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World Bank to invest $215 million in African internet

The World Bank unveiled its $215 million Central African Backbone program on Tuesday, to bring reliable, high-speed, low-cost internet access to the region for the first time.

Sudanese woman jailed in trouser case freed

A Sudanese woman jailed for wearing trousers deemed indecent in a landmark court case was freed on Tuesday after the country's journalist union paid a $209 fine on her behalf, the head of the media body said.

Reliance Comm in talks for Zain's Africa ops: sources

India's Reliance Communications has started talks to buy Kuwaiti Zain's African operations, which media say are worth $10 billion, two banking sources said.

Woman in court in trouser test case

A Sudanese woman facing 40 lashes for wearing trousers in public made her first appearance in a court packed with supporters Wednesday, in what her lawyer described as a test case in Sudan's decency laws.

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Geithner questioned why Cubans’ Instant Messaging access was cut off

U.S. Treasury secretary, Timothy Geithner, has been questioned by the Center for Democracy in the Americas (CDA) asking the Department to launch inquiry into actions by Microsoft, and possibly other Instant Messaging (IM) providers after access to IM was cut off to Cubans and other persons living in countries under U.S. sanctions.

UN: South Sudan violence more deadly than Darfur

More people have died in tribal violence in post-war southern Sudan in recent months than in the western Darfur region plagued by ethnic and politically driven fighting, the United Nations said.

Amnesty: Economic crisis fuels rights time bomb

The global economic downturn has aggravated human rights violations and distracted attention from abuses, Amnesty International said on Thursday.

India's Bharti, South Africa's MTN seek $61 billion merger

India's Bharti Airtel and South Africa's MTN have revived merger talks to create a $61 billion telecoms giant spanning Africa, Asia and the Middle East a year after their previous attempt foundered over who would control the combined entity.

Up to 49 killed in South Sudan tribal violence

South Sudanese gunmen have killed up to 49 people from a rival tribe, most of them women and children, in one of a string of attacks that have raised fears for elections in the region, officials said on Monday.

UN peacekeeper shot dead in Darfur, brought the number to 15

A United Nations peacekeeper has been shot dead by unknown gunman in Darfur and his car was stolen, according to a spokesman for the UN-African Union Mission (UNAMID) said on Friday.

U.S. calls for credible 2010 Sudan election

U.S. special envoy Scott Gration called on Sudan on Thursday to carry out credible elections, due next year, and pledged Washington's support for a referendum on southern independence set for 2011.

177 killed in tribal violence in Sudan's south

At least 177 people have been killed in weekend attacks on villages of the Lou Nuer tribe by armed men from the rival Murle ethnic group in south Sudan's Jonglei state, a government official told Reuters on Monday.

FACTBOX: Attendance at U.N. conference on racism

Following is the roster of countries attending or boycotting a U.N. conference on racism that opened in Geneva on Monday.

Sudan to allow some restoration of foreign aid

Senator John Kerry said after talks with senior Sudanese officials on Thursday Khartoum would allow some foreign aid to be restored in its western Darfur region but that it was not sufficient.

U.S. senator Kerry arrives in Sudan for three day visit

U.S. senator and former presidential candidate John Kerry arrived in Sudan Wednesday for a three-day visit as the diplomatic detente between Washington and Khartoum shows further signs of a thaw.

Sudan's Bashir hails Obama's overture to Islamic world

Sudan's leader welcomed on Monday positive signs sent by U.S. President Barack Obama to the Islamic world, striking a more conciliatory tone toward Washington, seen as an enemy of Khartoum in the past.

Iran replaces head of its largest car maker-media

Iran has replaced the head of partly state-owned Iran Khodro, the Middle East's largest car maker which has a joint venture with France's Renault, Iranian media reported on Tuesday.

Darfur mediator says Bashir warrant imperils talks

An International Criminal Court arrest warrant for Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir may have compromised the quest for peace in Darfur, a U.N. and African Union mediator said on Thursday.

Sudan's Bashir visits Egypt despite ICC warrant

Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir held talks in Cairo on Wednesday with Egypt's president, defying an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes in Darfur.

Two killed in Darfur arson attack: peacekeepers

Armed raiders set fire to a refugee camp in Sudan's Darfur region, killing at least two people, peacekeepers said on Wednesday.

Sudanese President denounces the West

On March 18 A defiant Sudanese president rallied Arab supporters in Darfur by saying no war crimes court or the U.N. Security Council can touch even an eyelash on him even though an international order for his arrest has been issued.

Sudan wants aid groups to stop distributing relief

Sudan's president said on Monday he wanted foreign aid groups to stop distributing aid in Sudan within a year, in an escalation in the country's defiant response to an international war crimes warrant against him.

Kidnapped Darfur aid workers released

Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) aid workers who were kidnapped on Wednesday were freed on Saturday evening; a Sudanese guard who was kidnapped along with them was not released.

Darfur hostages unharmed

On March 13 Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) spokesperson announced that the three foreign aid workers held hostage in war-torn Darfur are ‘in good health’ and unharmed.

Action needed to avoid world water crisis, U.N. says

The world needs to act urgently to avoid a global water crisis due to increased population, rising living standards, dietary changes and more biofuels production, the United Nations warned on Thursday.

International aid workers kidnapped in Darfur

Three international aid workers from Medecins Sans Frontieres have been kidnapped in Darfur, officials said on Thursday, further complicating humanitarian operations in Sudan's west.