L.A. Times - Africa

U.S.-Iraqi accord shows Muqtada Sadr's diminished clout

Tue, 2 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

The Shiite cleric was once key to keeping Nouri Maliki in power but could use his supporters' street credibility against the prime minister. Now his political future is in doubt.

A lasting image from the parliamentary debate here on the U.S.-Iraqi security plan is of a lawmaker loyal to Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada Sadr sweeping his arm across a table in a rage, hurling books, papers and a vase of flowers onto the floor of the chamber.

World Briefing

Tue, 2 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Pakistan: Militants hit NATO supplies / Brazil: Pledge to reduce Amazon clearing / Guatemala: 17 killed in spat / China: 294,000 infants ill from melamine / The Netherlands: 'Magic' mushrooms banned

PAKISTAN Militants hit NATO supplies

World Briefing

Mon, 1 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Zimbabwe: Cholera death toll mounts / Romania: Leftists appear to win vote / Switzerland: Voters make heroin program permanent / Mideast: Iran, Iraq swap troops' remains / Nigeria: Violence quelled

ZIMBABWE Cholera toll, officially 425, may be higher

Students beat the odds in Somalia

Mon, 1 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Twenty doctors and dozens of teachers will graduate from a university in Somalia this week in the first graduation ceremony for almost two decades in the failed Horn of Africa state.

More than 300 dead in Nigeria rioting

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

The violence began as political clashes after a local election in the town of Jos.

Mobs burned homes, churches and mosques Saturday in a second day of riots, as the death toll rose to more than 300 in the worst sectarian violence in Africa's most populous nation in years.

World briefing

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Cuba: Medvedev visits Fidel Castro / Iraq: Suicide bomber kills at least 12 / China: Wo Weihan is executed

CUBA Medvedev, Castro visit

Congolese refugees enter Uganda by thousands

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

U.N. agency says 13,000 fleeing violence in northeastern Congo have crossed into the neighboring country in 48 hours.

Thousands of civilians fleeing fighting in northeastern Congo streamed into Uganda on Thursday, most after walking several days.

World Briefing

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Iraq: Would-be female suicide bombers surrender, U.S. says / Afghanistan: Suicide car bomber kills 4 / China: Toy workers protest over pay / Congo: 2 mass graves are found / And finally . . . : QE2 ch

IRAQ Women decide against suicide attacks, U.S. says

Referendum on Iraq security pact gains

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Lawmakers say a popular vote on the pact governing U.S. forces will take place next year. The addition to the accord has been a key Sunni Arab demand.

Sunni Arab lawmakers appeared Wednesday to have won their demand for a referendum that would let the public vote on a pact allowing U.S. troops to remain in Iraq for three more years.

World briefing

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Somalia: Ship sunk by India was a Thai vessel / Mexico: 7 bodies found / Pakistan: IMF approves loan / Venezuela: Russian ships arrive / Poland: WW II leader's body exhumed / Britain: Identity card pr

SOMALIA Ship sunk by India was hijacked fishing trawler