http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/african-news/index.html SearchLiberia.com and SLNews : Searching Liberia for the Truth. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:40:56 -0500 http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/african-news/southern-africa/top-zimbabwean-rights-activist-poisoned-in-custody.html http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/african-news/southern-africa/top-zimbabwean-rights-activist-poisoned-in-custody.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:04:00 -0500 Zimbabwean rights campaigner Jestina Mukoko, who is to appear in court Monday on charges of plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe, is being poisoned and tortured in custody, the Sunday Independet reported. Southern Africa http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/african-news/eastern-central-africa/somali-kidnappers-release-2-foreign-journalists.html http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/african-news/eastern-central-africa/somali-kidnappers-release-2-foreign-journalists.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:52:00 -0500 Two foreign journalists — a Briton and a Spaniard — were released in good health Sunday after nearly six weeks in captivity in Somalia, officials said. Eastern & Central Africa http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/african-news/west-africa/africa-hails-ghana-election-as-democratic-success.html http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/african-news/west-africa/africa-hails-ghana-election-as-democratic-success.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:50:00 -0500 ACCRA, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Ghana's largely peaceful and credible presidential election was a rare example of a functioning democracy in Africa and should be a model for the continent, African leaders and voters said on Sunday. West Africa http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/african-news/eastern-central-africa/ugandan-rebels-drcongo-army-clash-near-sudan-border.html http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/african-news/eastern-central-africa/ugandan-rebels-drcongo-army-clash-near-sudan-border.html Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:42:00 -0500 Ugandan rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army have clashed with government forces in a national park in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials said Saturday. Eastern & Central Africa http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/african-news/north-africa/libyan-leader-arrives-in-guinea-for-talks.html http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/african-news/north-africa/libyan-leader-arrives-in-guinea-for-talks.html Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:38:00 -0500 Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on Saturday arrived in Guinea from neighbouring Sierra Leone for talks with the country's military leaders who seized power in a bloodless coup on December 23. North Africa http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/african-news/west-africa/renegade-tuareg-rebels-to-return-to-mali-s-peace-process.html http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/african-news/west-africa/renegade-tuareg-rebels-to-return-to-mali-s-peace-process.html Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:19:00 -0500 Three renegade rebel Tuareg groups in Mali have agreed to return from their mountain hide-out and re-join the peace process in the West African state, sources said Saturday. West Africa http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/african-news/west-africa/top-french-diplomat-in-guinea-to-meet-junta-leaders.html http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/african-news/west-africa/top-french-diplomat-in-guinea-to-meet-junta-leaders.html Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:18:00 -0500 French secretary of state for cooperation Alain Joyandet arrived in Guinea Saturday where he will be the first senior Western official to meet with coup leaders who seized power on December 23. West Africa http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/african-news/southern-africa/mugabe-set-to-form-government.html http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/african-news/southern-africa/mugabe-set-to-form-government.html Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:16:00 -0500 Zimbabwe's main opposition leader has insisted that he will not become prime minister in a government of national unity until disagreements are settled. There were signs Saturday that President Robert Mugabe would press ahead regardless. Southern Africa http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/african-news/eastern-central-africa/kenyan-president-signs-controversial-media-bill.html http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/african-news/eastern-central-africa/kenyan-president-signs-controversial-media-bill.html Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:14:00 -0500 Kenya's president has signed into law a media bill that opponents say threatens the country's hard-fought reputation for having one of Africa's most vigorous press. Eastern & Central Africa http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/african-news/west-africa/lead-for-car-batteries-poisons-an-african-town.html http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/african-news/west-africa/lead-for-car-batteries-poisons-an-african-town.html Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:12:00 -0500 First, it took the animals. Goats fell silent and refused to stand up. Chickens died in handfuls, then en masse. Street dogs disappeared. West Africa