Africa

• Egypt refuses to allow Qaddafi Foundation officials entry into Gaza

• Congo considering arrest of 6,000 Rwandan genocide suspects

• New Zimbabwe government in place by end of February

• Ethiopia to generate an additional 1,200 mega watts of hydro power in 2009

• Military junta in Guinea pledges polls before end of year

• Libyan authorities pardon 127 Egyptians prisoners

• Nigerian opposition party urges government for economic rescue package

• Mozambique Government lifts ban on fruit exports

• Microsoft and the Mauritius’s State Informatics Limited provide 10,000 free computers in Mauritius

• Ugandan Government initiates plans to construct a 180 million-liter fuel reservoir in Kampala

• Senegalese leader “firmly” condemns Israeli invasion of Gaza

• Mugabe takes a month long vacation amid fading hopes for a Zimbabwe unity government

• Mugabe rumored to have dismissed 12 ministers as Zimbabwe’s unity government hopes falter

• Morgan Tsvangirai declines invitation by President Robert Mugabe to be sworn into office

• Congolese politician and legislator blames the west for ongoing African conflicts

• Science to be a compulsory subject up to school certificate level in Mauritius

• Piracy and financial constraints stifle growth of Kenya’s local film industry

• Media rights group says Kenyan President has dealt a major blow to press freedom

• African Union to hold extraordinary forum of African finance ministers

• South African flags to fly at half-mast Sunday to honor anti-Apartheid activist

• Ugandan Tourism Climbs Sharply in 2008

• Report Claims Tanzania has reduced its foreign debt by 25% in 3 years

• Armed soldiers raid house of the president of the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea

• Mozambique readies itself for heavy flooding as 6 towns come under threat

• Report Says Drug trafficking in Ethiopia declines 85% in 2008

• Portugal to scrap double taxation for Mozambique and Guinea Bissau

• Ethiopian soldiers have arrested the former Mayor of Mogadishu

• Somali pirates capture an Egyptian cargo ship

• Police in Morocco kill one, arrest 14 illegal African migrants at border post

• Veteran anti-apartheid activist Helen Suzman dies