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Zimbabwe PM Tsvangirai to go to court over love child
The private life of Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, a widower, is never far from media spotlight. After being romantically linked to a string...
Senegal – Iran: From friendship to diplomatic war
The Senegalese government officially severed diplomatic ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran on Wednesday. Dakar has accused Tehran of supplying arms to separatists...
Opposition leaders call for protests in Uganda
The leader of opposition in Uganda Dr Kiiza Besigye and three other former presidential candidates have called upon Ugandans to protest against the results...
Rahm Emanuel elected mayor of Chicago
Rahm Emanuel, the former chief of staff to President Barack Obama, won the Chicago mayoral election over five other challengers Tuesday, topping the 50%...
Pastoral political Endorsements: Essential or Irrelevant?
We saw the smiles beaming during that photo-op press conference and we heard the words employed in making that political endorsement. But what we...
Budget conflict may cause US gov’t shutdown
After not being able to agree on a budget last year, Congress passed a continuing resolution to fund the government through March 4.
Here's what...
Zimbabwe: Activists arrested to prevent Egypt-Tunisian style protests
Security forces in Zimbabwe claim to have foiled Egyptian-style uprisings after arresting 46 rights activists in the capital Harare for allegedly “plotting to oust...
Egypt: Gamel Mubarak goes into hiding
The son of ousted Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, is desperately seeking a hiding place for himself and his family in the United Kingdom.
According to...
Obama hosts tech leaders at White House dinner
For technology spectators, a dinner on Thursday evening with President Obama and a dozen Silicon Valley executive seems like a scene straight out of...
Ugandans at polls to elect President and MPs amid delays
Thousands of Ugandans were at polling centres as early as 6.00 am ready to cast their votes in the presidential and parliamentary elections taking...
Zimbabwe: Wives of officials off EU sanctions list
Thirty five Zimbabweans, mainly wives of President Robert Mugabe's close associates, who where on European Union travel sanctions have been let off the...
Uganda: Museveni rejects winds of change
As Ugandans prepare to cast their votes in the presidential and parliamentary elections on Friday, their president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has assured them that...
US reporter raped by Egyptian mob in Cairo
A senior CBS correspondent is recovering in hospital in the US after she was beaten and sexually assaulted by a mob while covering the...
Clinton addresses Internet freedom
Days after Facebook and Twitter added fuel to a revolt in Egypt, the Obama administration on Tuesday announced a new policy on Internet freedom,...
Crisis hits Ivory Coast economy
Laurent Gbagbo, one of the two presidents of the Ivory Coast, has accused Washington of supporting his rival, Alassane Ouattara. He has also accused...
US asked to freeze Egyptian politicos’ assets
The post-Mubarak Egyptian government has asked the United States to freeze the financial assets of some officials from that country, according to a senior...
Facebook downplays role in African uprisings
With Facebook playing a starring role in the revolts that toppled governments in Tunisia and Egypt, you might think the company’s top executives would...
Ethiopia: Four NGOs get government ban
Ethiopian authorities have revoked the licenses of four Non-Governmental Organizations (two local and two foreign). The government of the Horn of Africa country claims...
Uganda: Bribery and voters’ register inflation evoked ahead of polls
Commonwealth Observer Group currently in Uganda will base their findings on the credibility of the electoral process and see whether the elections will be...
Miss Zimbabwe pageant, an uncomfortable political event
The prestigious Miss Tourism Zimbabwe beauty pageant was on Sunday morning (February 13) hijacked by the military and Zanu PF officials who scrambled to...
Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe going blind?
Veteran Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe was last Friday (February
11) evening whisked to Singapore for “ an urgent eye review” amid
reports that he could...
Egypt: President Hosni Mubarak resigns
It was 18 days of sometimes violent demonstrations that forced the man who ruled Egypt for nearly 30 years to step down. Friday...
Mubarak’s billions and a lot of hungry Egyptians
President Hosni Mubarak and his family could own as much as 70 billion U.S. dollars in assets against a backdrop of millions of hardworking...
WikiLeaks founder accused of dodging sex questions
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange continually avoided interview requests from Swedish authorities who wanted to question him about allegations that he sexually abused two women...
Ivory Coast: Both Gbagbo and Ouattarra isolated?
Laurent Gbagbo and his supporters have grown increasingly isolated in Côte d’Ivoire, says the U.S. ambassador to the west African country, Phillip Carter.
There is...
Nigerian businesses looted in Harare Zimbabwe
Property worth thousands of dollars went up in smoke after looters from Zanu PF militia went on rampage at Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, targeting foreign...
Aol buys The Huffington Post
The Huffington Post, which began in 2005 with a meager $1 million investment and has grown into one of the most heavily visited news...
South African President urged to apologise for shocking blasphemy
President Jacob Zuma of South Africa has found himself in a delicate situation with the Christian community after telling ANC supporters “that only an...
Several arrested for insulting Uganda president
Twenty people have been arrested in Uganda for booing president Museveni at a campaign rally.
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has in the past two months...
Egypt: Pride to determine Mubarak’s departure
Embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak might not step down immediately because he has to salvage his reputation after a 30 year police state regime,...