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South Africa : Zuma attacked
A church in South Africa has attacked ANC president Jacob Zuma saying he has beeas been "extremely unwise" to claim divine blessings for the
leading...
Zimbabwe : Zanu-PF issues licence to kill
A group of Zanu-PF youth militants, one of whom was dressed in Zimbabwean army uniform and armed with an AK47 assault rifle, launched an...
AU to actively monitor Zimbabwe presidential run-off
The African Union (AU) has called on all stakeholders in Zimbabwe's forthcoming presidential runoff to ensure that peace and security would be maintained, and...
Five die in northern Ghana ethnic fight
The death toll in ethnic clashes at Bawku in the north-eastern corner of Ghana has risen to five, Interior Minister Kwamena Bartel said on...
Mauritius reviews retirement age
Mauritius prime minister, Navin Ramgoolam, announced on Monday that the retirement age for salaried workers would soon be extended from 60 to 65 years...
Farmer’s information service launched in Kenya
Kenya has launched a farmers information service where t he country's farming community will now be able to receive and exchange timely news and...
Morocco applauds latest resolution on Western Sahara
Moroccan Foreign and Co-operation minister, Taieb Fassi Fihri, says his country is "extremely satisfied" with the latest resolution of the United Nations Security Council...
Great lakes region hold talks on good governance
A delegation from the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) is in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, for a meeting on the implementation...
Egypt : Israeli Palestinian peace negotiations shrouded in secrecy
Egypt has expressed dismay at the secret nature of Israeli and Palestinian diplomacy over peace negotiations.
In comments published by the Qatari daily Ash-sharq newspaper,...
Ghana President on good governance and economy
As Ghanaians prepare to elect a new president by the end of the year, outgoing President John Kufuor has said he will be leaving...
Zimbabwe run-off could take up to a year
Zimbabwe's electoral commission has said it will soon decide the date for a second round of presidential elections, amid mounting tension as the...
Egypt under heavy criticism for supplying oil to Israel
Egypt's largest opposition group has condemned a government decision to continue supplying Israel with gas. The banned Muslim Brotherhood said in a statement on...
MEND – Nigeria militant group heeds to cease fire call from Obama
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has confirmed the latest attack on a 30,000bpd Shell flow station in Nigeria's oil-rich...
Zimbabwe : Tsvangirai’s dilemma
Zimbabwe’s opposition faced a difficult decision on Friday night over whether to contest a presidential run-off after the long-delayed official election results were finally...
The Polisario Front insists on a referendum for Western Sahara
The Polisario Front urged international opinion to take the claims "made by a people sure of their right" into account. This statement was made...
Egypt brokers Isreal and Palestinian peace
Despite the Islamic Jihad’s refusal, in a statement last Thursday, to be signatory to an Egyptian-brokered truce with Israel, Egypt’s efforts to negotiate peace...
Liberian court rules on treason cases
Liberia's Criminal court in Monrovia on Friday acquitted two senior soldiers of the defunct Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) after being found not guilty...
Health Ministers to discuss pharmaceutical industries in Africa
The ministers of health of the African Union (AU) member countries will meet 17 May in Geneva, Switzerland, at a special session alongside the...
Nigerian gov’t under fire for Zimbabwe stalemate silence
The Nigerian government is under tremendous pressure to break its silence on the election impasse in Zimbabwe, as the electoral authorities in the Southern...
Robert Mugabe gains support from Namibian workers union
Namibia's umbrella workers' union has condemned the ongoing international attack on the Zimbabwean government, saying workers still have fresh memories of the agonies of...
Ghanaians resident abroad not to vote in december
Ghanaians living abroad cannot vote in presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for December 7 because steps to enable them to cast their ballots have...
Children under great threat in post election violence
Children are not being spared the impact of Zimbabwe's post-election violence.
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Zimbabwe told IRIN its work was being...
Ghanaians resort to mob justice as courts get clogged
When Naa Adorkor’s 15 year-old daughter was raped by a 45 year-old neighbour she vowed no expense would be spared in prosecuting the man....
Robben Island : Mandela’s prison island abandoned and in disrepair
Robben Island Museum in South Africa has rejected a report that wild animals on the 574 hectare island are starving to death...
Israel refuses proposed ceasefire by Palestinian group in Egypt
Palestinian groups in Egypt negotiating a ceasefire agreement with Israel in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank Wednesday agreed on a proposal brokered...
Brotherhood throws weight behind 4 May general strike in Egypt
Egyptian opposition groups expressed excitement on Wednesday after the nation's largest and most popular opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, threw its support behind a...
Liberia to make armed robbery, rape, terrorism… capital offenses
In a move to check violent crimes in the country, the Liberian legislature on Wednesday began debating a draft bill aimed at making armed...
Zimbabwe : Party reveals results of presidential elections
Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change last night circulated statistical evidence to the press to back up its claim that it won with an...
Britain and Mauritius discuss Chagos sovereignty
Mauritius Premier Navin Ramgoolam told the Parliament on Tuesday that Great Britain has accepted to initiate top level discussions on the sovereignty of Chagos...
Mugabe – Mbeki alliance shaky
No official results have been released exactly one month after presidential elections were held in Zimbabwe on March 29th. The two main parties involved...