"Egypt to deport 600 Sudanese in wake of deadly clash"

Gloomy Start to New Year As Famine Stalks Region
East African leaders said today that millions of people in the region faced hunger because poor rains had affected vital crops and pasture, giving their New Year messages a sombre tone.

Egypt: Calls to Investigate Refugee Riots As Death Toll Hits 30
Human rights groups are calling for an independent investigation into violent clashes between Egyptian security forces and Sudanese protestors last week that left some 30 people dead and scores injured.

Egypt to deport 600 Sudanese in wake of deadly clash
Egyptian authorities are preparing to deport some 600 Sudanese, part of a group of nearly 2,000 people detained after police forcibly broke up a protest in Cairo, a Sudanese official said Monday

War-weary Sudan marks five decades since independence
Sudan yesterday marked 50 years of independence, a turbulent half-century of civil wars, humanitarian suffering, frequent dictatorship and a long search for a way to grow as Africa's biggest nation.

Third term: Obasanjo begins campaign
As opposition continues to mount over President Olusegun Obasanjo’s alleged third term agenda, there are indications that he might flag-off the campaign in January 2006.

Floods in Malawi leave one thousand homeless
Floods in Malawi have displaced at least one thousand people and destroyed a much-needed maize crop in one of the areas worst hit by famine in the small southern African country, government officials said on Monday.

Maasai herdsmen demand seized cows
Tension is growing between Maasai herdsmen and the Narok County Council after over 500 cows found grazing in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve were detained.

Morocco, Spain Get Tough On Illegal Immigrants
Illegal immigrants seeking to start a new life in Europe will now find it impossible to jump the border after Moroccan and Spanish armies have erected a barbed wire between their common frontier.
Between 14 and 16 Africans were shot dead in October 2005 after they attempted to enter the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, which are both claimed by Morocco.

Blood Diamonds
According to a report by Partnership Africa Canada (P.A.C.), “upwards of 50,000 [have been] killed, half the population displaced, and more than two-thirds of its already severely limited infrastructure destroyed.” Meanwhile, the underground trade of illicit diamonds is booming. Conflict diamonds are valued “between 4 percent and 15 percent of the world total” and generate annual trade revenues of $7.5 billion.

Are indigenous languages dead?
As the continent marks the Year of African Languages in 2006 to help promote the use of the mother-tongue, does it matter if Africa's indigenous languages are dying out?

Torture: The Israeli Denial

Venezuela takes over 32 privately operated oilfields

Bush caught in more lies about domestic spying

Towards an 'axis of good'

Terrorists in High Places