Congo : Controversial attitude to food crisis plan
Measures announced by the Congolese government to keep food prices affordable have elicited both scepticism and praise from NGOs and citizens, some accusing the...
US Senator Edward Kennedy to be released from hospital
US Senator Edward Kennedy,76, who was diagnosed with a brain tumour Tuesday after he was hospitalised Saturday when he suffered a seizure, is to...
Polisario Front to fight for independence not autonomy from Morocco
The Polisario Front, celebrated the Western Sahara anniversary in Tifariti, Tuesday, a village located near Smara southern Morocco.
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Continued xenophobic frenzy in Jo’burg will shame Africa day
More than a week after parts of Johannesburg erupted in xenophobic rage, there are no signs that the violence, which has now claimed 30...
Kentucky and Oregon reinforce Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton’s arguments
Barack Obama moved to the brink of the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday after a victory in the Oregon primary election that brought him...
Mugabe tells armed forces to fight to death
In a rare move, Robert Mugabe’s office has ordered all members of the uniformed forces based in the capital Harare to attend a pass-out...
39 illegal immigrants arrested in Western Sahara
Moroccan security services Monday arrested in Laayoune, capital of Western Sahara, 39 sub-Saharan illegal immigrants who were trying to reach Spanish Canary Islands, police...
Hillary Clinton’s fight continues unabated
Hillary Clinton won the Kentucky Democratic primary by a wide margin on Tuesday, while Barack Obama appeared to be heading for a comfortable victory...
Tsvangirai cancels return home as plot to kill him is uncovered
The Zimbabwe government Tuesday denied it had plotted to assassinate the country's main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and top officials of his party on...
Several presumed rebels killed in Senegal
Two soldiers of the Senegalese army and seven presumed members of the Casamance Democratic Forces Movement (MFDC) were killed on Tuesday evening in clashes...
Police arrest ex radio and television broadcaster in The Gambia
The Gambia Police Force (GPF) on Monday arrested and detained former Gambia Radio and Television Services (GRTS) broadcaster Malick Jones, the Banjul-based Independent Daily,...
Angry FIFA orders Kenya court to reinstate Football Federation
World soccer governing body, Fifa, riled by the removal of Kenyan soccer officials last Friday, has given the country a 72-hour ultimatum to rescind...
Nigeria President orders Shell and Exxon Mobil to pay debts
Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to take immediate steps to recover outstanding payments of US$ 1.91...
Egyptian Billonnaire to sell Italian stock sale under investigation in the US
Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris said at the World Economic Forum in Sharm El Sheikh that he is currently looking at three American companies to...
German Muslim imprisoned for stabbing a Jewish rabbi
A German court sentenced Sajed Aziz, a German Muslim, Tuesday to three and a half years in prison for stabbing and causing serious bodily...
Gay Hollywood stars line up to get married in California
Hollywood stars have already started making plans to walk down the aisle days after the state of Californias supreme court declared that the right...
Over 80 people die in Southern India from poisoning
BBC reports that over 80 people in southern India have died from drinking illegally made alcohol. 43 of the victims are from Bangalore, 25...
Kenya concerned by South African xenophobic and gang attacks
Kenya has expressed deep concerns over the xenophobic attacks in South Africa and ordered all its nationals in the country to immediately report any...
South Africa : Burning the welcome mat
The death toll in a wave of attacks targeting foreigners around South Africa's main city of Johannesburg has reportedly risen to 22, with an...
Death toll in China earthquake keeps rising
After earlier reports from Xinhua news agency putting the death toll at 39,577, Chinese state media reports indicated Tuesday that the death toll in...
Why Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are being nice to each other
In the closing phases of this heated and protracted race for the Democratic party’s presidential nomination, the latest twist is perhaps the most surprising...
Mugabe prepares to announce state of emergency to cling to power
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Justice (ZLJ), a shadowy grouping of lawyers yesterday called on beleaguered Robert Mugabe to consider declaring a state of...
Senator Byrd endorses Obama
Almost a week after the democratic primaries went through West Virginia, his home state, Senator Robert Byrd endorsed Barack Obama's presidential bid. His home...
Trade deficit soars in Ghana
Ghana's central bank governor, Dr Paul Acquah, on Monday announced that the West African country's trade deficit had widened and was hovering around the...
Africa’s lighting development lauded by World Bank
The World Bank has feted several African countries for their efforts to improve access to electricity for the continent's "energy poor," with Kenya scooping...
Zimbabwe opposition wants torture camps to close
Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Monday reiterated its demand to have 'torture camps' in Zimbabwe's rural areas disbanded as a pre-condition for...
Kenyan Football Federation refused court hearing
A group allied to ousted Kenya Football Federation Chairman Mohammed Hatimy, Monday moved to a Nairobi court, seeking orders to set aside the decision...
Nigeria bourse registers turnover of 3.56 billion shares
Investors at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) staked a total of 12.6 billion naira on 759 million shares in 15,978 deals at the close...
President plans to kill off every single homosexual
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh says he will “cut off the head” of any homosexual caught in his country.
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Chad : Aid groups face dilemma over EU protection
Armed vehicle for security in the Oure cassoni camp. All vehicles coming and getting out of the camp have to be escorted
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