Hausa News from around the world updated hourly. http://www.learn-how-to-speak.com en-us News newsManager v4.04.2961 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:16:51 CST 60 NIAMEY, March 11 (Reuters) - Niger's ruling military junta has sacked the West African country's eight regional governors -- all political supporters of the previous regime -- and replaced them with soldiers. The move announced late Wednesday tightens the junta's grip on power in the uranium-producing nation after it toppled former president Mamadou Tandja in a spectacular raid in the capital http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=12s2po20f/%2Ahttp%253A//www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews%26articleid=7787848%26subject=markets%26action=article Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:42:30 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=12s2po20f/%2Ahttp%253A//www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews%26articleid=7787848%26subject=markets%26action=article NIAMEY, Niger, March 11 (UPI) -- Iranian diplomats are reported to have quit the capital of the rickety West African state of Niger following a military coup that toppled President Mamadou Tandja. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=13ivmg5g8/%2Ahttp%253A//www.upi.com/ScienceNews/Resource-Wars/2010/03/11/Iranians-leave-uranium-rich-Niger/UPI-89241268338605/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:18:55 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=13ivmg5g8/%2Ahttp%253A//www.upi.com/ScienceNews/Resource-Wars/2010/03/11/Iranians-leave-uranium-rich-Niger/UPI-89241268338605/ Abuja - Ministry of the Niger Delta Affairs has resumed bidding for the construction of the skills acquisition centres in Abia, Cross River, Imo and Rivers States and the dualisation of Obehia-Akwete-Azumini-Ukanafu Road respectively. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=11itjb6cn/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003110479.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:16:03 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=11itjb6cn/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003110479.html Ghana midfield ace Michael Essien has been named in a 16-man list for the inaugural West Africa Football Union Award. According to the organisers, the award, tagged "Best of the Best", will be presented to any player from west Africa who performs exceptionally during the year under review. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=13pu5u4g0/%2Ahttp%253A//www.goal.com/en/news/89/africa/2010/03/11/1826794/chelsea-ghanas-michael-essien-contests-wafu-best-of-the-best Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:52:28 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=13pu5u4g0/%2Ahttp%253A//www.goal.com/en/news/89/africa/2010/03/11/1826794/chelsea-ghanas-michael-essien-contests-wafu-best-of-the-best Watchers of the post amnesty programme truly heaved a sigh of relief when the Acting President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan told the nation that his administration was determined to give more than lip service to the programme that resulted in the cessation of hostilities between the Federal Government and the restive youths in the Niger Delta region. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=11id3e2ig/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003110133.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:50:04 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=11id3e2ig/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003110133.html ABUJA, Nigeria, March 11 (UPI) -- The supply of power in Nigeria will likely remain static despite a decision by Shell to close two natural gas plants, Nigerian officials said Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=13hg3sep3/%2Ahttp%253A//www.upi.com/ScienceNews/Resource-Wars/2010/03/11/Nigeria-downplays-Shell-shutdown/UPI-94181268316973/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:16:03 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=13hg3sep3/%2Ahttp%253A//www.upi.com/ScienceNews/Resource-Wars/2010/03/11/Nigeria-downplays-Shell-shutdown/UPI-94181268316973/ Source: Reuters * Security worries still a concern for Niger tourism * Efforts to promote the safer south By David Lewis LAMANTIN ISLAND, Niger, March 11 (Reuters) - Joel Sauze was just readying his new eco- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=11qa358d8/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE62229T.htm Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:16:03 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=11qa358d8/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE62229T.htm HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - March 11, 2010) - ERHC Energy Inc. ( OTCBB : ERHE ), a publicly traded American company with oil and gas assets in the highly prospective Gulf of Guinea off the coast of West Africa, today announced that its Annual Shareholders Meeting will be held at 3:00 p.m. Central Time on April 27, 2010. The meeting will be held at The Renaissance Houston Hotel, 6 Greenway Plaza http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=1236hhk1k/%2Ahttp%253A//www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=1130681%26sourceType=3 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:16:48 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=1236hhk1k/%2Ahttp%253A//www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=1130681%26sourceType=3 A decade after his high-profile dream to develop the Kingstream Steel iron ore and steel mill project in the Mid-West collapsed, Nik Zuks is putting finishing touches to the $US556 million ($606 million) float of a company proposing an equally grand venture in West Africa. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=13524uihd/%2Ahttp%253A//au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/business/a/-/wa/6924532/zuks-unveils-606m-guinea-iron-ore-float/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:16:48 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=13524uihd/%2Ahttp%253A//au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/business/a/-/wa/6924532/zuks-unveils-606m-guinea-iron-ore-float/ FALLBROOK Fallbrook AAUW members took a field trip to the City Terrace Farmers Market in City Heights to support legal refugees brought here with the approval of the U.S. State Department and the United Nations. The refugees are from a variety of countries including, but not limited to, Benin in West Africa, Kenya, El Salvador, Iraq, Afghanistan, Honduras and Mexico.Donated items were delivered http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=11egv5d2e/%2Ahttp%253A//www.thevillagenews.com/story/46120/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:16:48 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=11egv5d2e/%2Ahttp%253A//www.thevillagenews.com/story/46120/ Last Sunday the world woke to news of ethnic and religious violence in Jos, central Nigeria. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=12ti9brro/%2Ahttp%253A//www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/03/11/nigeria.tolu.ogunlesi/index.html?section=cnnlatest Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:16:03 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=12ti9brro/%2Ahttp%253A//www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/03/11/nigeria.tolu.ogunlesi/index.html?section=cnnlatest JOS, Nigeria -Dressed in black and carrying wooden crosses, thousands of women marched Thursday in Nigerian city of Jos to express grief at a new bout of sectarian carnage and anger at the failure to stop it. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=121fibpem/%2Ahttp%253A//www.malaysianmirror.com/foreigndetail/10-foreign/33511 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:35:28 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=121fibpem/%2Ahttp%253A//www.malaysianmirror.com/foreigndetail/10-foreign/33511 Christians and Muslims once shared their lives together in Nigeria's fertile central belt, buying each other's goods in mixed neighborhoods and cultivating each other's farms across a sun-baked plateau. But growing religious hatred, political and ethnic... Nigeria - Africa - Muslim - Christian - Religion http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hausa%2522/SIG=12sdcuca1/%2Ahttp%253A//www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/03/11/international/i033737S43.DTL Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:16:03 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hausa%2522/SIG=12sdcuca1/%2Ahttp%253A//www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/03/11/international/i033737S43.DTL Nigeria may seek the assistance of the United Nations to compel Cameroon to implement the Green Tree Agreement which set the implementation of the judgement of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ceding the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=11k0vnhqs/%2Ahttp%253A//www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=168404 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:16:48 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=11k0vnhqs/%2Ahttp%253A//www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=168404 Source: Reuters * Police say have made 200 arrests * Charges include possession of firearms, breaking curfew * Local government, military trade blame By Shuaibu Mohammed JOS, Nigeria, March 11 (Reuters) - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=11qf1huik/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE62A1N8.htm Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:16:03 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=11qf1huik/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE62A1N8.htm The United States on Thursday highlighted flagrant human rights abuses in 2009 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Nigeria and Sudan, three conflict-ridden African countries. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=12kogum9q/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100311/wlafricaafp/usrightsafrica20100311231215 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:16:48 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=12kogum9q/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100311/wlafricaafp/usrightsafrica20100311231215 About 200 people have been arrested and 49 charged with murder after massacres at three Christian villages at the weekend, police in Nigeria said yesterday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=1290oc8sn/%2Ahttp%253A//www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article7059007.ece Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:25:39 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=1290oc8sn/%2Ahttp%253A//www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article7059007.ece Source: IRIN A severe food and malnutrition crisis is looming in Niger, according to aid agencies. More than 20,000 under-five children are being treated for malnutrition nationwide and at least another 200,000 are at risk of severe malnutrition, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=12mhqef3u/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/a3206ba2fd62c8a22b226ce3aa47c6ba.htm Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:24:04 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=12mhqef3u/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/a3206ba2fd62c8a22b226ce3aa47c6ba.htm Accra, March 10, GNA - The Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (MEST) is about reviewing the National Environmental Policy which would commence the implementation of appropriate strategies on waste management across the country. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522accra%2522/SIG=12b140mmt/%2Ahttp%253A//www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=178259 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:54:46 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522accra%2522/SIG=12b140mmt/%2Ahttp%253A//www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=178259 Encroachers of state lands, especially, in Accra, are soon going to come face-to-face with the full rigours of the law, following recommendations by the Lands Commission to government on the level of encroachment of public lands. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522accra%2522/SIG=12busho77/%2Ahttp%253A//www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=178271 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:09:50 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522accra%2522/SIG=12busho77/%2Ahttp%253A//www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=178271 Accra March 11, GNA - The Accra District Branch of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG) on Wednesday sent a petition to the Government about the Single Spine Pay Policy (SSPP). The petition said it was against the manner by which the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) was handling the SSPP. The Chairman of CLOGSAG, Mr. George Mensah, who read the petition at a http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522accra%2522/SIG=12bmrk24f/%2Ahttp%253A//www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=178287 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:37:50 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522accra%2522/SIG=12bmrk24f/%2Ahttp%253A//www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=178287 The government in Niger on Wednesday appealed for massive emergency aid to avert a food crisis that threatens more than half of the population of the arid west African country. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=12oiqodq5/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100310/wlafricaafp/nigerfoodappealaid20100310183924 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:16:25 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=12oiqodq5/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100310/wlafricaafp/nigerfoodappealaid20100310183924 TORONTO - Gold production from West Africa is set to rise about 30 percent over the next 4 years, driven largely by higher output from Randgold and Iamgold , a top executive of metals consultancy GFMS said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=13qka824b/%2Ahttp%253A//www.khaleejtimes.com/biz/inside.asp?xfile=/data/business/2010/March/businessMarch243.xml%26section=business%26col= Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:16:45 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=13qka824b/%2Ahttp%253A//www.khaleejtimes.com/biz/inside.asp?xfile=/data/business/2010/March/businessMarch243.xml%26section=business%26col= Fears that sectarian violence could spread across Nigeria increased yesterday after it emerged that militia leaders from Jos, where at least 200 people were massacred on Sunday, had been attempting to buy arms in the restive Niger Delta just prior to the attack. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=13nn36fr2/%2Ahttp%253A//www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/militias-hunt-for-guns-renews-fears-of-nigeria-violence-1919473.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:16:25 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=13nn36fr2/%2Ahttp%253A//www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/militias-hunt-for-guns-renews-fears-of-nigeria-violence-1919473.html Source: Reuters NIAMEY, March 10 (Reuters) - Niger needs $123 million in international aid to combat the risk of food shortages this year, the northwest African country's prime minister said on Wednesday. Niger's http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=11qo3qmk4/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE62917G.htm Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:09:46 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=11qo3qmk4/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE62917G.htm In order to ensure that Cameroon makes an honourable participation in the tournament, the Cameroon handball federation organised competitions for the youths in Douala and Garoua to detect young talents. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522yaound%25C3%25A9%2522/SIG=11is5v8u4/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003100789.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:38:48 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522yaound%25C3%25A9%2522/SIG=11is5v8u4/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003100789.html JOS (Nigeria) - POPE Benedict XVI on Wednesday denounced the 'atrocious' bloodshed in Nigeria after a massacre of Christian villagers, as police said 49 people would be charged over the killings. As new gunfire added to the tensions around the flashpoint city of Jos, the head of the Roman Catholic Church added his voice to a chorus of international revulsion over the weekend slaughter which http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=12dhaqdq1/%2Ahttp%253A//www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory500624.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:16:25 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=12dhaqdq1/%2Ahttp%253A//www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory500624.html Women react to the sight of dead bodies in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria. More than 200 people, most of them Christians, were slaughtered on Sunday in central Nigeria, according to residents, aid groups and journalists. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hausa%2522/SIG=13q99idcl/%2Ahttp%253A//www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/editorial/14-massacre-in-nigeria-030-zj-09 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:16:45 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hausa%2522/SIG=13q99idcl/%2Ahttp%253A//www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/editorial/14-massacre-in-nigeria-030-zj-09 The umbrella body of militants in the Niger Delta, the Joint Revolutionary Council , has called for the removal of the Minister of Niger Delta, Chief Ufot Ekaette, for alleged duplication of development projects in the Niger Delta, some of which had already been started by other development agencies. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=11kf07evi/%2Ahttp%253A//www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=168226 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:15:01 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=11kf07evi/%2Ahttp%253A//www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=168226 Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta , by the photojournalist Ed Kashi, documents the consequences of 50 years of oil extraction in the Niger delta. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=12mm55kj8/%2Ahttp%253A//www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2010/mar/05/curse-black-gold-nigeria Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:29:53 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=12mm55kj8/%2Ahttp%253A//www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2010/mar/05/curse-black-gold-nigeria OT Africa Line (OTAL) has introduced a number of changes to its Europe/West Africa mainline and feeder services as it attempts to reduce transit times and raise the integrity of its various loops. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=11uudtd5s/%2Ahttp%253A//www.ci-online.co.uk/news/showNews.asp?NewsID=27082 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:09:02 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=11uudtd5s/%2Ahttp%253A//www.ci-online.co.uk/news/showNews.asp?NewsID=27082 (RTTNews) - A Spanish aid worker held hostage since late year by suspected Islamic militants in West Africa has been released by her captives in Mali on Wednesday, according to Spanish officials and local news reports. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=11ls3fq4d/%2Ahttp%253A//news.ino.com/headlines/?newsid=31020101360 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:43:51 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=11ls3fq4d/%2Ahttp%253A//news.ino.com/headlines/?newsid=31020101360 The U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Monday warned of an impending "health disaster facing developing countries if wealthy nations fail to control drugs," Agence France-Presse reports. During a speech delivered in Vienna, UNODC Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa pointed to "increasing use of heroin in East Africa, cocaine in West Africa, and synthetic drugs in the Middle East and http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=13qk2mlrd/%2Ahttp%253A//www.news-medical.net/news/20100310/UN-official-addresses-increasing-drug-addiction-in-developing-countries.aspx Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:16:45 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=13qk2mlrd/%2Ahttp%253A//www.news-medical.net/news/20100310/UN-official-addresses-increasing-drug-addiction-in-developing-countries.aspx US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged Nigeria to arrest and try those responsible for killing hundreds of people near the city of Jos. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hausa%2522/SIG=12eo4knjp/%2Ahttp%253A//testing.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=1%26aid=787%26dir=2010/March/Wednesday10 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:16:25 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hausa%2522/SIG=12eo4knjp/%2Ahttp%253A//testing.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=1%26aid=787%26dir=2010/March/Wednesday10 Source: Reuters * At least one dead as soldiers enforce curfew * Fears of retaliation keep city on edge * Pope calls on authorities to work for peace By Shuaibu Mohammed JOS, Nigeria, March 10 (Reuters) - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hausa%2522/SIG=11ql9ulov/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE6291DF.htm Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:59:57 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hausa%2522/SIG=11ql9ulov/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE6291DF.htm Hundreds of protesters in Nigeria's capital are demanding to see the ailing president, who has not appeared publicly since returning from hospital treatment abroad last month. Protesters thronged Abuja's streets Wednesday with a letter demanding the... Nigeria - Abuja - Africa - Government - Embassies and Consulates http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=12sl0ej40/%2Ahttp%253A//www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/03/10/international/i070952S29.DTL Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:31:32 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=12sl0ej40/%2Ahttp%253A//www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/03/10/international/i070952S29.DTL Abuja - ARMED policemen in their hundreds, yesterday, stopped demonstrators organized by the Save Nigeria Group from marching to the Aso Presidential Villa as the Federal Government promised to urgently look into the three-point demand of the group which was submitted to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Alhaji Yayale Ahmed for onward transmission to Acting President http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=11ip45utb/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003101017.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:16:25 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=11ip45utb/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003101017.html Source: IRIN "Empty" increasingly describes the southern Niger town of Tanout in Zinder Region: Water wells and pastures, fields and food banks - and slowly - entire villages, are emptying. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=12mp7fliq/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/5040a5c68831a5f060c6e78a621f2b08.htm Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:38:59 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=12mp7fliq/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/5040a5c68831a5f060c6e78a621f2b08.htm A contingent of NBA players and coaches led by NBA Global Ambassador Dikembe Mutombo will travel to Dakar, Senegal Aug. 5-8 for the eighth edition of Basketball without Borders Africa it was announced today by the National Basketball Association (NBA), the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the Senegalese Basketball Federation (FSBB). http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522dakar%2522/SIG=11u2q23cr/%2Ahttp%253A//www.nba.com/2010/news/03/10/bwb/index.html?rss=true Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:16:21 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522dakar%2522/SIG=11u2q23cr/%2Ahttp%253A//www.nba.com/2010/news/03/10/bwb/index.html?rss=true Action Against Hunger - USA NEW YORK, NY-In response to massive food shortages and staggering acute malnutrition rates in Niger, global humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger | ACF International launched an emergency http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=127h8mv41/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/216709/12682578977.htm Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:16:25 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=127h8mv41/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/216709/12682578977.htm Accra, March 10, GNA - A four-day ECOWAS Parliamentary Committee Meeting opened in Accra with a call on the sub-regional leaders to join the numeric Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) revolution. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522accra%2522/SIG=12b1c3mm3/%2Ahttp%253A//www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=178213 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:16:44 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522accra%2522/SIG=12b1c3mm3/%2Ahttp%253A//www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=178213 OSLO -- Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has received a Letter of Award from an oil and gas company to provide 3D EM data acquisition services offshore West Africa. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=14g1hvhk7/%2Ahttp%253A//www.offshore-mag.com/index/article-display/6037028129/articles/offshore/geology-geophysics/africa/2010/03/boa-galateatoconduct.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:54:02 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=14g1hvhk7/%2Ahttp%253A//www.offshore-mag.com/index/article-display/6037028129/articles/offshore/geology-geophysics/africa/2010/03/boa-galateatoconduct.html allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=11ijvgjv1/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003090489.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:18:35 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=11ijvgjv1/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003090489.html MANASSAS, VA--(Marketwire - March 9, 2010) - Emerging World Pharma Inc. ( PINKSHEETS : EWPI ), an investor in generic based pharmaceutical companies manufacturing within developing nations, has provided an initial investment into a private generic pharmaceutical company located in West Africa. The investment would entitle Emerging World Pharma a percentage of profits obtained from an exclusive http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=123fbrgqi/%2Ahttp%253A//www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=1129008%26sourceType=3 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:15:50 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=123fbrgqi/%2Ahttp%253A//www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=1129008%26sourceType=3 Post-Coup Niger (1) - the Slain Ram Has Risen Again! Two words best describe Niger Republic in the immediate aftermath of the February 18th coup d'etat: relief and uncertainty. Relief that, with President Tandja's controversial Tazarce finally laid to rest, the country could now turn a new leaf. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=11i53v7po/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003090551.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:36:52 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=11i53v7po/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003090551.html JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African sound engineer kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's restive Niger Delta oil region has been released, his employer television company M-Net said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=145kuj0t9/%2Ahttp%253A//thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/3/9/worldupdates/2010-03-09T144411Z01NOOTRRTRMDNC0-467671-1%26sec=Worldupdates Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:46:17 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=145kuj0t9/%2Ahttp%253A//thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/3/9/worldupdates/2010-03-09T144411Z01NOOTRRTRMDNC0-467671-1%26sec=Worldupdates Source: Reuters By Nick Tattersall LAGOS, March 9 (Reuters) - Uncertainty over Nigeria's presidential succession, violence along a major ethnic fault line, and the risk of fresh unrest in the oil-producing Niger http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=11qebma3d/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE6281WK.htm Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:15:50 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=11qebma3d/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE6281WK.htm Lagos - Bena, a Niger Delta indigene, lost his mum when Nigerian soldiers burned his village to weed out Militants. He lost his uncle, a Shell employee, when the Militants blew up a Shell facility. His adolescent sisters were raped by Militants and Joint Military Tax Force soldiers. Bena has no job. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=11i5bd06p/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003090476.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:10:20 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=11i5bd06p/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003090476.html The Niger Delta in Nigeria is a battleground. Struggles rage over who controls the country's wealth, which is based on oil. One armed group attacks an oil installation and kidnaps several Western oil workers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=11ldcnvj4/%2Ahttp%253A//www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=20487 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:15:50 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=11ldcnvj4/%2Ahttp%253A//www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=20487 DAKAR, 9 March 2010 (IRIN) - A polio vaccination campaign in the violence-wracked central Nigerian city of Jos has been delayed until 13 March due to the violence and a recent health worker strike, aid workers said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522dakar%2522/SIG=11m7ip7s8/%2Ahttp%253A//www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=88369 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:15:50 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522dakar%2522/SIG=11m7ip7s8/%2Ahttp%253A//www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=88369 Survivors say Christian villagers were trapped in nets and hacked to death by Muslim herdsman in attacks with ethnic and religious overtones. Death estimates vary wildly, from 200 to 500. Reporting from Ratsat, Dogo Nahawa, Nigeria, and Lagos, Nigeria -- The victims of Sunday's sectarian massacres were buried in mass graves in central Nigeria on Monday as survivors told horrific stories of http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hausa%2522/SIG=13d130k1f/%2Ahttp%253A//www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-nigeria-violence9-2010mar09%2C0%2C6972235.story?track=rss Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:23:06 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hausa%2522/SIG=13d130k1f/%2Ahttp%253A//www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-nigeria-violence9-2010mar09%2C0%2C6972235.story?track=rss Nigeria may seek to increase its OPEC oil production quota if output remains free from militant disruption, an official from state-owned Nigeria National Petroleum Corp. said today. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=124r9jrgq/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601207%26sid=alfuEUvqIDFw Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:15:50 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=124r9jrgq/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601207%26sid=alfuEUvqIDFw Lagos - This newspaper sheds no tears for Mamadou Tandja, the erstwhile dictator of the Republic of Niger. We award no garlands to his captors either. Rather our heartfelt sympathy goes to the poverty-stricken masses of Niger who have had to endure one tyranny after another. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=11io4kj44/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003090313.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:05:13 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=11io4kj44/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003090313.html Accra, March 9, GNA - An Accra Circuit court on Tuesday remanded Nana Kofi Yirenkyi (a.k.a "Jesus One Touch"), Founder and General Overseer of Jesus Blood Ministry at Oblogo in Greater Accra for allegedly having sex with his 10-year-old daughter. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522accra%2522/SIG=12b9df2gh/%2Ahttp%253A//www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=178178 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:15:49 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522accra%2522/SIG=12b9df2gh/%2Ahttp%253A//www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=178178 Nigeria fraught with tensions between Christians and Muslims, and called on the government to bring the perpetrators of the killings to justice. Navi Pillay, the http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hausa%2522/SIG=124i35aep/%2Ahttp%253A//feeds.malaysianews.net/?rid=32949399%26cat=2411cd3571b4f088 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:15:50 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hausa%2522/SIG=124i35aep/%2Ahttp%253A//feeds.malaysianews.net/?rid=32949399%26cat=2411cd3571b4f088 Gangs of machete-wielding Muslims have been blamed for the weekend slaughter of hundreds of Christian villagers in Nigeria, but analysts say it would be wrong to assume the conflict was rooted in religion. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hausa%2522/SIG=137hdsh6b/%2Ahttp%253A//www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/03/09/nigeria.violence.explainer/index.html?section=cnnlatest Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:15:50 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hausa%2522/SIG=137hdsh6b/%2Ahttp%253A//www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/03/09/nigeria.violence.explainer/index.html?section=cnnlatest Hillary Clinton urges Nigeria to arrest and try those responsible for killing hundreds of people near the city of Jos. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hausa%2522/SIG=11qetq0nh/%2Ahttp%253A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/8557072.stm Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:37:42 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hausa%2522/SIG=11qetq0nh/%2Ahttp%253A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/8557072.stm The U.S. government and an international human rights group called Tuesday for Nigeria to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the deaths of more than 200 unarmed people in renewed violence between Christians and Muslims. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=12ankt83o/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100309/aponreaf/afnigeriaviolence17 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:25:00 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=12ankt83o/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100309/aponreaf/afnigeriaviolence17 Christian villagers in Nigeria fled their homes following threats of new attacks in the aftermath of a massacre, despite the presence Tuesday of troops designed to restore calm to the region. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=12caiisfg/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100309/wlafp/nigeriaunrest20100309183852 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:10:51 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=12caiisfg/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100309/wlafp/nigeriaunrest20100309183852 Nigeria on Tuesday faced international calls to bring to justice killer mobs armed with guns and knives who massacred hundreds of villagers in the country's rural heartland. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=12tpj789r/%2Ahttp%253A//www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/03/09/nigeria.violence/index.html?section=cnnlatest Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:15:50 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=12tpj789r/%2Ahttp%253A//www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/03/09/nigeria.violence/index.html?section=cnnlatest Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has received $960,000 from the Qatari government to help solve the current food crisis in Niger. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=13ia7n8pk/%2Ahttp%253A//www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cuno=2%26itemno=347817%26version=1%26templateid=36%26parentid=16 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:47:49 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=13ia7n8pk/%2Ahttp%253A//www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cuno=2%26itemno=347817%26version=1%26templateid=36%26parentid=16 Five soldiers and three attackers were killed in a skirmish at a military post in western Niger, the country's government said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=12l3gh21t/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100309/wlafricaafp/nigermaliattack20100309211753 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:08:11 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522niger%2522/SIG=12l3gh21t/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100309/wlafricaafp/nigermaliattack20100309211753 Luanda - The Confederation of African Footballl (CAF) will meet on Wednesday in Accra (Ghana) to rule on the complaint lodged recently by Angola's Recreativo do Libolo team, over irregular registration of two players of Rwandan APR club. Angop learnt the information from a reliable source on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522accra%2522/SIG=11ivqvrk9/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003090862.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:15:49 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522accra%2522/SIG=11ivqvrk9/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003090862.html Emirates to launch Dakar service http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522dakar%2522/SIG=120h6cgo3/%2Ahttp%253A//www.menafn.com/qnnewsstorys.asp?StoryId=1093312194 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:20:17 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522dakar%2522/SIG=120h6cgo3/%2Ahttp%253A//www.menafn.com/qnnewsstorys.asp?StoryId=1093312194 Accra, March 9, GNA - The GSE All-Share Index, the benchmark measure= , dipped 91.63 points at 5,747.02 points from 5,838.65 points on Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) loss. The loss brings the year to date gain down to 3.13 per cent. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522accra%2522/SIG=12bjp57cv/%2Ahttp%253A//www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=178166 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:15:49 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522accra%2522/SIG=12bjp57cv/%2Ahttp%253A//www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=178166 Crown Prince Naruhito arrived Sunday afternoon in Ghana's capital Accra on the first leg of an official visit to the West African country and Kenya.. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522accra%2522/SIG=12ie5mg9l/%2Ahttp%253A//www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/crown-prince-arrives-in-ghana Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:39:54 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522accra%2522/SIG=12ie5mg9l/%2Ahttp%253A//www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/crown-prince-arrives-in-ghana CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) - Guinea's interim leaders say a presidential election will be held June 27 in the West African country. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522conakry%2522/SIG=11jfvju90/%2Ahttp%253A//www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=12100769 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:16:26 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522conakry%2522/SIG=11jfvju90/%2Ahttp%253A//www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=12100769 Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has received a Letter of Award from an oil and gas company to provide 3D EM data acquisition services offshore West Africa http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=14o4sdlre/%2Ahttp%253A//www.oilonline.com/News/NewsArticles/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/29826/EMGS-awarded-survey-worth-USD-5-million-offshore-West-Africa.aspx Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:44:54 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=14o4sdlre/%2Ahttp%253A//www.oilonline.com/News/NewsArticles/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/29826/EMGS-awarded-survey-worth-USD-5-million-offshore-West-Africa.aspx Salt is precious in poverty-stricken coastal West Africa, but conservation experts say efforts to extract it are laying waste to mangrove swamps, causing erosion and ravaging fish stocks. In Sierra Leone, one of Africa's poorest nations still recovering from a 1991-2002 civil war, lawmakers are preparing a bill to join a seven-nation charter to protect the region's mangrove forests. Conservation http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=11dcuo58u/%2Ahttp%253A//www.enn.com/wildlife/article/41077 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:16:27 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=11dcuo58u/%2Ahttp%253A//www.enn.com/wildlife/article/41077 DAKAR (AFP) - Senegalese film director Mahama Johnson Traore, a founder of the Ouagadougou Pan-African Cinema Festival, died Monday after a long illness, aged 68, Senegalese filmmakers said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522dakar%2522/SIG=12jbr0jln/%2Ahttp%253A//ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/100308/world/senegalfilmafricajohnsontraore1 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:03:00 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522dakar%2522/SIG=12jbr0jln/%2Ahttp%253A//ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/100308/world/senegalfilmafricajohnsontraore1 Source: Reuters * West Africa mangroves destroyed for firewood to make salt * Sierra Leone joins efforts to save mangroves * Region's fisheries, coastline at risk By Felicity Thompson FOBO, Sierra Leone, http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=11ql0jr3l/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE62607R.htm Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:16:27 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=11ql0jr3l/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE62607R.htm Source: Reuters CONAKRY, March 8 (Reuters) - Guinea will hold presidential elections on June 27, its government said on Monday, in an attempt to solve the political crisis that has persisted in the West African http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522conakry%2522/SIG=11qq2j21o/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE62716Y.htm Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:29:21 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522conakry%2522/SIG=11qq2j21o/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE62716Y.htm ABUJA, Nigeria, March 8 (UPI) -- A new frenzy of religious warfare in central Nigeria in which machete-wielding Islamic extremists massacred scores of Christians has added a dangerous dimension to the political crisis gripping the oil-rich West African state. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=13gcihp5l/%2Ahttp%253A//www.upi.com/TopNews/Special/2010/03/08/Religious-fighting-deepens-Nigeria-crisis/UPI-52721268070192/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:49:29 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=13gcihp5l/%2Ahttp%253A//www.upi.com/TopNews/Special/2010/03/08/Religious-fighting-deepens-Nigeria-crisis/UPI-52721268070192/ Hundreds slaughtered in Nigeria including infants in latest religious violence flare-up Nigeria - Africa - Government - Jos - Muslim http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=11tjqbde8/%2Ahttp%253A//abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=10038896 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:16:15 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=11tjqbde8/%2Ahttp%253A//abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=10038896 JOS, Nigeria | Rioters armed with machetes slaughtered more than 200 people overnight Sunday as religious violence flared anew between Christians and Muslims in central Nigeria, witnesses said. Hundreds of people fled their homes, fearing reprisal attacks. The bodies of the dead - including many women and children - lined dusty streets in three mostly Christian villages south of the regional http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hausa%2522/SIG=132vfgt59/%2Ahttp%253A//www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/08/hundreds-killed-in-religious-riots-in-nigeria/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:16:26 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hausa%2522/SIG=132vfgt59/%2Ahttp%253A//www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/08/hundreds-killed-in-religious-riots-in-nigeria/ Volta Resources Inc. announces significant copper-gold intercepts from its 27 hole, 2,408 meter Reverse Circulation drilling program recently completed at the Gongondy deposit, on its 100% owned Gaoua copper-gold porphyry project in southern Burkina Faso, West Africa. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522ouagadougou%2522/SIG=120urt971/%2Ahttp%253A//biz.yahoo.com/cnw/100308/voltaburkinafaso.html?.v=1 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:00:00 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522ouagadougou%2522/SIG=120urt971/%2Ahttp%253A//biz.yahoo.com/cnw/100308/voltaburkinafaso.html?.v=1 Bellzone Mining Plc ("Bellzone" or the "Company"), an iron ore exploration and development company, with 100% owned assets in Guinea, West Africa, is seeking to raise approximately US$100 million and admit to trading on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange with ticker "BZM", this spring. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=12ltmmpun/%2Ahttp%253A//www.mineweb.net/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page674?oid=100553%26sn=Detail%26pid=1 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:16:27 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=12ltmmpun/%2Ahttp%253A//www.mineweb.net/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page674?oid=100553%26sn=Detail%26pid=1 Explorer Noble Mineral Resources Ltd has increased its estimated resource at its Bibiani gold mine in West Africa. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=1396dkt6c/%2Ahttp%253A//news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-business/noble-increases-resource-estimate-20100309-pu1h.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:16:16 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522west%2Bafrica%2522/SIG=1396dkt6c/%2Ahttp%253A//news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-business/noble-increases-resource-estimate-20100309-pu1h.html LAGOS, Nigeria (CDN) - An uneasy calm prevailed in Plateau state, Nigeria today following the killing of hundreds of Christians early Sunday morning in three farming villages near Jos by ethnic Fulani Muslims. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hausa%2522/SIG=11ptq49ar/%2Ahttp%253A//www.crosswalk.com/news/religiontoday/11627251/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:13:40 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522hausa%2522/SIG=11ptq49ar/%2Ahttp%253A//www.crosswalk.com/news/religiontoday/11627251/ First Bank of Nigeria Plc, the country's biggest by market value, said the Supreme Court overturned a prior judgement against former Chief Executive Officer Bernard Longe. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=124ss8ec1/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601116%26sid=aiBRpLT2mSvM Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:16:27 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=124ss8ec1/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601116%26sid=aiBRpLT2mSvM JOS, Nigeria -Nigerian troops were patrolling villages near the northern city of Jos Tuesday after the massacre of more than 500 Christians there that sparked international shock and outrage. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=121bn206j/%2Ahttp%253A//www.malaysianmirror.com/foreigndetail/10-foreign/33151 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:16:15 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=121bn206j/%2Ahttp%253A//www.malaysianmirror.com/foreigndetail/10-foreign/33151 Villagers in central Nigeria buried dozens of bodies, including those of women and children, in a mass grave on Monday after attacks in which several hundred people were feared to have been killed. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=122odtk7k/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100308/wlnm/usnigeriaclashes9 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:12:26 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=122odtk7k/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100308/wlnm/usnigeriaclashes9 Dozens of villagers in central Nigeria were killed early Sunday, victims of apparent reprisal attacks over recent clashes between Christians and Muslims. A government spokesman said there were more than 300 dead, but that figure that could not be independently verified. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522dakar%2522/SIG=131g5p28s/%2Ahttp%253A//www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/mar/07/sectarian-clashes-kill-dozens-central-nigeria/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:42 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522dakar%2522/SIG=131g5p28s/%2Ahttp%253A//www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/mar/07/sectarian-clashes-kill-dozens-central-nigeria/ The central city of Jos is on high alert after Sunday's violence in Nigeria in which a late-night attack by herdsmen killed up to 500 people from nearby farming villages. The attack has been seen as a reprisal for attacks in January, in which about 300 herdsmen were killed by youths from the farming community. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=11ofci24q/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100308/wlcsm/2857151 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:15:00 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=11ofci24q/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100308/wlcsm/2857151 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Monday on Nigeria to find and punish those responsible for the killings of more than 500 Christians in a wave of sectarian slaughter. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=12eav06fk/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100308/plafp/nigeriaunrestus20100308204220 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:34:47 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522nigeria%2522/SIG=12eav06fk/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100308/plafp/nigeriaunrestus20100308204220 LIBREVILLE (AFP) - Total Gabon, which is majority-owned by French oil giant Total, said Monday its profit plunged 63 percent in 2009 to 141 million dollars (103.5 million euros). http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522libreville%2522/SIG=12ik1lclp/%2Ahttp%253A//ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/100308/world/gabonoilcompanyearningstotal1 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:23:00 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522libreville%2522/SIG=12ik1lclp/%2Ahttp%253A//ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/100308/world/gabonoilcompanyearningstotal1 Los Olivos' Andy Grider is giving the world's most publicized off-road endurance race another shot. As of Tuesday, Grider - along with American rally car driver Robby Gordon - was 10th overall at the Dakar Rally. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522dakar%2522/SIG=121o4r0bs/%2Ahttp%253A//www.syvnews.com/articles/2010/03/08/sports/sport85.txt Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:28:19 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522dakar%2522/SIG=121o4r0bs/%2Ahttp%253A//www.syvnews.com/articles/2010/03/08/sports/sport85.txt