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Nigeria military kills about 40 in northeast: residents

Nov 02, 2012 (AFP)

Nigerian soldiers shot dead dozens of young men during raids in a city seen as a stronghold of a radical Islamist group, residents and a morgue worker told AFP ...

Lesotho fears cash shortfall as food crisis deepens

Nov 01, 2012 (AFP)

The Lesotho government fears it may not raise enough cash to avert a pending food crisis caused by two successive crop failures, the head of the country's disas...

Senegal foreign, interior ministers lose jobs in reshuffle

Oct 30, 2012 (AFP)

Senegalese President Macky Sall kicked out his foreign and interior ministers in a major government reshuffle Monday, just days after admitting "errors" in mana...

G.Bissau's alleged coup mastermind to face military court

Oct 30, 2012 (AFP)

The alleged mastermind of an attack on a military barracks in Guinea-Bissau, which government has described as a coup attempt backed by Portugal, will face a mi...

Making transport a driver for development in Africa

Oct 29, 2012 (SPX)

A new report by a panel of international experts highlights policies to improve air quality road safety and congestion, supporting African development. Transpor...

Rwanda ex-army chief's refugee status questioned in S.Africa

Oct 29, 2012 (AFP)

A migrants' rights lobby group on Monday challenged in court South Africa's decision to grant refugee status to a former Rwandan general, saying he was suspecte...

Guinea-Bissau army arrests alleged coup leader

Oct 27, 2012 (AFP)

Guinea Bissau's military on Saturday arrested the man accused of being the mastermind behind an attack on an elite army barracks a week ago which the government...

Eight killed in militia attack at DR Congo wildlife reserve

Oct 26, 2012 (AFP)

Eight people, including two rangers, a soldier and five militiamen were killed in a militia attack near Lake Edward in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virung...

Mobile phone app developers take on Africa

Oct 25, 2012 (AFP)

The scene might pass for a high-tech forum in California, but the young entrepreneurs presenting their products on stage are Africans, keen to show off low-tech...

Sudan accuses Israel of air raid, threatens action

Oct 25, 2012 (AFP)

Sudanese government officials met in urgent session after accusing Israel of a deadly missile strike on a military factory in Khartoum, 18 months after alleging...

Morocco trial of 23 Sahrawis postponed indefinitely

Oct 24, 2012 (AFP)

A Moroccan military tribunal on Wednesday postponed indefinitely the trial of 23 Sahrawis implicated in the killing of security forces members during clashes in...

Tuareg killed by uniformed men in central Mali: reports

Oct 24, 2012 (AFP)

Several Tuareg civilians have been killed by uniformed men in Diabali in central Mali, the site of a mass shooting by Malian troops in September, regional media...

Climate variability and conflict risk in East Africa measured by Boulder team

Oct 23, 2012 (SPX)

While a new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder shows the risk of human conflict in East Africa increases somewhat with hotter temperatures and drop...

Two Guinea-Bissau politicians badly beaten by soldiers

Oct 23, 2012 (AFP)

Two politicians allied to Guinea-Bissau's ousted regime were severely beaten by soldiers after their arrest in the wake of an alleged coup, government and famil...

Guinea-Bissau blames Portugal after foiled coup bid

Oct 22, 2012 (AFP)

Guinea-Bissau security forces arrested several suspects over a foiled coup bid in the chronically unstable nation, which the government has accused former colon...

China lodges protest over killing in Nigeria

Oct 22, 2012 (AFP)

China said Monday it had lodged a diplomatic protest over the fatal shooting of a Chinese worker in Nigeria and demanded that the African nation take "concrete ...

Mugabe, Tsvangirai call for peaceful constitution talks

Oct 22, 2012 (AFP)

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his arch rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Monday called for peace as they opened talks on a draft of a new const...

Guinea-Bissau says it thwarts coup bid, implicates Portugal

Oct 22, 2012 (AFP)

Guinea-Bissau claimed it thwarted a coup bid at the weekend after a deadly raid on an army barracks, accusing Portugal of being behind the attack. Gunmen staged...

Fear stalks DR Congo's rebel-held territory

Oct 20, 2012 (AFP)

"Women and girls are raped by M23. They steal our goats and property from our homes," said a resident of Rugari, in a rebel-held part of eastern Democratic Repu...

Argentina: UN an option over Ghana ship seizure

Oct 19, 2012 (AFP)

Argentina on Friday threatened to take Ghana before the United Nations if it refuses to take responsibility for the seizure earlier this month of a warship belo...