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African News Archives for January 17, 2008

Security Council shows regret at Myanmar
Jan 17 2008 11:39PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council expressed concern Thursday at Myanmar's slow progress in opening a dialogue with the opposition and called for the early return of U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari to help promote national reconciliation.
 
Police crack down on protests; 5 killed
Jan 17 2008 7:42PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Police cracked down fiercely on a second day of protests across Kenya on Thursday, firing bullets at opposition supporters and tear gas at a hospital. At least five people were killed.
 
Police crack down on protests; 5 killed
Jan 17 2008 7:42PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Police cracked down fiercely on a second day of protests across Kenya on Thursday, firing bullets at opposition supporters and tear gas at a hospital. At least five people were killed.
 
Police crack down on protests; 5 killed
Jan 17 2008 7:42PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Police cracked down fiercely on a second day of protests across Kenya on Thursday, firing bullets at opposition supporters and tear gas at a hospital. At least five people were killed.
 
Police crack down on protests; 5 killed
Jan 17 2008 7:42PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Police cracked down fiercely on a second day of protests across Kenya on Thursday, firing bullets at opposition supporters and tear gas at a hospital. At least five people were killed.
 
Police crack down on protests; 5 killed
Jan 17 2008 7:42PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Police cracked down fiercely on a second day of protests across Kenya on Thursday, firing bullets at opposition supporters and tear gas at a hospital. At least five people were killed.
 
Police crack down on protests; 5 killed
Jan 17 2008 7:42PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Police cracked down fiercely on a second day of protests across Kenya on Thursday, firing bullets at opposition supporters and tear gas at a hospital. At least five people were killed.
 
Police crack down on protests; 5 killed
Jan 17 2008 7:42PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Police cracked down fiercely on a second day of protests across Kenya on Thursday, firing bullets at opposition supporters and tear gas at a hospital. At least five people were killed.
 
Police crack down on protests; 5 killed
Jan 17 2008 7:42PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Police cracked down fiercely on a second day of protests across Kenya on Thursday, firing bullets at opposition supporters and tear gas at a hospital. At least five people were killed.
 
Police crack down on protests; 5 killed
Jan 17 2008 7:42PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Police cracked down fiercely on a second day of protests across Kenya on Thursday, firing bullets at opposition supporters and tear gas at a hospital. At least five people were killed.
 
Sudan releases Darfur rebel delegates
Jan 17 2008 6:50PM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - The Sudanese government released seven Darfur rebel delegates Thursday it had arrested despite their U.N. and African Union protection, the United Nations mission to Darfur said.
 
Floods leave at least 3 dead in Malawi
Jan 17 2008 5:53PM (CT)
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) - Rains battered portions of flood-ravaged southern Africa Thursday, killing at least three people in Malawi and forcing Zambia to declare a national disaster.
 
Algeria scoffs at UN attack probe
Jan 17 2008 5:24PM (CT)
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Algeria's interior minister on Thursday scoffed at a U.N. plan for an independent probe into the December terror attacks in Algiers that killed 17 U.N. employees.
 
French journalist charged in Ivory Coast
Jan 17 2008 4:35PM (CT)
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - A French journalist and nine Africans have been arrested and charged with multiple crimes, including threatening state security, a prosecutor said Thursday.
 
Only in Zimbabwe: 10-million-dollar bill
Jan 17 2008 3:50PM (CT)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Zimbabweans will be soon lining their pockets with 10-million-dollar bills.
 
Kenyan schools hit by violence
Jan 17 2008 3:45PM (CT)
NGARUA, Kenya (AP) - When 13-year-old Nelly Chepchumba returned to school this week, she found charred walls where her classroom used to be and two corpses half-buried in the garden.
 
Kenyan schools hit by violence
Jan 17 2008 3:45PM (CT)
NGARUA, Kenya (AP) - When 13-year-old Nelly Chepchumba returned to school this week, she found charred walls where her classroom used to be and two corpses half-buried in the garden.
 
Kenyan schools hit by violence
Jan 17 2008 3:45PM (CT)
NGARUA, Kenya (AP) - When 13-year-old Nelly Chepchumba returned to school this week, she found charred walls where her classroom used to be and two corpses half-buried in the garden.
 
Kenyan schools hit by violence
Jan 17 2008 3:45PM (CT)
NGARUA, Kenya (AP) - When 13-year-old Nelly Chepchumba returned to school this week, she found charred walls where her classroom used to be and two corpses half-buried in the garden.
 
Kenyan schools hit by violence
Jan 17 2008 3:45PM (CT)
NGARUA, Kenya (AP) - When 13-year-old Nelly Chepchumba returned to school this week, she found charred walls where her classroom used to be and two corpses half-buried in the garden.
 
Obama's Kenyan uncle trapped by violence
Jan 17 2008 3:08PM (CT)
KISUMU, Kenya (AP) - U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama's uncle has been a prisoner in his own home, trapped by postelection violence that has left more than 600 Kenyans dead.
 
Obama's Kenyan uncle trapped by violence
Jan 17 2008 3:08PM (CT)
KISUMU, Kenya (AP) - U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama's uncle has been a prisoner in his own home, trapped by postelection violence that has left more than 600 Kenyans dead.
 
Obama's Kenyan uncle trapped by violence
Jan 17 2008 3:08PM (CT)
KISUMU, Kenya (AP) - U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama's uncle has been a prisoner in his own home, trapped by postelection violence that has left more than 600 Kenyans dead.
 
Somalia fighting kills 20
Jan 17 2008 2:55PM (CT)
MOGADHISU, Somalia (AP) - Islamic militants fired mortar shells and guns in the Somali capital on Thursday, sparking crossfire with Ethiopian troops and their Somali government allies that killed at least 20 people, witnesses said.
 
   

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