Cape Town News
Voter registration in South Africa.
South Africans who have not registered to vote in this year
Cape Town News
A judge has postponed until 25 August the hearing in the case against the president of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), Jacob Zuma, who faces charges of corruption, money-laundering and rac...
Addis Ababa News
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been elected chairman of the African Union at the pan-African organisation
Accra News
President Atta-Mills new cabinet.
President John Atta-Mills of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has completed his cabinet line-up just over three weeks after being sworn into office. The new government consists of 23 ministers a...
Accra News
Kufuor retirement package sparks outrage.
There is public outrage in Ghana over the generous retirement package for ex president John Kufuor and other former heads of state, which was approved on 6 January, the day before Kufuor stepped down...
Addis Ababa News
African Union summit in Addis Ababa.
The Ethiopian capital will play host to the 12th African Union (AU) summit from 26 January-3 February under the theme
Nairobi News
Letter from Nairobi: Obamamania grips Kenya ahead of inauguration.
A tourist visiting Nairobi and Kisumu for the first time might be forgiven for thinking that Barack Obama was the president of Kenya, judging by the popularity of his T-shirts, posters and the extensi...
Cape Town News
A South African appeal court has reinstated corruption charges against the controversial president of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), Jacob Zuma, in the latest twist in a long-running saga...
Nairobi News
Kenya investigates illicit maize trade claims.
The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission and other government agencies have been ordered to investigate allegations of an illegal trade in maize in the latest scandal to rock Kenya
Accra News
John Atta Mills of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been sworn in as president of Ghana after narrowly winning run-off elections on 28 December. He replaces John Kufuor of the New Patriotic...
Nairobi News
Crisis in DRC: peace talks resume in Nairobi.
Talks to end the long-running conflict in the eastern North Kivu region of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have resumed in Nairobi ahead of a meeting of regional heads of state scheduled for later...
Accra News
Atta Mills declared Ghana’s new president.
John Atta Mills of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has formally been declared the winner of the Ghana presidential elections. In a close run-off for the presidency Mills won by 50.23...
Accra News
Ghana's presidential vote too close to call.
With the results of the run-off presidential election in Ghana too close to call, the country
Nairobi News
The United Nations has accused the governments of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo of directly helping warring factions in the eastern North Kivu district, where an unknown number of people hav...
Accra News
Ghana presidential elections go to run-off.
The next president of Ghana will be decided in a run-off vote after the first round of polling on 7 December failed to result in a clear winner. The run-off has been scheduled for 28 December and the...
Accra News
Ghana awaits election results.
Ballots are still being counted in Ghana following peaceful and orderly general elections on 7 December.
In the presidential elections official results are not expected until 10 December, but analys...
