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African News Archives for January 1, 2008

Kenya church torched, 50 reported killed
Jan 1 2008 11:44PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A mob torched a church where hundreds had sought refuge Tuesday, and witnesses said dozens of people _ including children _ were burned alive or hacked to death with machetes in ethnic violence that followed Kenya's disputed election.
 
Kenya church torched, 50 reported killed
Jan 1 2008 11:44PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A mob torched a church where hundreds had sought refuge Tuesday, and witnesses said dozens of people _ including children _ were burned alive or hacked to death with machetes in ethnic violence that followed Kenya's disputed election.
 
Kenya church torched, 50 reported killed
Jan 1 2008 11:44PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A mob torched a church where hundreds had sought refuge Tuesday, and witnesses said dozens of people _ including children _ were burned alive or hacked to death with machetes in ethnic violence that followed Kenya's disputed election.
 
Kenya church torched, 50 reported killed
Jan 1 2008 11:44PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A mob torched a church where hundreds had sought refuge Tuesday, and witnesses said dozens of people _ including children _ were burned alive or hacked to death with machetes in ethnic violence that followed Kenya's disputed election.
 
Kenya church torched, 50 reported killed
Jan 1 2008 11:44PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A mob torched a church where hundreds had sought refuge Tuesday, and witnesses said dozens of people _ including children _ were burned alive or hacked to death with machetes in ethnic violence that followed Kenya's disputed election.
 
Kenya church torched, 50 reported killed
Jan 1 2008 11:44PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A mob torched a church where hundreds had sought refuge Tuesday, and witnesses said dozens of people _ including children _ were burned alive or hacked to death with machetes in ethnic violence that followed Kenya's disputed election.
 
American diplomat killed in Sudan
Jan 1 2008 11:09PM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - An American diplomat was shot and killed early Tuesday by gunmen in a passing car who cut him off as he was being driven home in Sudan's capital. Sudanese officials insisted it was not a terrorist attack but the U.S. embassy said it was too soon to determine the motive. The diplomat's Sudanese driver was also killed in the shooting.
 
French aid worker killed in Burundi
Jan 1 2008 9:29PM (CT)
BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) - Gunmen opened fire on two French aid workers in eastern Burundi, killing one and wounding the other, police and aid officials said Tuesday.
 
2 US Navy sailors found dead in Ghana
Jan 1 2008 5:16PM (CT)
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - Two U.S. Navy sailors were found dead Tuesday in a hotel room in the West African nation of Ghana, the Navy said.
 
Violence in Kenya scares off tourists
Jan 1 2008 4:19PM (CT)
MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) - Amel Blouza came to Kenya expecting a holiday on white beaches and a safari with a chance to view elephants _ or perhaps giraffes lumbering across the picture-perfect savannah.
 
Sudan town raises north-south tensions
Jan 1 2008 3:40PM (CT)
ABYEI, Sudan (AP) - This ramshackle town of mud huts and dirt roads is swarming with returning African refugees, Arab militiamen and rival troops from north and south Sudan _ all eyeing each other in fear of a spark that could detonate the volatile mix.
 
Sudan town raises north-south tensions
Jan 1 2008 3:40PM (CT)
ABYEI, Sudan (AP) - This ramshackle town of mud huts and dirt roads is swarming with returning African refugees, Arab militiamen and rival troops from north and south Sudan _ all eyeing each other in fear of a spark that could detonate the volatile mix.
 
Sudan town raises north-south tensions
Jan 1 2008 3:40PM (CT)
ABYEI, Sudan (AP) - This ramshackle town of mud huts and dirt roads is swarming with returning African refugees, Arab militiamen and rival troops from north and south Sudan _ all eyeing each other in fear of a spark that could detonate the volatile mix.
 
Sudan town raises north-south tensions
Jan 1 2008 3:40PM (CT)
ABYEI, Sudan (AP) - This ramshackle town of mud huts and dirt roads is swarming with returning African refugees, Arab militiamen and rival troops from north and south Sudan _ all eyeing each other in fear of a spark that could detonate the volatile mix.
 
Liberian anti-crime tool: cell phones
Jan 1 2008 8:15AM (CT)
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - Liberia's government is giving away specially programmed cell phones so citizens in the country impoverished by civil wars can report rapes and other violence as crime soars amid a shortage of police officers.
 
   

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