101_6_SIG
Radio Netherlands Worldwide
-
Nigeria arrests 2 journalists after army abuse story: paper
Nigeria's secret police on Monday arrested two journalists after a report of alleged abuses by troops battling Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, their newspaper said.
Agents of the state security service (SSS), in pre-dawn raids, picke...
-
Nigeria can't have Ameobi, says Newcastle boss
Newcastle boss Alan Pardew will not allow striker Shola Ameobi to play for Nigeria at the Africa Cup of Nations in January.
The 31-year-old Ameobi, who once played for the England Under-21 side, had been named in Nigeria's provisional squ...
-
Christmas airlift for "vulnerable" S. Sudanese
An airlift from Khartoum of sick, elderly and other "extremely vulnerable" South Sudanese, suspended after a November plane crash, re-started on Christmas Eve Monday, the International Organisation for Migration said.
"We are resuming the...
-
Baby dies of cold in Morocco's Atlas mountains: witnesses
A 40-day-old baby has died of the cold in Morocco's Atlas mountains, witnesses said Monday, after a winter freeze and reports that four other infants had earlier perished in similar circumstances.
Habiba Amelou died on Friday morning in t...
-
Kitesurfers ride new winds in Libya
Neon crescents twirl over the sheltered waters of Tripoli's main port, one of the hangouts of Libya's growing kitesurfing community, thriving after the ouster of dictator Moamer Kadhafi.
Jalal Elwalid dashes out towards the marina's stone...
-
Pirates attack vessel off Nigeria, kidnap four sailors
Pirates attacked a supply vessel off Nigeria and kidnapped four sailors in the latest such incident off the country's oil-producing southern coast, the International Maritime Bureau said Monday.
"Pirates armed with guns attacked, boarded ...
-
Central African rebels demand ceasefire, aid corridor
A rebel coalition in the Central African Republic on Monday asked President Francois Bozize to implement a ceasefire and said it had stopped operations in areas it had seized to allow for the safe passage of humanitarian aid.
In a stateme...
-
Darfur battle leaves rebels in rare 'control' over town
Rebels in Sudan's troubled Darfur region on Monday reported the rare seizure of a town from government control after fighting that resulted in arrests and casualties.
The Sudan Liberation Army's (SLA's) Abdelwahid Nur faction took control...
-
Hundreds of children in foster homes in DR Congo: UN
Several hundred children remain separated from their parents a month after fighting over the key eastern DR Congo city of Goma displaced nearly a million people, aid agencies said Monday.
Since the M23 rebels seized Goma on November 20 an...
-
S&P downgrades Egypt credit rating on 'elevated' tensions
Rating agency Standard and Poor's on Monday downgraded Egypt's long-term credit rating because of "elevated" tensions over its political crisis, and warned it could be lowered further.
The country's long-term rating was lowered to 'B-' fr...
