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All rights reservedFri, 05 Oct 2012 05:14:28 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/africa/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifA strike leader says the body of a mineworker was found near an Anglo American Platinum mine in Rustenburg.http://news.yahoo.com/safrica-body-striking-platinum-miner-found-091447350--finance.htmlFri, 05 Oct 2012 05:14:28 -0400Associated Presssafrica-body-striking-platinum-miner-found-091447350--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/striking-safrican-miners-strength-numbers-172042627--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KLqSHHokg8gnWxDdR0Nj1Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/8cbaf141fa0b091b1d0f6a70670012fd.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 children walk among miners shacks in the Wonderkop settlement next to the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa. The current unrest in the mining industry started in August with the miners staging a wildcat strike that led to a violent confrontation in which police shot and killed 34. More than 70 others were wounded in the worst case of of state-led violence since the end of apartheid. (AP Photo-File)" align="left" title="FILE In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 children walk among miners shacks in the Wonderkop settlement next to the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa. The current unrest in the mining industry started in August with the miners staging a wildcat strike that led to a violent confrontation in which police shot and killed 34. More than 70 others were wounded in the worst case of of state-led violence since the end of apartheid. (AP Photo-File)" border="0" /></a>Carrying a piece of paper threatening him with eviction from a workers&#039; hostel, Robert Asanda pointed to thousands of fellow striking miners who had gathered atop a hill in a symbolic act of defiance against their gold-mining employers in South Africa.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/striking-safrican-miners-strength-numbers-172042627--finance.htmlThu, 04 Oct 2012 13:51:40 -0400Associated Pressstriking-safrican-miners-strength-numbers-172042627--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/striking-safrican-miners-strength-numbers-172042627--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KLqSHHokg8gnWxDdR0Nj1Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/8cbaf141fa0b091b1d0f6a70670012fd.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 children walk among miners shacks in the Wonderkop settlement next to the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa. The current unrest in the mining industry started in August with the miners staging a wildcat strike that led to a violent confrontation in which police shot and killed 34. More than 70 others were wounded in the worst case of of state-led violence since the end of apartheid. (AP Photo-File)" align="left" title="FILE In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 children walk among miners shacks in the Wonderkop settlement next to the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa. The current unrest in the mining industry started in August with the miners staging a wildcat strike that led to a violent confrontation in which police shot and killed 34. More than 70 others were wounded in the worst case of of state-led violence since the end of apartheid. (AP Photo-File)" border="0" /></a>Carrying a piece of paper threatening him with eviction from a workers&#039; hostel, Robert Asanda pointed to thousands of fellow striking miners who had gathered atop a hill in a symbolic act of defiance against their gold-mining employers in South Africa.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ivory-coast-detainees-charge-torture-military-131603108.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DCUUtGVAR.v4AldCHwJXgA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/512f4563f97d061b1d0f6a706700ef66.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2012 file photo, Ivory Coast troops patrol around the Cocody area in the city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Witnesses interviewed by the AP between Sept. 26 and Sept. 28, 2012 charge that Ivory Coast&#039;s military is torturing scores of people accused of taking part in recent attacks. The roundup of detainees is in response to a series of attacks on Ivory Coast&#039;s military that have sparked fears of renewed violence in the West African country.(AP Photo/Emanuel Ekra, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2012 file photo, Ivory Coast troops patrol around the Cocody area in the city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Witnesses interviewed by the AP between Sept. 26 and Sept. 28, 2012 charge that Ivory Coast&#039;s military is torturing scores of people accused of taking part in recent attacks. The roundup of detainees is in response to a series of attacks on Ivory Coast&#039;s military that have sparked fears of renewed violence in the West African country.(AP Photo/Emanuel Ekra, File)" border="0" /></a>The soldiers lined up the detainees in a row on the grass in the middle of the night and beat them with sticks. Other times, soldiers struck the prisoners with belts and rifles so hard the welts lasted for weeks.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/ivory-coast-detainees-charge-torture-military-131603108.htmlThu, 04 Oct 2012 12:23:49 -0400Associated Pressivory-coast-detainees-charge-torture-military-131603108<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ivory-coast-detainees-charge-torture-military-131603108.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DCUUtGVAR.v4AldCHwJXgA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/512f4563f97d061b1d0f6a706700ef66.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2012 file photo, Ivory Coast troops patrol around the Cocody area in the city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Witnesses interviewed by the AP between Sept. 26 and Sept. 28, 2012 charge that Ivory Coast&#039;s military is torturing scores of people accused of taking part in recent attacks. The roundup of detainees is in response to a series of attacks on Ivory Coast&#039;s military that have sparked fears of renewed violence in the West African country.(AP Photo/Emanuel Ekra, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2012 file photo, Ivory Coast troops patrol around the Cocody area in the city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Witnesses interviewed by the AP between Sept. 26 and Sept. 28, 2012 charge that Ivory Coast&#039;s military is torturing scores of people accused of taking part in recent attacks. The roundup of detainees is in response to a series of attacks on Ivory Coast&#039;s military that have sparked fears of renewed violence in the West African country.(AP Photo/Emanuel Ekra, File)" border="0" /></a>The soldiers lined up the detainees in a row on the grass in the middle of the night and beat them with sticks. Other times, soldiers struck the prisoners with belts and rifles so hard the welts lasted for weeks.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/somalia-kismayo-residents-fear-clan-fighting-140912010.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7vtDnRomENxNx3b0v1P3iQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e25833dbe0adf31b1c0f6a706700b96c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team, a team of engineers serving with the Kenyan contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) use metal detectors as they search for improvised explosive devices in Kismayo, southern Somalia, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Allied African troops have taken full control of Kismayo in Somalia, the last stronghold of al-Shabab Islamist rebels who have been fighting against the country&#039;s internationally backed government, with Kenya Defence Forces and the Somali National Army now patrolling the streets. (AP Photo/AU-UN IST, Stuart Price)" align="left" title="In this photo released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team, a team of engineers serving with the Kenyan contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) use metal detectors as they search for improvised explosive devices in Kismayo, southern Somalia, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Allied African troops have taken full control of Kismayo in Somalia, the last stronghold of al-Shabab Islamist rebels who have been fighting against the country&#039;s internationally backed government, with Kenya Defence Forces and the Somali National Army now patrolling the streets. (AP Photo/AU-UN IST, Stuart Price)" border="0" /></a>Renewed clan warfare threatens the future of Kismayo, where African Union and Somali troops earlier this week pushed out Islamic extremists.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/somalia-kismayo-residents-fear-clan-fighting-140912010.htmlThu, 04 Oct 2012 10:32:16 -0400Associated Presssomalia-kismayo-residents-fear-clan-fighting-140912010<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/somalia-kismayo-residents-fear-clan-fighting-140912010.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7vtDnRomENxNx3b0v1P3iQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e25833dbe0adf31b1c0f6a706700b96c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team, a team of engineers serving with the Kenyan contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) use metal detectors as they search for improvised explosive devices in Kismayo, southern Somalia, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Allied African troops have taken full control of Kismayo in Somalia, the last stronghold of al-Shabab Islamist rebels who have been fighting against the country&#039;s internationally backed government, with Kenya Defence Forces and the Somali National Army now patrolling the streets. (AP Photo/AU-UN IST, Stuart Price)" align="left" title="In this photo released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team, a team of engineers serving with the Kenyan contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) use metal detectors as they search for improvised explosive devices in Kismayo, southern Somalia, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Allied African troops have taken full control of Kismayo in Somalia, the last stronghold of al-Shabab Islamist rebels who have been fighting against the country&#039;s internationally backed government, with Kenya Defence Forces and the Somali National Army now patrolling the streets. (AP Photo/AU-UN IST, Stuart Price)" border="0" /></a>Renewed clan warfare threatens the future of Kismayo, where African Union and Somali troops earlier this week pushed out Islamic extremists.</p><br clear="all"/>A billionaire's foundation says it will give anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa an award for "speaking truth to power" that comes with a $1 million grant.http://news.yahoo.com/south-africas-tutu-wins-1m-award-112615325.htmlThu, 04 Oct 2012 07:26:15 -0400Associated Presssouth-africas-tutu-wins-1m-award-112615325State-run media says more than 60 inmates have broken out of prison in the West African nation of Liberia.http://news.yahoo.com/more-60-inmates-escape-liberian-prison-103635831.htmlThu, 04 Oct 2012 06:36:35 -0400Associated Pressmore-60-inmates-escape-liberian-prison-103635831South Africa's inquiry into violence that killed at least 44 people at Lonmin's Marikana mine is postponed until the end of October.http://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-inquiry-mine-violence-postponed-164911291.htmlWed, 03 Oct 2012 12:49:11 -0400Associated Presssouth-africa-inquiry-mine-violence-postponed-164911291<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/islamists-mali-recruit-pay-child-soldiers-130012868.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ijkO6OzGNJKNqxwro26cbQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/505ae487df49ec1b1c0f6a706700f5cf.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 photo, two young fighters read out Quranic verses for a journalist, at the request of their Islamist commanders, in Douentza, Mali. Across northern Mali, Islamists have plucked and paid for as many as 1,000 children from rural towns and villages devastated by poverty and hunger, The Associated Press has found. Interviews conducted by the AP provide evidence that a new generation in what was long a moderate and stable Muslim nation is becoming radicalized, as the Islamists gather forces to fight a potential military intervention backed by the United Nations. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed)" align="left" title="In this Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 photo, two young fighters read out Quranic verses for a journalist, at the request of their Islamist commanders, in Douentza, Mali. Across northern Mali, Islamists have plucked and paid for as many as 1,000 children from rural towns and villages devastated by poverty and hunger, The Associated Press has found. Interviews conducted by the AP provide evidence that a new generation in what was long a moderate and stable Muslim nation is becoming radicalized, as the Islamists gather forces to fight a potential military intervention backed by the United Nations. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed)" border="0" /></a>Salif Haidara sat drinking tea on the side of the road with other weary bus passengers when a man with a turban and a long beard approached them: Did they want to become holy warriors?</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/islamists-mali-recruit-pay-child-soldiers-130012868.htmlWed, 03 Oct 2012 10:26:03 -0400Associated Pressislamists-mali-recruit-pay-child-soldiers-130012868<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/islamists-mali-recruit-pay-child-soldiers-130012868.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ijkO6OzGNJKNqxwro26cbQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/505ae487df49ec1b1c0f6a706700f5cf.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 photo, two young fighters read out Quranic verses for a journalist, at the request of their Islamist commanders, in Douentza, Mali. Across northern Mali, Islamists have plucked and paid for as many as 1,000 children from rural towns and villages devastated by poverty and hunger, The Associated Press has found. Interviews conducted by the AP provide evidence that a new generation in what was long a moderate and stable Muslim nation is becoming radicalized, as the Islamists gather forces to fight a potential military intervention backed by the United Nations. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed)" align="left" title="In this Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 photo, two young fighters read out Quranic verses for a journalist, at the request of their Islamist commanders, in Douentza, Mali. Across northern Mali, Islamists have plucked and paid for as many as 1,000 children from rural towns and villages devastated by poverty and hunger, The Associated Press has found. Interviews conducted by the AP provide evidence that a new generation in what was long a moderate and stable Muslim nation is becoming radicalized, as the Islamists gather forces to fight a potential military intervention backed by the United Nations. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed)" border="0" /></a>Salif Haidara sat drinking tea on the side of the road with other weary bus passengers when a man with a turban and a long beard approached them: Did they want to become holy warriors?</p><br clear="all"/>Malawi President Joyce Banda announced that she will take a 30 percent pay cut to show that she will sacrifice personally as part of her government's austerity measures.http://news.yahoo.com/malawi-president-joyce-banda-cuts-own-salary-111721679.htmlWed, 03 Oct 2012 07:17:21 -0400Associated Pressmalawi-president-joyce-banda-cuts-own-salary-111721679Assailants shot or stabbed to death at least 25 people in the second attack near colleges in Nigeria's troubled northeast in the last few days, officials said Tuesday.http://news.yahoo.com/attackers-kill-students-northeast-nigeria-205812108.htmlTue, 02 Oct 2012 16:58:12 -0400Associated Pressattackers-kill-students-northeast-nigeria-205812108<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/somalia-kenyan-army-says-now-controls-kismayo-141636865.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hC2jY8XzVJZHpMZiD6sapw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9e56df8dc6b6da1b1c0f6a706700c13d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Kenyan soldiers pose for their colleagues to take pictures of them as they sing and celebrate outside Kismayo University in Kismayo, southern Somalia Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. Allied African troops have taken full control of Kismayo in Somalia, the last stronghold of al-Shabab Islamist rebels who have been fighting against the country&#039;s internationally backed government, a Kenyan military official said Tuesday, and Kenya Defence Forces and the Somali National Army are now patrolling the streets. (AP Photo/Josphat Kasire)" align="left" title="Kenyan soldiers pose for their colleagues to take pictures of them as they sing and celebrate outside Kismayo University in Kismayo, southern Somalia Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. Allied African troops have taken full control of Kismayo in Somalia, the last stronghold of al-Shabab Islamist rebels who have been fighting against the country&#039;s internationally backed government, a Kenyan military official said Tuesday, and Kenya Defence Forces and the Somali National Army are now patrolling the streets. (AP Photo/Josphat Kasire)" border="0" /></a>Allied African troops have taken full control of Kismayo in Somalia, the last stronghold of Islamist rebels who have been fighting against the country&#039;s internationally backed government, a Kenyan military official said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/somalia-kenyan-army-says-now-controls-kismayo-141636865.htmlTue, 02 Oct 2012 15:26:37 -0400Associated Presssomalia-kenyan-army-says-now-controls-kismayo-141636865<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/somalia-kenyan-army-says-now-controls-kismayo-141636865.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hC2jY8XzVJZHpMZiD6sapw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9e56df8dc6b6da1b1c0f6a706700c13d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Kenyan soldiers pose for their colleagues to take pictures of them as they sing and celebrate outside Kismayo University in Kismayo, southern Somalia Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. Allied African troops have taken full control of Kismayo in Somalia, the last stronghold of al-Shabab Islamist rebels who have been fighting against the country&#039;s internationally backed government, a Kenyan military official said Tuesday, and Kenya Defence Forces and the Somali National Army are now patrolling the streets. (AP Photo/Josphat Kasire)" align="left" title="Kenyan soldiers pose for their colleagues to take pictures of them as they sing and celebrate outside Kismayo University in Kismayo, southern Somalia Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. Allied African troops have taken full control of Kismayo in Somalia, the last stronghold of al-Shabab Islamist rebels who have been fighting against the country&#039;s internationally backed government, a Kenyan military official said Tuesday, and Kenya Defence Forces and the Somali National Army are now patrolling the streets. (AP Photo/Josphat Kasire)" border="0" /></a>Allied African troops have taken full control of Kismayo in Somalia, the last stronghold of Islamist rebels who have been fighting against the country&#039;s internationally backed government, a Kenyan military official said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>Assailants shot and stabbed to death 27 students in the second attack near colleges in Nigeria's troubled northeast in the last few days, school authorities said Tuesday, but police say the attacks killed 19 students and six others.http://news.yahoo.com/27-students-killed-northeast-nigeria-164546190.htmlTue, 02 Oct 2012 14:04:52 -0400Associated Press27-students-killed-northeast-nigeria-164546190Thousands of striking truck drivers protested Tuesday amid heavy police presence in central Johannesburg as labor unrest continued across South Africa, leading to fears of renewed violence.http://news.yahoo.com/safrica-truckers-stage-protest-johannesburg-103645146.htmlTue, 02 Oct 2012 13:07:15 -0400Associated Presssafrica-truckers-stage-protest-johannesburg-103645146Mentally ill patients suffer from severe abuse at psychiatric hospitals and so-called healing centers in Ghana, with many chained to trees and even denied water, a human rights group said Tuesday.http://news.yahoo.com/group-ghana-mentally-ill-chained-months-133430100.htmlTue, 02 Oct 2012 12:43:57 -0400Associated Pressgroup-ghana-mentally-ill-chained-months-133430100Liberia's opposition is outraged by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's recent admission that some of her supporters hid their sons' cards to prevent them from voting against her in 2005.http://news.yahoo.com/liberia-opposition-outrage-president-160339147.htmlTue, 02 Oct 2012 12:13:33 -0400Associated Pressliberia-opposition-outrage-president-160339147Assailants shot and stabbed to death at least 20 students in the second attack suspected to be carried out by Islamist extremists on colleges in Nigeria's troubled northeast in the last few days, authorities said Tuesday.http://news.yahoo.com/least-20-students-killed-northeast-nigeria-142237891.htmlTue, 02 Oct 2012 11:15:53 -0400Associated Pressleast-20-students-killed-northeast-nigeria-142237891Military action will be needed to push radical Islamists out of northern Mali where they have carried out amputations and public whippings since seizing control of the region earlier this year, a top U.S. official said.http://news.yahoo.com/us-military-effort-needed-oust-mali-islamists-133224274.htmlTue, 02 Oct 2012 10:57:59 -0400Associated Pressus-military-effort-needed-oust-mali-islamists-133224274A Kenyan military official says that allied African troops have taken full control of Somalia's Kismayo port, the last stronghold of the Islamist extremist rebels who are fighting against the country's internationally backed government.http://news.yahoo.com/somalia-kenyan-army-says-controls-kismayo-125919632.htmlTue, 02 Oct 2012 08:59:19 -0400Associated Presssomalia-kenyan-army-says-controls-kismayo-125919632<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-starts-investigating-mine-violence-120246117.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fpC804xSTtZcDqU1QOJ5Ww--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a4553428ac97c01b1c0f6a70670034ca.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Retired judge Ian Farlamat looks on during a judicial commission of inquiry at the Civic Centre in Rustenburg, South Africa, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. Farlam, began conducting an official inquiry Monday into the killings of dozens of people near a South African platinum mine, even as labor unrest continued with workers at other mines as well as truck drivers continuing protests over pay. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)" align="left" title="Retired judge Ian Farlamat looks on during a judicial commission of inquiry at the Civic Centre in Rustenburg, South Africa, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. Farlam, began conducting an official inquiry Monday into the killings of dozens of people near a South African platinum mine, even as labor unrest continued with workers at other mines as well as truck drivers continuing protests over pay. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)" border="0" /></a>A judicial panel on Monday investigated the rocky site where South African police killed 34 striking miners in August.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-starts-investigating-mine-violence-120246117.htmlMon, 01 Oct 2012 17:43:01 -0400Associated Presssouth-africa-starts-investigating-mine-violence-120246117<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-starts-investigating-mine-violence-120246117.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fpC804xSTtZcDqU1QOJ5Ww--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a4553428ac97c01b1c0f6a70670034ca.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Retired judge Ian Farlamat looks on during a judicial commission of inquiry at the Civic Centre in Rustenburg, South Africa, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. Farlam, began conducting an official inquiry Monday into the killings of dozens of people near a South African platinum mine, even as labor unrest continued with workers at other mines as well as truck drivers continuing protests over pay. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)" align="left" title="Retired judge Ian Farlamat looks on during a judicial commission of inquiry at the Civic Centre in Rustenburg, South Africa, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. Farlam, began conducting an official inquiry Monday into the killings of dozens of people near a South African platinum mine, even as labor unrest continued with workers at other mines as well as truck drivers continuing protests over pay. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)" border="0" /></a>A judicial panel on Monday investigated the rocky site where South African police killed 34 striking miners in August.</p><br clear="all"/>The leader of a radical Islamist sect has threatened the wives of Nigerian security agents and government officials in a new Internet video, while denying his group is in any peace talks to end the violence that has killed hundreds in the country's north.http://news.yahoo.com/radical-nigeria-sect-threatens-wives-leaders-182829539.htmlMon, 01 Oct 2012 14:28:29 -0400Associated Pressradical-nigeria-sect-threatens-wives-leaders-182829539The leader of a radical Islamist sect threatens the wives of Nigerian government officials in a new Internet video.http://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-islamist-sect-threatens-wives-leaders-174145528.htmlMon, 01 Oct 2012 13:41:45 -0400Associated Pressnigeria-islamist-sect-threatens-wives-leaders-174145528The trial has resumed in South Africa of Nigerian Henry Okah, who is accused of masterminding terrorist attacks in the Nigerian city of Abuja in 2010.http://news.yahoo.com/safrica-trial-nigerian-terror-suspect-resumes-155539374.htmlMon, 01 Oct 2012 11:55:39 -0400Associated Presssafrica-trial-nigerian-terror-suspect-resumes-155539374<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/somali-troops-enter-former-militant-port-city-130905510.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/cvRcvOSJVfGtdwV5vZTpyg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/65a833bdac35be1b1c0f6a7067007da7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team, soldiers of the Somali National Army (SNA) sit on their vehicle in Saa&#039;moja, around 7km north-west of the port city of Kismayo, in southern Somalia, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. Residents in the southern Somali port city of Kismayo say Somali troops have entered the city for the first time since Kenyan troops carried out an amphibious assault on the coastal port city last week, causing al-Shabab militants to flee. (AP Photo/AU-UN IST, Stuart Price)" align="left" title="In this photo released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team, soldiers of the Somali National Army (SNA) sit on their vehicle in Saa&#039;moja, around 7km north-west of the port city of Kismayo, in southern Somalia, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. Residents in the southern Somali port city of Kismayo say Somali troops have entered the city for the first time since Kenyan troops carried out an amphibious assault on the coastal port city last week, causing al-Shabab militants to flee. (AP Photo/AU-UN IST, Stuart Price)" border="0" /></a>Hundreds of Somali troops on Monday entered the port city of Kismayo for the first time since Kenyan troops carried out an amphibious assault on the coastal port city last week, a military offensive that caused al-Shabab militants to flee.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/somali-troops-enter-former-militant-port-city-130905510.htmlMon, 01 Oct 2012 11:45:15 -0400Associated Presssomali-troops-enter-former-militant-port-city-130905510<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/somali-troops-enter-former-militant-port-city-130905510.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/cvRcvOSJVfGtdwV5vZTpyg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/65a833bdac35be1b1c0f6a7067007da7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team, soldiers of the Somali National Army (SNA) sit on their vehicle in Saa&#039;moja, around 7km north-west of the port city of Kismayo, in southern Somalia, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. Residents in the southern Somali port city of Kismayo say Somali troops have entered the city for the first time since Kenyan troops carried out an amphibious assault on the coastal port city last week, causing al-Shabab militants to flee. (AP Photo/AU-UN IST, Stuart Price)" align="left" title="In this photo released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team, soldiers of the Somali National Army (SNA) sit on their vehicle in Saa&#039;moja, around 7km north-west of the port city of Kismayo, in southern Somalia, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. Residents in the southern Somali port city of Kismayo say Somali troops have entered the city for the first time since Kenyan troops carried out an amphibious assault on the coastal port city last week, causing al-Shabab militants to flee. (AP Photo/AU-UN IST, Stuart Price)" border="0" /></a>Hundreds of Somali troops on Monday entered the port city of Kismayo for the first time since Kenyan troops carried out an amphibious assault on the coastal port city last week, a military offensive that caused al-Shabab militants to flee.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rooftop-pool-wine-bar-hotels-building-africa-143119284.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ykt8w6hJ9hgWS01xfRxyuA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b8f8ad58ac32be1b1c0f6a7067003196.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, a member of staff prepares coffee at the cafe and wine bar of the Sankara Nairobi hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. International hotel developers are planning nearly 40,000 new rooms across Africa in the coming years, the continent&#039;s business travel is increasing, and Africa&#039;s middle class will soon begin leisure travel en masse. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)" align="left" title="In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, a member of staff prepares coffee at the cafe and wine bar of the Sankara Nairobi hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. International hotel developers are planning nearly 40,000 new rooms across Africa in the coming years, the continent&#039;s business travel is increasing, and Africa&#039;s middle class will soon begin leisure travel en masse. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)" border="0" /></a>The rooftop pool at Nairobi&#039;s newest high-rise hotel juts out over the edge so swimmers can peer through the glass bottom eight stories down. A new champagne bar sits nearby. IPads with detailed wine descriptions serve as menus.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/rooftop-pool-wine-bar-hotels-building-africa-143119284.htmlMon, 01 Oct 2012 11:28:55 -0400Associated Pressrooftop-pool-wine-bar-hotels-building-africa-143119284<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rooftop-pool-wine-bar-hotels-building-africa-143119284.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ykt8w6hJ9hgWS01xfRxyuA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b8f8ad58ac32be1b1c0f6a7067003196.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, a member of staff prepares coffee at the cafe and wine bar of the Sankara Nairobi hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. International hotel developers are planning nearly 40,000 new rooms across Africa in the coming years, the continent&#039;s business travel is increasing, and Africa&#039;s middle class will soon begin leisure travel en masse. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)" align="left" title="In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, a member of staff prepares coffee at the cafe and wine bar of the Sankara Nairobi hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. International hotel developers are planning nearly 40,000 new rooms across Africa in the coming years, the continent&#039;s business travel is increasing, and Africa&#039;s middle class will soon begin leisure travel en masse. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)" border="0" /></a>The rooftop pool at Nairobi&#039;s newest high-rise hotel juts out over the edge so swimmers can peer through the glass bottom eight stories down. A new champagne bar sits nearby. IPads with detailed wine descriptions serve as menus.</p><br clear="all"/>A government spokesman says 20 people in southeast Nigeria died when a broken gasoline pipeline caught fire, burning alive those gathering the fuel.http://news.yahoo.com/pipeline-fire-southeast-nigeria-kills-20-111318939.htmlMon, 01 Oct 2012 07:13:18 -0400Associated Presspipeline-fire-southeast-nigeria-kills-20-111318939

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