Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) 91 soldiers were fired from the Ivory Coast Army for mutiny. This is what a statement from the Ivory Coast’s leadership said, informing that another 13 soldiers have deserted and "are actively being searched for." On September

The popular saying that a "hungry man is an angry man" re-echoed last Sunday at the major harbinger of conflict in the North Central States of the country as Nigerians of all walks of life converged in Abuja to celebrate

Under a new law signed today by US President George W. Bush, leaders of military forces and armed groups who have recruited child soldiers may be arrested and prosecuted in the United States, Human Rights Watch said today. The law

Tsvangirai told reporters that a new government needed to make an international appeal for food aid for the estimated 5.5 million people who would need it by January. He said there was a near standstill in the farming, industry and

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has already urged Mbeki, who was replaced as president of his country on Thursday, to remain as official mediator in the deal between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his opposition rivals. "The peace negotiations

We now have some 20 people injured in addition to the three dead ones," Yusuf Mahmud Mussai, the police chief of the Somali province, told AFP by telephone. "It definitely was a terrorist attack, a bomb was planted in the

The U.S. destroyer USS Howard and several other American ships have surrounded the Ukrainian cargo ship Faina, which was hijacked Thursday and is now anchored off the lawless coast of Somalia. The pirates have demanded a ransom of $20 million

Russia's foreign minister calls for joint international action to halt Somali pirate attacks off the Horn of Africa.

Ethiopian Airlines has started freight services from Hong Kong to Africa, the airlines' Uganda manager, E. Regassa, has said.

Arik Air, the growing private airline based in Lagos, Nigeria, has signed a contract for the purchase of three Airbus A340-500s.This order makes Arik Air the 10th and latest customer for the A340-500 series.

AeroContractors airline has taken delivery of another Boeing 737-500 series aircraft, the second in a month. The airline has also been awarded the Best Security and Safety Conscious Airline in Nigeria and the Central African Region by the Security Watch

BriscoeFord at the commissioning of its modern showroom and after sales support centre in Lekki, Lagos unveiled a wide array of vehicles from the Ford stable including the 2008 Ford Mondeo.

The Federal Government is to construct a new control tower at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) Kano.

Very few people who knew this remote place in the jungle of the Ohangwena Region would ever have thought it would one day become one of the focal points of development.

Peugeot Automobile is able to attract more customers because of its after sales support services, the Head Corporate Communications of the company, Toyin Akingbodo has said.

The Civil Aviation Authority has released over sh1.5b to compensate people who will be evicted to pave way for the construction of a new airport in Kasese district.

Motorists in Maiduguri , the Borno state capital, have called on Governor Ali Sheriff to extend the demolition of illegal structures to the Baga market so as to provide conducive atmosphere for business and movement of vehicles.

Residents and motorists who ply the Abuja-Keffi road have lamented the frequent accidents that occur at a dangerous section of the Kugbo town which claim many lives. The killer spot is directly situated at the Kugbo mechanic market.

Roads maintenance and rehabilitation equipment valued at about N4 billion ordered by the Akwa Ibom State government would soon arrive Nigeria , for use in the state, Chief Godswill Akpabio, the governor disclosed.

A sailors' welfare association boss was on Thursday charged with publishing a false statement in a local daily.