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NYTimes Africa News: 18 February 2009
February 20th, 2009 • Africa, NYTimes, World
- The Saharan Conundrum
Terrorism experts feared that North Africa would be the next Afghanistan: a haven, and a launching pad, for Al Qaeda. Why hasn’t it turned out that way? - B. J. Ndiaye, Curator of Landmark in Slave Trade, Dies at 86
Mr. Ndiaye was the veteran curator of Senegal’s historic House of Slaves, whose famous visitors included Nelson Mandela and Bill Clinton. - Somali Pirates Get Ransom and Leave Arms Freighter
The saga over the Ukrainian arms freighter hijacked off Somalia’s coast more than four months ago drew to a close on Thursday. - Swarm of Caterpillars Infests West Africa, Menacing Crops
A bizarre swarm of caterpillars in Liberia has forced thousands of people from their homes as the infestation threatens crops and contaminates drinking water. - 84 Children Are Killed by Medicine in Nigeria
A toxic chemical mixed into a teething medicine for babies has killed at least 84 children in Nigeria, health officials there said. - U.S. Professor Is Accused of Genocide in Rwanda
Leopold Munyakazi, a professor at Goucher College, has been indicted on murder and several genocide-related charges in his home country. - Treason Charge for Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Is Dropped
It was not clear if the decision to withdraw the charges against Tendai Biti was a sign that President Robert Mugabe was easing pressure on the opposition. - U.S. Aided a Failed Plan to Rout Ugandan Rebels
The U.S. helped coordinate an attack on a Ugandan rebel group that went awry, killing as many as 900 civilians. - Deal Is Reached on Congo Rebel
Rwandan officials promised to return Laurent Nkunda to his home country, more than two weeks after the Rwandan military arrested him near the border. - More Than 20 Killed in Madagascar Protest
Security forces in Madagascar fired on a crowd of protesters outside one of the country’s presidential palaces in the capital city on Saturday. - World Briefing | Africa: Madagascar: Defense Minister Resigns, Citing Violence
Defense Minister Cécile Manorohanta resigned Monday, citing the deaths of at least 25 people who were shot during a protest Sunday near a presidential palace. - World Briefing | Africa: South Africa: Elections Scheduled for April
South Africa’s president, Kgalema Motlanthe, announced that national elections would take place on April 22. - World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Names Finance Minister
Incoming Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said he will name Tendai Biti, his party’s secretary general, to serve as finance minister. - World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Valentine Protest Thwarted
Zimbabwean riot police broke up a large but peaceful demonstration of Women of Zimbabwe Arise. - World Briefing | Africa: Rwanda: Reconciliation With Congo
The embassies of Rwanda and Congo will reopen soon in Kigali and Kinshasa. - Claim in Africa About a Leader Is Recanted
A newspaper said a 24-year-old woman who claimed to be pregnant by President Kgalema Motlanthe had lied about her story. - World Briefing | Africa: Nigeria: 12 Held Over Tainted Syrup
The authorities have arrested 12 people in connection with tainted teething formula that killed 84 children after they took a syrup laced with diethylene glycol. - World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Activists Held After a Protest Are Released
Ten people arrested during a peaceful demonstration in Harare, the capital, on Tuesday, were released on bail Thursday. - Mugabe Swears In His Rival as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
Morgan Tsvangirai joined the government, but President Robert G. Mugabe still dominates the security forces. - Judges Approve Warrant for Sudan’s President
The International Criminal Court brushed aside requests to allow more time for peace talks in the Darfur region. - Hijacked Arms Ship Limps Into Port
The Ukrainian arms freighter held by pirates for more than four months docked at port in Mombasa, Kenya. - Zimbabwe Opposition Party Official Arrested
The arrest of a leading figure took place on the day Zimbabwe’s new unity government was sworn in. - Madagascar Rift Continues
President Marc Ravalomanana said Saturday that he intended to remain Madagascar’s leader, in his first public appearance since the eruption of a violent political crisis nearly three weeks ago. - Aide’s Arrest in Zimbabwe Draws Fire of Premier
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai called the arrest of a close political ally an attempt to “undermine the spirit and credibility of the unity government.” - Party Rally Is Buoyed by Presence of Mandela
The 90-year-old patriarch’s appearance was viewed as an endorsement for Jacob Zuma, the leader of the embattled African National Congress. - World Briefing | Africa: Algeria: Violence Leaves 8 Dead
A series of attacks in Algeria has left seven soldiers and a suspected militant dead, as authorities intensified efforts to secure the country before elections in April. - Bid to Stop the Killing of Albinos
One man’s quest to stop the murders of albinos in Tanzania. - Gunfire Rattles Capital of Equatorial Guinea
Armed gunmen came ashore in Equatorial Guinea on Tuesday morning and headed for the presidential palace before being repelled, the government said. - Sudan and Darfur Rebel Group Agree to Peace Talks
The Sudanese government and the most formidable rebel group in Darfur have signed a declaration of intent, paving the way for peace talks. - A Massacre in Congo, Despite Nearby Support
The spasm of violence shows the cruelty of the armed groups and the problems plaguing U.N. peacekeepers. - Cholera Epidemic Sweeping Across Crumbling Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s public services are failing as an epidemic rages — but Robert G. Mugabe won’t resign. - The Spoils: Battle in a Poor Land for Riches Beneath the Soil
A fight over uranium, an unrealized bonanza in one of the world’s poorest nations, could mean more misery in Niger. - Uncovering Lost Path of the Most Wanted Nazi
Aribert Ferdinand Heim, wanted for medical atrocities at concentration camps, lived in Cairo until his death in 1992. His hiding place was unknown until now. - Egyptian Political Dissident, Imprisoned for Years, Is Suddenly Released
The U.S. and Europe had long pressed for the release of Ayman Nour, a one-time presidential candidate. - Faradje Journal: Armed With Little but Resolve, and Defending a Hollowed Village
Militias have sprung up in isolated villages in Congo in an attempt to defend against the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels. - Terrorism Trial for Figure in Zimbabwe Opposition
A magistrate in Zimbabwe ruled that Roy Bennett, the third-highest ranking member of the political opposition, should be tried on terrorism charges and remain in prison.
CNN Asia News: 19 February 2009
February 20th, 2009 • Asia, CNN News, World
- Clinton visits Indonesia on state visit
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Indonesia on the second stop of her tour of Asia — her first trip abroad as America’s top diplomat. - Taiwanese economy slumps into recession
Taiwan’s economy slumped 8.36 percent during the last three months of 2008, the government said Wednesday. - Indian hepatitis outbreak leaves 19 dead
Health officials in India’s Gujarat state are investigating a hepatitis outbreak that has left 19 people dead in less than two weeks, authorities said Wednesday. - Journalist killed in Taliban region
Attackers in a Taliban-controlled area of Pakistan shot and tried to behead a Pakistani journalist on Wednesday, according to his employer GEO TV. - Court: Chinese at Gitmo can’t be freed in U.S.
A federal appeals court panel ruled Wednesday that 17 native Chinese Muslims in military custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, cannot be released into the United States. - Dozens missing after Bangladesh boat collision
More than 60 passengers were missing after a riverboat collided with a trawler in southern Bangladesh Thursday, police said. - Kyrgyzstan’s leaders vote to close key U.S. base
Kyrgyzstan parliament has voted to close a base the U.S. military uses as a route for troops and supplies heading into Afghanistan, a government spokesman said Thursday. - Afghan ’surge’ could last five years
Gen. David McKiernan, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, predicted Wednesday that the additional 17,000 U.S. military forces to be sent to Afghanistan will remain there for as long as five years. - Obama: Troops alone cannot win Afghanistan
Diplomacy will play a bigger role in U.S. efforts in Afghanistan in future even as the Pentagon announced a significant troop increase, President Barack Obama said in an interview on Canadian television. - Australian fires burn as death toll rises to 208
The death toll from bushfires in southeastern Australia has risen to 208, the Australian Red Cross said Thursday. Fire authorities say five fires continue to burn and residents in the Narbethong area have been advised to “action their fire plans.”
NYTimes Africa News: 18 February 2009
February 19th, 2009 • Africa, NYTimes, World
- The Saharan Conundrum
Terrorism experts feared that North Africa would be the next Afghanistan: a haven, and a launching pad, for Al Qaeda. Why hasn’t it turned out that way? - Somali Pirates Get Ransom and Leave Arms Freighter
The saga over the Ukrainian arms freighter hijacked off Somalia’s coast more than four months ago drew to a close on Thursday. - Swarm of Caterpillars Infests West Africa, Menacing Crops
A bizarre swarm of caterpillars in Liberia has forced thousands of people from their homes as the infestation threatens crops and contaminates drinking water. - 84 Children Are Killed by Medicine in Nigeria
A toxic chemical mixed into a teething medicine for babies has killed at least 84 children in Nigeria, health officials there said. - U.S. Professor Is Accused of Genocide in Rwanda
Leopold Munyakazi, a professor at Goucher College, has been indicted on murder and several genocide-related charges in his home country. - Treason Charge for Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Is Dropped
It was not clear if the decision to withdraw the charges against Tendai Biti was a sign that President Robert Mugabe was easing pressure on the opposition. - U.S. Aided a Failed Plan to Rout Ugandan Rebels
The U.S. helped coordinate an attack on a Ugandan rebel group that went awry, killing as many as 900 civilians. - Deal Is Reached on Congo Rebel
Rwandan officials promised to return Laurent Nkunda to his home country, more than two weeks after the Rwandan military arrested him near the border. - More Than 20 Killed in Madagascar Protest
Security forces in Madagascar fired on a crowd of protesters outside one of the country’s presidential palaces in the capital city on Saturday. - World Briefing | Africa: Madagascar: Defense Minister Resigns, Citing Violence
Defense Minister Cécile Manorohanta resigned Monday, citing the deaths of at least 25 people who were shot during a protest Sunday near a presidential palace. - World Briefing | Africa: South Africa: Elections Scheduled for April
South Africa’s president, Kgalema Motlanthe, announced that national elections would take place on April 22. - World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Names Finance Minister
Incoming Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said he will name Tendai Biti, his party’s secretary general, to serve as finance minister. - World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Valentine Protest Thwarted
Zimbabwean riot police broke up a large but peaceful demonstration of Women of Zimbabwe Arise. - World Briefing | Africa: Rwanda: Reconciliation With Congo
The embassies of Rwanda and Congo will reopen soon in Kigali and Kinshasa. - Claim in Africa About a Leader Is Recanted
A newspaper said a 24-year-old woman who claimed to be pregnant by President Kgalema Motlanthe had lied about her story. - World Briefing | Africa: Nigeria: 12 Held Over Tainted Syrup
The authorities have arrested 12 people in connection with tainted teething formula that killed 84 children after they took a syrup laced with diethylene glycol. - World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Activists Held After a Protest Are Released
Ten people arrested during a peaceful demonstration in Harare, the capital, on Tuesday, were released on bail Thursday. - Mugabe Swears In His Rival as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
Morgan Tsvangirai joined the government, but President Robert G. Mugabe still dominates the security forces. - Judges Approve Warrant for Sudan’s President
The International Criminal Court brushed aside requests to allow more time for peace talks in the Darfur region. - Hijacked Arms Ship Limps Into Port
The Ukrainian arms freighter held by pirates for more than four months docked at port in Mombasa, Kenya. - Zimbabwe Opposition Party Official Arrested
The arrest of a leading figure took place on the day Zimbabwe’s new unity government was sworn in. - Madagascar Rift Continues
President Marc Ravalomanana said Saturday that he intended to remain Madagascar’s leader, in his first public appearance since the eruption of a violent political crisis nearly three weeks ago. - Aide’s Arrest in Zimbabwe Draws Fire of Premier
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai called the arrest of a close political ally an attempt to “undermine the spirit and credibility of the unity government.” - Party Rally Is Buoyed by Presence of Mandela
The 90-year-old patriarch’s appearance was viewed as an endorsement for Jacob Zuma, the leader of the embattled African National Congress. - A Massacre in Congo, Despite Nearby Support
The spasm of violence shows the cruelty of the armed groups and the problems plaguing U.N. peacekeepers. - Cholera Epidemic Sweeping Across Crumbling Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s public services are failing as an epidemic rages — but Robert G. Mugabe won’t resign. - The Spoils: Battle in a Poor Land for Riches Beneath the Soil
A fight over uranium, an unrealized bonanza in one of the world’s poorest nations, could mean more misery in Niger. - Uncovering Lost Path of the Most Wanted Nazi
Aribert Ferdinand Heim, wanted for medical atrocities at concentration camps, lived in Cairo until his death in 1992. His hiding place was unknown until now. - World Briefing | Africa: Algeria: Violence Leaves 8 Dead
A series of attacks in Algeria has left seven soldiers and a suspected militant dead, as authorities intensified efforts to secure the country before elections in April. - Longtime Zimbabwe Opposition Figure Faces Charges
Police announced terrorism and weapons-related charges against, Roy Bennett, a prominent official in the party of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. - Bid to Stop the Killing of Albinos
One man’s quest to stop the murders of albinos in Tanzania. - Gunfire Rattles Capital of Equatorial Guinea
Armed gunmen came ashore in Equatorial Guinea on Tuesday morning and headed for the presidential palace before being repelled, the government said. - Sudan and Darfur Rebel Group Agree to Peace Talks
The Sudanese government and the most formidable rebel group in Darfur have signed a declaration of intent, paving the way for peace talks.
