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Sao Tome and Principe votes for president
Jul 30 2006 10:40PM (CT)
SAO TOME, Sao Tome and Principe (AP) - Residents on the tiny island nation of Sao Tome and Principe off West Africa voted for a new president Sunday.
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War-battered Congo conducts historic vote
Jul 30 2006 9:54PM (CT)
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Millions of Congolese voted in the country's first multiparty election in four decades Sunday, the culmination of years of postwar transition that many pray will herald stability for the tumultuous central Africa region that Congo anchors.
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Election is bitter for many in Congo
Jul 30 2006 3:01PM (CT)
MBUJI-MAYI, Congo (AP) - For many people in the heart of this African nation, Sunday was no day to celebrate the country's first democratic vote in decades. Instead, they stayed away from the polls _ either heeding an opposition leader's boycott call or afraid of young men armed with stones.
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Ex-S. Africa official in arms-dealing case
Jul 30 2006 1:09PM (CT)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Fresh from his acquittal on rape charges that made worldwide headlines, former Deputy President Jacob Zuma is back in the dock Monday in an arms-dealing case highlighting South Africa's struggle to clean up government corruption.
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Somalia has 1st commercial flight in years
Jul 30 2006 11:58AM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - The first commercial flight in a decade departed Mogadishu's newly reopened international airport Sunday, demonstrating how Islamic militants have pacified the once-anarchic capital and much of southern Somalia.
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Somali militants free 25 kidnapped sailors
Jul 30 2006 4:05AM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Twenty-five sailors who were taken hostage in April off Somalia's lawless coast were released Sunday after more than $800,000 in ransom was paid, a Somali militia commander said.
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