Tag: Africa news
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…