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Nairobi News

Kenya’s High Court clarifies timings for next elections

Politics 24 Jan, 2012

A ruling from Kenya

Lagos News

Goodluck Jonathan backs down on Nigeria’s fuel subsidies

Politics 16 Jan, 2012

Trade unions in Nigeria called off a nationwide six-day strike on 16 January after the country's president Goodluck Jonathan backed down by partially-restoring the government-sponsored petrol subsidie...

Addis Ababa News

Swedish journalists to ask for pardon

Politics 12 Jan, 2012

Two Swedish journalists sentenced to 11 years in prison in Ethiopia have decided to ask for a pardon rather than appeal their case. They were found guilty in December of promoting the Ogaden National...

Addis Ababa News

Swedish journalists found guilty of supporting terrorism in Ethiopia

Politics 20 Dec, 2011

An Ethiopian court has found two Swedish journalists guilty of helping and promoting the banned Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebel group, and entering Ethiopia illegally. On 21 December...

Cairo News

Clashes in Cairo

Politics 18 Dec, 2011

14 people have died in the latest clashes between protesters and security forces in Cairo. The violence, which began on 16 December in the streets around the central Tahrir Square, continues four...

Dar Es Salaam News

Tanzania celebrates 50 years of independence

Politics 07 Dec, 2011

Mainland Tanzania celebrates five decades of independence on 9 December with a series of events in Dar es Salaam and the other major cities. The national flag will be hoisted on the summit of Kilim...

Cairo News

Election update in Egypt

Politics 29 Nov, 2011

Islamist parties are leading so far in initial, partial results from Egypt's parliamentary elections, according to the Egyptian judges charged with overseeing the counting, some of whom spoke to the A...

Cairo News

Egyptian cabinet offers to resign

Politics 21 Nov, 2011

Egypt's interim cabinet offered to resign on the night of Monday 21 November. The move followed three days of violent clashes in Cairo and other cities between the security forces and protesters, whi...

Cairo News

Violent clashes in Cairo

Politics 20 Nov, 2011

20 people have been killed and 1,750 wounded in ongoing clashes between riot police and some 3,000 protesters in Cairo

Addis Ababa News

Ethiopian government cracks down on opposition

Politics 16 Nov, 2011

The Ethiopian government has stepped up its accusations against opposition journalists and politicians in recent weeks with official charges against 24 people, six of whom are journalists, under its s...

Cairo News

Upcoming Egyptian elections

Politics 16 Nov, 2011

Egyptian parliamentary elections are scheduled to begin on 28 November. An estimated 50 million Egyptians are eligible to vote for the roughly 50 parties and more than 5,000 independent candidates vyi...

Maputo News

Anti-piracy agreement between South Africa and Mozambique

Politics 15 Nov, 2011

An anti-piracy agreement has been reached between South Africa and Mozambique, to be extended eventually to include Tanzania. The agreement was signed at the third South African-Mozambican Joint Perma...

Lagos News

Nigerian capital on alert for terrorist attacks

Politics 07 Nov, 2011

After the bombings that killed more than 100 people in northeast Nigeria around the city of Damaturu, the US embassy in Nigeria is warning that the Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which c...

Addis Ababa News

Ethiopia reduces charges against Swedish journalists

Politics 03 Nov, 2011

The two Swedish journalists facing trial for terrorism in Ethiopia have had some of the charges against them dropped. Photographer Johan Persson and reporter Martin Schibbye no longer face the charge...

Nairobi News

Kenya bombs Al-Shabab targets in Somalia

Politics 30 Oct, 2011

Medecins Sans Frontieres, the international medical and humanitarian organisation, says that Kenyan planes have struck a camp for displaced people in Somalia close to the border with Kenya, killing at...

Addis Ababa News

AU meet in Addis Ababa after Gaddafi death

Politics 23 Oct, 2011

The Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) has been authorised by the African Union (AU) to take their place in the AU, during an emergency meeting at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa on 20 Octo...

Nairobi News

Kenya cracks down on Al-Shabab

Politics 19 Oct, 2011

The Kenyan government has announced that it will launch a major security operation against followers of the Somali Islamist movement, Al-Shabab, based in the country

Cairo News

Further political instability in Egypt

Politics 13 Oct, 2011

Egypt

Cape Town News

Desmond Tutu celebrates 80th birthday in Cape Town

Politics 09 Oct, 2011

Activist and retired bishop Desmond Tutu celebrated his 80th birthday on 7 October in St George

Accra News

Ghana seventh on 2011 Ibrahim Index

Politics 09 Oct, 2011

Ghana comes seventh for the second year in a row on the annual Ibrahim Index of African Governance. The 2011 index was released on 10 October. Ahead of Ghana is Mauritius in the number one slot, fo...

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