Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2176 world World - Africa en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:57:46 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2176 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_africa_afp/sudandarfurunirelandugandakidnap afp/20090703/sudandarfurunirelandugandakidnap AFP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:57:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_africa_afp/sudandarfurunirelandugandakidnap"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246655161281-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=130&q=85&sig=ymF7bVIlRXApzoDMpeqrDQ--" align="left" height="130" width="130" alt="A map of Darfur showing refugee camps and villages destroyed or damaged in conflict. Two women aid workers from Ireland and Uganda were kidnapped Friday by armed men in Sudan's volatile Darfur region, the scene of Africa's longest running conflict, officials told AFP.(AFP/Graphic/Francis Nallier)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Two women aid workers from Ireland and Uganda were kidnapped Friday by armed men in Sudan's volatile Darfur region, the scene of Africa's longest running conflict, officials told AFP.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_africa_afp/sudandarfurunirelandugandakidnap"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246655161281-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=130&q=85&sig=ymF7bVIlRXApzoDMpeqrDQ--" align="left" height="130" width="130" alt="photo" title="A map of Darfur showing refugee camps and villages destroyed or damaged in conflict. Two women aid workers from Ireland and Uganda were kidnapped Friday by armed men in Sudan's volatile Darfur region, the scene of Africa's longest running conflict, officials told AFP.(AFP/Graphic/Francis Nallier)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_africa_afp/sudandarfurunirelandugandakidnapconfirm afp/20090703/sudandarfurunirelandugandakidnapconfirm AFP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:54:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_africa_afp/sudandarfurunirelandugandakidnapconfirm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246655161281-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=130&q=85&sig=ymF7bVIlRXApzoDMpeqrDQ--" align="left" height="130" width="130" alt="A map of Darfur showing refugee camps and villages destroyed or damaged in conflict. Two women aid workers from Ireland and Uganda were kidnapped Friday by armed men in Sudan's volatile Darfur region, the scene of Africa's longest running conflict, officials told AFP.(AFP/Graphic/Francis Nallier)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An Irish aid worker has been kidnapped in the troubled Darfur region of Sudan, a spokeswoman for the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin confirmed Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_africa_afp/sudandarfurunirelandugandakidnapconfirm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246655161281-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=130&q=85&sig=ymF7bVIlRXApzoDMpeqrDQ--" align="left" height="130" width="130" alt="photo" title="A map of Darfur showing refugee camps and villages destroyed or damaged in conflict. Two women aid workers from Ireland and Uganda were kidnapped Friday by armed men in Sudan's volatile Darfur region, the scene of Africa's longest running conflict, officials told AFP.(AFP/Graphic/Francis Nallier)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_af/af_libya_au_summit ap/20090703/af_libya_au_summit AP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:28:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_af/af_libya_au_summit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.d4a4eb38663e4fc6b01bdc435ae3e561.mideast_libya_au_summit_nn101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=UGrBhs1IvvNJttS9fM3VPQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="President of South Africa Jacob Zuma, center, arrives with unidentified aides to attend the closing session at the third day of the 13th African Union summit of heads of state and government in Sirte, Libya Friday, July 3, 2009. African Union leaders were debating Friday a hotly contested draft declaration that could deal a heavy blow to efforts by the International Criminal Court to prosecute war criminals from the continent. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)" border="0" /></a>AP - After bitter wrangling, Africa's leaders agreed Friday to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted for crimes against humanity in Darfur.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_af/af_libya_au_summit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.d4a4eb38663e4fc6b01bdc435ae3e561.mideast_libya_au_summit_nn101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=UGrBhs1IvvNJttS9fM3VPQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="President of South Africa Jacob Zuma, center, arrives with unidentified aides to attend the closing session at the third day of the 13th African Union summit of heads of state and government in Sirte, Libya Friday, July 3, 2009. African Union leaders were debating Friday a hotly contested draft declaration that could deal a heavy blow to efforts by the International Criminal Court to prosecute war criminals from the continent. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_africa_afp/africanunionsummitsudan afp/20090703/africanunionsummitsudan AFP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:03:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_africa_afp/africanunionsummitsudan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246646534976-2-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=FBlj1uXZg0KbaKZrALldEw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir attends the 13th African Union summit in Sirte, Libya. The African Union has decided not to cooperate with a war crimes warrant against Beshir and again appealed to the United Nations to delay the case, delegates said Friday.(AFP/Mahmud Turkia)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The African Union decided Friday not to cooperate with a war crimes warrant against Sudan President Omar al-Beshir and again appealed to the United Nations to delay the case.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_africa_afp/africanunionsummitsudan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246646534976-2-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=FBlj1uXZg0KbaKZrALldEw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir attends the 13th African Union summit in Sirte, Libya. The African Union has decided not to cooperate with a war crimes warrant against Beshir and again appealed to the United Nations to delay the case, delegates said Friday.(AFP/Mahmud Turkia)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/ts_afp/africanunionsummit afp/20090703/africanunionsummit AFP topstories Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:12:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/ts_afp/africanunionsummit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246646534976-2-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=FBlj1uXZg0KbaKZrALldEw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir attends the 13th African Union summit in Sirte, Libya. The African Union has decided not to cooperate with a war crimes warrant against Beshir and again appealed to the United Nations to delay the case, delegates said Friday.(AFP/Mahmud Turkia)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The African Union decided Friday not to act on an international war crimes warrant for Sudan's president, at a summit that also yielded a deal on the powers of a new regional Authority.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/ts_afp/africanunionsummit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246646534976-2-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=FBlj1uXZg0KbaKZrALldEw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir attends the 13th African Union summit in Sirte, Libya. The African Union has decided not to cooperate with a war crimes warrant against Beshir and again appealed to the United Nations to delay the case, delegates said Friday.(AFP/Mahmud Turkia)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/wl_nm/us_somalia_conflict nm/20090703/us_somalia_conflict Reuters world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:53:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/wl_nm/us_somalia_conflict"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r1207413983.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=HNCMYxMTsqne424eVgdGaQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A Somali child smiles as relatives flee fighting between Islamists and government forces in the Somali capital Mogadishu, July 3, 2009. Heavy fighting in the Somali capital killed at least 20 people on Thursday, the second day of fierce clashes as government forces tried to drive hardline Islamists out of their Mogadishu bases. REUTERS/Feisel Omar (SOMALIA CONFLICT)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - African leaders will consider a resolution Friday to give African Union peacekeepers in Somalia a mandate to do more than just defend themselves from attacks by hardline rebels.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/wl_nm/us_somalia_conflict"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r1207413983.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=HNCMYxMTsqne424eVgdGaQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Somali child smiles as relatives flee fighting between Islamists and government forces in the Somali capital Mogadishu, July 3, 2009. Heavy fighting in the Somali capital killed at least 20 people on Thursday, the second day of fierce clashes as government forces tried to drive hardline Islamists out of their Mogadishu bases. REUTERS/Feisel Omar (SOMALIA CONFLICT)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_afp/africanunionsummit4th afp/20090703/africanunionsummit4th AFP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:52:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_afp/africanunionsummit4th"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246584519552-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=mpQuFIIDq5HaOOjxHlRirQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi at the 13th African Union summit in Sirte, Libya. Peacekeepers in Somalia and the war crimes warrant for Sudan's president dominated the final day of an African Union summit Friday, after a late-night compromise on a new regional Authority.(AFP/Mahmud Turkia)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Peacekeepers in Somalia and the war crimes warrant for Sudan's president dominated the final day of an African Union summit Friday, after a late-night compromise on a new regional Authority.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_afp/africanunionsummit4th"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246584519552-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=mpQuFIIDq5HaOOjxHlRirQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi at the 13th African Union summit in Sirte, Libya. Peacekeepers in Somalia and the war crimes warrant for Sudan's president dominated the final day of an African Union summit Friday, after a late-night compromise on a new regional Authority.(AFP/Mahmud Turkia)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/bs_afp/nigerianigeralgeriagaspipeline afp/20090703/nigerianigeralgeriagaspipeline AFP business Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:48:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/bs_afp/nigerianigeralgeriagaspipeline"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246631951798-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=IL9168eoKdQkFjVjDJg9hw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A woman carries tapioca seeds next to a gas flare fire near Warri, 2007. Three African countries on Friday signed an accord to build a 10-billion-dollar trans-Saharan gas pipeline linking vast reserves in Nigeria to Europe.(AFP/File/Lionel Healing)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Three African countries on Friday signed an accord to build a 10-billion-dollar trans-Saharan gas pipeline linking vast reserves in Nigeria to Europe.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/bs_afp/nigerianigeralgeriagaspipeline"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246631951798-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=IL9168eoKdQkFjVjDJg9hw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="A woman carries tapioca seeds next to a gas flare fire near Warri, 2007. Three African countries on Friday signed an accord to build a 10-billion-dollar trans-Saharan gas pipeline linking vast reserves in Nigeria to Europe.(AFP/File/Lionel Healing)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/pl_nm/us_africa_obama_angst nm/20090703/us_africa_obama_angst Reuters politics Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:00:23 GMT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama's choice of Ghana for his first official trip to Africa next week has triggered a bout of self-questioning in Nigeria and Kenya, where many see his itinerary as a deliberate snub. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_africa_afp/sudanconflictdarfurpolitics afp/20090703/sudanconflictdarfurpolitics AFP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:10:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_africa_afp/sudanconflictdarfurpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246620555437-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=vzwSJqQ.v1hUKLoVrhyyYw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A photo from Albany Associates shows fighters from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) riding in the back of an armoured vehicle in west Darfur, 2008. Darfur's most active rebel group has joined with a leading Sudanese opposition movement in calling for democracy in the country and a transitional government until next year's presidential election.(AFP/HO/File/Stuart Price)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Darfur's most active rebel group has joined a leading Sudanese opposition movement in calling for democracy in the country and a transitional government until next year's presidential election.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_africa_afp/sudanconflictdarfurpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246620555437-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=vzwSJqQ.v1hUKLoVrhyyYw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A photo from Albany Associates shows fighters from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) riding in the back of an armoured vehicle in west Darfur, 2008. Darfur's most active rebel group has joined with a leading Sudanese opposition movement in calling for democracy in the country and a transitional government until next year's presidential election.(AFP/HO/File/Stuart Price)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/wl_nm/us_sudan_darfur nm/20090703/us_sudan_darfur Reuters world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:42:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/wl_nm/us_sudan_darfur"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.10d511c75a8e463794911f24739353a7.mideast_libya_au_summit_nn113.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=aSVnbnwF3vQKkwjTypDKFg--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="President of South Africa Jacob Zuma delivers a statement after the conclusion of the closing session at the third day of the 13th African Union summit of heads of state and government in Sirte, Libya Friday, July 3, 2009. After bitter wrangling, Africa's leaders agreed Friday to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted for crimes against humanity in Darfur. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Darfur rebels signed an accord with one of Sudan's main opposition parties in Cairo on Wednesday, agreeing to push for a new transitional government, both sides said on Friday, a move that will infuriate Khartoum.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/wl_nm/us_sudan_darfur"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.10d511c75a8e463794911f24739353a7.mideast_libya_au_summit_nn113.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=aSVnbnwF3vQKkwjTypDKFg--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="photo" title="President of South Africa Jacob Zuma delivers a statement after the conclusion of the closing session at the third day of the 13th African Union summit of heads of state and government in Sirte, Libya Friday, July 3, 2009. After bitter wrangling, Africa's leaders agreed Friday to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted for crimes against humanity in Darfur. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/wl_nm/us_au_reform nm/20090703/us_au_reform Reuters world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:26:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/wl_nm/us_au_reform"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r257130957.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=W.ghsvzOlR92x2h8Lv_A2A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi attends the opening of the African Union (AU) summit in Sirte, about 600 km (370 miles) east of Tripoli, July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny" border="0" /></a>Reuters - African heads of state on Friday approved a plan to enhance the powers of the African Union and give it a role in coordinating defense policy and trade negotiations, a participant in the talks said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/wl_nm/us_au_reform"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r257130957.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=W.ghsvzOlR92x2h8Lv_A2A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi attends the opening of the African Union (AU) summit in Sirte, about 600 km (370 miles) east of Tripoli, July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_bi_ge/us_philip_morris_acquisition ap/20090702/us_philip_morris_acquisition AP business Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:22:11 GMT AP - Philip Morris International, maker of Marlboro and other cigarettes for sale overseas, has agreed to buy a Swedish company's South African snuff and pipe tobacco operations for 1.75 billion South African rand, or roughly $222 million. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_af/af_liberia ap/20090702/af_liberia AP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:25:53 GMT AP - Liberia's truth and reconciliation commission recommended Thursday that ex-President Charles Taylor and seven other former warlords be prosecuted for crimes against humanity for their alleged roles in the West African country's civil war. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_bi_ge/us_aiding_africa ap/20090702/us_aiding_africa AP business Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:29:08 GMT AP - A U.S. aid agency and Western Union Co. are teaming up to offer a cash boost to sub-Saharan Africans who live in the U.S. but have business plans back home. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/ts_afp/rugbyursalions afp/20090702/rugbyursalions AFP topstories Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:06:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/ts_afp/rugbyursalions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246546135919-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=PRlIeEhJWwnf1y.9p1MWOg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="South Africa coach Peter de Villiers, seen here in 2008, has made 10 changes to his starting line-up for the third Test against the British and Irish Lions at Ellis Park.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)" border="0" /></a>AFP - South Africa, with the series already in the bag, have made 10 changes to their starting line-up to play the British and Irish Lions at Ellis Park here on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/ts_afp/rugbyursalions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246546135919-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=PRlIeEhJWwnf1y.9p1MWOg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="South Africa coach Peter de Villiers, seen here in 2008, has made 10 changes to his starting line-up for the third Test against the British and Irish Lions at Ellis Park.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/ts_afp/rugbyursalionsbothaappeal afp/20090702/rugbyursalionsbothaappeal AFP topstories Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:31:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/ts_afp/rugbyursalionsbothaappeal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246533570826-2-0.jpg?x=82&y=130&q=85&sig=qRZACdYSqjkB5O1yXSNLvQ--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="South Africa will be without lock Bakkies Botha, seen here in 2008, for the third Test against the British and Irish Lions on June 4 after his appeal against a two-week ban for a dangerous charge was rejected.(AFP/FIle/Carl de Souza)" border="0" /></a>AFP - South Africa will be without lock Bakkies Botha for the third Test against the British and Irish Lions here on Saturday after his appeal against a two-week ban for a dangerous charge was rejected.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/ts_afp/rugbyursalionsbothaappeal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246533570826-2-0.jpg?x=82&y=130&q=85&sig=qRZACdYSqjkB5O1yXSNLvQ--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="photo" title="South Africa will be without lock Bakkies Botha, seen here in 2008, for the third Test against the British and Irish Lions on June 4 after his appeal against a two-week ban for a dangerous charge was rejected.(AFP/FIle/Carl de Souza)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/wl_africa_afp/safricahealthlabourstrike afp/20090702/safricahealthlabourstrike AFP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:14:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/wl_africa_afp/safricahealthlabourstrike"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246531500641-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=lZfCSEIqs0TU58XrRnEp0g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="People sit in the waiting room in an anti-retroviral clinic in Emmaus hospital in Winterton. South Africa's government has called striking public service doctors to return to work, as protests over low wages and abysmal working conditions continue around the country.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)" border="0" /></a>AFP - South Africa urged its public service doctors Thursday to halt wildcat strikes and accept a revised wage offer after low salaries and abysmal working conditions led them to abandon patients.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/wl_africa_afp/safricahealthlabourstrike"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246531500641-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=lZfCSEIqs0TU58XrRnEp0g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="People sit in the waiting room in an anti-retroviral clinic in Emmaus hospital in Winterton. South Africa's government has called striking public service doctors to return to work, as protests over low wages and abysmal working conditions continue around the country.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/lf_afp/nigeriajobseconomy afp/20090702/nigeriajobseconomy AFP topstories Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:10:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/lf_afp/nigeriajobseconomy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246507743347-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=6oaLL8MMu6XZmpE6uWBlnA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Nigerian Temi Ogunsanya in her showroom in the Ikeja district of Lagos. After living most of her life in Britain and working in law and public relations, she set up a line of fashion accessories when she saw that top-of-the-range handbags from abroad were selling in Nigeria but there was "a gap in the market for anything made in Africa, using African materials".(AFP/Pius Utomi Ekpei)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Many Nigerian professionals who grew up, studied and worked abroad are returning to career opportunities back home in a trend that has gathered pace with the global economic crisis.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/lf_afp/nigeriajobseconomy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246507743347-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=6oaLL8MMu6XZmpE6uWBlnA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Nigerian Temi Ogunsanya in her showroom in the Ikeja district of Lagos. After living most of her life in Britain and working in law and public relations, she set up a line of fashion accessories when she saw that top-of-the-range handbags from abroad were selling in Nigeria but there was "a gap in the market for anything made in Africa, using African materials".(AFP/Pius Utomi Ekpei)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/wl_africa_afp/africanunionsummitmadagascartalks afp/20090701/africanunionsummitmadagascartalks AFP world Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:27:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/wl_africa_afp/africanunionsummitmadagascartalks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246476448704-1-0.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=x8C2FK1ewPKKO1CQvmnHMw--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="International mediation aimed at ending Madagascar's political crisis will resume this month, the African Union's commissioner for peace and security Ramtane Lamamra, seen here in 2008, told AFP Wednesday.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)" border="0" /></a>AFP - International mediation aimed at ending Madagascar's political crisis will resume this month, the African Union's commissioner for peace and security told AFP on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/wl_africa_afp/africanunionsummitmadagascartalks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246476448704-1-0.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=x8C2FK1ewPKKO1CQvmnHMw--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="photo" title="International mediation aimed at ending Madagascar's political crisis will resume this month, the African Union's commissioner for peace and security Ramtane Lamamra, seen here in 2008, told AFP Wednesday.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)