http://www.mail.com/locations/1360-africa.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/1360-africa.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1764070-congo-rebel-group-demands-presidents-resignation.html BUNAGANA, Congo (AP) — The rebel group starting negotiations with the Congolese government wants the country's president to resign, according to a rebel document. Jean-Marie Runiga, president of the M23 rebels said to be backed by Rwanda, on Thursday showed The Associated Press a list of demands that he said will be presented to the Congolese government. ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1764070-congo-rebel-group-demands-presidents-resignation.html 2012-12-13T15:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763722-carter-center-wont-monitor-egypts-vote.html CAIRO (AP) — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's center said Thursday it will not deploy monitors for Egypt's contentious constitutional referendum because of the government's late release of regulations for witnesses. The decision reflects concerns that the rushed process leading to Saturday's vote has undermined the legitimacy of the disputed charter b... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763722-carter-center-wont-monitor-egypts-vote.html 2012-12-13T15:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763704-somali-rebels-up-to-8k-to-kill-kenyan-forces.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An intelligence message intercepted from an al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group shows that the rebels are being offered up to $8,000 as a reward for killing Kenyan security officers, a Kenyan official said Thursday. The rewards are enough incentive to motivate some youths in the eastern Kenya town of Garissa to carry out attacks ag... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763704-somali-rebels-up-to-8k-to-kill-kenyan-forces.html 2012-12-13T14:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763516-safrica-president-nelson-mandela-recuperating.html BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Jacob Zuma on Thursday honored anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, who has been hospitalized since the weekend to recover from a lung infection. Zuma unveiled a statue of Mandela in the city of Bloemfontein, also called Mangaung, which next week hosts the ruling African National Congress party's co... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763516-safrica-president-nelson-mandela-recuperating.html 2012-12-13T14:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763902-mali-prime-minister-military-ouster.html BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The troubled nation of Mali swore in a new interim prime minister on Thursday, just days after soldiers behind this year's military coup arrested his predecessor and forced his resignation. Diango Cissoko officially took office in the Malian capital of Bamako, where he said the former prime minister would be available as needed during ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763902-mali-prime-minister-military-ouster.html 2012-12-13T14:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1764040-ethiopian-air-kenya-air-merger-practical.html ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A merger proposal made last month by the chief executive of Kenya Airways was considered but is not practical, a senior Ethiopian Airlines official said Thursday. Kenya Airways Chief Executive Titus Naikuni told an aviation conference last month that his airline, Ethiopian Airlines and South African Airways should consider mer... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1764040-ethiopian-air-kenya-air-merger-practical.html 2012-12-13T14:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763538-south-africa-deputy-president-race-to-lead-anc.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's soft-spoken Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe will compete next week against President Jacob Zuma to lead the country's ruling party, the African National Congress. Motlanthe accepted nominations from several provinces and the party's youth league to enter the race to be the ANC's next president, his spokesman Thabo Mas... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763538-south-africa-deputy-president-race-to-lead-anc.html 2012-12-13T13:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763564-moroccos-biggest-opposition-leader-dies.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Sheikh Abdessalam Yassine, the charismatic religious leader of Morocco's largest opposition movement and longtime opponent of two Moroccan kings, died Thursday. He was 84. Yassine, who founded Adl wal Ihsan (Justice and Spirituality), accused the monarchy of being corrupt and dictatorial and questioned its claim to religious legitima... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763564-moroccos-biggest-opposition-leader-dies.html 2012-12-13T11:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760966-mali-prime-minister-forced-ouster.html BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali's interim president has named a replacement prime minister after soldiers behind a coup earlier this year forced out his predecessor and placed him under house arrest, provoking international condemnation. The political turmoil has deepened concerns about Mali's stability at a time when the international community is considering b... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760966-mali-prime-minister-forced-ouster.html 2012-12-13T00:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1762776-egypts-opposition-urges-no-vote-referendum.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's opposition called on its followers Wednesday to vote "no" in a crucial referendum on a disputed constitution drafted by Islamist supporters of President Mohammed Morsi. The decision came as Morsi's government forged ahead with its own plan, starting overseas voting in diplomatic missions for expatriates. The moves reinforced the atmos... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1762776-egypts-opposition-urges-no-vote-referendum.html 2012-12-12T23:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760466-us-syria-opposition-disagree-terrorist-label.html MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — The U.S. and the head of the new Syrian opposition coalition being feted at a conference in Morocco Wednesday publicly disagreed over designating a rebel group as terrorist, highlighting a key dilemma in overthrowing President Bashar Assad's regime. Even as the U.S., Europe and its allies recognized the new opposition of the sole... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760466-us-syria-opposition-disagree-terrorist-label.html 2012-12-12T21:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1762234-egypt-political-crisis-threatens-to-worsen-economy.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's political crisis is threatening to plunge its ailing economy even deeper into distress after the government delayed a request for a $4.8 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund that would have eased a ballooning budget deficit and reassured foreign investors. Fear of stoking the street unrest over a disputed Islamist-oriente... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1762234-egypt-political-crisis-threatens-to-worsen-economy.html 2012-12-12T19:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761148-piracy-group-somali-pirates-arent-paid.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A U.K.-led Piracy Ransom Task Force says the shipping industry must adopt additional measures to ensure that payments aren't made to pirates after a successful attack. The task force's final recommendations noted that more than $300 million in ransoms has been paid to Somali pirates since 2008. The success of piracy attacks off Somal... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761148-piracy-group-somali-pirates-arent-paid.html 2012-12-12T18:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1761848-highlights-egypts-draft-constitution.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's draft constitution, set for a referendum on Dec. 15 and 22, is made up of an introduction, an 11-part preamble and 236 articles. Critics have raised concerns over issues including Islamic law and women's rights: — Shariah (Islamic) law Like a previous constitution, the draft states, "Principles of Islamic Shariah are the principal sou... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1761848-highlights-egypts-draft-constitution.html 2012-12-12T18:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761818-bomb-blast-eastern-libyan-city-wounds-4.html TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libyan police officials say a bomb blast outside a police station in the eastern city of Benghazi has wounded four people, two of them seriously. There was no immediate indication on who was behind Wednesday's blast in an upscale Benghazi district. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761818-bomb-blast-eastern-libyan-city-wounds-4.html 2012-12-12T17:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1761586-egypt-court-christian-3-years-blasphemy.html CAIRO (AP) — A Cairo court on Wednesday convicted a Coptic Christian blogger who shared an anti-Islam film on social networking sites and sentenced him to three years in prison for blasphemy and contempt of religion. The case of Alber Saber is one of several seen by rights advocates as a campaign led by Egypt's ultraconservative Islamists to curb free exp... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1761586-egypt-court-christian-3-years-blasphemy.html 2012-12-12T16:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1760446-egypt-opposition-urges-no-vote-constitution.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's main opposition alliance called for a "No" vote in the referendum on a disputed constitution rather than a boycott, hours after Islamist President Mohammed Morsi's government forged ahead by starting overseas voting in diplomatic missions for expatriates. The opposition's decision did not dispel the atmosphere of a nation in crisis, d... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1760446-egypt-opposition-urges-no-vote-constitution.html 2012-12-12T16:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760708-mandelas-fading-presence-worries-south-africa.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — As South Africa's governing party moves closer to picking its next leader, it will do so without the man widely viewed as the country's moral compass. Nelson Mandela, who remains hospitalized with a lung infection, led the African National Congress political party to victory in the nation's first truly democratic election in 1994 throu... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760708-mandelas-fading-presence-worries-south-africa.html 2012-12-12T15:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760998-drivers-kenyan-traffic-laws-increase-bribe-size.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Traffic bribes are a way of life for many Kenyan drivers. One dollar here, $5 there. But the drivers of the rowdy minibuses known as matatus say that Kenya's new traffic laws, which carry higher fines and bigger jail sentences, will result primarily in higher bribes. The new law on drunk driving doesn't include a measurable definitio... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760998-drivers-kenyan-traffic-laws-increase-bribe-size.html 2012-12-12T14:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1761064-rebels-central-african-republic-take-3-towns.html BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — A rebel group that signed a peace accord with the government of the Central African Republic announced Wednesday that it had taken three towns in the country's north, in a move that is intended to force the state to review the six-year-old accord. Reached on his satellite phone in the distant north of the country, r... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1761064-rebels-central-african-republic-take-3-towns.html 2012-12-12T14:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1760470-inquiry-86-crash-killing-mozambique-leader.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police have opened a new investigation into the 1986 airplane crash that killed Mozambique's Marxist president and more than 20 others, an official said Wednesday, an incident many have blamed on the former apartheid government. President Samora Machel, who had led Mozambique from its independence in 1975, died when the t... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1760470-inquiry-86-crash-killing-mozambique-leader.html 2012-12-12T10:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760656-ghana-police-raid-opposition-office.html ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Police and soldiers have raided an office where the opposition party is re-tabulating votes in their preparation to contest the results of last week's presidential poll, which handed a slim victory to the incumbent. African statesmen have urged opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo to concede defeat to President John Dramani Mahama in orde... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760656-ghana-police-raid-opposition-office.html 2012-12-12T10:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1760616-trading-soccer-wickets-nigeria-cricket-boom.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Near the parade ground that Queen Elizabeth II once toured when Nigeria was still under British rule, the sharp crack of a ball against a bat marks the rebirth of a colonial sport now finding a second life. Cricket, once the preserve of Nigeria's educated elite, is finding favor in schools for poor children and in the streets of some... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1760616-trading-soccer-wickets-nigeria-cricket-boom.html 2012-12-12T10:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760620-ousted-madagascar-president-wont.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The former president of Madagascar says he will not run for any position in the island country's next election, but he says he wants to return home. Marc Ravalomanana has been living in exile in South Africa since 2009, when he was overthrown in a coup. He told a news conference in Tanzania on Tuesday that he will not contest electio... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760620-ousted-madagascar-president-wont.html 2012-12-12T09:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760302-gazas-tunnels-rebound-israeli-offensive.html RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Rafah's biggest industry is back in business: Gazans are rebuilding the network of underground smuggling tunnels crisscrossing the Egyptian border that were pummeled in a recent Israeli offensive, restoring the illicit conduit for consumer goods and weapons so crucial to Hamas rule. The 12-kilometer (eight-mile) slice of land at t... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 05:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760302-gazas-tunnels-rebound-israeli-offensive.html 2012-12-12T05:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757434-malis-pm-forced-to-resign-arrest-junta.html BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Soldiers arrested Mali's prime minister and forced him to resign before dawn on Tuesday, showing that the military remains the real power in this troubled West African nation despite handing back authority to civilians after a coup in March. The prime minister's ouster comes as the United Nations considers backing a military interventi... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757434-malis-pm-forced-to-resign-arrest-junta.html 2012-12-11T23:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1757742-egypt-judges-will-boycott-referendum.html CAIRO (AP) — Most Egyptian judges rejected any role Tuesday in overseeing the country's constitutional referendum, a move likely to cast further doubt on the legitimacy of the disputed charter. The nation's worst crisis since Hosni Mubarak's ouster nearly two years ago also forced the government to put off a crucial deal with the International Monetary Fu... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1757742-egypt-judges-will-boycott-referendum.html 2012-12-11T22:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757614-obama-us-recognizes-syrias-main-rebel-group.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared Syria's main opposition group the sole "legitimate representative" of its country's people Tuesday, deeming the move "a big step" in the international diplomatic efforts to end Syrian President Bashar Assad's embattled regime. Obama said the newly formed Syrian Opposition Council "is now inclusive enough" ... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757614-obama-us-recognizes-syrias-main-rebel-group.html 2012-12-11T22:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1759424-somali-woman-prison-terror-support.html SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Somali-born woman has been sentenced in San Diego to eight years in prison for routing money to a terrorist organization in her native country. U.S. District Court Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz sentenced 26-year-old Nima Ali Yusuf on Tuesday. She pleaded guilty last December to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a foreig... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1759424-somali-woman-prison-terror-support.html 2012-12-11T20:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1759394-2-ala-men-arrested-federal-terrorism-charges.html MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Two Alabama men who federal investigators say wanted to wage violent jihad overseas have been arrested in Georgia on terrorism charges, and one has close ties to another man previously identified as an Islamic terror leader, authorities said Tuesday. Mohammad Abdul Rahman Abukhdair and Randy "Rasheed" Wilson, both 25 and from Mobile, w... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1759394-2-ala-men-arrested-federal-terrorism-charges.html 2012-12-11T20:35:00Z