WN Network WN Africa
WN Africa
Search the World News Network
Advanced Search
Breaking News Thu, 18 Oct 2012
In this Tuesday, April 24, 2012 file photo, fighters from Islamist group Ansar Dine stand guard during a hostage handover, in the desert outside Timbuktu, Mali. Mali Islamists bulldoze more tombs in Timbuktu
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Heavily armed Islamists bulldozed the tombs of three local Sufi saints near Mali's desert city of Timbuktu on Thursday, residents said, the latest in a series of attacks in the... (photo: AP) The Star
Islamists   Mali   Photos   Timbuktu   Wikipedia: 2012 Northern Mali conflict
Striking mine workers armed with machetes, sticks, and spears march to a smelter plant at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, Wednesday, Sept, 12, 2012 to hand over a memorandum to mine management and to ensure that workers had not reported for duty. Miners are refusing to return to work until their demands over low pay and working conditions are met. Strikes are spreading to nearby gold mines. Analysis: "You're fired" - or maybe not, South Africa's mines say
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - According to his "final ultimatum" to wildcat strikers, Gold Fields chief executive Nick Holland is hours away from firing 23,000 miners. In the poisonous atmosphere of the... (photo: AP / Denis Farrell) CNBC
Africa   Economy   Gold   Photos   Wikipedia: South Africa
Climate change - sun in the sky in between the clouds - environment ‘Adaptation to climate change’ should be focus
Related articles Investing in ‘water-less’ green solutions imperative — Greenpeace SA faces uncertain carbon trade market More money needed for climate change adaptation strategies ATTEMPTS to control... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Business Day
Climate   Global Warming   Photos   Research   Wikipedia: Adaptation to global warming
Dried outer part of coconut - coconut fruit cover is used as a biomass in India in the rural part of the country - renewable energy India, Seychelles to boost ties in renewable energy
Seychelles and India are to boost their cooperation in the areas of renewable energy in particular solar, wind and biomass. This follows a meeting that the Minister for Environment and Energy,... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Nation
Energy   India   Photos   Seychelles   Wikipedia: Renewable energy
fighters from Islamist group Ansar Dine stand guard in Timbuktu, Mali, as they prepare to publicly lash a member of the Islamic Police found guilty of adultery. The White House has put special operations strike forces on standby and moved drones into the skies above Africa, ready to strike militant targets from Libya to Mali — if investigators can find the al-Qaida-linked group responsible for the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, which killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. Plan to Combat Mali's Militants Finds Few Takers
By DREW HINSHAW BAMAKO, Mali—A prospective military campaign against al Qaeda and its allies in the vast desert of this West African country has hit an obstacle: Neither Mali nor its neighbors... (photo: AP) Wall Street Journal
Africa   Military   Photos   Security   Wikipedia: Mali
General
Countries & Cities