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Cape Town News

Politics 28 Apr, 2014

Election race heats up in Western Cape The upcoming South African general election on 7 May marks the nation's 20th year as a democracy and is being viewed as a potential crossroads situation by po...

Cairo News

Sisi enters Egyptian presidential race

Politics 28 Mar, 2014

Former army chief pledges fight against militancy Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has announced his resignation as Egypt's military chief and declared his candicacy for a presidential election...

Cairo News

Morsi supporters sentenced by Egyptian court

Politics 24 Mar, 2014

Largest capital punishment case in modern Egypt An Egyptian court has sentenced 529 members of the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood to death, in what is the country's largest capital punishment case o...

Lagos News

Nigerian president suspends central bank governor

Politics 20 Feb, 2014

Governor highlighted suspicions of massive corruption Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan suspended the central bank governor, Lamido Sanusi, on 20 February. In a statement the government said...

Maputo News

Peace talks resume in Mozambique

Politics 29 Jan, 2014

Government resumes dialogue with Renamo Mozambique's Frelimo-led government and the main opposition party Renamo resumed talks on 27 January, after three months of stalled negotiations and escalating...

Maputo News

New presidential palace in Maputo

Politics 28 Jan, 2014

Building funded with loan from China Mozambican president Armando Guebuza inaugurated the nation's new presidential palace on 24 January. The two-storey complex overlooks Maputo Bay and is substantia...

Cairo News

Egyptians vote to rewrite constitution

Politics 19 Jan, 2014

Landslide approval for referendum on constitution Over 98 per cent of Egyptian voters have backed the referendum held on 14-15 January for a new constitution. The results were announced as a suc...

Cairo News

Morsi trial postponed until 1 February

Politics 09 Jan, 2014

Decision comes days before major constitutional referendum The trial of Egypt's ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi on charges of inciting the murder of protesters was adjourned on 8 January u...

Cairo News

Morsi faces new trial on terror charges

Politics 19 Dec, 2013

Ousted president faces a number of upcoming trials Ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi goes on trial on 23 December on charges of fraud connected with his Muslim Brotherhood's economic and so...

Addis Ababa News

Addis Ababa twinned with Washington DC

Politics 15 Dec, 2013

Addis Ababa and Washington DC signed a sister city agreement on 11 December at the city hall in Washington. The agreement remains in force for five years and is designed to facilitate cultural and ed...

Maputo News

Shortlist of Frelimo presidential candidates

Politics 12 Dec, 2013

List comprises prime minister and two government ministers Mozambique's ruling Frelimo party has released a shortlist of three candidates ahead of the presidential polls on 15 October next year....

Cairo News

Egypt and Turkey downgrade diplomatic relations

Politics 24 Nov, 2013

Cairo reacts following repeated criticism by Turkey Egypt expelled Turkey's ambassador from Cairo on 23 November over Turkey's continued “interference” in Egyptian internal affairs, promp...

Maputo News

Mozambique goes to the polls

Politics 19 Nov, 2013

Election authorities to go ahead with polls despite threat of violence Mozambicans cast their votes in local elections on 20 November amid an escalation of political violence that threatens voter p...

Cairo News

Morsi trial adjourned until January

Politics 04 Nov, 2013

Ousted leader insists he remains president The trial of ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi has been adjourned until 8 January, following chaotic scenes at a criminal court hearing on 4 Novem...

Maputo News

Maputo march for peace and security

Politics 02 Nov, 2013

Protests against rebel violence and abductions Tens of thousands of Mozambicans marched in Maputo and the port cities of Beira and Quelimane on 31 October in protest over the renewed threat of arme...

Maputo News

Mozambique's Renamo ends peace deal

Politics 26 Oct, 2013

Rebels claim government attempted “to kill its leader" Afonso Dhlakama Mozambique's Renamo rebels have ended a 1992 peace deal after government forces attacked the base of their leader Afons...

Cairo News

Over 50 dead in clashes in Egypt

Politics 06 Oct, 2013

Rival factions clash during national holiday At least 50 people were killed in clashes across Egypt as supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi clashed with security forces on 6 Octobe...

Cairo News

Egypt’s constitutional panel convenes

Politics 08 Sep, 2013

Egypt's 50-member constitutional panel convened in Cairo for the first time on 8 September to study proposed revisions to disputed articles in the nation's Islamist-backed 2012 constitution. Its fi...

Accra News

Supreme Court upholds Ghanaian election

Politics 29 Aug, 2013

Ghana's Supreme Court has upheld the result of last December's presidential election following a legal challenge by the opposition. The announcement was made amid tight security at the court hous...

Accra News

Tension in Ghana ahead of court election verdict

Politics 27 Aug, 2013

Security will be tight around the Accra court house on 29 August ahead of the supreme court's ruling on the validity of last December's election which saw John Dramani Mahama of the governing National...

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