Middle East News
European News
Canadian News
Latin American News
Asian News
Australian & Pacific News
African News
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nigeria OKs handover of Liberian warlord
Mar 25 2006 8:19PM (CT)
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Nigeria said Saturday it is ready to hand over Liberian warlord Charles Taylor to be the first former African head of state tried for crimes against humanity, making a reluctant move that will be a strong warning for other warmongers on the continent.
|
|
|
Scientists find skull of human ancestor
Mar 25 2006 7:25PM (CT)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Scientists in northeastern Ethiopia said Saturday that they have discovered the skull of a small human ancestor that could be a missing link between the extinct Homo erectus and modern man.
|
|
|
Nigeria to hand over ex-Liberian leader
Mar 25 2006 5:02PM (CT)
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Nigeria announced Saturday it is ready to hand over Liberian warlord Charles Taylor to be the first former African head of state tried for crimes against humanity, making a reluctant move that will be a strong warning for other warmongers on the continent.
|
|
|
Redeemed Church takes Nollywood by storm
Mar 25 2006 1:42PM (CT)
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Now playing across Nigeria: The saga of a church that self-produced a few films and became an instant mogul in the country's giant movie marketplace known as Nollywood.
|
|
|
African Christians a growing dynamic force
Mar 25 2006 1:39PM (CT)
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - It's eight hours into the service and the congregation is still dancing. Shout, they're told. Yell out to the Lord. Their cries melt into a muggy night that smells of sweating bodies, jasmine and the tropical musk of the Nigerian bushland.
|
|
|
Islamic militiamen attack Somali port
Mar 25 2006 7:28AM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Hundreds of heavily armed Islamic militiamen launched an offensive Saturday to try to capture a key port and airstrip on the northeastern outskirts of Somalia's capital, witnesses said.
|
|
|
U.S. college president returns to Liberia
Mar 25 2006 4:19AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Fifteen years after Liberia erupted into chaos while he was vacationing in Great Britain, J. Chris Toe is returning to his native country next week as a government minister.
|
|
|
Nigerian census takers face suspicion
Mar 25 2006 3:07AM (CT)
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - It's considered bad luck to ask a Yoruba how many children the family has. Asking a herdsman about his cows or camels likely will get you shown the door. And what is a male census worker to do when Muslim women are home alone?
|
|
|
|
|
|