesday blamed opposition party Renamo for a deadly attack a day earlier on a military arms depot but said it would maintain dialogue with the civil war foe. "There is no doubt. They were Renamo's men," said Interior Minister Alberto Mondlane. He added that there were "enough more...
Cameroon Airline wary of Chinese planes
Matthijs Boertien, Managing Director of Cameroon Airline, Camair-Co has said that a way should be found to use three aircraft purchased by the government without causing any harm to the state-owned airline.In a lengthy interview with the government daily “Cameroon Tribune” onTuesday, after insisting that it more...
Taliban defy peace bid with deadly attack on Americans
The Taliban on Wednesday claimed an audacious attack in Afghanistan that killed four US troops mere hours after Washington said it would talk to the insurgents about ending more than a decade of war. The deadly rocket attack on Bagram, Afghanistan's biggest US-led military base just north of Kabul, was a more...
YOU can save the Timbuktu manuscripts: interview
The mausoleums of Timbuktu have been destroyed. But most of the manuscripts which constitute the great literary treasure of the desert holy city do still exist. That is no miracle but the result of the patient and brave work of many Malians who scooped the fragile papers and ferried them out in secret. more...
