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Mugabe signs new Zimbabwe constitution … AFP - 12 hours agoPresident Robert Mugabe signed Zimbabwe's new constitution into law Wednesday, clearing the path to crucial elections later this year. More »
- Striking Kenyan truckers block east … Reuters - 13 hours ago
By Joseph Akwiri Mombasa (Reuters) - Kenyan truckers blocked the only highway from the port city of Mombasa to the capital Nairobi on Wednesday, threatening to More »
- Zuma implicated in South Africa wedding … Reuters - 15 hours ago
By Peroshni Govender JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African government report released on Wednesday implicated President Jacob Zuma in a scandal over a plane More »
- World Bank pledges $1 billion to aid … Reuters - 15 hours ago
By Anna Yukhananov KINSHASA (Reuters) - The World Bank pledged $1 billion (664 million pounds) on Wednesday to fund development in central Africa's Great Lakes More »
- Mugabe signs Zimbabwe constitution, … Reuters - 16 hours ago
By Cris Chinaka HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signed a new constitution into law on Wednesday, replacing a 33-year-old document forged in the More »
- Mugabe Paves The Way For Zimbabwe E … Sky News - 17 hours ago
President Robert Mugabe has cleared the path to crucial elections later this year by signing Zimbabwe's new constitution into law. More »
- Sudan dreams of becoming global sugar … Reuters - 17 hours ago
By Ulf Laessing NEAR SOFIYA, Sudan (Reuters) - In a hangar-shaped factory hall in central Sudan a dozen workers rush to pack refined white sugar gushing from a More »
- Mugabe signs constitution into law, … Reuters - 18 hours ago
By Cris Chinaka HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signed a new constitution into law on Wednesday, replacing a 33-year-old document forged in the More »
- France beefs up Africa, Middle East … Reuters - 18 hours ago
PARIS (Reuters) - France will invest about 20 million euros to increase security for diplomats and embassies in the Middle East and Africa after its mission in More »
- Impoverished Malawi sells presidential … Reuters - 22 hours ago
LILONGWE (Reuters) - Malawi's luxury presidential jet, bought by late leader Bingu wa Mutharika, has been sold for $15 million to raise cash for the impoverished More »
- West Bank pledges $1 billion to aid … Reuters - Wed, May 22, 2013
KINSHASA (Reuters) - The World Bank on Wednesday announced $1 billion in development funding for Africa's Great Lakes region, where renewed fighting this week More »
- Nigeria seeks Niger's military support … Reuters - Tue, May 21, 2013
By Abdoulaye Massalatchi and Joe Brock NIAMEY/MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria has asked its northern neighbour Niger for help in an offensive against Boko More »
- Egyptian army blocks Sinai roads in … Reuters - Tue, May 21, 2013
By Yousri Mohamed SHEIKH ZUWAID, Egypt (Reuters) - Egyptian army and police forces stepped up roadblocks in north Sinai in a hunt for militant Islamists who More »
- Libyan interior minister submits resignation … Reuters - Tue, May 21, 2013
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's interior minister has submitted his resignation, two official sources said on Tuesday, after months of efforts to curb armed groups who More »
- World Bank boosts funds for Syria refugees, … Reuters - Tue, May 21, 2013
By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Bank plans substantial new funds to help Jordan cope with the influx of refugees from the civil war in Syria, and hopes More »
- Egypt's army blocks roads in Sinai in … Reuters - Tue, May 21, 2013
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's army and police stepped up roadblocks in an area of northern Sinai as they tried to track down militant Islamists who kidnapped seven More »
- Rubber bullets fired at South African … Reuters - Tue, May 21, 2013
By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Ten striking South African miners were taken to hospital on Tuesday after being hit by rubber bullets, police said, as labour More »
- Ghana hopes to shield economy from African … Reuters - Tue, May 21, 2013
By Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Kwasi Kpodo ACCRA (Reuters) - Oil brought riches to Nigeria but also ravaged its economy and fuelled corruption and conflict. Now nearby More »
- Ban says Madagascar rivals should w … AFP - Tue, May 21, 2013
UN leader Ban Ki-moon backed African calls for Madagascar strongman Andry Rajoelina and two rivals to withdraw from the country's presidential election in July. More »
- Obama to take first major Africa trip … AFP - Tue, May 21, 2013
President Barack Obama will leave on a first African tour next month, visiting Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa, but his itinerary bypasses Kenya, an ancestral More »
- U.S. names envoy to combat anti-Semitism, … Reuters - Mon, May 20, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism as a new State Department report warned about More »
- Libya war weapons may be killing central … Reuters - Mon, May 20, 2013
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Armed groups in central Africa are using powerful weapons, some of which may be left over from the civil war in More »
- Chief Palestinian peace negotiator backs … Reuters - Mon, May 20, 2013
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The top Palestinian negotiator with Israel on Monday threw his weight behind U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's bid More »
- Kony's LRA has killed more than 100,000: … AFP - Mon, May 20, 2013
The Lord's Resistance Army has killed more than 100,000 people during a reign of terror in Central Africa over the past 25 years, UN leader Ban Ki-moon said Monday. More »
- Nigeria says it has retaken five Islamist … AFP - Mon, May 20, 2013
Nigeria's military said Monday it had re-established control in five remote areas of the northeast where Islamist insurgents had seized territory, as it pressed on More »
- Nigeria says has Islamists on defen … Reuters - Mon, May 20, 2013
By Joe Brock MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Nigeria claimed an early success for its military offensive against Islamist insurgents in the northeast on Monday, saying the More »
- Ugandan police raid newspaper over Museveni … Reuters - Mon, May 20, 2013
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - Police raided Uganda's leading independent newspaper on Monday and disabled its printing press after it published a letter More »
- South African mine wage demands roil … Reuters - Mon, May 20, 2013
By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Big wage hikes demanded by the government-allied trade union in South Africa's coal and gold industries helped push the rand More »
- Egyptian army boosts forces in Sinai … Reuters - Mon, May 20, 2013
By Yousri Mohamed EL-ARISH, Egypt (Reuters) - The Egyptian army sent reinforcements into the Sinai Peninsula on Monday after President Mohamed Mursi said there More »
- South African wage demands send rand … Reuters - Mon, May 20, 2013
By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Big wage hikes demanded by the government-allied trade union in South Africa's coal and gold industries helped push the rand More »
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