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Abdelrazik presses for records that tell full story of his detention in Sudan

The Canadian PressApril 29, 2013 15:02
OTTAWA - A Montreal man who believes Canada's spy agency had a hand in keeping him behind bars in Khartoum is pressing the Sudanese government for documentation about his case. Abousfian Abdelrazik, flanked by about a dozen supporters, hand-delivered a letter Monday to the Embassy of Sudan in Ottawa seeking records that might reveal the full role Canada played in his ordeal. Abdelrazik, 51, also wants the Canadian government to disclose memos that would answer lingering questions, and to make amends for his overseas detention and torture over alleged terrorist ties.

Fear and anger follow Sudanese rebel strike

Agence France-PresseApril 28, 2013 08:15
Fear and anger on Sunday followed a Sudanese rebel strike on a major town residents said had been left unguarded and was hit during coordinated attacks in the insurgents' most audacious act in years. In Umm Rawaba, a previously peaceful community of thousands which bore the brunt of Saturday's attack, residents said about 300 youths stoned a convoy carrying North Kordofan state governor Murghani Hussein Zaki-Adeen, and federal Electricity Minister Osama Abdullah Mohammed.

Clashes after Sudan farm protester dies

Agence France-PresseApril 27, 2013 11:00
Sudanese police clashed for a second day on Saturday with citizens objecting to an agricultural development after one protester died from his injuries, a resident said. The victim "died because of injuries as a result of clashes with police yesterday," said the resident of the Om Doum neighbourhood along the Blue Nile River in east Khartoum. He asked not to be identified. "Now the people of the area are blocking the road and they are clashing with police," he said.

African political parties meet to boost 'unity'

Agence France-PresseApril 27, 2013 10:00
Political parties from 35 African nations began meeting in Khartoum on Saturday to create a joint forum that will further unify the continent, Sudanese officials said. "I suggest this meeting will be one of the basic steps to complete the unity of Africa," Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir told the opening session of the two-day gathering. He said Africa has not had proportionate representation in international forums despite the continent's history and its population of more than one billion. Delegates plan to form the first Council of African Political Parties.

Sudan police, residents clash over farm project

Agence France-PresseApril 26, 2013 19:01
Residents objecting to an agricultural development in the Sudanese capital clashed with police on Friday leaving some people injured, both sides said. About 400 demonstrators blocked the main street and set tyres alight after weekly prayers in the Om Doum neighbourhood along the Blue Nile River in east Khartoum, residents said. "They feel this land belongs to their area but the government gave it to Gulf investors for agricultural projects," one resident told AFP.

Sudan police break up protest against land sale to Arab investors

April 26, 2013 18:30
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese police used tear gas and batons to break up a protest of more than 250 people on Friday demanding that the government revoke the sale of farming land to Gulf Arab investors, witnesses said. Protesters blocked the main road of Um Dum outside the capital Khartoum to urge the government to give them land in the area instead of to investors planning an agricultural project there, the witnesses said.

'Mani-pedis' for the people in Nigeria's mega-city

Agence France-PresseApril 22, 2013 00:15
A comfortable salon may be the ideal place to have a manicure-pedicure, but in Nigeria's sprawling economic capital, the curb above a open sewer works just fine. The roadside 'mani-pedi' is something of a Lagos institution and one of many examples of how residents in the mega-city of 15 million people defy what could be considered personal grooming norms. Privately tailored suits delivered to your home or office are a luxury reserved for the wealthy in some cultures, but in Lagos, many in the middle class are also in regular contact with their personal clothier.

UN calls for end to Central African Republic violence

Agence France-PresseApril 20, 2013 20:31
The United Nations has urged Central African Republic Prime Minister Nicolas Tiangaye to restore security in the strife-torn nation, a UN spokesman said on Saturday. At a meeting in Cameroon, top UN official Jeffrey Feltman passed on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's "deep concern over the alarming situation regarding security and human rights in the country," UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said.

UN calls for end to Central African Republic violence

Agence France-PresseApril 20, 2013 20:31
The United Nations is urging Central African Republic Prime Minister Nicolas Tiangaye to restore security in the strife-torn nation, a UN spokesman said Saturday. At a meeting in Cameroon, top UN official Jeffrey Feltman passed on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's "deep concern over the alarming situation regarding security and human rights in the country," UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said.

Freed French hostages leave Cameroon for home with French minister rek-xbs/bm

Agence France-PresseApril 19, 2013 17:46
A French family of seven released after being held by an Islamist group in Nigeria for two months left Yaounde for France late Friday in the aircraft of French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. The Moulin-Fournier family headed for home with the minister who came to meet them in the Cameroon capital earlier in the day and met with Cameroon President Paul Biya. rek-xbs/plh/bm/jj
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