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| Double car bombing in Algeria kills 11 - agency Wed, 20 Aug 2008 |
| ALGIERS (Reuters) - A double car bombing in Algeria killed at least 11 people on Wednesday, a day after an attack that killed 43 people at a military academy, the Algerian press agency APS said quoting the Interior Ministry. Full Story |
| UN climate talks seek quicker pace, plug 2050 gaps Wed, 20 Aug 2008 |
| OSLO (Reuters) - More than 150 nations meet in Ghana from Thursday trying to speed up sluggish talks on a new climate treaty and plug big gaps in a "vision" of leading industrial nations of halving world greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Full Story |
| Egypt rules out arson, terrorism in parliament fire Wed, 20 Aug 2008 |
| CAIRO (Reuters) - The Egyptian government is ruling out arson or terrorism in the fire that gutted the 19th-century building which housed the upper chamber of parliament, Interior Minister Habib el-Adli said on Wednesday. Full Story |
| UN approves Somalia force for six more months Wed, 20 Aug 2008 |
| UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council authorized on Tuesday an African Union force in Somalia for another six months, a day after Somalia's government signed a peace agreement with some opposition figures. Full Story |
| Floods raise disease risk in West Africa: WHO Wed, 20 Aug 2008 |
| GENEVA (Reuters) - Seasonal floods in West Africa, which have uprooted more than 200,000 people, are increasing the risk of deadly diseases including cholera which has already struck, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday. Full Story |
| Nigeria militants kill 3 in battle over oil turf Wed, 20 Aug 2008 |
| PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least three people were killed in a turf dispute between rival armed gangs in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta, one resident and a security source said on Tuesday. Full Story |
| UN condemns, ambassador defends Mauritania coup Wed, 20 Aug 2008 |
| UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday condemned the overthrow of Mauritania's democratically elected president but the country's ambassador said the public supported the military action. Full Story |
| Mauritania junta tightens grip on media - critics Wed, 20 Aug 2008 |
| NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Mauritania's ruling junta is censoring the media and stage-managing public rallies as it tries to show popular support for this month's coup and deflect a tide of anger from Western donors, critics in the country say. Full Story |
| World Bank freezes lending to Mauritania Wed, 20 Aug 2008 |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank has frozen development lending to Mauritania following a military coup earlier this month, becoming the latest donor to suspend aid to the West African country until democracy is restored. Full Story |
| Niger Tuareg rebel rejects talk of ceasefire Wed, 20 Aug 2008 |
| NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger's Tuareg rebel leader Aghaly ag Alambo said on Tuesday his fighters would not lay down their arms and a pledge he made in Libya at the weekend was in fact a message from a Malian rebel group. Full Story |
