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U.N. removes trapped diplomats in Congo
Aug 21 2006 3:30PM (CT)
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Battles between forces loyal to President Joseph Kabila and those of his main campaign rival raged for second day Monday, and U.N. peacekeepers safely evacuated foreign diplomats who had been trapped inside the challenger's besieged home when gunfire broke out.
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Former Burundian president arrested
Aug 21 2006 1:56PM (CT)
BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) - Former President Domitien Ndayizeye was arrested in the capital Monday in connection with an alleged coup plot, Burundi's intelligence chief said.
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Zimbabweans hurry to trade in old money
Aug 21 2006 12:59PM (CT)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Banks and stores did brisk business Monday on the last day the nation's old bank notes were being accepted as legal currency. The old notes become obsolete at the close of trading Monday, when a new range of bills, with three zeros struck off the old denominations, replaces them amid hyperinflation.
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Embattled Somali PM forms new Cabinet
Aug 21 2006 11:29AM (CT)
BAIDOA, Somalia (AP) - Embattled Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi named a new Cabinet Monday, two weeks after the old one was dissolved amid a rift within the U.N.-backed transitional government over how to respond to the growing influence of Islamic militants.
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Zimbabweans set to change currencies
Aug 21 2006 6:42AM (CT)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Nervous Zimbabweans have gone on a reluctant shopping spree ahead of the phasing out of the nation's old bank notes on Monday.
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Arrests at 160 in Nigeria crackdown
Aug 21 2006 12:54AM (CT)
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) - Soldiers stopped cars at checkpoints and arrested 60 people in the third day of a crackdown on militants in Nigeria's volatile oil region.
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