A similar rally at Aso Rock last year by NLC was broken up by security agents who fired tear gas. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. and sister company Shell Transport and Trading Co. to be sued in New York for allegedly instigating the torture and murder of environmental activists in Nigeria by a former Nigerian military government. The government in Freetown has reacted to Monday's expulsion of the Sierra Leone Ambassador, Kemoh Salia Gbao, from Liberia, saying it was shocked by the news and warning that it would not help bring peace to the Mano River Union countries. Killer Squad Took Oath of Allegiance to Late Abacha, Video Clip Reveals Members of late Gen. Sani Abacha's killer squad, the Strike Force and all security operatives attached to the presidential villa during his regime had secretly sworn to an oath of allegiance, only to the late Head of State. Besieged White Farmers Hold Land Congress Zimbabwe's white farmers hold a special congress on Wednesday, increasingly divided over negotiations with the government on its plan to purchase white-owned farmland to resettle landless black people.
Most farmers are opposed but a splinter group wants a compromise.
The Catholic Church in Nigeria plans a legal challenge to the Islamic Sharia law introduced by some northern states , on the grounds that it is unconstitutional, the Archbishop of Abuja, Mgr John Onaiyekan has said. Nigeria, South Africa Sign Cooperation Agreements South Africa's deputy president, Jacob Zuma, left, and Nigeria's vice-president, Atiku Abubakar celebrating partnership in Abuja. Click on Atiku .