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French New Wave film director Chabrol dies aged 80
Claude Chabrol, one of France’s most eminent film directors and a pioneer of the influential New Wave style, died on Sunday at the age of 80.
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Rights group: Stop Italy forcing migrants back to Libya
The EU should demand that Italy stop forcing African migrant boats back to Libya, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.
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Berlusconi: Rift with Catholic Church ‘a lie’
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi denied on Monday that scandals over his private life had caused a rift with the powerful Catholic Church.
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Clashes outside Parliament as strike grips Greece
Protesters threw fire bombs at police outside Parliament on Wednesday during a strike which paralysed Greece and piled pressure on the government.
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Greece rocked by second day of anti-police riots
Hundreds of demonstrators threw fire bombs at police, smashed shop windows and burned vehicles in Greece’s two main cities on Sunday.
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Despite price, future of Nigeria oil sector cloudy
Record oil prices should mean boom times for Nigeria’s oil industry, but rising militant violence, labour unrest and years of government neglect cast a shadow over its future. Africa’s largest oil producer saw its two million barrel-a-day production halved last month by an eight-day strike at United States oil major Exxon Mobil.
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Shell shuts more Nigerian oil after rebel attack
Royal Dutch Shell shut down more of its production in Nigeria after a fresh militant attack on Saturday on a flowstation in the restive Niger Delta, where local militants have stepped up a campaign of violence. Security sources said that three wells had been blown up, as well as other equipment.
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Climate change can stoke Africa conflicts, says scientist
Climate change in Africa could leave 250-million more people short of water by 2020, spurring conflicts and threatening stability on the world’s poorest continent, the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner said on Tuesday. Rajendra K Pachauri said the responsibility lay with wealthy developed nations to curb their carbon emissions.
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Africa needs stronger Parliaments to monitor aid
Britain and other Western donors need to spend money on strengthening African Parliaments to ensure they can hold governments to account for how aid is being spent, a group of British MPs said on Monday. The cross-party delegation, which toured four African countries, said that foreign aid may have weakened Africa’s democracies.
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Entrepreneurs seek riches south of Sahara
Centuries before European colonialists carved up Africa, Arab traders marvelled at the profits to be reaped in the fabled lands south of the Sahara. ”In the country of Ghana, gold grows in the sand as carrots do and is plucked at sunrise,” wrote Ibn al-Faqih, a ninth-century chronicler.
