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UN AIDS Envoy Hails Successes in Africa, Praises US Funding

Nairobi, Kenya (CNSNews.com)- A senior U.N. official urged wealthy nations to increase and deliver on their pledges for the fight against AIDS in Africa- just as they have done for nations hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami- and singled out the United States ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 07/07/2008 - 20:05

Mainline Churches Silent on Africa's First Same-Sex 'Marriage' Law

Nairobi, Kenya (CNSNews.com)- As homosexuals and lesbians in Africa celebrate the legalization of same-sex "marriage" in South Africa, the head of one of the continent's leading church associations has chosen not to speak out on the matter. ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 07/07/2008 - 20:06

Sudanese Rebels Hope To Resume Talks After Khartoum Pullout

Nairobi, Kenya (CNSNews.com)- Sudanese rebels fighting for political and economic autonomy in the country's oil-rich south have expressed willingness to resume peace talks despite a surprise withdrawal by the government delegation. Government ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 07/07/2008 - 20:12

Kenyans Pledge Support As East African Marks Sept. 11 Anniversary

Nairobi, Kenya (CNSNews.com)- East Africans joined Americans Wednesday in commemorating the devastating attacks of last Sept. 11, with calls for tolerance and prayers to heal the wounds of hatred. The government of Kenya has pledged total support to the U ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 07/07/2008 - 20:12

Sudan, Libya Commit To Tougher Anti-Terror Laws

Nairobi, Kenya (CNSNews.com)- Two African nations on the U.S. State Department's list of terror-sponsoring countries have signed a pact committing them to beef up anti-terror laws and prevent their territories from being used as a base for the ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 07/07/2008 - 20:12

Sudan Accused Of Bombing Civilians, Threatening Christian-Run Hospital

Nairobi, Kenya (CNSNews.com)- With international pressure mounting on Sudan's Islamic government to resume stalled peace talks with rebels, aerial bomb attacks by the military against civilians and rebel installations in the mainly Christian and ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 07/07/2008 - 20:12

Miss World Contest Threatened With Boycott

Nairobi, Kenya (CNSNews.com)- The Nigerian government is working hard to prevent a boycott of the 2002 Miss World beauty pageant by countries protesting the sentencing of a Nigerian woman accused of adultery to death by stoning. At least eight countries ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 07/07/2008 - 20:12

US Rewards For Justice Program Nabs Two Genocide Suspects

Nairobi, Kenya (CNSNews.com)- The U.S. Rewards for Justice program has scored a major success in Africa with the arrest of two men accused of crimes of genocide in Rwanda and sponsoring regional terrorism. Jean-Baptiste Gatete and General Augustin ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 07/07/2008 - 20:12

East African Rebels Wreak Havoc In Refugee Camps

Nairobi, Kenya (CNSNews.com)- A notorious rebel group dedicated to the overthrow of the Ugandan government has stepped up attacks on Sudanese refugee camps in northern Uganda. The renewed rampage by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) started last month ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 07/07/2008 - 20:12

US Troops Deployed In East Africa, Near Al Qaeda Haven

Nairobi, Kenya (CNSNews.com)- U.S. forces are expanding their presence in Djibouti, continuing to carry out military exercises, amid assurances by Djibouti authorities that the Americans will not launch operations in nearby Yemen from the Horn of Africa ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 07/07/2008 - 20:12