- Libyans cast ballots in historic post-Kadhafi vote Imed Lamloum - AFP - 1 hr 50 mins ago
Libyans cast ballots Saturday for a national assembly, the first election since Moamer Kadhafi's ouster, after a string of acts of sabotage that have stoked tensions … More »Libyans cast ballots in historic post-Kadhafi vote
- West African bloc seeks unity government for Mali AFP - 2 hrs 20 mins ago
West African leaders meet in Burkina Faso on Saturday with civil leaders from Mali amid moves to create a government of national unity to tackle a crisis in the north … More »West African bloc seeks unity government for Mali
- Islamists, liberals sure of victory in Libya vote Dominique Soguel - AFP - 8 hrs ago
Libya's election on Saturday could well bring Islamists to power, but liberals under the leadership of the architects of the revolt that ousted Moamer Kadhafi say they … More »Islamists, liberals sure of victory in Libya vote
- Explosions, gunfire rock restive Nigerian city Aminu Abubakar - AFP - 10 hrs ago
Explosions and gunfire rocked Nigeria's restive northeastern city of Damaturu on Friday, police said, in an area plagued by repeated attacks by Boko Haram Islamists. More »Explosions, gunfire rock restive Nigerian city
- UN: peacekeeper killed in volatile eastern Congo SALEH MWANAMILONGO - AP - 10 hrs ago
The United Nations said a peacekeeper in Congo was killed by an exploding shell as rebels allegedly backed by Rwanda made major advances in the country's volatile east, … More »UN: peacekeeper killed in volatile eastern Congo
The United Nations said a peacekeeper in Congo was killed by an exploding shell as rebels allegedly backed by Rwanda made major advances in the country's volatile east, taking a border crossing into Uganda and threatening a strategic town.
- Sabotage threat to landmark Libya vote Ibrahim al-Majbari - AFP - 10 hrs ago
Benghazi, cradle of the revolt in Libya that toppled Moamer Kadhafi last year, is sticking to its revolutionary guns, with some factions vowing to sabotage Saturday's … More »Sabotage threat to landmark Libya vote
- S.Africa: Tennis star investigated on rape claims DONNA BRYSON - AP - 11 hrs ago
Investigators on two continents are at last probing accusations a Hall of Fame tennis player was a serial pedophile, three decades after the alleged rapes. More »S.Africa: Tennis star investigated on rape claims
- Police 'attack' as Sudan protesters gather at mosques Ian Timberlake - AFP - 11 hrs ago
Sudanese police on Friday "attacked" with tear gas and rubber bullets as demonstrators gathered at mosques for weekly anti-regime protests sparked by inflation, a rights … More »Police 'attack' as Sudan protesters gather at mosques
- Malawi frees 377 prisoners on Independence Day Felix Mponda - AFP - 12 hrs ago
Malawi's President Joyce Banda on Friday released 377 prisoners to mark 48 years of independence from Britain, but left child rapists to "die" behind bars. More »Malawi frees 377 prisoners on Independence Day
- Fear a factor as security clamps down on Sudan demos Ian Timberlake - AFP - 12 hrs ago
Fear is a factor keeping more Sudanese from joining unprecedented demonstrations against a regime relying on an extensive internal security network for control, activists … More »Fear a factor as security clamps down on Sudan demos
- Kadhafi town sees vote erasing dictator's legacy Jay Deshmukh - AFP - 13 hrs ago
Residents of Sirte are gearing up to vote in Saturday's Libyan election, hoping it will help bring prosperity to the war-battered hometown of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi … More »Kadhafi town sees vote erasing dictator's legacy
- Tutu calls for S. Sudan citizens to see independence benefits AFP - 13 hrs ago
South Sudan nationals must soon start to see the "benefits of independence" or risk instability, Archbishop Desmond Tutu said on Friday. More »Tutu calls for S. Sudan citizens to see independence benefits
- New Zuma penis cartoon triggers outrage in S. Africa Susan Njanji - AFP - 14 hrs ago
A South African newspaper cartoon depicting President Jacob Zuma as a penis drew condemnation Friday from the ruling ANC just weeks after furore over a painting which … More »New Zuma penis cartoon triggers outrage in S. Africa
- Bafana Bafana turn 20 with little to celebrate David Legge - AFP - 14 hrs ago
South Africa ended decades in the football wilderness on July 7 1992 with a 1-0 victory over Cameroon and many starry-eyed supporters believed the national team would … More »Bafana Bafana turn 20 with little to celebrate
- Amnesty condemns forced evictions in Nigeria oil hub AFP - 14 hrs ago
Amnesty International on Friday condemned the authorities in Nigeria's oil-rich Rivers state for forcibly evicting thousands of people without warning. More »Amnesty condemns forced evictions in Nigeria oil hub
- Swaziland police fire tear gas on protesters PHATHIZWE-CHIEF ZULU - AP - 15 hrs ago
Swaziland police fired tear gas and beat stone-throwing protesters, chasing some down into a hospital, after a demonstration held Friday in support of teachers demanding … More »Swaziland police fire tear gas on protesters
Swaziland police fired tear gas and beat stone-throwing protesters, chasing some down into a hospital, after a demonstration held Friday in support of teachers demanding higher wages.
- Zimbabwe: 'bleached baby' case set for trial AP - 16 hrs ago
Prosecutors in Zimbabwe say a fraud trial is set to hear claims a black baby was treated with skin-bleaching cream to extort money from a man of Asian descent. More »Zimbabwe: 'bleached baby' case set for trial
Prosecutors in Zimbabwe say a fraud trial is set to hear claims a black baby was treated with skin-bleaching cream to extort money from a man of Asian descent.
- Doctors lauded after chimp attack in S. Africa AP - 16 hrs ago
The parents of the American student mauled by two chimps in South Africa last week called their son's survival a "miracle" and thanked doctors for their work. More »Doctors lauded after chimp attack in S. Africa
The parents of the American student mauled by two chimps in South Africa last week called their son's survival a "miracle" and thanked doctors for their work.
- S.Africa: tennis star probed on rape allegations DONNA BRYSON - AP - 17 hrs ago
Investigators on two continents are at last probing accusations a Hall of Fame tennis player was a serial pedophile, three decades after the alleged rapes. More »S.Africa: tennis star probed on rape allegations
- Fair trial 'impossible' for Kadhafi son in Libya Jan Hennop - AFP - 17 hrs ago
Moamer Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam has no chance of a fair trial in Libya, his international lawyer said Friday following her release from almost four weeks' detention … More »Fair trial 'impossible' for Kadhafi son in Libya
- UN soldier dies as DR Congo rebels take Uganda border post AFP - 19 hrs ago
A UN peacekeeper from India was killed in clashes between renegade soldiers and DR Congo troops on the border with Uganda, the United Nations said Friday as the mutineers … More »UN soldier dies as DR Congo rebels take Uganda border post
- Mali children raped, maimed, recruited by armed groups AFP - 19 hrs ago
The United Nations Childrens' Fund said Friday that armed groups occupying northern Mali were recruiting children, while others had been raped and killed by explosive … More »Mali children raped, maimed, recruited by armed groups
- Gunmen close Libya oil terminals ahead of vote Jay Deshmukh - AFP - Thu, Jul 5, 2012
Armed federalists have forced two oil terminals in eastern Libya to close in protest over not being granted more seats in this weekend's first elections since Moamer … More »Gunmen close Libya oil terminals ahead of vote
- S.Sudan in 'dramatic' need: Red Cross AFP - 21 hrs ago
South Sudan declared independence almost a year ago but its problems are getting worse, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Friday. More »S.Sudan in 'dramatic' need: Red Cross
- Zanzibar refugees return from Somalia AFP - 21 hrs ago
Refugees from the palm-fringed spice islands of Zanzibar stranded in the war-torn Somali capital Mogadishu prepared to fly home Friday, more than a decade after fleeing … More »Zanzibar refugees return from Somalia
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