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Militiamen kill 3 students in Darfur
Dec 6 2006 8:10PM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Pro-government janjaweed militiamen killed three students in a northern Darfur city, as rebel groups massed nearby in preparation for a possible attack against the forces, U.N. officials said Wednesday.
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U.N. Security Council OKs Somalia forces
Dec 6 2006 7:19PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday authorized an African force to protect Somalia's government against an increasingly powerful Islamic militia, hoping to restore peace and avert a broader conflict in the region.
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Chad radio stations start 3-day protest
Dec 6 2006 2:58PM (CT)
N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) - Private radio stations began a three-day protest Wednesday of government censorship of their reporting on Chad's volatile east, an association of radio broadcasters said.
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Somalia official issues beheading threat
Dec 6 2006 11:14AM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Residents of a southern Somalia town who do not pray five times a day will be beheaded, an Islamic courts official said Wednesday, adding the edict will be implemented in three days.
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Kabila sworn in as president of Congo
Dec 6 2006 9:27AM (CT)
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Congo inaugurated Joseph Kabila as its first freely elected president in more than four decades Wednesday, installing a rebel leader's son who ushered in a plan to end years of fighting to help the country take a place among the world's democracies.
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U.N. chief: Darfur is in 'free fall'
Dec 6 2006 1:05AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The conflict in Darfur has spread to two neighboring countries and is now in "free fall" with six million people facing the prospect of going without food or protection, the outgoing U.N. humanitarian chief said Tuesday.
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