Tag: Africa news
Malagasy people vote for a new leader
Madagascar began voting Friday in long-delayed presidential elections meant to restore democracy and pull the island nation out of the…
Madagascar strongman opts out of polls
Madagascar strongman Andry Rajoelina said Wednesday he would not stand in a presidential election next month aimed at ending years…
Cameroon court jails 2 for homosexuality
A court in Cameroon, one of the least gay-tolerant countries in the world, on Tuesday sentenced a man to two…
Obama vows to help Africa build Africa
DAR ES SALAAM(AFP) – Delighted crowds thronged US President Barack Obama in Tanzania Monday, as, homage paid to Nelson Mandela,…
Sham legislative elections underway in E/Guinea
Equatorial Guinea was voting in legislative elections on Sunday in a climate of tension after opposition demonstrations against the regime…
100 dead in Darfur gold mine disaster
Around 100 miners are estimated to have died inside a collapsed gold mine in Sudan’s Darfur region and nine rescuers…
Togo: Thousands protest opposition arrests
Thousands of Togolese opposition supporters held a protest on Thursday to demand the release of members of their coalition arrested…
Coalition cabinet formed in Central Africa Republic
The Central African Republic’s Prime Minister Nicolas Tiangaye on Sunday named his new post-coup government mostly made up of rebels…
Deals with NNPC: Zambia’s ex-leader pleads not guilty
Zambia’s ex-president Rupiah Banda on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to a charge of abuse of power linked to an oil…
CAR rebels enter Bangui, ask Bozize to leave
Rebel forces in the Central African Republic said Saturday that they had entered the capital Bangui and called on the…
Benin foils coup against Yayi
Benin Republic said Sunday that authorities have thwarted an attempt to oust President Thomas Boni Yayi and install a military…
Odinga, Kenyatta replay history in Kenya’s election
Kenya’s top two presidential contenders will face off against each other in polls Monday for the first time, but bring…
CAR moves to end stranglehold of rebels
The Central African Republic will on Sunday begin removing rebels from villages and towns they have occupied since December, the…
Italy: Ivorian sets self ablaze after deportation order
An immigrant from Ivory Coast set himself on fire in Rome airport on Thursday after receiving a deportation order, sparking…
Mali: France admits killing hundreds of Islamists
Several hundred Islamists have been killed in airstrikes and direct combat in Mali since France launched an offensive to drive…
Africa Union: Ethiopia’s Desalegn takes over from Yayi
Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn was elected the African Union chairman on Sunday, taking over the one-year post from Benin’s…
Somalia’s Shebab executes French hostage
Somalia’s Shebab Islamists said Thursday they have executed a French agent they had held since 2009, as France said the…
Egypt’s Mubarak wins retrial
Egypt’s Court of Cassation on Sunday accepted an appeal against the life sentence handed down to former president Hosni Mubarak…
Africa’s Islamists kill 3 French soldiers
A French pilot was killed during a helicopter raid to prevent Islamist groups controlling northern Mali from advancing toward the…
CAR rebels, Bozize agree unity government
Central African Republic rebel groups on Friday signed a ceasefire deal with President Francois Bozize who agreed to set up…
Food Aid Pillaged In Central Africa
Hundreds of tonnes of food aid have been stolen from warehouses across the restive Central African Republic, the UN’s World…
Inmates set South African prison on fire
Inmates set fire to the maximum security section of a prison in the centre of South Africa, the same region…
CAR: Pope hopes talks will bring peace
Pope Benedict XVI said Monday he hoped Central African Republic peace talks would spare the country’s residents from “reliving the…
Ghana’s leader, Mahama to be sworn in today
Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama will be sworn into office today following last month’s polls. But the ceremony will be…
Zimbabwe’s rights chief quit
The chairman of Zimbabwe’s human rights commission, appointed to help curb rights violations, has resigned citing inhibiting laws and lack…
US abandons embattled CAR leader Bozize
The United States evacuated its embassy in the Central African Republic on Thursday and temporarily halted its operations, amid security…
Mandela admitted to hospital
Africa’s icon and former South African leader, Nelson Mandela was admitted to a hospital in Pretoria Saturday to undergo tests…
Obasanjo leads ECOWAS mission to Ghana polls
Nigeria’s former leader, Olusegun Obasanjo leads a 250-member ECOWAS Election Observers Mission to Ghana to monitor the poll due on…
Shot Mauritanian leader back home
Thousands of supporters welcomed Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz back from France, where he spent more than a month…
Pathetic story of migrants rushing to South Africa
Fewer than 5% of African migrants now want to reach Europe or America. They’re looking instead to neighbouring countries, or…