Safety & Security News Briefs In
Sub-Saharan Africa Region

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Sub-Saharan Africa - Nigeria
Scots oil worker held in Nigeria April 1, 2007
A British oil worker is still missing after being kidnapped in Nigeria, the Foreign Office has said.

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Sub-Saharan Africa - Nigeria
Lagos Carjacking Highlights Increased Risk Mar. 6, 2007
An employee of an American organization and her personal driver were victims of a carjacking outside her Lagos office compound. She reported being told by the carjackers that they were going to kill her, and that they knew she was American.

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Sub-Saharan Africa - Ethiopia  
Tourists 'kidnapped' in Ethiopia  Mar. 2, 2007
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A group of 15 foreign tourists has been kidnapped in north-east Ethiopia. They include 11 French nationals, at least one Briton and an Italian.

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Sub-Saharan Africa - Nigeria
Oil worker shot dead in Nigeria  Feb. 24, 2007
Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Unknown gunmen have killed a Lebanese construction worker on his way to work in Nigeria's oil-rich city of Port Harcourt. They opened fire on two Lebanese workers, although other details of the attack remain sketchy. 

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Sub-Saharan Africa - Nigeria
Lockdown in Nigeria  Feb. 12, 2007
Port Harcourt, Nigeria - Oil companies in Port Harcourt, the main city in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta, have reinforced security for their staff following a wave of kidnappings and attacks, industry sources said on Monday.

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Sub-Saharan Africa - Cape Verde
Italian tourists murdered in Cape Verde Feb. 12, 2007
Sal Island, Cape Verde: Two men confessed that they have murdered two Italian women that were on vacations in Sal island of Cape Verde close to Senegal in West Africa. The local police authorities arrested three men, all citizens of Cape Verde but one  left free.

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Sub-Saharan Africa - Sudan
Sudanese Currency Phase-Out Feb. 6, 2007
Starting January 9, 2007, Sudan started phasing in its new national currency. On September 1 the current currency will be null and void, with no substitution permitted.

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Sub-Saharan Africa - Nigeria
Nigerian gunmen abduct expat, kill escort Feb. 6, 2007
Abuja - Nigerian gunmen abducted a Filipino worker and shot dead the police officer who was escorting him on the road to Port Harcourt in the oil-producing Niger Delta on Tuesday, a security expert working for a major oil firm said.

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Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya
Nairobi put on alert over Rift Valley fever Feb. 2, 2007
Nairobi has now been put on alert and declared a high-risk area under the threat of a possible Rift Valley Fever outbreak, the Government has announced.

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Sub-Saharan Africa - Nigeria
Nigerians unfazed by H5N1 death Feb. 2, 2007
Nigeria - Lagos: Chicken traders and buyers alike in Nigeria seemed unfazed on Thursday following reports of the country's first person to die from the bird flu virus.

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Sub-Saharan Africa - Nigeria
Force no solution for Nigeria's oil delta Feb. 2, 2007
The Nigerian government faces a new challenge from spiralling crime in the oil-producing Niger Delta, but wants to avoid turning Africa's oil heartland into a battleground, Energy Minister Edmund Daukorua said.

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Sub-Saharan Africa - South Africa Feb. 2, 2007
Violent attacks, criminals’ lack of fear among SA’s challenges
South Africa - Johannesburg: The Institute for Security Studies says the violent nature of aggravated robbery in SA, and the obvious lack of fear of being caught by culprits who pick times when the public is likely to be around, are among the country’s most serious crime challenges.

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Sub-Saharan Africa - Nigeria
Demands made for release of hostages 2/1/07
Manila - Nigerian kidnappers holding 24 Filipinos hostage have made "political demands" that have hampered negotiations to free them, the Philippine foreign department said Thursday.

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Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya
Americans Killed in Nairobi Carjacking 1/30/07
On January 27, four Americans were driving in a vehicle that was carjacked. The embassy employee and one other family member were killed in the incident.

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Sub-Saharan Africa - Cameroon, Liberia, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Sudan, Zambia
Oil, Global Influence Driving Hu Jintao's Trip 1/30/07
China's energy-hungry economy and global influence are driving President Hu Jintao's 12-day tour of Africa which kicks off this week.It is Hu's second trip to Africa in less than a year. The visit, which starts Tuesday, will take him to Cameroon, Namibia, Mozambique, the Seychelles, Sudan, South Africa, Zambia and Liberia. He returns home Feb. 10.

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Sub-Saharan Africa - Ghana
Ghana and Nigeria struck deal on energy supply 1/30/07
Addis Ababa, GNA - Nigeria has agreed to supply 80 megawatts of electricity to Ghana as part of a deal to help the country to address its current energy crisis.