Situation at Ivory Coast base 'under control' 2006-01-02 06:28:13
An armed attack against a major military base to the west of Ivory Coast's economic capital Abidjan has been repulsed by government forces, the army chief-of-staff has said.Full Story...
Military camp attacked in Ivory Coast 2006-01-02 01:25:44
A major military base to the west of Ivory Coast's economic capital Abidjan has come under attack, according to military sources.Full Story...
Plane crashes, clampdowns blight Nigeria 2006-01-01 04:31:51
Two plane crashes which killed more than 200 people, including schoolchildren, and a clampdown on opposition figures were the striking events that blighted Nigeria's social and political landscape in 2005.Full Story...
Stay in power at own risk, Obasanjo told 2005-12-31 02:31:26
Former Nigerian military ruler Yakubu Gowon has advised President Olusegun Obasanjo against seeking a new term in office, offering himself as an example of a head of state who came to grief by trying to stay in power too long.Full Story...
Chad steps up claims of Sudanese subversion 2005-12-31 02:34:24
Chad has made fresh claims that Khartoum supported Chadian rebels, alleging the insurgents had been given airtime on Sudanese television and that Sudanese nationals were among prisoners taken after a recent rebel raid on a Chadian border town.Full Story...
Nigerian dictator's billions still sought 2005-12-30 02:29:34
Anti-corruption authorities in Nigeria have been quizzing a former military administrator of Lagos about funds embezzled by the late dictator Sani Abacha.Full Story...
Youths protest naming of Ivory Coast cabinet 2005-12-29 04:05:17
Ivory Coast Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny has named a cabinet that includes rebel leaders from the war-divided country, triggering protests by youths supporting President Laurent Gbagbo.Full Story...
Nigerian road accident kills 27 2005-12-27 07:36:23
Twenty-seven people have died when a loaded truck skidded into a ditch in the north-western Zamfara state of Nigeria, a senior road safety official said.Full Story...
Chad, Sudan urged to exercise restraint 2005-12-27 03:28:19
Sudan and Chad have been urged to exercise self-restraint to defuse the rapidly escalating tension between the two African neighbours.Full Story...
Where religion binds and nourishes a people 2005-12-22 23:25:34
Muslims, who constitute more than 95 percent of Senegal's 12 million people, say they have a long history of tolerance and co-existence with Christians, most of whom live in the south, far from the dusty capital, Dakar. So why not help them celebrate Christmas?Full Story...
Darfur peace talks halted for Christmas break 2005-12-22 10:19:31
Even mediators tackling serious issues like the Darfur crisis in Sudan need to take a break, it seems, with the African Union announcing that it is partially halting its peace talks during the festive season.Full Story...
Shell wants legal indemnity after blast 2005-12-22 04:23:14
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, has reportedly sought indemnity from lawsuits after a deadly explosion affecting its pipeline in the Niger Delta.Full Story...
Liberia's Weah drops poll defeat challenge 2005-12-21 12:03:46
Liberian soccer star George Weah has decided not to take his legal challenge against former World Bank economist Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's victory in November's presidential elections to the Supreme Court.Full Story...
Nigeria pipeline still blazing 2005-12-21 07:58:07
Supply of crude oil to the blazing pipeline in remote southern Nigeria has been stopped in an attempt to weaken the fire caused by a suspected dynamite attack.Full Story...
Excited mom waits for freedom SMS 2005-12-20 23:39:25
Hamida Kaladine, the mother of Ruwayda, the 18-year-old cabin crew member held with colleague Sechan Pillay in Equatorial Guinea for more than 30 days, has welcomed news that the two are coming home.Full Story...
SA aircrew fly home from Equatorial Guinea 2005-12-21 04:32:15
After being held captive in Equatorial Guinea for more than a month, two South African aircrew are finally on their way home.Full Story...
Aircrew getting ready to come home 2005-12-21 01:21:15
Two South African aircrew, who have been held in Equatorial Guinea as part of a business dispute for almost three weeks, have had their passports returned and will return to Johannesburg as soon as possible, according to the foreign affairs department.Full Story...
UN maintains sanctions against Liberia 2005-12-21 02:25:20
The United Nations Security Council says it will lift embargoes on Liberia when the country's new government ends illicit trade in its valuable resources.Full Story...
Oil pipeline blast in Nigeria kills eight 2005-12-20 09:16:44
Eight people have been killed and many more are still missing after an explosion at an oil pipeline in Nigeria's remote southern delta, local state officials said.Full Story...
Talks continue to free aircrew 2005-12-19 23:35:20
Talks to secure the release of two South African cabin crew members held in Equatorial Guinea as part of a business dispute will continue, one of the companies involved in the saga said.Full Story...
Ivory Coast rebel TV running on a shoestring 2005-12-19 02:59:46
Ivory Coast rebels have set up a television station to explain who they are and why they have taken up arms.Full Story...
Nigeria grounds planes after spate of crashes 2005-12-18 10:42:16
Nigeria has grounded all Boeing 737 planes after a series of crashes which has left hundreds dead even though these aircrafts form the majority of its civil fleet.Full Story...
Senegal parliament votes to postpone polls 2005-12-17 06:15:19
Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has called for the postponement of legislative polls - a move that will hopefully free up R83-million for the relief of victims in the country's recent floods.Full Story...
Liberia election foul play claim rejected 2005-12-17 06:31:41
International soccer superstar George Weah's vote-tampering evidence for Liberia's recently held elections has been deemed " grossly insufficient" by a top electoral official.Full Story...
UN leave Sierra Leone as situation 'improves' 2005-12-15 06:13:53
The largest United Nations peacekeeping operation is about to leave Sierra Leone but despite the broad successes of the mission, the war-battered country is still at the beginning of a long road to recovery.Full Story...
Nigeria bans drivers' unions from garages 2005-12-15 05:18:37
Frequent clashes about control of lucrative car parks in Nigeria have resulted in drivers' unions being banned from garages.Full Story...
Annan urges Weah party to respect poll result 2005-12-15 00:33:07
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has called on leaders and supporters of ex-soccer star George Weah's party to respect results of the recent presidential election in Liberia and to avoid violence.Full Story...
Nigerian lawmaker knifed as rivalry heats up 2005-12-14 12:36:11
A Nigerian state legislator has been stabbed and others beaten in a fight between rival factions of the Oyo state assembly due to impeachment proceedings launched against Governor Rasheed Ladoja, police said.Full Story...
Officials seize SA aircrew's passports again 2005-12-14 01:02:48
Two South Africans being held in Equatorial Guinea have had their passports confiscated again and will not be returning home as expected.Full Story...
Furious Obasanjo blasts air travel regulators 2005-12-14 02:33:37
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has grounded two private Nigerian airlines following the devastating crashes which have killed hundreds of people over the past two months.Full Story...
Allegations of poll fraud mount in Liberia 2005-12-13 00:11:06
Supporters of George Weah, who was declared the loser of Liberia's presidential election, have fought with police after the former football star repeated fraud allegations, calling himself the real head of state.Full Story...
Obasanjo suspends officials after plane crash 2005-12-13 06:01:36
President Olusegun Obasanjo has ordered a critical assessment of institutional and human capacity deficiencies in Nigeria's aviation industry after three fatal accidents in seven weeks left 224 people dead.Full Story...
Parents mourn at Nigerian plane crash site 2005-12-13 09:22:45
Parents have gathered to mourn their children who died in a fatal plane crash which claimed the lives of 50 learners from a Catholic college in Nigeria.Full Story...
Liberia investigating reports of coup plot 2005-12-13 00:48:43
Liberia's government has said it is investigating reports of a coup plot after the loser of a run-off election last month renewed claims that he was the rightful president-elect.Full Story...
Nigerian school mourns pupils killed in crash 2005-12-13 00:31:33
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has promised to act swiftly to improve aviation safety after he visited the Loyola Jesuit College in Abuja, where 50 children killed in a plane crash were remembered.Full Story...
Nigerian crash: Jet was 32 years old 2005-12-12 10:20:34
The aircraft involved in the latest crash in Nigeria was more than 32 years old, according to the Serb airline that once owned the plane.Full Story...
Grieving relatives seek bodies in plane crash 2005-12-12 08:18:16
Grieving friends and family members of victims in Nigeria’s latest plane crash are combing the scorched wreckage of an airliner to claim their loved ones’ bodies as investigators struggle to make sense of the accident.Full Story...
Nigeria plane crash toll rises to 106 2005-12-12 10:14:19
Two more survivors of a plane crash in the southern Nigerian city of Port Harcourt have died, raising the death toll to 106 - half of whom were children.Full Story...
Black boxes from Nigerian crash found 2005-12-11 23:28:23
Nigerian accident investigators have found the "black box" flight data recorders of a commercial airliner which crashed killing 107 people on board, a spokesperson for the country's Civil Aviation Authority has said.Full Story...
Banny is confident on election, disarmament 2005-12-12 01:58:42
Charles Konan Banny, the newly elected Ivorian Prime Minister, says he is confident that the task of organising new elections as well as disarming fighters in the divided west African state will be met.Full Story...
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