Peace plans fail in Delta oil wars

By Jacques Lhuillery, AFP LAGOS - With unrest in the Niger Delta cutting into oil output, the Nigerian government has made peace efforts a priority, but has little to show for its first year - and little chance of a quick breakthrough. Its efforts suffered a major setback in. . . .

26 killed in Somalia fighting

AFP MOGADISHU - At least 26 people, mainly combatants, were killed today in fighting between Ethiopian forces and Islamist insurgents in central Somalia, residents said. The insurgents ambushed an Ethiopian army convoy travelling from the Guguriel near the Somali border to. . . .

Oil workers end strike in Nigeria

AFP LAGOS - Nigerian senior oil workers with Chevron called off a week-long strike against the US group, a union official said today. "We suspended the action yesterday following the intervention of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)," a spokesman for the. . . .

AU urges UN force in Somalia

By Emmanuel Goujon, AFP SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt - The African Union (AU) announced today that it was extending the mandate of its force in Somalia for another six months but urged the United Nations (UN) to take over the peacekeeping mission. The bloc's 15-member Peace and. . . .

Tsvangirai leaves embassy

AFP THE HAGUE - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has left the Dutch embassy in Harare, where he sought refuge more than a week ago, the Dutch foreign ministry said today. "He left yesterday morning. He wants to do his regular work from home," ministry spokesman Bart. . . .