News Desk Tuesday, September 2, 2008

US documentary filmmaker arrested

A Niger Delta military spokesmanm, Lt. Col. Sagir Musa, said the military handed the American to state security operatives for questioning after arresting him for filming troops at the waterfront in the southern oil center of Port Harcourt. MORE>>>

Kidnapped Israeli oil worker freed in Nigeria

An Israeli executive who was kidnapped last week from his house in Nigeria's oil hub of Port Harcourt was released by his abductors, yesterday. MORE>>>

Resurgent Russia flexes muscles in Africa again

RABAT, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Russia is reviving an interest in Africa that collapsed with the Cold War and its growing appetite for deals in African oil and gas is an added cause of unease in energy-hungry Western Europe. MORE>>>

Millennium celebration in SA strengthens relations: Ambassador

Addis Ababa, September 2 (WIC) – The celebration of the Ethiopian Millennium in two cities of South Africa would help strengthen the people to people relations of the two countries, Ethiopian Ambassador to South Africa underscored. MORE>>>