Ethiopian authorities urged rival militias to end the violence Clashes between the two clans are part of a long history of dispute over natural resources Rome, Italy (29/FEB/2012)-at least 100 people have died in the last hours in the East of Ethiopia because of clashes between rival tribes reported inhabitants of the area. According to the AllAfrica.com news site, the fighting are recorded since Tuesday in the administrative region Somali border with Somalia, where the situation is of extreme tension. Inhabitants of the village of Raas told local radio Shabelle Media that the...

They suspect that it was a bomb that caused the outbreak According to authorities, in addition to the three deaths, confirmed there are seven injured people  MOGADISHU, SOMALIA (27/FEB/2012)-three people were killed Monday in an explosion during a football match in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, police and medical sources. “A powerful explosion, probably caused by a bomb, occurred on the ground when he was about to start the game (…)” “three spectators were killed and another seven were wounded,” said the police source, Colonel Abdi...

Lawyers showed lack of evidence against the accused The incident took place during a protest in Egypt January 28, 2011 CAIRO, Egypt (FEB/27/2012)-the Criminal Court in Cairo acquitted today two police officers accused of having killed two demonstrators during the protests that took place in Egypt on January 28, 2011, judicial sources said. The lawyers of the two officers, Mohamed Taher Rasej and Mohamed Sadek Duidar, managed to demonstrate the lack of decisive and physical evidence against the accused, at the time that advocated that all accusations were verbal and devoid of reliable...

The “Costa Concordia” of the same company wrecked recently on the Italian coast killing 32 people. FILE The engine room caught fire, there is no fatalities The Commander of the Cruiser indicated that all persons on board are well and called on the authorities loscales who directed relief operations Rome, Italy (27/FEB/2012)-A cruise company Costa Crociere, with more than 1,000 people on board, headed for the Seychelles Islands, Madagascar is adrift in the Indian Ocean after a fire, it was reported on Monday the company said in a statement. The Commander of the...

Wade will vote to elect the next President. EFE Choice of greatest risk in the country’s history Some 5.3 million voters were called to vote in the election of the President of the country DAKAR, SENEGAL (FEB/26/2012). -The Senegalese voted in calm this Sunday in the first round of a presidential election with 14 candidates in the running, including the outgoing President Abdoulaye Wade, whose candidacy, which rejects the opposition, was cause of violence in recent weeks. Some 5.3 million voters were called to vote in the election of increased risk of the history of...

Nelson Mandela is considered the father founder and hero of the democracy in South Africa. AP Mandela’s health is evolving in a satisfactory manner They hospitalized to Nelson Mandela after suffering abdominal pains The Diagnostics showed nothing serious He was discharged after practicing laparoscopy MADRID, Spain (26/FEB/2012)-former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, today was discharged from the hospital after practicing a laparoscopy to examine the origin of an abdominal pain, prolonged, reported the South African Presidency. ‘Doctors have decided to...

It is hoped that Mandela is given from the hospital tomorrow, Sunday or Monday. AFP They hospitalized to Nelson Mandela after suffering abdominal pains The former South African President underwent an operation Mandela, of 93 years and an icon of the struggle against racial segregation, entered this Saturday morning to the hospital with severe abdominal pain PRETORIA, South Africa (25/FEB/2012)-former President of South Africa and Nobel Prize of the 1993 peace, Nelson Mandela, ‘isn’t in danger’ and his health progresses satisfactorily, by what will emerge from...

The country faces a tough political situation, thereby increasing attacks and demonstrations. FILE The local government imposed a 24-hour curfew In the midst of a growing wave of attacks by a radical Islamist sect, militants launched an onslaught against the barracks of the forces of order and a prison GOMBE, NIGERIA (25/FEB/2012)-at least 12 people were killed in the Northern Nigerian city of Gombe, after an armed attack directed against a police station, local authorities reported.   In the midst of a growing wave of attacks by a radical Islamist sect, militants launched an...

Mandela has been admitted to a Johannesburg hospital due to abdominal pain. EFE So far has not issued a medical part on the health of the Nobel Prize Mandela, 93 years old, became the first President of black South Africa in 1994 after spending 27 years in prison for his fight against the racist regime London, Great Britain (FEB/25/2012)-Nelson Mandela, icon of the struggle against the system of racial segregation in South Africa, was hospitalized today for “abdominal pain that is dragging long overdue”, informed the Office of the President of that country. The...

The fate of those captured, three accused of working for the secret services of the regime in Khartoum is unknown. AFP Security Council expresses concern about food insecurity in Sudan They were captured after having entered the territory without authorization It is unknown the fate of the hostages captured by the rebel group MJI Khartoum, Sudan (20/FEB/2012)-the rebel movement for Justice and equality (MJI) has released the 49 military force of UN peacekeepers in Darfur (UNAMID) that were captured as hostages yesterday, he told Efe a source of the United Nations Mission. The...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked that voters abroad have a period of two weeks to cast their ballot. Begin elections to the upper House of Egypt The Commission says it is the only body authorized to give election date The closing date for nominations would be April 8 Embassies seek more time for voting abroad CAIRO, Egypt (19/FEB/2012)-the judicial Commission which oversees the Egypt presidential elections since Hosni Mubarak was overthrown last year said Sunday that even there was a date for the vote, but a judicial officer said that it would be in the first week...

A young man was sentenced to three years for spreading on Facebook videos and pictures wherein the image of the King. SPECIAL The cartoon disfigures the image to harm the King The decision to ban was taken in application of article 29 of the code of press against all attack the person of the King RABAT, Morocco (18/FEB/2012)-Moroccan authorities banned the distribution of the edition of February 16 of the Spanish newspaper El País for publishing a caricature of King Mohamed VI, reported Saturday to AFP a Moroccan responsible. “The decision to ban was taken in application...

Several Libyans show national flags, posters and shouting slogans during the celebrations. EFE He welcomed us to Libya on first anniversary of ‘historical revolution’ Citizens organized spontaneous celebrations around the country In the city of Benghazi, birthplace of the revolt; Trípoli capital and the port Misurata, took place the greatest popular celebrations Rome, Italy (17/FEB/2012)-thousands of Libyans took to the streets today, spontaneously, to celebrate the first anniversary of the revolt that overthrew former dictator Muammar Gadhafi, who ruled Libya for...