http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with world news and current affairs that matter en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293069,equatorial-guinea-president-pardons-british-coup-plotter--summary.html Nairobi/Malabo - British mercenary Simon Mann and four others convicted of attempting to overthrow Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema have been pardoned, according to the West African nation's information ministry. Mann, 57, was senten... Africa,World Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:52:23 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293069,equatorial-guinea-president-pardons-british-coup-plotter--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293009,zuma-did-not-intervene-in-release-of-british-sa-mercenaries.html Johannesburg - South African President Jacob Zuma did not intervene with Equatorial Guinea to obtain the release of convicted British coup plotter Simon Mann and four accomplices, including a South African, his spokesman said Tuesday. The answer is ... Africa,World Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:40:22 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293009,zuma-did-not-intervene-in-release-of-british-sa-mercenaries.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292963,hrw-un-must-cut-all-support-for-congolese-army-after-massacres.html New York/Goma - United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo should cut all support for the army, which is raping and killing civilians during anti-rebel operations, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said. The New York-based rights body on ... Africa,World Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:22:32 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292963,hrw-un-must-cut-all-support-for-congolese-army-after-massacres.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292910,abducted-mdc-party-worker-allegedly-tortured-in-zimbabwe.html Harare - Efforts were underway Monday to secure freedom for a worker from Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's arm of the country's coalition government, with his lawyers saying he needed medical attention after undergoing severe torture f... Africa,World Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:22:31 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292910,abducted-mdc-party-worker-allegedly-tortured-in-zimbabwe.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292878,un-cuts-support-for-congolese-army-after-civilian-killings--summary.html Nairobi - United Nations peacekeepers are to stop working with a Congolese army unit after it massacred 62 civilians, many of them women and children, the head of the peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Monday. According to o... Africa,World Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:22:35 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292878,un-cuts-support-for-congolese-army-after-civilian-killings--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292846,us-envoy-kenyan-attorney-general-banned-from-us.html Nairobi - The US ambassador to Kenya, Michael Ranneberger, has confirmed media reports that Attorney General Amos Wako is the Kenyan government official handed a US visa ban last month. Johnnie Carson, US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affa... Africa,World Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:40:32 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292846,us-envoy-kenyan-attorney-general-banned-from-us.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292823,sadc-chair-kabila-in-zimbabwe-for-talks-ahead-of-crisis-summit.html Harare - Joseph Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo and current head of Southern Africa's regionalpolitical alliance, was in Zimbabwe for talks Monday with the partners in the country's stricken unity government, officials said. His... Africa,World Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:22:38 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292823,sadc-chair-kabila-in-zimbabwe-for-talks-ahead-of-crisis-summit.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292804,zimbabwe-faces-possible-suspension-from-blood-diamonds-watchdog.html Windhoek - Pressure was mounting Monday on the international watchdog set up to combat so-called conflict diamonds , the Kimberley Process (KP) to suspend Zimbabwe from the global diamond trade over alleged human rights abuses and smuggling. Members... Africa,World Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:10:42 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292804,zimbabwe-faces-possible-suspension-from-blood-diamonds-watchdog.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292755,voter-registration-begins-in-sudan.html Nairobi/Khartoum - Voter registration began in Sudan on Sunday for the first general election to take place in the troubled African nation in 20 years. Logistical support for the election, to take place in six months, is to be supplied to the Sudanes... Africa,World Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:34:35 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292755,voter-registration-begins-in-sudan.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292651,mugabe-says-his-partner-in-power-sharing-deal-is-dishonest.html Harare - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on Saturday accused Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai of being dishonest , in what is seen as a sign of a deepening political crisis nine months after the two signed a power-sharing deal. We must no longer... Africa,World Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:52:42 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292651,mugabe-says-his-partner-in-power-sharing-deal-is-dishonest.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292626,three-farm-workers-shot-and-injured-in-zimbabwe-land-grab.html HarareA mob seized a white-owned farm and opened fire on farm workers on the property, seriously injuring three of them, victims of the attack said Friday. The farm was being seized for a deputy governor of Zimbabwe's central bank, according to farme... Africa,World Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:10:37 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292626,three-farm-workers-shot-and-injured-in-zimbabwe-land-grab.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292614,sadc-summit-needed-to-restore-zimbabwe-government-ministers-say.html Harare - Three southern African government ministers recommended Friday the convening of an extraordinary summit of Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders to try to rescue Zimbabwe's troubled power-sharing government. The foreign minis... Africa,World Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:28:44 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292614,sadc-summit-needed-to-restore-zimbabwe-government-ministers-say.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292510,african-union-backs-plan-for-darfur-hybrid-war-crimes-court.html Nairobi/Abuja - The African Union has backed a plan to create a special hybrid court for trying those accused of committing atrocities in Sudan's restive Darfur province. The AU's Peace and Security Council - which met Thursday in Nigeria - endorsed ... Africa,World Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:34:36 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292510,african-union-backs-plan-for-darfur-hybrid-war-crimes-court.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292491,mozambiques-guebuza-on-track-for-landslide-re-election-win.html Maputo - Partial results from Mozambique's presidential and parliamentary elections released by Friday showed President Armando Guebuza and his ruling party Frelimo poised to be re-elected by a landslide. Preliminary results released by the National ... Africa,World Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:04:36 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292491,mozambiques-guebuza-on-track-for-landslide-re-election-win.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292479,us-and-au-impose-sanctions-travel-restrictions-on-guinea-junta.html Nairobi/Washington - The African Union and the United States have imposed travel bans and sanctions on members of Guinea's junta as pressure grows on the regime to step down following a massacre of opposition supporters. Security forces opened fire o... Africa,World Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:04:35 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292479,us-and-au-impose-sanctions-travel-restrictions-on-guinea-junta.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292423,extra-zimbabwe-accuses-un-representative-of-sowing-division.html Harare - The Zimbabwean minister who invited United Nations rapporteur on torture Manfred Nowak to the country has accused the UN official of trying to sow division in the country's shaky unity government. Patrick Chinamasa, a senior member of Presid... Africa,World Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:34:44 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292423,extra-zimbabwe-accuses-un-representative-of-sowing-division.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292391,barred-un-torture-expert-fears-zimbabwe-violence-cover--summary.html Harare - The United Nations torture rapporteur Manfred Nowak refused entry to Zimbabwe said Thursday he believed President Robert Mugabe may be trying to cover-up a resurgence in political violence. Nowak was addressing a press... Africa,World Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:40:38 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292391,barred-un-torture-expert-fears-zimbabwe-violence-cover--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292363,somali-pirates-seize-thai-vessel-move-british-couple-to-land.html Nairobi/Brussels - Somali pirates seized a Thailand-flagged fishing boat on Thursday, the European Union's anti-piracy force said, as a British couple also believed to be in pirate hands were reportedly taken into Somalia. The European Union's anti-p... Africa,World Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:28:36 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292363,somali-pirates-seize-thai-vessel-move-british-couple-to-land.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292353,nowak-questions-tsvangirais-power-after-zimbabwe-rout--summary.html Harare - The refusal by Zimbabwean officials to allow United Nations torture rapporteur Manfred Nowak enter the country, despite being invited by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, shows where the real power lies, an angry Nowak said Thursday. A maj... Africa,World Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:34:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292353,nowak-questions-tsvangirais-power-after-zimbabwe-rout--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292314,extra-zimbabwe-state-media-defend-barring-entry-of-top-un-official.html Harare - Zimbabwe's state media defended Thursday the barring of entry to the country of United Nations torture investigator Manfred Nowak, saying that he had tried to gatecrash without permission. The daily Herald, controlled by President Robert M... Africa,World Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:46:35 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292314,extra-zimbabwe-state-media-defend-barring-entry-of-top-un-official.html