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BBC News | Africa | World Edition

Africa leaders edge towards unity
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:42:22 -0000
The African Union reaches a compromise plan to give it greater powers in "common-interest" policies.
IMF refuses new aid for Zimbabwe
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:17:39 -0000
The International Monetary Fund tells Zimbabwe it will not provide more funds until it has settled its existing $1bn debts.
Air crash survivor back in France
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:45:21 -0000
The 12-year-old survivor of the Yemenia air crash near the Comoros returns to Paris as the search for debris goes on.
SA MPs propose new media chiefs
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:52:02 -0000
South Africa MPs propose five names to head the country's public broadcaster, a day after its entire board was sacked.
Developing world faces age crisis
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:55:39 -0000
Researchers predict a "population time bomb" in developing world nations because of their rapidly ageing populations.
DR Congo troops accused of rapes
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:54:11 -0000
UN-backed government troops carry out more rapes in DR Congo than rebel groups, rights activists say.

NYT > Africa

Yemenia Crash Stirs Calls for Stronger Watchdogs
By VICTORIA BURNETT Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:32:36 -0000
Bahia Bakari arrived in Paris on Thursday for an emotional reunion with her father, just as the French media raised new concerns about air safety.
Constant Fear and Mob Rule in South Africa Slum
By BARRY BEARAK Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:34:45 -0000
Crime in South Africa is often portrayed as an onslaught against the wealthy, but it is the poor who are conveniently accessible to criminals.
Stellenbosch Journal: A Whiff of Controversy and South African Wines
By BARRY BEARAK Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:27:57 -0000
After one critic’s comment associating a “burnt rubber” odor with South African reds, a scientific team has been working to locate the possible source.

L.A. Times - Africa

World Briefing
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700
France: Comoros plane crash survivor, 14, is back home / Jordan: King Abdullah names eldest son crown prince / Bosnia-Herzegovina: Serb sentenced 14 years in 1992 massacre FRANCE
Nuclear watchdog IAEA elects Japanese diplomat as its leader
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700
Japan's Yukiya Amano is the winner in a months-long competition against a South African to head the International Atomic Energy Agency. He is believed to agree with the U.S. stance on Iran. After a months-long deadlock and half a dozen inconclusive votes, the world's atomic energy watchdog on Thursday elected as its leader a Japanese diplomat described as colorless by foes and competent by allies.
Teen air crash survivor clung to debris in ocean for 12 hours
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700
The 14-year-old girl believed to be the only survivor of a Yemenia jetliner crash off Comoros was thrown from the plane amid darkness, she tells her father. The 14-year-old girl believed to be the lone survivor of a jetliner crash in the Indian Ocean was thrown from the plane and into the waves, where she heard voices but saw no one in the darkness, her father told a French radio station Wednesday.

UN News Centre - Africa

Niger's continuing crisis imperils democracy, Secretary-General warns
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced deep concern about Niger's continuing political and constitutional crisis, warning that it threatens to destabilize the country and undermine recent progress towards democratic governance and the rule of law.
Progress in West Africa remains fragile, despite positive trends - UN report
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500
While West Africa has witnessed some positive trends recently, including the holding of peaceful elections, progress in the region remains fragile and faces a number of threats, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a report published today.
Ban welcomes deal aimed at ending tensions between Ghana and the Gambia
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the agreement reached by the Gambia and Ghana to end tensions that emerged after the deaths and disappearances of Ghanaian nationals on Gambian territory in 2005.

The Economist: Middle East and Africa

Iran’s disputed presidential election: A hollow victory
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:54:22 -0000
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad keeps power but loses legitimacy, particularly among the middle classTHE case is closed. The landslide claimed by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the June 12th presidential election was real, says Iran’s government, and anyone who doesn’t like it can lump it or, indeed, risk going to jail. After weeks of unrest, the state has reasserted its power. Heavy policing has blunted public protests, while a more targeted campaign of arrests, intimidation and controls on communications has hamstrung attempts to organise and sustain opposition. But with accusations of foul play still being voiced, even within the religious establishment that supports the Islamic Republic, Iran’s hardliners will struggle to re-establish legitimacy.The Guardian Council, an appointed body dominated by clerics allied to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was in charge of investigating allegations of electoral fraud. Considering that it has a record of barring reformist candidates and that its chairman publicly endorsed the arch-conservative Mr Ahmadinejad before the ballot, the result was preordained: the council announced on June 29th that its researches, including a partial recount, had produced no sign of wrongdoing, so closing the last legal channel to contest the outcome. Pro-regime news outlets even suggested that the revised tally showed gains for Mr Ahmadinejad. The president declared not just a personal triumph but the defeat of an enemy plot to overthrow the regime. ...
Royalist politics in Morocco: The king’s friend
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:54:20 -0000
A new leader emerges, but how credible will he be?A NEW political force is emerging in Moroccan politics. The Authenticity and Modernity Party, known by its French acronym, PAM, with a centrist non-ideological platform open to all comers, has been in existence for less than a year. Yet it already seems destined to win the general election in 2012. In its electoral debut in last month’s municipal poll, PAM won the ballot with 22% of the vote. Yet for all its success, the ascent towards the prime ministership of its founder, Fouad Ali El Himma (pictured), is the chronicle of a political elevation foretold. In 2007 Mr El Himma resigned from his job as deputy interior minister and announced his intention to run as an independent in the parliamentary election that year. Where a few saw a fall from royal grace— he was known to be a close political adviser to King Muhammad VI—others sensed the beginning of a reconfiguration of monarchist parties. ...
Chinese aid to Africa: Spreading its bets, and its gold
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:54:20 -0000
Beijing finds new friends in ZimbabweCHINA has had friendly ties with Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s president, since his days as a Maoist guerrilla leader fighting white rule in the 1970s. Decades later, as he suppressed the opposition and ruined his country, China helped to protect him from sanctions at the United Nations, sold him weapons and even built his palace. But its favour, never unconditional, seems to be shifting.On June 30th it was Mr Mugabe’s biggest foe, Morgan Tsvangirai—with whom he has awkwardly shared power in a unity government since February—who announced that China had offered Zimbabwe $950m in loans. This is well in excess of the nearly $500m Mr Tsvangirai said he had obtained in pledges of various kinds during a tour of Western capitals. ...

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