Topic: Africa
A Somali police officer says at least four security personnel and a civilian were killed when two groups of security officers fought over where to collect their salaries. Ali Nur Mohamed Hassan says the 15-minute shootout occurred Wednesday when dozens of military officers went to a police base ...
EL-FASHER, Sudan (Reuters) - Militias raided a Darfur refugee camp, shooting dead two people and injuring at least 10 in an escalation of tensions in Sudan's restive west, witnesses and U.N. officials said Wednesday. The raid followed the murder of a militia member's relative who appeared to be searching the camps in Kass, South Darfur for the suspect ...
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian Vice President Goodluck Jonathan assumed office as acting president on Tuesday to fill a power vacuum more than two months after President Umaru Yar'Adua left for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia. Parliament earlier recognized Jonathan as acting head of state in an effort to end uncertainty that has threatened to paralyze government business in Africa's ...
