News, December 21, 2009

Mortar Shell Attacks Kills at Least 14 in Somalia

Africa

	Radical Islam Meets a Buffer in North Africa
	Somali Islamists Order Men to Shave Mustaches and Release the Beards
	Italy Uses All Channels to Free Mauritania Hostages

News, December 20, 2009

Africa

	Critics Bristle at UN Force in Chad, Central African Republic
	Official: Two Italians Kidnapped in Mauritania
	Test for a Court as Prosecutors Face Liberia's Ex-Ruler
	Madagascar Leader Fires Prime Minister

Nigeria

Nigerian Militants Attack Oil Pipeline, Breaking Cease-Fire Nigeria Oil Rebels Claim Attack Over Talks Delay Nigeria's Future, President's Power in Question 'Missing President Is Being Used as an Excuse' to Delay Reforms in Nigeria

Sudan

South Sudan Town Stuck Between Two Armies Sudan Says Human Rights Situation in Darfur 'Better'

Morocco

	Western Sahara Activist: Weak and in Pain, but Home After 32-Day Hunger Strike
	Hundreds Rally in Spain in Favor of West Sahara Activist

News, December 19, 2009

Africa

	Eritrea's National Soccer Team Seeks Asylum in Kenya
	Morocco: Western Sahara Separatist Allowed to Return

News, December 18, 2009

Guinea

Human Rights Watch: Guinea Massacre Premeditated