Archive for the ‘Africa’ Category

Somalis ‘filling’ Ethiopian gaps

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 5th, 2009 | filed Filed under: Africa

Pro-government forces are filling in as Ethiopian troops leave Somalia, officials say.

UN chief commends Ghana on vote

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 5th, 2009 | filed Filed under: Africa

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon hails Ghana’s election as an example to others.

Crisis talks for Kenya coalition

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 5th, 2009 | filed Filed under: Africa

The party of Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga holds crisis talks amid complaints it is being sidelined by the president.

Guinea junta pledges 2009 polls

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 5th, 2009 | filed Filed under: Africa

Guinea’s military leader promises to hold elections this year, a French envoy says.

World Cup hopes

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 5th, 2009 | filed Filed under: Africa

Africans hope to cash in on the 2010 football tournament

Reporters freed in Somalia

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 4th, 2009 | filed Filed under: Africa

A British journalist and his Spanish colleague are freed by Somali kidnappers, according to officials in the country.

Anti-apartheid icon Suzman buried

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 4th, 2009 | filed Filed under: Africa

Hundreds of mourners attend the funeral in Johannesburg of leading South African anti-apartheid campaigner Helen Suzman.

Somali police stations taken over

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 4th, 2009 | filed Filed under: Africa

Some Mogadishu police stations are taken over by militiamen as Ethiopian troops leave after two years in Somalia.

Somalia stun lacklustre Tanzania

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 3rd, 2009 | filed Filed under: Africa

Somalia pull off a sensational upset at the East and Central Africa Senior Challenge Cup as they defeat Tanzania 1-0.

Kalou on target in Chelsea draw

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Jan 3rd, 2009 | filed Filed under: Africa

A 90th minute goal from Peter Clarke earns League One Southend a shock third-round replay against Chelsea.