France: Russian-manned cargo ship found near Cape Verde after vanishing last month in AtlanticPARIS — The French Defense Ministry says a Russian-manned cargo that vanished in the Atlantic last month has been found near Cape Verde. Nigeria banks to get $2.5B rescue in first for the continent; bank chief fires 5 top execsLAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria will inject US$2.55 billion into five troubled banks, the country’s banking chief announced Friday, in Africa’s first major bank rescue program since the global credit crunch began. Unconfirmed reports put missing cargo ship and its Russian crew near Cape VerdeMOSCOW — The search for a Russian-manned cargo ship that vanished last month in the Atlantic reached far south along the West African coast Friday with unconfirmed reports of sightings near Cape Verde. Clinton wraps up Africa tour, voices optimism and lauds ‘tough love’ shown by WashingtonSANTA MARIA, Cape Verde — Winding up an 11-day African tour, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she’s optimistic about its future and voiced no regrets about “tough love” messages she gave to government leaders there. Nigeria’s polio outbreak proves viruses in the vaccine can mutate into a more dangerous formLONDON — Polio, the dreaded paralyzing disease stamped out in the industrialized world, is spreading in Nigeria. And health officials say in some cases, it’s caused by the vaccine used to fight it. Clinton wraps up Africa tour with praise for Cape VerdeSANTA MARIA, Cape Verde — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is wrapping up an 11-day tour of Africa in Cape Verde, praising the island nation for democratic reforms and sound financial policy. Traveling through 7 African nations, Clinton always in shadow cast by US presidentsSANTA MARIA, Cape Verde — They followed her every step of the way. From Kenya to Cape Verde, the personalities and policies of the last three American presidents — Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama — dogged Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton through an 11-day tour of Africa. Clinton delivers blunt call for better government in Africa, and is applauded for itJOHANNESBURG — In Liberia, Hillary Clinton brought out the crowds despite torrential rain. In Congo, she came away deeply shaken from a meeting with rape victims. Kenya’s prime minister said Africa didn’t need lectures from the West about democracy, but Africa got one anyway. Clinton silent on her reaction to question about her husband, aide dismisses ‘psychobabble’MONROVIA, Liberia — A close aide to Hillary Rodham Clinton dismissed as “psychobabble” the fuss over the secretary of state’s barbed response to a questioner asking for her famous husband’s opinion instead of her own. Clinton ignored questions about the episode as she wound down a marathon African trip Thursday. Clinton bolsters Africa’s first democratically elected female leader in war-shattered LiberiaMONROVIA, Liberia — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton offered strong support Thursday for embattled Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, and held up herself and President Barack Obama as models of political fence-mending. Hillary Rodham Clinton visits war-shattered Liberia to show US support in conflicted nationMONROVIA, Liberia — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in the conflict-shattered country of Liberia to show the Obama administration’s support for Africa’s first democratically elected female leader, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Sec’y of State Clinton visits war-shattered Liberia to show US support in conflicted nationMONROVIA, Liberia — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in the conflict-shattered country of Liberia to show the Obama administration’s support for Africa’s first democratically elected female leader, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Clinton urges Nigeria to embrace reforms, points to corruption as undermining its gov’tABUJA, Nigeria — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday said corruption has undermined the legitimacy of Nigeria’s government and urged the oil-rich nation to embrace broad political reform and ease sectarian tensions. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presses Nigeria on corruption, sectarian violenceABUJA, Nigeria — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in the Nigerian capital pressing the government of Africa’s most populous nation to curb widespread corruption and enact democratic reforms. Clinton presses Nigeria on corruption, sectarian violenceABUJA, Nigeria — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday urged oil-rich Nigeria to embrace broad political reform and ease tensions that have led to sectarian violence and disrupted energy production in the Niger Delta. Clinton demands punishment for rampant sexual violence in CongoGOMA, Congo — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the perpetrators of the rampant sexual violence in Congo must be prosecuted. Clinton in Africa, urging African oil producers to rule wisely and spread the oil wealthLAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria and Angola are Africa’s top two oil producers, yet most of their people live in wretched poverty, often in shanties dwarfed by fire-belching derricks. Family friend says Liberian teen accused in child rape grew up in refugee campPHOENIX —A Liberian teenager charged as an adult in the alleged gang rape of an 8-year-old girl in Phoenix pleaded not guilty Monday, as details of the boy’s former life in an Ivory Coast refugee camp emerged. Clinton confronts government corruption, rape as a weapon of war in CongoKINSHASA, Congo —U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Monday for Congolese youth to lead nationwide protests against massive corruption and rampant sexual violence in the country’s violence-torn east. Liberian teen charged as adult pleads not guilty in 8-year-old’s rape in PhoenixPHOENIX —A Liberian teenager charged as an adult in the gang rape of an 8-year-old girl from the same country pleaded not guilty on Monday. Clinton in Congo to confront rape as a weapon of warKINSHASA, Congo —U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton promoted democracy in the war-devastated country of Congo on Monday and drew attention to an epidemic of sexual assaults in its violence-torn east. Liberia’s deputy ambassador to the US meets with young rape victim in PhoenixPHOENIX —Liberia’s deputy ambassador to the U.S. said Sunday that he tried to console an 8-year-old rape victim in Phoenix with hugs and a teddy bear in a case that has gripped Liberians worldwide. In Angola to sweeten trade ties, Clinton pushes democracy, development with big energy nationLUANDA, Angola —U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, bringing her democracy and development tour of Africa to oil-rich Angola on Sunday, encouraged the war-ravaged country to continue reforms and pledged to boost trade ties with a major energy producer. Suicide bomber in Mauritania injures 3 in blast outside French EmbassyNOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania —A suicide bomber killed himself outside the French Embassy on Saturday night, wounding two embassy guards and a woman in the street, police and witnesses said. Serenaded in South Africa, Hillary Clinton says strained ties between 2 countries on the mendCAPE TOWN, South Africa —At a housing project for the homeless she once visited as first lady, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton basked in the cheers and serenade from an adoring crowd Saturday and pronounced U.S.-South African ties on the mend after years of strain. Former Liberian president uses witness stand at war crimes trial to strike back at USAMSTERDAM — Charles Taylor accuses the United States of gunboat diplomacy, of dumping him as part of a global policy of “regime change” and of hypocrisy on human rights. Defending himself in court against war crimes charges, the former Liberian president is hitting back at his nemesis. Niger votes ‘yes’ to extending president’s rule in provisional results, election official saysNIAMEY, Niger — Niger’s electoral commission on Friday released provisional results showing the West African country’s president can extend his rule for years past the constitutional limit, a move critics say grants him near totalitarian powers. Correction: Nigeria-Oil Unrest StoryABUJA, Nigeria — In an Aug. 5 story about Nigeria’s amnesty program for militants, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the program began Wednesday, Aug. 5. It began on Thursday, Aug. 6. Family: Nigeria Islamist sect leader’s father-in-law killed by policeMAIDUGURI, Nigeria — The father-in-law of an Islamist sect leader who set off violence that left hundreds of people dead in northern Nigeria was shot and killed and buried in a mass grave, a relative said. Nigeria begins 2-month amnesty for oil militants; main group not taking partABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria began a 60-day amnesty Thursday for militants fighting in the country’s oil-rich Delta region, a government official said, but the main militant group said it would not participate. |
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