Article archive for category "Africa"
Sunday 08 November 2009
- Indicted Sudanese president cancels visit to Turkey
- Tsvangirai urges Mugabe to settle outstanding issues within 30 days
Saturday 07 November 2009
- International prosecutor targets Kenya election violence suspects
- Somali insurgents stone man to death for adultery
- Madagascar rivals sign power-sharing deal
Friday 06 November 2009
- Tsvangirai-Mugabe detente cautiously welcomed in Zimbabwe (Roundup)
- Quarter-final spot do-able: Parreira on Bafana
- Spain defies Somali pirates threatening to kill hostages
- MDC suspends government boycott after SADC summit (1st Lead)
- Trial against former Congolese vice-president to open on April 27
- MDC back in bed with Mugabe after SADC summit
Thursday 05 November 2009
- UN warns emerging armies of drug addicts in Guinea-Bissau
- Zimbabwe given reprieve from suspension by "blood diamonds" body
- ICC prosecutor to request Kenya election violence probe
- South African Olympic body suspends SA athletics boss over Semenya
- These walls that divide us: fighting Fortress Johannesburg (Feature)
- Pressure mounts on Spain over Somali piracy drama (Roundup)
- Pirates move kidnapped fishermen from Spanish vessel to Somalia
- Southern Africa summit attempts to reconcile Zimbabwe's leaders
- Pigs Might Fly - Zimbabwe plane crashes after run-in with wild pigs
- Parreira returns to a sceptical South Africa
Wednesday 04 November 2009
- Total sells 50-per-cent stake in Zambia petrol refinery
- Parreira to call Benni McCarthy back to South Africa squad
- Calls for African observers to monitor violence in Zimbabwe
Tuesday 03 November 2009
- Equatorial Guinea president pardons British mercenary coup plotter
- HRW: UN must cut all support for Congolese army after massacres
Monday 02 November 2009
- Abducted MDC party worker allegedly tortured in Zimbabwe
- US envoy: Kenyan attorney general banned from US
- Mozambique media: Guebuza and Frelimo re-elected in Mozambique
- UN cuts support for Congolese army after civilian killings (Roundup)
- UN to cut support for Congolese army after civilian killings
- Spanish fishing vessels allowed to use armed guards against pirates
- SADC chair Kabila in Zimbabwe for talks ahead of crisis summit
Sunday 01 November 2009
- Voter registration begins in Sudan
- Pirates lower ransom for captured British yacht couple
Saturday 31 October 2009
- Mugabe says his partner in power-sharing deal is "dishonest"
- Somali pirates demand 7-million-dollar ransom for British couple
- Three farm workers shot and injured in Zimbabwe land grab
Friday 30 October 2009
- Rwandan man sentenced to life in prison for role in genocide
- SADC summit needed to restore Zimbabwe government, ministers say
- Mozambique's Guebuza on track for landslide re-election win
- Zambia's government dismantles effective anti-graft body
- Abused Zimbabwe elephants to return to the wild
- African Union backs plan for Darfur hybrid war crimes court
Thursday 29 October 2009
- UN renews sanctions against Ivory Coast for another year
- Mozambique president Guebuza leads in Mozambique elections count
- Zimbabwe accuses UN representative of sowing division (Extra)
- Somali pirates seize Thai vessel, move British couple (Roundup)
- Barred UN torture expert fears Zimbabwe violence cover- up (2nd Roundup)
- Yemen arrests Somali al-Qaeda member in mosque raid
- Media rights group slam arrest and beating of Tunisian journalists
- Somali pirates seize Thai vessel, move British couple to land
- Nowak questions Tsvangirai's power after Zimbabwe rout (Roundup)
- Zimbabwe state media defend barring entry of top UN official (Extra)
- Top UN official flies out of Zimbabwe after being barred entry
- UN rapporteur detained at Harare airport
Wednesday 28 October 2009
- UN torture expert en route to Zimbabwe despite snub (Roundup)
- High turnout in Mozambique's fourth democratic polls
- Somali pirates threaten Spanish hostages
- Civilians live in constant fear in Congo's "forgotten conflict"
- UN torture expert hopeful Zimbabwe visit will go ahead (1st Lead)
- Zimbabwe calls off visit by UN rapporteur on torture
- Charlize had no permission to sell meeting with Mandela: foundation
Tuesday 27 October 2009
- Rights group: Tunisia blocks al-Jazeera's website after elections
- British yacht believed to have been seized by pirates (Roundup)
- MDC says dispute with Mugabe might be resolved only by elections
- EU imposes arms embargo on Guinea
- Suspected pirate's odyssey leads from Somalia to Spain (News Feature)
- South African man gets jail for running red light
- British government investigating piracy reports
Monday 26 October 2009
- MDC: Zimbabwe stalemate "worsens" after leaders' meeting (Roundup)
- US follows through on threat to ban senior Kenyan official
- PREVIEW: Southern Africa's election express pulls in to Mozambique
- Leaders of Zimbabwe's NGO sector arrested
- Tunisian president elected in landslide to fifth term (Roundup)
- Nigerian militants reinstate ceasefire
- Tunisian president elected in landslide to fifth term
Sunday 25 October 2009
- Turnout of over 75 per cent in Tunisia's general election (Roundup)
- Libyan minister: Missing Swiss are "doing well"
- Tunisians go to polls, amid opposition party boycott
Friday 23 October 2009
- Parreira returns to coach South Africa for World Cup (2nd Roundup)
- Parreira returns to coach South Africa for World Cup (Roundup)
- Parreira returns to coach South Africa for World Cup: television
- White Kenyan aristocrat released five months after manslaughter
- Zambia's opposition will nationalize Zamtel if elected in 2011
- Ugandan President dismisses Somali insurgent threat
- Ethiopian famine anniversary raises food aid issues
- African countries sign convention on internally displaced
- ABB says concerned over employee missing in Libya
- Proposal for ritualized slaughter at 2010 World Cup venues
- Sudanese man charged with murdering Malaysian toddler
Thursday 22 October 2009
- Parreira: Still no deal with South African federation (Extra)
- French aid worker kidnapped in Sudan's Darfur region
- UN condemns killing of Pakistani general in Islamabad
- After the drought, the deluge: Kenya braces for flooding
- Kenya Red Cross calls off building rescue, 16 dead
- Ethiopia appeals for help to feed 6.2 million hungry
- Over 20 dead after attack on Somali president (Roundup)
- South Africa set to announce Parreira as coach - reports
- Ship with 24 Indian crew members hijacked off Somalia
- Spanish judiciary in "mess" over Somali piracy suspect
- Dozens killed as insurgents attack presidential convoy
- Swiss government frustrated over row with Libya
- Seven die in Algeria in attack on construction site
- Police: Over 20 Ugandan children killed in sacrifices this year
Wednesday 21 October 2009
- Mini-SADC summit on Zimbabwe deadlock set for October 29
- World Cup centrepiece Soccer City celebrates snappy, safe build
- African odyssey: Death, deprivation, determination
- Africa explores solutions to refugee problem
- Underage Somali piracy suspect to be placed in Spanish youth centre
- Tsvangirai continues to raise concerns over power-sharing deal
Tuesday 20 October 2009
- At least six dead in Kenya building collapse
- Niger goes to polls despite opposition boycott
- Spanish judge releases one of detained Somali "pirates" (Roundup)
- Voting gets under way in Niger despite opposition boycott
- Spanish judge releases one of detained Somali "pirates" (1st Lead)
- Spanish judge releases one of detained Somali pirates
- (eca090): "End of an error": South Africans cheers Santana exit (News Feature)
- "End of an error": South Africans cheers Santana exit (News Feature)
- Parreira willing to "evaluate" return for South Africa (Roundup)
Monday 19 October 2009
- Parreira willing to "evaluate" call to coach South Africa again
- South Africa calls for peace during World Cup in 2010
- Pirates seize Chinese cargo ship with 25 crew onboard
- African summit on refugees and internally displaced opens in Uganda
- US to increase pressure on Sudan to resolve conflicts (Roundup)
- US pledges to get tough with Sudan, rebel groups (1st Lead)
- US pledges to get tough with Sudan, rebel groups
- Zimbabwe trial of senior MDC politician set for November 9
- Algerian military kill al-Qaeda leader
- Tsvangirai to appeal to African leaders following MDC boycott
- More arrests as protests outside 2010 World Cup stadium continue
Sunday 18 October 2009
- Somali radio quiz winners "offered grenades, guns and ammunition"
- Kidnappers free Irish aid agency workers in Sudan (Roundup)
- Kidnappers free Irish aid agency workers in Sudan
Saturday 17 October 2009
- German frigate fires warning shot at Somali pirates
- Obama reported planning closer contact with Sudanese government
Friday 16 October 2009
- Botswana elections near a close after bullish turnout
- UN calls for probe of killing of demonstrators in Guinea
- UN: Military campaign in Congo to continue despite bad results
- MDC boycotts Zimbabwe cabinet as Bennett re-released (2nd Roundup)
- UN rights expert to make first ever trip to Zimbabwe
- Court orders Zimbabwe minister-designate Bennett release on bail
- Diamond-rich Botswana goes to the polls amid recession
- MDC pulls out of Zimbabwe cabinet triggering "crisis" (Roundup)
- Tsvangirai announces MDC boycott of Zimbabwe cabinet
- EU criticizes detention of Zimbabwe minister nominee Bennett
- Human rights groups blast Ugandan gay death penalty bill
- Nigerian oil militants call end to ceasefire
Thursday 15 October 2009
- Congo offensive sparks more killings, sexual violence: UN (Roundup)
- Small parties in Mozambique urge vote for new challenger
- International Criminal Court investigates Guinea
- UN: Government troops "killed scores of civilians" in DR Congo
- Pirates hijack container ship in Indian Ocean (Roundup)
- Pirates hijack container ship in Indian Ocean
- Bail application for jailed Zimbabwe minister set for Friday
- Environmentalists call for boycott of Madagascar precious wood
Wednesday 14 October 2009
- Ugandan newspaper fined 50,000 dollars for Gaddafi libel case
- Zimbabwe minister-designate Bennett back behind bars pending trial
- Tens of thousands of Congolese refugees need urgent aid, says MSF
- Spanish experts expect tough talks to free pirate-held fishermen
- Life goes on for residents of world's largest refugee camp (Feature)
Tuesday 13 October 2009
- Zimbabwe prosecutors apply for High Court "upgrade" of Bennett case
- South Africans face increase of 135 per cent on electricity bills
- PREVIEW: Botswana, land of diamonds and desert, votes amid recession
- Spanish judge questions suspected Somali pirates (2nd Roundup)
- Spanish judge questions suspected Somali pirates (Roundup)
- China praises Sudan's government on Darfur
- Spanish judge questions suspected Somali pirate
- No plans to replace Santana, says South African federation
- US embassy in Pretoria evacuated three weeks after security threat
- Nigeria calls ECOWAS special summit on Guinea crisis
Monday 12 October 2009
- South Africa's government promises World Cup security (Roundup)
- Two Somali pirates delivered to Spain
- South Africa, world spies working to prevent terrorism at World Cup
Sunday 11 October 2009
- ROUNDP: Tunisian opposition party plans to boycott elections
- Major Tunisian opposition party plans to boycott elections
Saturday 10 October 2009
- 70 killed in multiple vehicle inferno in Nigeria
Friday 09 October 2009
- Sudan denies destabilizing neigbouring Chad: ambassador
- Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai says Obama "deserves" Nobel
Thursday 08 October 2009
- Ugandan rebel leader on the move to Chad
- 40,000 rape cases brought before South African courts last year
- Report: Libyan leader Gaddafi wants official post for his son
- Guinea junta announces probe into massacre
Wednesday 07 October 2009
- Spain will not pay ransom for fishermen held by pirates - minister
- Uganda releases detained Somali minister (Roundup)
- Uganda arrests Somali minister as suspected terrorist
Tuesday 06 October 2009
- UNWTO plans security conference ahead of South Africa World Cup
- Top Rwanda genocide suspect arrested in Uganda (Roundup)
- Top Rwanda genocide suspect arrested in Uganda
Monday 05 October 2009
- Spanish prosecutors demand detention for Somali pirates (Roundup)
- Spain steps up efforts to release fishermen captured by pirates
Sunday 04 October 2009
- Diack: South African co-operation needed over Semenya (News Feature)
Saturday 03 October 2009
- Three aid workers released by Somali gunmen
Friday 02 October 2009
- Rights group accuses Uganda of using excessive force in riots
- Guinea opposition rejects unity government after bloodbath
- Pirates hijack Spanish fishing vessel in Indian Ocean (2nd Roundup)
- Pirates hijack Spanish fishing vessel in Indian Ocean (Roundup)
- Pirates hijack Spanish fishing vessel in Indian Ocean
Thursday 01 October 2009
- Tunisian presidential elections list published
- Guinea junta calls for unity government after massacre
- Annan to assess Kenya's progress since election violence
- Islamist insurgent groups turn on each other in Somalia (Roundup)
- Owner of lapdancing club to give Semenya 20,000 rand
- Big ball to get people in tune for 2010 World Cup
- Islamist insurgent groups turn on each other in Somalia (1st Lead)
- Islamist insurgent groups turn on each other in Somalia
Wednesday 30 September 2009
- Ugandan president meets tribal king after riots
- Moroccan newspaper closed over caricature of king's cousin
- Kenya's controversial anti-graft chief resigns
- Guinea junta chief bans demonstrations after massacre
Tuesday 29 September 2009
- UN condemns attack on peacekeepers in Darfur
- Guinea's junta shows true colours with massacre
- Guinea military bayoneted, shot protestors, say witnesses
- Gabon to recount votes after fraud claims
- US Navy says piracy activity off Somali coast rising
Monday 28 September 2009
- Seven 'al-Qaeda' agents arrested in Mauritania
- Somali insurgents execute men accused of spying for US, AU (Roundup)
- Somali insurgents execute pair accused of spying for US, AU
- Zimbabwe's Supreme Court rules leading activist can't be prosecuted
Sunday 27 September 2009
- Renewed anti-government protests flare in Madagascar
Friday 25 September 2009
- ANC outraged over athletics body decision to keep disgraced Chuene
- ANC outraged over athletics body decision to keep disgraced Chuene
- New invasions leave 66,000 farmworkers homeless in Zimbabwe (Roundup)
- Somali website: one peacekeeping base suicide bomber was American
- US facilities in South Africa reopen after security threat
- Land grabs were "best thing" ever happened to Zimbabwe, says Mugabe
- Syrian captain killed in thwarted Somali pirate attack
Thursday 24 September 2009
- ICC to rule Friday on admissibility of former Congo general case
- US threatens travel ban on Kenyan officials
- South Africa's athletics boss keeps job over Semanya saga
- Gaddafi's UN speech "radical, detailed", says Libyan media
- Bern: Gaddafi pledges to enable release of Swiss nationals
Wednesday 23 September 2009
- Zuma: End to apartheid was best example of global cooperation
- Controversial Gaddafi attacks UN in lengthy speech (2nd Roundup)
- Gaddafi praises Obama, a "son of Africa" (Extra)
- Libya's Gaddafi attacks veto powers in first UN appearance (Extra)
- Obama: We will pursue enduring peace in Sudan
- Tens of thousands living rough weeks after West Africa rains
- "We are here" writes Gaddafi on seat at UN (Roundup)
- Gaddafi tries to pitch tent in New York suburb
Tuesday 22 September 2009
- Jordaan has little confidence in Bafana
- Northern Ireland politicians meet Libyan diplomats on compensation
- Police: South Africa losing war on violent crime (Roundup)
- No improvement in South Africa murder rate, official figures show
- UN concerned after latest Southern Sudan tribal clash kills 100
- "Security threat" shuts down US facilities in South Africa (Roundup)
- US government facilities in S.Africa closed over "security threat"
Monday 21 September 2009
- EU to push Libya on migrant treatment amidst Italian row
- Egypt denies shooting Sudanese migrants on Israeli border
- Report: New fighting in Sudan's Darfur province
Sunday 20 September 2009
- Sacrificed for a medal: the sorry story of Caster Semenya
- South Africa's athletics boss faces the chop over Semenya lies
Saturday 19 September 2009
- Libya begins Eid celebrations, earlier than most
- SA tested Semenya's gender; ignored advice to pull her from Berlin
- African Union calls for military aid to Somalia after attack
Friday 18 September 2009
- Newspaper: E-mail proves Semenya was gender tested in South Africa
- Rabbits in the firing line on South Africa's historic Robben Island
- Death toll in Somalia peacekeeper blast rises to 21, says official
Thursday 17 September 2009
- Rogge: IAAF ran out of time in Semenya case
- Nine peacekeepers killed in Somalia suicide bombing (Roundup)
- Ban condemns bomb attacks that killed nine UN peacekeepers
- Double bomb blast hits African Union base in Somalia (2nd Lead)
- Double bomb blast hits African Union base in Somalia (1st Lead)
- Double bomb blast hits African Union base in Somalia (Urgent)
- Somali insurgents issue demands for release of French hostage
Wednesday 16 September 2009
- Zuma calls for patience with SA team; wants McCarthy back
- Assault case against S.African amputee sprinter delayed
- Swiss lower house rejects sending soldiers to Somali seas
- Report: Three humpback whales dead after Madagascar fuel spill
- Nigerian oil militants extend ceasefire, warn government
Tuesday 15 September 2009
- INTERVIEW: One year on from historic deal Tsvangirai "disappointed" agreement
- Ugandan president pushes for law barring kings from politics
- Somali insurgents vow revenge against US for deadly al-Qaeda raid
- German navy releases suspected pirates after thwarting attack
- Libyan opposition group protests against Gaddafi's UN speech
- Eccentric Gaddafi prepares for UN date in New York presidency of assembly today (News Feature)
- Somali pirates free 22 Filipino sailors
Monday 14 September 2009
- Report: US kills top al-Qaeda figure in Somalia strike (Roundup)
- Coalition commander: We're ready for any piracy surge off Somalia
- Report: Foreign troops launch Somalia raid
- FIFA concerned at accommodation and travel plans for 2010 World Cup
- Dial 17737 for Zuma: South Africans get direct line to presidency
- Amputee sprinter Pistorius to appear in court on assault charges
- Ugandan riots death toll rises to 21, opposition MP arrested
- Police find car hidden in suspect's bedroom in South Africa
- South African athletics boss to return to IAAF
Sunday 13 September 2009
- EU mission makes "first step" by reopening talks with Mugabe (Roundup)
- EU mission makes "first step" by reopening talks with Mugabe
- Mother: Semenya's gender tested unknown to her: mother
Saturday 12 September 2009
- Twelve disabled veterans die in Somalia mortar attack
- Uganda riot death toll rises to 14 (Roundup)
- Mugabe defends his record at "quite friendly" EU meeting (Roundup)
- EU, US pressure Mozambique election body to allow more candidates
- Athletics South Africa meeting on Caster case
- Mugabe changes tone towards EU, welcomes delegation with "open arms"
- Uganda riot death toll rises to 11
Friday 11 September 2009
- Report: Nine dead in Uganda tribal riots (2nd Roundup)
- South Africa rallies behind "hermaphrodite" Semenya (2nd Roundup)
- EU defends Zimbabwe sanctions on eve of talks with Mugabe in Harare
- Report: Nine dead in Uganda tribal riots (Roundup)
- South Africa warns IAAF ban on Semenya would lead to "war" (Roundup)
- BACKGROUND: Semenya would not be the first intersex athlete
- South Africa says an IAAF ban on Semenya would lead to "war"
- No Semenya comments from IAAF until final verdict
- South Africa awaits confirmation of Semenya gender test results
- Seven dead in Uganda tribal riots: reports
Thursday 10 September 2009
- UN urges enhanced campaign against piracy off Somali coast
- Over 200 missing, feared dead in Sierra Leone boat accident
- Report: At least two dead in Uganda tribal riots
- Athletics South Africa denies obstructing IAAF in Semenya case
- Highest-level EU mission in years to visit Zimbabwe
- Gaddafi: Africa deserves compensation, permanent place in UN
Wednesday 09 September 2009
- UN: Possible "crimes against humanity" in DR Congo (Roundup)
- Carrier pigeon beats South Africa's Telkom in data transfer race
- Ugandan army says top rebel leader in captivity
- SADC calls for end to Zimbabwe sanctions
- SADC slams Rajoelina's "unilateral" cabinet move
- UN: Possible "crimes against humanity" in DR Congo
Tuesday 08 September 2009
- UN: Nearly 600,000 affected by West Africa floods
- Zambia's former first lady denies having her sights on top job
- Sudanese woman jailed for wearing trousers freed after one day
- Controversial SA gold medallist gets makeover from magazine
- Ugandan army extends rebel pursuit to Central African Republic
Monday 07 September 2009
- Sudanese woman spared lashes, jailed for wearing trousers (Roundup)
- Zimbabwe removed from SADC summit agenda (Roundup)
- Sudanese women spared lashes but fined for wearing trousers
- Give up the flashy wheels, South African unions urge politicians
- Over 1.5 million displaced in Somalia, says UN
- German navy thwarts pirate attack in Gulf of Aden, one suspect dead
- Regional body to delay talks on Zimbabwe, say SADC summit delegates
- Soaring 2010 stadium costs forces Johannesburg to slash city budget
- Caster Semenya's coach resigns over "atrocious" handling of case
- Murky oil revenues could reignite Sudan conflict, warns lobby group
Sunday 06 September 2009
- Around 350,000 displaced by flooding in West and Central Africa
Saturday 05 September 2009
- Fresh violence flares in Gabon over disputed Bongo election win
- Canadian government to challenge asylum for white South African
Friday 04 September 2009
- Curfew imposed after riots in Gabon
- Madagascar's Rajoelina refuses to budge on power sharing (Roundup)
- Switzerland deep in cat and mouse game with Libya (News Feature)
- Opposition activists riot in Gabon after election results
- Curfew imposed after riots in Gabon
- Agreement elusive as Madagascar power-sharing deadline draws near
- Clean-up underway on Madagascar's south coast after fuel spill
Thursday 03 September 2009
- Opposition activists riot in Gabon after election results
- Battle to save stricken whales in Madagascar fuel spill (Roundup)
- Mugabe to tell SADC sanctions to blame for power-sharing go-slow
- Oxfam blasts Somali refugee camps as "barely fit for humans"
- ICC rejects pre-trial release of former Congolese president Bemba
- US rebukes Kenya for reappointing ineffectual anti-graft chief
- Bongo's son wins Gabon elections
- Libya to distribute Ukrainian aircraft, says Tymoshenko
- SA government denies new clashes between soldiers, police (Roundup)
- Madagascar rescue workers battle to save whales after fuel spill
- Two soldiers injured in South Africa in fresh skirmish with police
Wednesday 02 September 2009
- US urges Libya's leader Gaddafi to behave during New York visit
- Zimbabwe to free 1,500 prisoners to ease jail population
- Tribal clashes threaten fragile Sudan peace (News Feature)
- South African club signs German defender
- South Africa's new bus system attacked - two injured
Tuesday 01 September 2009
- In Pictures: 'Libya Revolution Day Celebrations'
- Nearly 70,000 people vie to volunteer at World Cup in South Africa
- Libya celebrates 40th anniversary of Gaddafi's rule (Roundup)
- Hundreds of S.Africa soldiers threatened with sacking after protest
- ANC slams Canada's "racist" refugee nod to white South African
- Leaking Turkish shipwreck sparks ecological emergency in Madagascar
- Libya celebrates 40th anniversary of Gaddafi's rule
Monday 31 August 2009
- Smugglers force Somali migrants overboard off Yemen, 10 drown
- Three candidates claim victory in Gabon polls
- Darfur and Somalia top agenda as African Union meets
Sunday 30 August 2009
- Gabon votes to replace late leader Bongo
- Farmer's elderly wife killed in latest Zimbabwe murder of whites
- Surfer killed by shark off South African coast
Saturday 29 August 2009
- World champion Semenya to get house
- Two peacekeepers kidnapped in Darfur
Friday 28 August 2009
- Zuma backs speedy democratic reforms in Zimbabwe (2nd Roundup)
- Zuma backs speedy democratic reforms in Zimbabwe (Roundup)
- Algeria provides Mali military aid against al-Qaeda-linked group
- Swiss jet forced to leave Libya without detained nationals (Roundup)
- Talks to break Madagascar impasse adjourned
- Reports: Nigerian police arrest 30 members of deadly Islamist sect
- Zuma, Mugabe and Tsvangirai emerge silent after talks (1st Lead)
- Zuma to meet Mugabe and Tsvangirai in bid to end disputes
- Swiss jet departs Libya without detained nationals
Thursday 27 August 2009
- Zuma arrives in Harare aiming to settle coalition disputes
- South African bishop held for raping daughters
- Report: Gaddafi's visit stirs trouble in New York, New Jersey
- Freighter evacuated in rough seas off the coast of Madagascar
- Tribunal possible for soldiers in wage strike violence (Roundup)
- Post boxes overflowing in South Africa as mail workers strike
- Switzerland awaits return of two nationals from Libya
- Tribunal possible for soldiers in wage strike violence
- US tourist robbed while leaving Johannesburg airport
- Sci-fi, Soweto style: South Africa thrilled by homegrown blockbuster
Wednesday 26 August 2009
- Striking soldiers try to storm South African seat of government
- Mandela meets South African athletic stars
- French hostage escapes captors in Somalia (Roundup)
- Mugabe back home as officials deny reports of his illness (Roundup)
- World Cup building workers to get free tickets
- French hostage escapes captors in Somalia
- Zimbabwean defence minister: no knowledge of Mugabe illness (Extra)
- Report: Robert Mugabe in hospital in Dubai
Tuesday 25 August 2009
- UN: Almost 8 million facing hunger in Kenya, Somalia
- Zuma defends golden girl Semenya in gender test row (Roundup)
- World Cup doubts over train project
- South Africans welcome track champion Semenya (1st Lead)
- South Africans greet track champion Semenya
Monday 24 August 2009
- Mozambique awaits confirmation on arrest of notorious killer
- Stage set for next round of talks to break Madagascar impasse
- Congolese gunmen abduct Ugandans from disputed oil region
- Somali insurgents reject Ramadan ceasefire plea
Sunday 23 August 2009
- Egyptian fishermen who fought off pirates return to warm welcome
- Mugabe ministers walk out of cabinet meeting
- Appeal made on 1st anniversary of journalists capture in Somalia
Friday 21 August 2009
- Geneva unhappy with Swiss apology to Libya (News Feature)
- At least 16 dead, dozens injured in Mogadishu battles
- Singapore arrests Nigerian for recruiting women as drug couriers
Thursday 20 August 2009
- Swiss to apologize, detainees to leave Libya (Roundup)
- SAfrica rallies behind beleaguered "golden girl" Semenya (Roundup)
- Swiss President in Libya after strained relations (1st Lead)
- Swiss President in Libya after strained relations
- South Africa rallies behind beleaguered "golden girl" Semenya
Wednesday 19 August 2009
- Pro-government militiamen seize town from insurgents in Somalia
Tuesday 18 August 2009
- Egyptian fishermen who fought off pirates expected home Saturday
- Ugandan police fire tear gas at opposition demonstration
- One killed as popular Madagascan beach front is destroyed by fire
Monday 17 August 2009
- Zimbabwean judge orders release of another MDC official
- Questions about power sharing agreement arise in Zimbabwe
- Three dead in failed attack on UN compound in Somalia
Sunday 16 August 2009
- South African scifi District 9 rules the US box office
Saturday 15 August 2009
- Zimbabwean party demands end of Western sanctions against Mugabe
- Yemen coast guard says freed Egyptian fishermen on way to Suez
Friday 14 August 2009
- Clinton's Africa finger wagging outdated, say analysts
- ICC Prosecution appeals conditional release Congolese president
- Clinton to wrap up Africa tour in Cape Verde
Thursday 13 August 2009
- Clinton backs Liberian leader despite resignation calls (Roundup)
- Clinton backs Liberian leader despite resignation calls (1st Lead)
- Algeria begins its new working week - Friday and Saturday free
- Ugandan police up security after ethnic attacks in oil region
- Turkey hands over command of anti-piracy force to US
- UN: Hundreds of thousands to face evictions in Nigeria
- Zimbabwe hospitals "overwhelmed" as junior doctors strike
- Clinton to meet Africa's only female leader in Liberia
- South Africans go militant in war against crime (Feature)
Wednesday 12 August 2009
- Africa officially a nuclear-weapons-free zone
- Clinton prods Nigeria on corruption and governance (Roundup)
- Five Pakistani clerics gunned down in Somalia (2nd Roundup)
- Clinton prods Nigeria on corruption and governance (1st Lead)
- Five Pakistani clerics gunned down in Somalia (Roundup)
- Five Pakistani clerics gunned down in Somalia
- 7.5 kilo jumbo-sized rat found in Madagascar
- Clinton in oil-rich Nigeria for talks on corruption and governance
Tuesday 11 August 2009
- Clinton resolved flare-up with student over "Bill" question (Extra)
- Clinton calls for end to sexual violence in eastern Congo (Roundup)
- 17 killed in Zimbabwe bus crash
- Clinton calls for end to sexual violence in eastern Congo (1st Lead)
- Clinton gloves up for African women
- Sarkozy welcomes Somalia aid workers release
- Seventeen killed in Zimbabwe in ongoing road carnage
- Captain of German piracy ship back home, crew to follow
- Prickly Hillary Clinton bawls out student over Bill question (Extra)
- Clinton to tackle rape, conflict in eastern Congo
Monday 10 August 2009
- Clinton to tackle human rights during Congo visit (2nd Roundup)
- UN welcomes settlement of political conflict in Madagascar
- Clinton to tackle human rights during Congo visit (Roundup)
- Italian official denies ransom was paid to Somali pirates
Sunday 09 August 2009
- Somali pirates release crew of Italian ship
- Clinton in Angola for talks on energy, human rights
- New unity government to steer Madagascar out of crisis (Roundup)
- Libya and Chad sign sweeping agreements to boost ties
- Madagascar eyes stability after signing of unity deal (1st Lead)
- New captain to face pirates on freed German vessel (News Feature)
- Breakthrough for Madagascar after leaders sign unity accord
Saturday 08 August 2009
- German ship released by pirates docks at Kenyan port (Roundup)
- German ship released by pirates docks at Kenyan port (2nd Lead)
- SADC negotiator says Saturday is "D-Day" in Madagascar crisis talks
- Clinton and Zuma meet in South Africa
- German ship released by pirates due to dock in Mombasa (1st Lead)
- German ship released by pirates due to dock in Mombasa
Friday 07 August 2009
- German ship released by pirates arrives in Mombasa
- Two babies in critical condition after Johannesburg home is torched
- Clinton reminds South Africa of responsibility to Zimbabwe (Roundup)
- Source: Amnesty for ex-leaders sticking point in Madagascar talks
- UN warns of rebel rampage, rapes, in DR Congo (Roundup)
- Clinton urges South Africa to lead in Africa, globally (1st Lead)
- UN warns of rebel rampage through DR Congo
- Clinton begins South Africa visit with Zimbabwe on agenda
Thursday 06 August 2009
- Death rate in Darfur decreasing, general says
- Clinton arrives in South Africa on second leg of Africa tour
- Clinton pledges support for Somalia, warns Eritrea (Roundup)
- Clinton pledges support for Somalia, warns Eritrea (Roundup)
- Optimism reigns at all-leader Madagascar talks (Roundup)
- Clinton says will push South Africa to tackle Mugabe
- Clinton pledges support for Somalia, warns Eritrea (2nd Lead)
- Zuma picks "safe" judge for South Africa's new chief justice
- Hillary Clinton to meet Somali leader on Africa tour (1st Lead)
- Tough negotiations expected on second day of Madagascar talks
- Amnesty for Nigerian oil militants underway
- Hillary Clinton to meet Somali leader on Africa tour
Wednesday 05 August 2009
- Ship owners criticised for paying multi-million dollar ransom
- Madagascar's leader, ex-presidents begin talks in Maputo (Roundup)
- Zambia editor goes on trial for 'obscene' photos of strike tragedy
- Clinton: US committed to Africa, but wants good governance
- China blasts arrest warrant for Sudanese president
- Millionaire minister slums it for South Africa (News Feature)
- Zimbabwe minister accused of stealing mobil phone out on bail
- Madagascar's rival "presidents" gear up for direct talks in Maputo
Tuesday 04 August 2009
- US criticizes Kenya as Hillary Clinton due to arrive
- Hillary Clinton arrives in Kenya at start of Africa tour
- Zimbabwe vice-president Msika dies at 85
- World Council of Churches condemns violence in Nigeria
- Police fire tear gas at Sudan trousers trial
- Lithuanian seamen seized in pirate raid
- PREVIEW: Hillary Clinton kicks off seven-nation Africa tour in Kenya
- Niger votes on extending president's term in office
- Madagascar's presidents, past and present, to meet in Maputo
Monday 03 August 2009
- German shipping company confirms: Hansa Stavanger released
- Somali pirates release German ship after ransom paid (2nd Roundup)
- Somali pirates release German ship (Urgent)
- Somali pirates paid 2.7 million dollars for German ships (Roundup)
- Over 160 dead in South Sudan tribal clashes
- Zuma to intercede with Mugabe on issues marring power-sharing
- Somali pirates to release German ship after ransom paid (1st Lead)
- Somali pirates set to release German ship after ransom paid
- At least 37 dead in Zimbabwe road smash
Sunday 02 August 2009
- Algerian army kills at least 18 suspected terrorists
- Death toll in northern Nigerian clashes now put at over 600
- German crew suffer mentally under pirates' kidnap, says ship owner
- Zimbabwe finance minister's aide attacked, MDC claims
Saturday 01 August 2009
- Driver convicted for crash that killed Zimbabwe premier's wife
- Guard commits suicide at Mandela's residence
Friday 31 July 2009
- Turkish navy captures seven Somali pirates in Gulf of Aden
- Nigerian police kill Islamist leader, face criticism (Roundup)
- Zuma: Protests show up weaknesses in South Africa's democracy
- Over 3,000 golden oldies expected at Pretoria vintage car expo
- Nigerian insurgent leader dies in police custody
Thursday 30 July 2009
- UN panel extends mandate for Sudan peacekeepers
- New satellite images show even broader destruction in Darfur
- Nigerian army says Islamists defeated after bloody battle (Roundup)
- At least 15 dead in Algerian terrorist attack (Roundup)
- Report: At least 14 dead in Algerian terrorist attack
- Report: Nigerian Islamists flee army onslaught
Wednesday 29 July 2009
- (eca 217): Van der Burgh's worry after winning (Feature)
- (eca 211): Van den Burgh's worry after winning (Feature)
- Van den Burgh's worry after winning (Feature)
- South Africa's new top cop supports police "shoot to kill" (Roundup)
- Tough-talking Zuma ally named South Africa's new police chief
- Police fire rubber bullets in South African hospital
- Nigerian police lay siege to Islamist base
- Madagascar pupils asked to spout government's development agenda
- Sudanese woman faces 40 lashes for wearing trousers
Tuesday 28 July 2009
- Nigeria steps up security after deadly Islamist clashes (Roundup)
- Nigeria steps up security after deadly Islamist clashes
Monday 27 July 2009
- Zimbabwean reformer receives bullet in the post
- Norway, Croatia to join EU's anti-piracy mission
- Diesel conjurer convicted of fraud for fooling Mugabe's government
- Islamist clashes death toll tops 100 in Nigeria (Roundup)
- Over 15,000 people apply to be World Cup volunteers in first week
- Zimbabwean activist sues government for mistreatment in custody
- Islamist attacks spread in Nigeria
Sunday 26 July 2009
- At least 40 killed in clashes between Islamists and Nigerian police
Saturday 25 July 2009
- Tsvangirai calls for compensating victims of political violence
Friday 24 July 2009
- Zimbabwe reconciliation campaign launched with call for justice
- Nigerians caught in Vietnam with heroin in shoes
- 1.8 million uprooted in eastern Congo, reports UN
Thursday 23 July 2009
- South Africa admits failing slum dwellers as protests continue
- South African parks declare war on rhino poachers
- Six dead in Madagascar train crash
Wednesday 22 July 2009
- EU: Hague court ruling on Sudan's Abyei region "important step"
- Hague court adjusts boundaries of Sudan's Abyei region (Roundup)
- Zimbabwe state pursuit of MDC MPs intensifies
- Hague tribunal adjusts boundaries of Sudan's disputed Abyei region
- Nigerian militants release vessel and six foreign seamen
Tuesday 21 July 2009
- South Africans to attempt world record for vuvuzela blowing
- PREVIEW: Court in The Hague to rule on Sudan border dispute
- Nine dead in South Africa platinum mining accident (Roundup)
- At least seven dead in South Africa platinum mining accident
Monday 20 July 2009
- Armed rebels demand end to UN work in Somalia
- FIFA launches hunt for 15,000 football World Cup volunteers
- Bush fires "forcing rare mountain gorillas to flee to DRC
Sunday 19 July 2009
- Police: Guards shot at radio station owned by Madagascar president
- Somali pirates said to move hostages to land
- Abdel Aziz headed for sweeping victory in Mauritania
- Zimbabwe' government won't return top MDC party official's passport
- France prepared to talk with Islamic group about hostages
- Darfur rebel group frees 60 prisoners
Saturday 18 July 2009
- Somali pirates release German ship Victoria (Roundup)
- Mauritania sees high turnout in presidential vote
- French advisors "face sharia trial" after Somalia abduction
- Zuma tells Mandela: "We will follow your example forever"
- Pampering the poor for Mandela's 91st birthday honours (News Feature)
- Three foreign aid workers kidnapped in Kenya, taken to Somalia
- Somali pirates release German ship Victoria
Friday 17 July 2009
- African woman defies death threats fighting circumcision
- Namibia seal hunters 'clubbed journalists, seized footage'
- UN's Ban praises Nelson Mandela on his 91st birthday
- French advisors in Somalia "being held by radical al-Shabab"
- Indicted Sudanese president Bashir to stay away from African summit
Thursday 16 July 2009
- South Africans gear up to do good on inaugural Mandela Day
- Survey: Most Confed Cup visitors say they will return for World Cup
- PREVIEW: Mandela's star power drives birthday fundraisers in New York available
Wednesday 15 July 2009
- PREVIEW: Mandela's star power drives birthday fundraisers in New York fundraisers are July 15 and 18
- Taylor's defence testimony will take weeks, court says
- Nigeria oil rebel group declares 60-day ceasefire
- Somalia negotiating with abductors of French military advisors
- Human Rights Watch urges UN to step up efforts to arrest Kony
- Pay deal ends South Africa's World Cup stadium builders' strike
Tuesday 14 July 2009
- Liberia's Taylor: War crimes case is 'based on lies'
- Prosecution completes case against Congo's Lubanga at ICC
- Zimbabwe's constitutional conference finally gets underway (Roundup)
- 2010 World Cup stadium strike poised to enter second week
- Two foreigners kidnapped in Mogadishu (2nd Roundup)
- Liberia's Taylor says his trial is based on lies, rumours
- Mandela calls on people to do their bit for change on Mandela Day
- Two foreign journalists kidnapped in Mogadishu (Roundup)
- Disrupted Zimbabwe constitutional conference resumes
- Report: Two journalists kidnapped in Mogadishu
Monday 13 July 2009
- Mugabe, Tsvangirai denounce bid to stall new constitution (Roundup)
- Uganda would arrest Sudan's al-Bashir if he visits
- Mugabe supporters pour cold water on steps to change constitution
- Nigerian rebels claim attack on depot, oil tankers near Lagos
Sunday 12 July 2009
- Protestors set cars alight in South African township (Roundup)
- Protestors set cars alight in South African township
- In Pictures: 'President Barack Obama Visits Ghana'
- Swiss held by al-Qaeda group in Mali freed
- Sudanese President al-Bashir in Egypt for Darfur talks
Saturday 11 July 2009
- Obamas tour former slave fort on West Africa coast (Extra)
- Mugabe decries West setting conditions on aid
- Obama arrives in Ghana for talks and visit to slave fort (2nd Lead)
- Obama arrives in Ghana for talks and visit to slave fort (1st Lead)
- Obama arrives in Ghana for talks and visit to slave fort
Friday 10 July 2009
- UN condemns attacks on Congo civilians
- Another MDC member jailed on "trumped up" charges in Zimbabwe
- Aid group: Eastern DRCongo "climate of fear"
- UN: Possible "war crimes" in Somalia
- Zimbabwe's toddler "terrorist" struggles to reintegrate (Feature)
Thursday 09 July 2009
- UN supports Somali government against rebels (Roundup)
- UN, US warn of influx of foreign fighters into Somalia
- German shipping firms arming themselves against piracy
- Mugabe's party forces delay in major constitutional meeting
- Kruger National Park for pros: trailing trainee rangers (Feature)
Wednesday 08 July 2009
- PREVIEW: Obama-fever in Africa - will he cry for victims of slavery?
- 400,000 refugees in Eastern Congo since March, says Red Cross
- Time out at 2010 World Cup stadiums as strike halts work (Roundup)
- Strike halts work at South Africa's World Cup stadiums (1st Lead)
- Somali pirates capture Turkish freighter
- Text message campaign ahead of Obama visit to Ghana
- Cape Town: Strike will not jeopardize new World Cup stadium
Tuesday 07 July 2009
- UN: West Africa is transit for 1-billion-dollars of cocaine
- UN: Over 200,000 uprooted from Mogadishu since May (Roundup)
- UN: Over 200,000 uprooted from Mogadishu since May
- Truth commission calls for Liberian president's ban from office
Monday 06 July 2009
- Nigerian militants attack oil facility, seize foreign seamen
- Mugabe: Obama's top expert on Africa is "an idiot"
- Strike by 70,000 workers to begin Wednesday at World Cup stadiums
Sunday 05 July 2009
- Botched circumcisions kill 33 boys in South Africa
Saturday 04 July 2009
- Algerian president names first woman general
- Two aid workers in Dafur kidnapped
Friday 03 July 2009
- African leaders agree on "African Authority"
Thursday 02 July 2009
- HRW: UN-backed Congolese troops attacking, raping civilians
Wednesday 01 July 2009
- 2010 World Cup game park lodgings nearly sold out within two hours
- African Union, in Libya summit, seeks bigger international role
Tuesday 30 June 2009
- China offers 950 million dollar credit to Zimbabwe
- Footballer charged over road death after Confed Cup party
Monday 29 June 2009
- Tsvangirai ministers boycott Zimbabwe cabinet in row with Mugabe
- South Africa scores with successful Confed Cup (News Feature)
- Nigerian militants ignore amnesty, hit Shell oil platform
- Blatter gives Confed Cup organization 7.5 out of 10 score
- First baby Ugandan rhino in decades raises hopes for future
- Former Congo vice president to appear before international court
Sunday 28 June 2009
- Curtain lowered on Confederations Cup - colourful ceremony
- Confederations Cup of Good Hope points the way for 2010 (News Feature)
- Guinea Bissau votes to replace assassinated president
- Belgian ship freed by pirates, Brussels says (Roundup)
- Belgian ship freed after two months in hands of pirates
Saturday 27 June 2009
- Jackson's music fills radio in Zimbabwe; room was painted pink
Friday 26 June 2009
- Nigeria to release militant leader in amnesty deal (Roundup)
- Zimbabwean judge orders release of another MDC official
- South African national parks to open for World Cup bookings
- Arab countries draw up strategy against terrorist financing
- Rights body: AU should investigate peacekeepers' actions in Somalia
- Mandela foundation leads South Africa tributes to Michael Jackson
- Bafana take plenty from defeat against Brazil
- HRW: Mugabe-loyal military pocketing Zimbabwe's diamond wealth
- Nigerian militants hit oil facility despite amnesty offer
Thursday 25 June 2009
- US send weapons to Somali government to stem insurgency
- Nigerian militants hit oil pipeline in message to Medvedev (Roundup)
- Somali insurgents amputate hands, feet of four thieves (Roundup)
- Nigerian militants hit oil pipeline in message to Medvedev
- Somali insurgents amputate hands, feet of four thieves
Wednesday 24 June 2009
- Russia's Gazprom, Nigeria sign energy deal (Roundup)
- Bafana coach thanks South Africa for giving him opportunity
- South African robbers caught red-handed by visiting Brazilian cops
- Bafana meet Mandela for inspiration ahead of Brazil clash (Roundup)
- Bafana Bafana meet Mandela for inspiration on eve of semi-finals
- Medvedev to sign energy deals in Nigeria
- S.Africa TV presenter taken off air for saying Santana should go
Tuesday 23 June 2009
- South African player calls on fans to blow Brazil away
- Uganda ready to back Somali government with more troops: official
- Suspected al-Qaeda members kill US citizen in Mauritania
- Big Five get bigger by two - South Africa unveils Big Seven
- Presumed Islamic terrorists kill five Algerian police officers
Monday 22 June 2009
- Low crime at Confed Cup augurs well for World Cup, say organizers
- Brown hails "signs of progress" in Zimbabwe after talks (Roundup)
- Former Rwandan minister gets 30 years for genocide role
- African Union backs Somalia's call for foreign troops
- Brown sees "progress" in Zimbabwe as more British aid is pledged
- Ugandan army kills over 80 in cattle raid clashes
Sunday 21 June 2009
- World Cup hosts to critics of SA football traditions: T.I.A.!
- South Africa's Booth making up for lost time (Feature)
Saturday 20 June 2009
- South Africa's Zuma calls for "inclusive dialogue" over Madagascar
- Four British rugby fans robbed in South Africa
- Report: Another Somali politician killed
Friday 19 June 2009
- Authorities report five fewer dead in Algerian attack
- Tunisia protests Guantanamo prisoners' resettlement in Europe
- Ousted Madagascar leader calls for "urgent" measures against rival
- Nigerian militants say Agip pipeline destroyed
Thursday 18 June 2009
- Suicide blast kills dozens, Somalia's security minister (2nd Roundup)
- Suicide blast dozens, Somalia's security minister (Roundup)
- Plane suspected of carrying arms to Equatorial Guinea detained
- Southern Africa leaders plan crisis summit on Madagascar at weekend
- Amnesty: Zimbabwe human rights situation still "grim" (Roundup)
- Suicide blast kills Somalia's security minister (1st Lead)
- Somali security minister killed: report
- Amnesty: Zimbabwe human rights situation still "grim"
- Presumed Islamist extremists kill 24 Algerian police officers
- Hosts not scared of Spain and not worried about record (Feature)
- Over 20 dead in Somalia fighting
- Nigerian militants claim Shell pipeline destruction
Wednesday 17 June 2009
- Parker puts Serbian woes aside and keeps Bafana alive (Feature)
- Report: Mali army kills al-Qaeda militants
- Zimbabwe police "still arresting, assaulting demonstrators"
- EU lifts travel ban on Mugabe ministers to boost relations
- Mogadishu police chief among dead in Somalia fighting (2nd Roundup)
- Mogadishu police chief among dead in Somalia fighting (Roundup)
- Mogadishu police chief killed in Somalia fighting
- Somalis find survival, not life, in Dadaab refugee camp (Feature)
- New 2010 World Cup stadium robbed after Lions rugby game
Tuesday 16 June 2009
- Zimbabwe-EU re-engagement meeting threatened by ban on Mugabe man
- Bafana coach expects better game from New Zealand
Monday 15 June 2009
- Zimbabwe state media fumes over Tsvangirai's meeting with Obama
- Nigerian footballer killed after team clinches maiden title
- Defiant Bafana players say nothing is lost
- EU extends Somalia anti-pirate mission until end of 2010
- Nigerian militants claim more attacks on Chevron facilities
Saturday 13 June 2009
- South African coach promises gala football as party begins
- Uganda to jail people found using plastic bags
- Suspected Somali pirates seize ship off Oman
Friday 12 June 2009
- Obama announces new aid to Zimbabwe
- Moroccans vote in local poll featuring new 'king's party'
- Blatter "trusts Africa" to protect Confed Cup, World Cup fans
- "Desperate" al-Bashir cannot escape ICC: prosecutor
Thursday 11 June 2009
- Clinton meets with Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai
- Expelled relief groups re-apply to return to Sudan under new names
- South Africans ring in one-year World Cup countdown
- PREVIEW: Moroccan government faces challenge from 'king's party'
Wednesday 10 June 2009
- Gabon swears in interim leader after Bongo's death
- Libyan official elected to head 64th UN General Assembly session
- Bomb scare forces evacuation at headquarters of South Africa's ANC
- Bafana Bafana's Confederations Cup cash grab fails
- Nigerian oil installation left in flames, militants say
Tuesday 09 June 2009
- Confederations Cup trophy visits Sout Africa's President Zuma
- Journalists sue Mugabe minister for contempt over conference ban
- Shell pays 15.5 million dollars in Nigeria deaths lawsuit (Roundup)
- Italy won't back blitz to rescue hostages held by Somali pirates
- UN: Rape, prostitution on the rise in Somalia
- One year ahead: South Africa in the ball park for 2010 (News Feature)
- FIFA advisor Schmidt: South Africa is well prepared (News Feature)
- Shell pays 15.5 million dollars to settle Nigeria deaths lawsuit
Monday 08 June 2009
- OBITUARY: Omar Bongo
- Gabonese president Bongo dies in Spain
- NATO to back new fleet for anti-piracy mission, US official says
- Gabon prime minister denies Bongo death
- Somali insurgent leader denies reports of serious injuries
- Workers building World Cup 2010 football stadiums threaten strike
- At least 10 killed in bus crash in South Africa
Sunday 07 June 2009
- Reports: Sudanese President al-Bashir in Zimbabwe
- Gunmen kill head of radio station in Somalia
Saturday 06 June 2009
- Tsvangirai sets off on world fundraising trip
- Guinea Bissau kills politicians, says foils coup
Friday 05 June 2009
- Harare court orders government to stop taking fees from journalists
- ICC: Al-Bashir will be brought to justice, arrest may take time
- Red Cross steps up aid to desperate Zimbabwe prisons
- SADC: Zimbabwe government in contempt of regional land ruling
- Bomb blast targets African Union peacekeepers in Somalia (Roundup)
- Zambia's opposition form grand coalition to try to unseat Banda
- African Union peacekeepers targeted by roadside bomb in Somalia
Thursday 04 June 2009
- Snakes and ladders in South Africa on the road to 2010
- UN: Almost 100,000 have fled Somali capital
- Tsvangirai to visit US and Europe in major drive for support
Wednesday 03 June 2009
- Kenya summons US ambassador over Delta Air Lines cancellation
- Confederations Cup transport derailed by die-hard taxis (News Feature)
- Journalist is reported kidnapped in Somalia
- Zuma vows to create millions of jobs despite recession
- Mauritanians celebrate postponement of elections
- At least 11 dead in terrorist attack in Algeria
Tuesday 02 June 2009
- Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai to go to US to seek aid, "give reassurances"
- Zuma party rolls on, 25 cows face the chop for village feast
- Aid agency warns of "catastrophe" in Somalia
Monday 01 June 2009
- Darfur refugees bemoan world's lack of interest in their plight
Sunday 31 May 2009
- Beached whale rescue bid ends with 44 animals dead
- North-South disputes cast cloud over Sudanese election preparations
Saturday 30 May 2009
- Former Sudanese president Nimeiry dead at 79
- Dozens of beached whales euthanized on Cape Town beach (Roundup)
- Rescue workers battle to save dozens of whales beached in Cape Town
- Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai: MDC suffering "identity crisis"
Friday 29 May 2009
- Hundreds killed in Sudan nomad clashes
- Red Cross: Somalia situation getting worse
- Sudan retakes Darfur town from rebels: reports
Thursday 28 May 2009
- Ban condemns renewed attempts to topple Somali government
- Nigerian police accused of murdering militant
- Ugandan and Burundian presidents discuss peacekeeping in Somalia
- UN court accepts assurances from Senegal on Chad's ex-dictator
- Suspected pirates seized by Swedish navy to be sent to Kenya
- Report: Jittery Madagascar army combs airport for ex-president
- NEW Crackdown on white farmers accelerates despite agreement (Feature)
Wednesday 27 May 2009
- Two Yemeni fishermen killed in Red Sea missile strike
- South African fired for calling boss "masturbator" on Facebook
- Eight Algerian soldiers killed in battle with Islamic terrorists
- Nine dead in mortar attack in Somalia
Tuesday 26 May 2009
- African force authorized to stay in Somalia another eight months
- Fourth journalist dies in Somalia
- Sudan: 119 people killed in January's suspected Israeli airstrike
- Swedish navy heads off hijacking near Somalia
- Final results show huge win for president's party in Malawi vote
Monday 25 May 2009
- More than 60 dead in Darfur clashes (Roundup)
- Mozambique on World Cup fans: Build resorts and they will come
- Insurgents claim responsibility for Somali suicide bombing (Roundup)
- Air Zimbabwe sued for not giving passenger vegetarian meal
- Insurgent group claims responsibility for Somalia suicide bombing
- Nigerian militant group claim destruction of oil pipelines
- Sudan denies reports of rebel gains
Sunday 24 May 2009
- Suicide bomber kills at least three in Somali capital
Saturday 23 May 2009
- Somalia clashes death toll reaches fifty (Roundup)
- Death toll in renewed Somalia fighting rises over thirty
Friday 22 May 2009
- Canadian court finds Rwandan refugee guilty of war crimes date he arrived in Canada (Roundup)
- Canadian court finds Rwandan refugee guilty of war crimes
- Malawi's President Mutharika: The Maize Man
- Zambia's President Banda denies shielding corrupt officials
- Malawi's Mutharika pledges to up food output in second term
- At least 15 killed in renewed fighting in Somali capital (Roundup)
- S.Africa's Zuma congratulates India's Gandhi for election win
- British cruise liner passengers tell of brave response to pirates
- Malawi's Mutharika to be sworn in Friday for second term
- At least four dead in renewed fighting in Somali capital
Thursday 21 May 2009
- Mugabe, Tsvangirai overcome key hurdles but issues remain (Roundup)
- Mugabe, Tsvangirai clear some key hurdles to Zimbabwe turnaround
- Malawi election count continues despite opposition objections
- East African nations demand UN sanctions on Eritrea, arms blockade
Wednesday 20 May 2009
- President polls strongly in early Malawi election results
- Rome to host meeting on Somali conflict and ways to curb piracy
- Sudan says it will attack Chadian troops who cross border
- UN accuses Congolese troops of raping civilians
- UN: Over 43,000 Somalis flee fierce fighting in Mogadishu
- Voting closes in too-close-to-call Malawi elections
Tuesday 19 May 2009
- German-owned ship Patriot is free, Berlin confirms
- South Africa minister pressured into returning Mercedes (Roundup)
- Ethiopian troops return to Somalia, say witnesses
- Kenyan government squabbling risks more violence
- Mugabe's party rejects calls for SADC to rescue Zimbabwe unity deal
- South African dad drives over, kills his two children
- Voters throng polls in hard-fought Malawi elections
- Bulgarian sailors return home after release by pirates
- South African minister under fire over lavish Mercedes "gift"
- Philippines says no Filipino killed in rescue by Nigerian army
- Rights group urges UN to condemn Congolese army war crimes
Monday 18 May 2009
- UN urges Chad and Sudan to hold fire
- Sudanese militia leader appears before UN court (Roundup)
- EU eyes extending anti-piracy mission to Indian Ocean
- Somali insurgents seize another strategic town (2nd Roundup)
- Somali insurgents seize another strategic town (Roundup)
- Kenya and Tanzania cooperate in fight against piracy (Roundup)
- Somali pirates to request asylum in Netherlands
- Sudanese rebel leader voluntarily appears before ICC
- Nigeria accused of bombing villages, killing civilians
- Senior Somali insurgent leader defects to government amid fighting
- Orange jumpsuits to Brazil yellow: the other Confed Cup (Feature)
Sunday 17 May 2009
- Zimbabwe's MDC asks African leaders to help break deadlock
- Somali insurgents capture key town near Mogadishu
- Nigerian militants says they have destroyed two pipelines
Saturday 16 May 2009
- Sudan accuses Chad of launching third airstrike (Roundup)
- Report: Obama to visit Ghana on first official Africa visit
- Sudan accuses Chad of launching airstrikes
- Nigerian militants say Filipino hostage killed by army
Friday 15 May 2009
- Security Council opposes Eritrean arming of Somali rebel forces
- Somali military chief replaced amid insurgent push (2nd Roundup)
- Nigerian militants accuse army of killing civilians (Roundup)
- Nigeria oil rebel group claim to have sunk government boats
- Somali president swaps military chief amid insurgent push (Roundup)
- Top rights lawyer released on bail in Zimbabwe
- Somali president names new military chief amid insurgent push
- At least 14 dead in Somalia ferry accident
- Japan to dispatch surveillance aircraft for anti-piracy mission
Thursday 14 May 2009
- Korean, US ships rescue Egyptian ship attacked by pirates off Yemen
- Somali insurgents continue push as Mogadishu empties
- Opposition leader brands Zuma a sexist womaniser
- Nigerian militants hijack ship, issue warning (2nd Roundup)
- One month before Confederations Cup, nearly half the tickets unsold
- Growing enthusiasm for World Cup in South Africa
- UN peacekeepers to deploy in Southern Sudan after tribal clashes
- Nigerian militants claim hijack of ship with crew of 15 (Roundup)
- Top human rights lawyer arrested as Zimbabwe repression continues
- South Africa bread man carts a load of old bull
- PREVIEW: Ex-leader's comeback bid the big unknown in Malawi elections
- Rajoelina won't run for president of Madagascar if rivals pull out
- Nigerian militants warn oil company staff to quit Niger Delta
- Vietnam asks South Africa to go easy on mutineers
Wednesday 13 May 2009
- Last three of detainees granted bail, due out Thursday
- Mugabe loyalists barring Zimbabwe recovery: Tsvangirai (News Feature)
- UN urges support for embattled Somali government after coup attempt
- Fresh fighting breaks out in Mogadishu
- Oxfam: UN-backed Congolese offensive risks civilian deaths
- Report: Madagascar's interim leader says he won't run for president
- At least 20 Ugandans killed in Southern Sudan road accident
- Nigerian unions to begin nationwide protests
- Barge carrying stolen oil scuttled in Nigeria
Tuesday 12 May 2009
- Swiss auction sets world record for blue diamond (Roundup)
- World record set for blue diamond at Swiss auction
- Horn of Africa to face biggest crisis in a decade: UN
- Newspaper editors freed on bail after night in filthy cell
- Sudan's al-Bashir denies war crimes in Darfur
- S.Africa tourism: Interest brisk even as numbers dip (News Feature)
- Thousands flee Mogadishu fighting as death toll rises again
- Two Algerian soldiers killed in battle with Islamist gunmen
Monday 11 May 2009
- Editor, deputy jailed for naming abductors of activists
- Santana: South Africa will not be "supporting actor" in World Cup
- South Africa still plagued by xenophobia year after attacks: report
- South African President Zuma's compromise cabinet sworn in
- Spain to hand piracy suspects over to Kenya (Roundup)
- Death toll in Somalia clashes rises over 50 (Roundup)
- Madagascar tells US ambassador to go
- Judicial confusion in Spain over fate of Somali piracy suspects
- Britain to send team of diplomats to Zimbabwe: newspaper
- Somalia clashes death toll rises over 50
Sunday 10 May 2009
- Twenty-five dead in fighting in Mogadishu
- UN coordinator "cautiously optimistic" on Darfur
- Zuma names new-look cabinet; shakes up finance, health (2nd Roundup)
- Zuma names cabinet, Manuel leaves finance after 13 years (Roundup)
- Zimbabwe police raid independent newspaper to arrest editor
- Malta to propose immigrants' checkpoint in Libya
- South Africa's Zuma to name new cabinet
- Somali pirates release British-owned tanker
- Chad claims victory in fight with rebels
Saturday 09 May 2009
- Former Algerian terror chief calls for end to armed campaign
- Zuma sworn in as South African president (1st Lead)
- Zuma sworn in as South African president (Urgent)
- Torrential rain "good omen" at Zuma inauguration (1st Lead)
- Pretoria abuzz as Zuma prepares to take oath of office
Friday 08 May 2009
- Obama congratulates South Africa's Zuma on election victory
- France urges UN to condemn Chad fighting (Roundup)
- Armed rebels advancing towards Chad capital, UN says
- Peacekeeper killed in Darfur carjacking
- Mugabe, Tsvangirai to both attend lavish Zuma inauguration
- 2010 World Cup readiness in focus at Africa's largest tourism fair
- Spain to release Somali piracy suspects (Roundup)
- Prosecutors ask Spain to hand Somali piracy suspects over to Kenya
- Sudan prepared to expand aid in Darfur
- Heavy fighting breaks out in Chad
Thursday 07 May 2009
- Chad government says it has ended rebel push (Roundup)
- Somali piracy suspects to be jailed, brought to Spain (2nd Roundup)
- Somali pirates fire on US Navy support ship (Correction)
- Somali piracy suspects to be brought to Spain (Roundup)
- Spanish court considers putting Somali piracy suspects on trial
- Report: Somali insurgents pouring weaponry into Mogadishu
- Report: A three-way tie for first lady at Zuma's inauguration
- Report: Rebels and government troops clash in Chad
Wednesday 06 May 2009
- UN to act to protect civilians in Chad fighting - Ban says
- South African Parliament elects Jacob Zuma as president (Roundup)
- Zimbabwean court reverses itself on jailing of activists
- EXTRA: South African Parliament elects Jacob Zuma as head of state
- Ruling Nigerian party wins disputed gubernatorial election
- Somalia calls on world to stop Eritrea arming insurgents
- German-owned ship seized by pirates in Gulf of Aden (1st Lead)
- German-owned ship reportedly seized by pirates in Gulf of Aden
Tuesday 05 May 2009
- South African police put end to Vietnamese crew mutiny
- Four foreigners detained trying to sabotage Mozambique dam
- Chad accuses Sudan of launching attack
- Rights group considers suing state for xenophobic attack in S.Africa
- Zimbabwe activists accused of plotting against Mugabe re-arrested
- UN warns of child abductions in southern Sudan
- Medvedev calls for international piracy court
Monday 04 May 2009
- South Africa to allow Zimbabweans 90-day visa-free residence
- Court denies Charles Taylor motion for acquittal
- Somalia opposition leader calls on insurgents to keep fighting
- Report: French pirate hostage was killed by rescuers
Sunday 03 May 2009
- French navy captures 11 suspected Somali pirates
Saturday 02 May 2009
- Somali pirates capture British freighter
- Germany moved up forces to attack Somali pirates, reports say
- Ugandan soldier goes on shooting spree, kills five
- 23 Filipino sailors held hostage in Somalia return to Philippines
- Portuguese navy heads off hijacking near Somalia
Thursday 30 April 2009
- Tanzanian armoury explosion death toll rises
- Thousands flee fighting in Central African Republic (Roundup)
- Pirates attempt to seize Italian ship off Somalia
- Kenyan women to go on sex strike in political protest
- Thousands flee to Chad after fighting in Central African Republic
Wednesday 29 April 2009
- Winnie Mandela set to make political comeback
- UN denies working with alleged war criminal in DR Congo
- Moscow: 29 pirates arrested off Somali coast
Tuesday 28 April 2009
- Two foreign aid workers released in Somalia (2nd Roundup)
- Somali militia capture 12 pirates, others await trial
- Report: Two foreign aid workers released in Somalia (Roundup)
- Spain and France propose international conference on Somalia (Extra)
- Report: Two foreign aid workers released in Somalia
- Spanish navy arrests pirates
Monday 27 April 2009
- Darfur conflict becomes "all against all" - UN says
- US lawmakers arrested during Darfur protest
- Several shot, one killed in political violence in South Africa
- Mounting abuses by Guinea army, says rights group
- Kenyan premiere: New elections may be necessary
- Fresh clashes in conflict-riven Madagascar
- Yemeni navy commandoes free hijacked oil tanker
Sunday 26 April 2009
- Somali pirates still holding Yemeni oil tanker (2nd Roundup)
- Yemeni navy forces free oil tanker after clash with pirates (Roundup)
- Sudanese court sentences 11 Darfur rebels to death
- Yemeni forces kill two Somali pirates in clash (2nd Lead)
- Yemeni forces kill two pirates in clash off Gulf of Aden (1st Lead)
- Yemen forces clash with pirates seizing oil tanker in Gulf of Aden
- Italian cruise ship fends off pirates near Seychelles (Roundup)
- Italian cruise ship fends off pirates (1st Lead)
- Seven killed in attack on Somali parliament: report
- Pirates attack Italian cruise ship carrying 1,200 passengers
Saturday 25 April 2009
- Lets let bygones be bygones, Zuma appeals after ANC election win
- South African election winner Zuma calls for national unity (Extra)
- Zuma wins election but ANC misses two-thirds majority
- Zuma's ANC wins fourth straight term with reduced majority (Roundup)
- URGENT : Zuma's ANC official winner of South Africa elections
- US says German ship hijacked off Yemen coast
- Zuma wins election but ANC set to miss two-thirds majority
Friday 24 April 2009
- ANC teetering under two-thirds as final results awaited (Roundup)
- Somalia opposition leader calls on AU peacekeepers to leave
- ANALYSIS: Common touch, cash and cool key to landslide ANC victory
- ANC enters final straight with two-thirds tally intact (2nd Lead)
- Philippines forms task force to help stranded tanker off Somalia
- ANC on two-thirds of the vote as election count enters final day
Thursday 23 April 2009
- ANC pops champagne in advance of convincing poll victory (2nd Roundup)
- Champagne flows, Zuma dances at ANC election victory rally (Extra)
- World pledges 213 million dollars for Somali security (Roundup)
- Prominent Islamist returns to Somalia after two-year exile
- World pledges 213 million dollars for Somali security (Extra)
- Zuma poised for decisive win in South Africa elections (Roundup)
- S.Africa's ANC poised for re-election but DA makes gains (2nd Lead)
- Brussels hosts donor conference for Somalia security (3rd Lead)
- Brussels hosts donor conference for Somalia security (2nd Lead)
- Brussels hosts donor conference for Somalia security (1st Lead)
- Donors gather in Brussels to pledge funds for Somalia security
- Partial results show ANC leading South Africa election (1st Lead)
- ANC leads in South Africa polls
Wednesday 22 April 2009
- Stampede to vote sparks ballot shortage in South Africa (3rd Roundup)
- Disarray in polls - 1 million extra ballots printed (Extra)
- Tsvangirai says he has given Mugabe an ultimatum on power-sharing
- Report: UN tribunal offers to hear Somali piracy cases
- South Africans throng polls in fourth democratic vote (2nd Roundup)
- NATO fleet could curtail Asia visit to fight Somali pirates
- Vote for Zuma a vote for change, say South Africans (News Feature)
- French frigate delivers alleged pirates to Kenya as trial begins
- EU to pledge at least 60 million euros for Somalia security
- In photos: 'South Africa Elections'
- ANC cheered as South Africa votes in fourth democratic polls (Roundup)
- Voting underway in South Africa's fourth democratic poll (1st Lead)
- South Africa votes in fourth general elections since apartheid
Tuesday 21 April 2009
- Ban: Expulsions of Darfur aid groups puts 1 million people at risk
- Morocco seeks European support to relaunch Sahara talks
- Bulgarian nurses demand compensation from Libya
- Feathers fly between South Africa chicken chain and ruling ANC
- EU to host donor conference for Somalia's security
- Zuma gunning for "overwhelming majority" in South African vote
- Somali pirates free Philippine tanker, 23 crew members (Roundup)
- At least 24 killed in Kenya gang clashes
- Piracy cases almost double in first quarter of 2009, watchdog says
- Somali pirates free Philippine tanker, 23 crew members
Monday 20 April 2009
- Deadly clashes between troops, new opponents in Madagascar (Roundup)
- Several dead as soldiers fire at demos in Madagascar: reports
- Spain to press for stronger measures against pirates
- Special voting underway in South Africa two days before ballot
- WFP: Somali pirates release Togo-flagged aid ship
Sunday 19 April 2009
- Canadian navy wards off another Somali pirate attack (Roundup)
- Nigerian militants to release captive British worker
- Two foreign aid workers kidnapped in Somalia
- ANC flaunts Mandela support in final pre-election rally (Roundup)
- Canadian navy wards off Somali pirate attack on Norwegian ship
- Mandela arrives at ANC last mass rally (Extra)
- S.Africa's ANC stages last mass rally three days before elections
- Philippines bans sailors on ships passing by Somalia
Saturday 18 April 2009
- Dutch navy frees 16 Yemeni fishermen from pirates statement; changes dateline (2nd Roundup)
- Report: Dutch commandos free 20 people from pirates (Roundup)
- BBC: Dutch commandos free 20 people from pirate captivity
- Indian cricket team praises South Africans honesty for cash back
Friday 17 April 2009
- Captain of US ship returns home after hostage ordeal
- Danish freighter repels pirates in Gulf of Aden
- Former IOC member, African football boss Halim dies
- S. Africa's opposition urges voters to wisen up, check ANC power
- Kerry: Sudan prepared to allow new aid agencies into Darfur
Thursday 16 April 2009
- Twenty nine killed in Zimbabwe bus crash
- Mugabe, Tsvangirai hold talks as unity government hangs in balance
- US captain rescued from pirates arrives in Kenya
- South Africa's Bread Party: Your country kneads you
- US sailors return to US after piracy ordeal
- ANALYSIS: Hopes for humbling of all-powerful ANC fade on eve of vote
- PREVIEW: Fifteen years on, South Africans demand real emancipation
- PROFILE: Comeback kid Jacob Zuma dances to everyone's tune - for now
- Mandla Mandela: a chip off the old block? (Feature)
Wednesday 15 April 2009
- Clinton announces steps to counter piracy (Roundup)
- Clinton announces steps to counter piracy
- Zimbabwe rights groups' vow protests against constitution
- French navy captures pirate mother-ship and 11 pirates
- US ship attacked by Somali pirates escapes capture (Roundup)
- Abducted Italian is released in Nigeria
- US ship attacked by Somali pirates escapes capture (2nd Lead)
- Philippines closely monitors kidnapped Filipino seamen in Somalia
- US ship attacked by Somali pirates escapes capture (1st Lead)
- South African election begins with overseas vote
- US ship attacked by Somali pirates but escapes capture
- Zimbabwe victims and perpetrators begin to reconcile (News Feature)
Tuesday 14 April 2009
- Undaunted Somali pirates seize four more boats (2nd Roundup)
- Rights body: Hanged Sudanese men may have been innocent (Roundup)
- Somali pirates seize four more boats following hostage drama (Roundup)
- Somali pirates seize three boats following hostage drama (1st Lead)
- UN agency warns Somali piracy threatens food aid deliveries
- Sudan hangs nine men for journalist beheading
- Somali pirates seize another tanker after hostage drama
Monday 13 April 2009
- Wife of rescued captain awaits his pirate tale (News Feature)
- UN: After violence escalated in Darfur, relative peace returns
- Obama hails captain, calls for anti-piracy action to target pirates on land (Roundup)
- US Congressman targeted by mortar fire in Mogadishu Somalia (Roundup)
- US lawmaker plane takes mortar fire in Somalia after rescue (Extra)
- Alabama crew hails rescued captain, calls for anti-piracy action
- US captain's rescue may mean trouble for other hostages (News Feature)
- German sailors remain in clutches of Somali pirates
- Fear and loathing on the campaign trail in South Africa (Feature)
- Zimbabwe sets up key constitution drafting committee
Sunday 12 April 2009
- US captain kidnapped by pirates is freed (3rd Roundup)
- US captain kidnapped by pirates is freed (2nd Roundup)
- US captain kidnapped by pirates freed by special forces (Roundup)
- US captain kidnapped by pirates freed, say reports (2nd Lead)
- US captain kidnapped by pirates freed, say reports (1st Lead)
- US captain kidnapped by pirates freed, say reports (Urgent)
- US Navy catches sight of US hostage amid stalled talks (Roundup)
- In photos: 'Maersk Alabama Arrives in Mombasa'
- Somali elders in fresh attempt to free US captain (2nd Lead)
- Somali elders in fresh attempt to free US captain (1st Lead)
- Lifeboat with US captain nears Somalia; talks failed (Roundup)
- Reports: Hijacked lifeboat with US captain near Somali shore (Extra)
Saturday 11 April 2009
- Alabama ship is in Mombasa; FBI sequesters crew, ship dateline (1st Lead)
- Report: Rescue attempt for US captain fails in Indian Ocean (Extra)
- Alabama is in Mombasa; FBI sequesters crew, ship (Extra)
- Tugboat with crew of 16 hijacked by Somali pirates (2nd Roundup)
- Report: Second US vessel hijacked by Somali pirates (Extra)
- Somali pirates fail to reinforce embattled comrades (Roundup)
- Somali pirates fail to reinforce embattled comrades (2nd Lead)
- Somali pirates rush to help comrades in US Navy face-off (1st Lead)
- Somali pirates rush to help comrades in US Navy face-off
- Obama calls Ghana's president
Friday 10 April 2009
- Somali pirates let Norwegian tanker free, ship owners say
- One hostage, two pirates killed in French sea rescue (Roundup)
- Somali pirates demand ransom as US Navy sends more ships (2nd Roundup)
- Two pirates, one hostage killed in French rescue move, Paris says
- Second US Navy ship arrives on scene (Extra)
- Standoff continues as Somali pirates foil escape attempt (Roundup)
- Report: Somali pirates foil US captain's escape attempt (1st Lead)
- Algeria's Bouteflika wins re-election in landslide (Roundup)
- Algeria's Bouteflika wins re-election with over 90 per cent of vote
- US Navy increases pressure on Somali pirates in hostage standoff
- Somali pirates negotiating with US Navy over hostage
Thursday 09 April 2009
- UN Congo envoy asks for more resources to protect civilians
- Somali pirates negotiate with US Navy over hostage available (3rd Roundup)
- High voter turnout in Algerian presidential election (Roundup)
- Somali pirates keep hostage, dig in against US destroyer (2nd Roundup)
- Mugabe dismisses farm invasion allegations as "wicked lies"
- Pirates still hold ship captain, but running out of fuel (Roundup)
- Algerian capital under high security in presidential election
- Court sentences official to 28 years for embezzling from AIDS fund
- Violent incidents mar Algerian presidential election
- Tunisian president's son-in-law to buy large share in media giant
- Standoff between US Navy, Somali pirates over US hostage (1st Lead)
- Standoff between US Navy, Somali pirates over US hostage
- US ship drama highlights need for crews to resist (News Feature)
- US Navy reaches ship hijacked by Somali pirates (3rd Roundup)
Wednesday 08 April 2009
- US crew retakes ship from Somali pirates (2nd Roundup)
- US-flagged cargo ship's captain held hostage, crew says (Extra)
- Pentagon: US crew retakes ship from Somali pirates (Roundup)
- Report: US crew retakes ship from Somali pirates (2nd Lead)
- Report: US crew retakes ship from Somali pirates (1st Lead)
- Qadhafi files civil lawsuit against Geneva: report
- Report: US crew retakes ship from pirates (Extra)
- Calls grow in Namibia for South Africa-style truth commission
- US weighing options after hijacking of 21 crew members off Somalia
- Uganda denies leaving civilians unprotected during Congo offensive
- Germany hands over Somali pirates to Kenya (Roundup)
- Somali pirates seize ship, 21 American crew members (Roundup)
- Germany to hand over Somali pirates to Kenya (1st Lead)
- German warship arrives in Kenya with detained pirates
- Somali pirates seize ship, 21 American crew members (1st Lead)
- Rights groups say many will die in Darfur unless aid ban is lifted
- Somali pirates seize ship, 21 American crew members
Tuesday 07 April 2009
- UN: Honour Rwandan dead by ending genocide (Roundup)
- UN rights chief honours witnesses at Rwanda tribunals
- Arrest warrants requested for Somali pirates in German ship attack
- Rwanda begins commemoration of 1994 genocide (Roundup)
- Rwanda to commemorate 1994 genocide
- Oxfam: Congolese still suffering abuse, hunger
- Up to 30 in Somali refugees drown near Yemen
- Nigerian militants kidnap British oil worker
Monday 06 April 2009
- Couple with young child among those kidnapped by pirates
- A shameful past: Rwanda's churches and the genocide
- From Gacaca to Arusha: Justice for Rwandan genocide is slow
- Rwanda cattle-herd becomes symbol of recovery after genocide
- Zuma village celebrates end of Zulu leader's legal woes (News Feature)
- Kenyan justice minister resigns
- African Union appoints special envoy to Guinea-Bissau
- World Cup 2010 in South Africa: Football courts for the poor
- Taiwan minister identifies fishing vessel seized by Somali pirates
- CHRONOLOGY: Timeline of events of the Rwandan genocide
- Pirates seize more ships off Somalia (Roundup)
- S.Africa's Zuma off the hook as graft case is dropped (Roundup)
- S.Africa's Zuma in the clear - graft charges dropped (1st Lead)
- URGENT S.Africa's Zuma in the clear - graft charges lifted
- Germany seeks release of ship hijacked by pirates off Somalia
- Report: Darfur kidnappers want 200 million dollars for aid workers
- Report: Darfur kidnappers want 200 million dollars for aid workers
- 15 years after genocide, shadows remain over Rwanda progress
- German ship hijacked by pirates off Somalia (2nd Roundup)
Sunday 05 April 2009
- Somali pirates hijack Yemeni tugboat in Indian Ocean
- German ship hijacked by pirates off Somalia (Roundup)
- Two medical aid workers kidnapped in Sudan
- German ship hijacked by pirates off Somalia (1st Lead)
- Zimbabwe prison officers arrested over prison scandal documentary
- German ship hijacked by pirates off Somalia
Saturday 04 April 2009
- Tragedy hits Zimbabwe's prime minister anew with death of grandson
- Thousands of victims of Rwandan genocide to be exhumed
Friday 03 April 2009
- Uganda says it will not bow to international pressure on gay rights
- Nigerian government considering amnesties for Delta rebels
- Sudan presidential and parliamentary elections postponed to 2010
- Nigeria considers amnesty for delta rebels
Thursday 02 April 2009
- Pirates hijack British luxury yacht off Seychelles
- South Africa's Zuma vows to put the boot to crime (Roundup)
- Zambia's opposition condemns reported Chinese biofuels project
- Killers of S.African reggae star Lucky Dube jailed for life
- Zuma cosies up to Afrikaner minority in run-up to elections
Wednesday 01 April 2009
- Madagascar's embattled Rajoelina pulls island out of SADC
- Fans apply for over 1.6 million tickets 2010 World Cup tickets
- Kenya to move 2.5 million orphans from care homes to relatives
- Sudan's al-Bashir arrives in Saudi Arabia
- Rhino, lion carcasses found in home in S.Africa's diplomatic quarter
Tuesday 31 March 2009
- (eca 600): Zimbabwe's notorious prisons: death row no matter what (News Feature)
- UN takes over assets of expelled relief groups in Darfur
- Chavez backs Sudan's al-Bashir against ICC (Extra)
- Zimbabwe's notorious prisons: death row no matter what (News Feature)
- Southern African leaders suspend Madagascar membership
- US special envoy for Sudan headed to region
Monday 30 March 2009
- Arab League formally expresses support for Sudan's al-Bashir (Extra)
- At least 15 dead in Tanzania train crash
- Sudan's al-Bashir calls for clear Arab League support
- Morocco expels five Christian missionaries for proselytizing
- (eca 133): Sudan's President al-Bashir calls for clear Arab support arming Darfur rebels, not US (Extra)
- Sudan's President al-Bashir calls for clear Arab support (Extra)
- Ban calls on Sudan to re-admit expelled aid groups (Extra)
- Syria's Assad urges Arabs to reject ICC warrant for al-Bashir (Extra)
- Naval force nabs pirates after attack on German ship
- SADC leaders meet to discuss Zimbabwe rescue plan, Madagascar
Sunday 29 March 2009
- Sudan leaders Doha appearance raises many questions (Roundup)
Saturday 28 March 2009
- New protests, call for general strike in Madagascar
- Tutu: South Africa has snubbed the Dalai Lama
- German "Longchamp" crew free after Somali pirate hijack (Roundup)
- German "Longchamp" crew free after hijack by Somali pirates
Friday 27 March 2009
- Tsvangirai warns invaders of white farms will be arrested
Thursday 26 March 2009
- Human-rights group: Hopes for end to Mugabe repression not met
- Bashir, Qadhafi focus on humanitarian solution for Darfur (Roundup)
- Maritime authority: Pirates seize two tankers off Somalia (Roundup)
- UN: Serious impact caused by expulsion of relief groups (Roundup)
- Maritime authority: Pirates seize two tankers off Somalia (1st Lead)
- Khartoum refuses to return expelled relief groups to Darfur
- ICC prosecutor: Al-Bashir's trips abroad a "sign of desperation"
- Report: Israel behind January Sudan arms convoy strike (3rd Roundup)
- Report: Israel behind January Sudan arms convoy strike (2nd Roundup)
- Around 750 dead in cattle rustling clashes in Sudan
- Sudan's President al-Bashir arrives in Libya
- Somali interior minister injured in roadside bomb
- CBS: Israel behind January airstrike in Sudan on arms convoy (Roundup)
- HRW to southern Africa: Zimbabwe aid should hinge on rights reform
- Somali insurgents seize five Kenyans on border
- CBS: Israel behind January airstrike on Sudan arms convoy
Wednesday 25 March 2009
- Sudan's President al-Bashir in Cairo despite ICC warrant (Roundup)
- UN expert: Somalis are victims of the "most terrible" rights abuses
- Report: Somali pirates seize Seychelles yacht
- PROFILE: S.Africa's man for IAEA top job closer in style to ElBaradei
- Anti-Rajoelina demos gain strength in Madagascar (Roundup)
- Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai to resume work on April 1 after mourning
- Sudan's President Bashir in Cairo despite ICC warrant (1st Lead)
- Sudan's President Bashir in Cairo despite ICC warrant (Urgent)
- Madagascar's ousted Ravalomanana is based in S.Africa: Swaziland
Tuesday 24 March 2009
- Al-Qaeda issues warning to Sudanese president
- UN, Sudan to work out stop-gap relief measures in Darfur
- Sudan's President al-Bashir to visit Egypt despite arrest warrant
- Madagascar's deposed president Ravalomanana in Swaziland: report
- South Africa confirmed as host of India cricket tournament
- Red Cross seeks 1.27 million dollars for victims of Namibia floods
- Aid worker with Canadian agency shot dead in Darfur
- Former French coach Michel leaves South African club
- Johannesburg taxi strike grounds thousands of commuters
- Fourth police official arrested for drug trafficking
Monday 23 March 2009
- Pope Benedict ends Africa trip following rousing Angola welcome
- Sudan's al-Bashir travels abroad despite arrest warrant (Roundup)
- Madagascar's new opposition uses Rajoelina's tactics against him
- Report: Remains of Rwandan genocide victims used for witchcraft
- Axe-wielding man kills three in South African township (Roundup)
- Axe-wielding man goes on rampage in South Africa; kills three
- Shark kills 16-year-old South African surfer
- Sudanese clerics: President should not travel to avoid arrest
Sunday 22 March 2009
- In photos: 'Pope Benedict XVI in Angola'
- Pope holds million-strong mass at finale of Africa tour
Saturday 21 March 2009
- Pope calls for stepped-up evangelization of Africa
- In photos: 'Pope Bendict XVI Visits Angola'
- In photos: 'Andry Rajoelina Sworn in as President of Madagascar'
- Pope calls for stepped-up evangelization of Africa
- Madagascar's Rajoelina is inaugurated as self-declared president
- Report: Southern Sudanese soldiers hold Ugandan traders hostage
Friday 20 March 2009
- Angola's president excludes press from papal ceremony
- Malta, Libya sign search and rescue agreement
- US cuts off aid to Madagascar
- Somalia asks for quick UN deployment of peacekeepers
- Madagascar's Rajoelina in a corner after AU suspension (Roundup)
- Pirates hijack Greek cargo ship off Somali coast
- Growing number of South African drug mules held as new hub emerges
- Pope arrives in Angola to promote reconciliation
- Madagascar's Rajoelina in a corner after AU suspension for 'coup'
- URGENT : African Union suspends Madagascar after "coup"
Thursday 19 March 2009
- US reviewing relations with Madagascar
- Southern African group rejects Madagascar's new leader (Roundup)
- Southern African group rejects Madagascar's new leader (Extra)
- African Union condemns attack on peacekeepers in Somalia
- Rajoelina dissolves parliament as SADC mulls response to Madagascar
- Pope lauds Christian and Muslim coexistence in Cameroon (Roundup)
- Nearly 100 dead in Namibia's worst floods in decades
- Pope lauds Christian and Muslim coexistence in Cameroon
Wednesday 18 March 2009
- Obama taps former general for Sudan envoy
- Conflict remains endemic in most of Africa, UN says
- UN: Piracy trebled in 2008, 30 million dollars in ransom paid
- US embassy orders non-essential embassy staff to leave Madagascar
- In photos: 'South Africa Cape Town Bush Fire'
- Rajoelina assumes power in Madagascar with plea for unity (Roundup)
- Pope calls on Cameroon bishops to help poor and guard family values
- CHRONOLOGY: Andry Rajoelina's march to power in Madagascar
- ANALYSIS: Pop power: ex-DJ confirmed as Madagascar's new leader
- "Blood diamonds" team begins Zimbabwe investigation
- Madagascar's interim president promises "real democracy" (Extra)
- Madagascar's Rajoelina confirmed as interim president (1st Lead)
- URGENT Malagasy top court confirms Rajoelina as interim head
- Zimbabwe union official arrested over Tsvangirai crash photos
- Madagascar opposition for power grab as palace falls to army
- Neighbours criticize Madagascar's opposition
Tuesday 17 March 2009
- Madagascar military hand newly-gotten power to Rajoelina (Extra)
- UN-AU condemn fatal ambush of peacekeepers in Darfur (Roundup)
- US will hold Sudanese President al-Bashir responsible for deaths
- UN-AU condemn fatal ambush of peacekeepers in Darfur
- In photos: 'Pope Benedict XVI in Africa'
- Madagascar president: Giving up power was 'very hard' (3rd Roundup)
- Ban calls for "smooth transition" of power in Madagascar
- Pope on first visit to Africa arrives in Cameroon
- European Union commended for successful mission in Chad, CAR
- Madagascar's president caves in; hands over power (2nd Roundup)
- UN General Assembly leader asks West to stop demonizing Iran
- Ukraine police charge Nigerian pastor of evangelical church
- CHRONOLOGY: Key events in Madagascar's tumultuous power struggle
- Madagascar military arrests generals after handover of power (Extra)
- Madagascar president transfer powers to navy vice-admiral (Roundup)
- Pope: condoms not the answer to Africa's AIDS tragedy
- URGENT Madagascar president passes power to army vice-admiral
- Triumphant Madagascar mayor holds court in seized palace (1st Lead)
- Tense calm in Madagascar after military attack on presidency
Monday 16 March 2009
- Kidnapped UN workers released in Somalia (Roundup)
- Reports of shots outside Madagascar president's palace (2nd Roundup)
- EU warns Madagscar opposition against use of force
- Reports of shots outside Madagascar presidential palace (Extra)
- Al-Bashir: All foreign aid groups should leave Sudan within a year
- Madagascar president digs in as power crumbles (News Feature)
- Madagascar opposition announces bid to arrest president (Roundup)
- Madagascar opposition issues warrant of arrest for president (Extra)
- Report: Madagascar opposition rejects vote on president's tenure
- Gunmen kidnap four UN staff members in Somalia
- Uganda begins withdrawal from Democratic Republic of Congo
Sunday 15 March 2009
- Egypt's foreign minister: warrant for Sudan president unacceptable
- PREVIEW: Benedict to push reconciliation on first Africa papal visit
- Ugandan troops to withdraw from north-east Congo Sunday: Military
- South African intelligence minister's wife probed in drug mule case
Saturday 14 March 2009
- Kidnapped foreign aid workers freed in Sudan (Roundup)
- Sudanese officials announce release of foreign aid workers
- Mugabe demands an end to political violence in Zimbabwe
- In three African countries, it's Gaddafi to the rescue (News Feature)
- Madagascar president holed up in palace as opposition claims power
- Rescue work continues after Kampala office block collapse
- Kidnapped aid workers in Sudan "expected to be released soon"
Friday 13 March 2009
- Kidnapped aid workers in Sudan released
- UN to take over European Union security force in Chad, CAR
- Dozens feared dead or injured after Kampala office block collapses
- Prosecutor appeals against ICC not charging al-Bashir with genocide
- Director of Mandela biopic has "inspirational" meeting with icon
- Tense wait in Madagascar for mutineers' next move (Roundup)
- Over 8,000 police weapons go walkabout in South Africa
- Madagascar leader 'pleads for protection' from troops (1st Lead)
- Mutinous troops in Madagascar "send tanks to the capital": report
- Japan gives green light for Somalia pirate mission (Roundup)
- Japan gives green light for Somalia pirate mission (1st Lead)
- Japan gives green light for Somalia pirate mission
Thursday 12 March 2009
- Ban warns of crisis if relief work not restored in Sudan
- Gaddafi: Mauritanian presidential elections will take place on time
- Kidnapped aid workers were not maltreated, MSF says (Roundup)
- Three Western aid workers kidnapped in Darfur are "well" (1st Lead)
- Three Western aid workers kidnapped in Darfur
- Prominent Zimbabwe politician Roy Bennett freed on bail (Roundup)
- Zimbabwe's Roy Bennett freed on bail
- South African robbers shoot man after shaking down church service
- Civil conflict stalks Madagascar as national dialogue postponed
Wednesday 11 March 2009
- Madagascar opposition leader boycotts peace talks with president
- Strong support from Africa as Tsvangirai buries his wife rest (Roundup)
- Strong support from Africa as Tsvangirai buries his wife
- Zambia's top court turns down opposition bid for poll recount
- Former international prosecutor defends ICC on Sudan
- Ugandan government says army kills 16 rebels in north-eastern Congo
Tuesday 10 March 2009
- Libya releases two political prisoners
- More than 7,600 aid workers cease activities in Sudan (Roundup)
- Rival camps clash in Madagascar: 15 injured
- Ugandan army says it is defeating rebels in Congo
- Over 10,000 Zimbabweans bid farewell to Susan Tsvangirai (Roundup)
- US embassy in Sudan allows staff to leave after Bashir's warrant
- More than 7,600 aid workers receive expulsion orders from Sudan
- Germany hands Somali pirates to Kenya for prosecution
- 10,000 Zimbabweans throng service for Susan Tsvangirai (1st Lead)
- Zimbabweans flock to stadium farewell for Susan Tsvangirai
Monday 09 March 2009
- UN: Expelled groups responsible for half of relief work in Darfur
- Driver of truck that crashed into Tsvangirai appears in court (Extra)
- Libya's Gaddafi seeks solution to Mauritania crisis
- Recovery work still underway in Uganda plane crash
- Tsvangirai rules out foul play in wife's death (2nd Roundup)
- Tsvangirai assures wife's death was an accident (Extra)
- Grieving Tsvangirai returns home for wife's funeral (Roundup)
- Tsvangirai returns to Zimbabwe to bury his wife (Extra)
- Tsvangirai due back in Zimbabwe Monday ahead of wife's burial
- Sudan frees Islamist opposition leader
Sunday 08 March 2009
- Madagascar troops stage 'mutiny,' reports say
- German warship to hand Somali pirates to Kenya
- Sudan's President al-Bashir holds rally in Darfur (Roundup)
- Sudan's al-Bashir to visit Darfur
Saturday 07 March 2009
- Britain believes Tsvangirai crash an accident
- Tsvangirai out of hospital as crash questioned (2nd Roundup)
- Tsvangirai leaves hospital after crash (Extra)
- Tsvangirai's party cast doubt on car crash 'accident' (Roundup)
- Tsvangirai's party cast doubt on car crash "accident" (1st Lead)
- Truck in Tsvangirai crash may have belonged to US aid group
- Germany issues arrest warrants for Somali pirates
Friday 06 March 2009
- Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai survives car crash; wife killed (3rd Roundup)
- Tsvangirai's wife dies in Zimbabwe car crash (2nd Roundup)
- Susan Tsvangirai dead in car crash, Prime Minister injured (Roundup)
- Susan Tsvangirai dead in crash, Prime Minister injured (2nd Lead)
- Zimbabwean Prime Minister's wife killed in car crash (Urgent)
- US condemns Sudan's expulsion of aid groups
- Zimbabwean Prime Minister Tsvangirai injured in car crash injuries (1st Lead)
- Zimbabwean Prime Minister Tsvangirai injured in car crash
- NEWS ANALYSIS: Darfur faces grim fallout from expulsion of aid groups
- Bennett bail case magistrate arrested in Zimbabwe
- Aid agencies warn of humanitarian catastrophe in Darfur
- EU signs pirate deal with Kenya, German navy holding 9 men (Roundup)
- EU signs pirate deal with Kenya, Germany says
Thursday 05 March 2009
- US has no plans to lift sanctions on Zimbabwe
- UN: Sudan causes harm in Darfur by ending relief work (Extra)
- Amnesty International urges Sudan to re-admit aid workers (Extra)
- Britain, Ireland slam Sudan's "retaliation" aid ban (Roundup)
- Hezbollah denounces arrest warrant against al-Bashir
- Thousands rally in support of defiant Bashir in Khartoum (Roundup)
- African Union threatens to withdraw summit from troubled Madagascar
- Sudan legislator: Al-Bashir arrest warrant encourages rebels
- Head of UN General Assembly condemns warrant for Sudan's al-Bashir
- Report: Turkey set to back suspension of al-Bashir arrest warrant
- Sudan confirms it expelled MSF, Oxfam, others
- Tehran condemns ICC warrant against al-Bashir
- Thousands rally in support of al-Bashir in Khartoum (1st Lead)
- Oxfam confirms it is among groups expelled from Sudan
- Thousands rally in support of Bashir in Khartoum
- South Africa finds ICC warrant against al-Bashir "regrettable"
- China urges suspension of case against Sudan's Bashir
Wednesday 04 March 2009
- Pirates captured by German Navy may face prosecution in Kenya
- EU supports ICC in Bashir warrant
- Rights organization hails ICC warrant to arrest Sudan's Bashir
- Sudan revokes permits of relief groups
- Yemen condemns Bashir arrest warrant as "dangerous precedent"
- Ban urges Sudan's cooperation, but is vague on arrest (Roundup)
- Arab countries fear Bashir arrest warrant's impact on Darfur
- ANALYSIS: Sudan appears unruffled by arrest warrant for its president
- Zimbabwe Supreme Court to rule Thursday on Bennett bail
- LEADALL: Sudan defiant, world response mixed to ICC arrest warrant
- Kremlin sceptical about al-Bashir arrest warrant
- Jordanian parties, trade unions protest al-Bashir arrest warrant
- Doctors Without Borders ordered to pull staff out of Darfur
- ICC issues arrest warrant for Sudan's al-Bashir (Roundup)
- Ugandan and DR Congo leaders meet to discuss joint attack on rebels
- US urges restraint after Bashir arrest warrant
- Hamas condemns arrest order against president of Sudan
- Bashir to attend Qatar summit despite arrest warrant
- Expert: Convincing evidence needed to charge al-Bashir with genocide
- Ban urges Sudan to cooperate with UN mission in Darfur (Extra)
- Germany calls for Sudan to respect al-Bashir arrest warrant
- Rally of support for Sudan's al-Bashir after arrest warrant
- Human Rights Watch welcomes arrest warrant for Sudan's al-Bashir
- Tsvangirai: Zimbabwe must respect rule of law, human rights
- ICC issues arrest warrant for Sudan's al-Bashir (3rd Lead)
- ICC issues arrest warrant for Sudan's al-Bashir (2nd Lead)
- UN court issues arrest warrant for Sudan's al-Bashir (1st Lead)
- UN court issues arrest warrant for Sudanese president (Urgent)
- South African couple take a deadly cobra for a drive
Tuesday 03 March 2009
- Libya opposed to prosecution of Sudan's leader for Darfur killing
- Bissau returning to normal after president is killed
- German navy arrest nine in Somalia pirate attack (Roundup)
- Zimbabwe court dismisses state challenge to Bennett bail
- German navy arrest nine in Somalia pirate attack
- UN court to decide on warrant against Sudan's al-Bashir Wednesday
- 28 parties to contest South Africa elections
Monday 02 March 2009
- Yemen coastguard saves Korean cargo ship from Somali pirate attack
- Zimbabwe human rights leader Mukoko freed on bail (Roundup)
- Zimbabwean rights activist Jestina Mukoko out on bail
- Bissau army pledges obedience after president is killed
- Xenophobia victims hunted out of S.Africa camp; shacks torched
Sunday 01 March 2009
- First two of 16 MDC detainees freed on bail
- UN's Ban hits out at sexual abuse in DR Congo (News Feature)
- Somali president plans to introduce sharia law
Saturday 28 February 2009
- Mugabe marks birthday with lavish celebration (2nd Roundup)
- Two more killed in Madagascar as military clamp down on opposition
- Zimbabwe's Mugabe marks birthday with lavish celebration (Roundup)
- Tsvangirai "not attending" controversial Mugabe 85th birthday bash
Friday 27 February 2009
- Political detainees offered released if they drop torture charges
- UN official: Somalis stuck between rock and hard place
- New push to oust Zimbabwe farmers despite unity deal (News Feature)
Thursday 26 February 2009
- Madagascar opposition returns to street protests
- Winnie's star in the ascendant again in South Africa (News Feature)
- Chinese navy saves Italian ship from Somali pirate attack (Roundup)
- Chinese anti-piracy fleet rescues Italian ship
Wednesday 25 February 2009
- UN envoy is told that Mugabe detainees must go through courts
- Ban Ki-Moon calls for release of Zimbabwean prisoners (Roundup)
- UN chief in S.Africa to discuss financial crisis, Zimbabwe, climate
- New Zealand cricket team postpones tour to Zimbabwe
Tuesday 24 February 2009
- New Zealand cricket team postpones tour to Zimbabwe
- UN welcomes Sudan deal to release Darfur prisoners
- Police Chief in South Africa to discuss security nearly robbed
- Zambia to start voter registration two years before elections
- Zimbabwe's Bennett gets bail but has to stay behind bars
- UN chief due in South Africa for meetings with Motlanthe, Mandela
Monday 23 February 2009
- Court decision on arrest warrant for Sudan's al-Bashir on March 4
- COPE ex-bishop vows to clean up S.Africa government if elected
- ANC denies being cavalier with Mandela's health during rally outing
- Police: Seven Zimbabweans killed in S.Africa in suspected arson
Sunday 22 February 2009
- Pistorius recovering from facial injuries in boat accident (Roundup)
- Egypt warns ICC against arrest warrant for Bashir (Roundup)
- Tsvangirai pleads with the West to fund power-sharing government
- Pistorius stable after boating accident
- Sudanese president in Cairo for Darfur talks
- Madagascar rival leaders in productive talks to end standoff
Saturday 21 February 2009
- Mugabe loyalists praise the 'mighty crocodile' as president turns 85
- Zimbabwean President Mugabe turns 85
- Applications for 2010 World Cup tickets flood in
- Cape Town man in pie-in-the-sky stunt to highlight precariousness
Friday 20 February 2009
- Tsvangirai: Zimbabwe recovery could cost 5 billion dollars (Roundup)
- S.Africa's COPE picks bishop to run against Zuma
- PREVIEW: Feast planned for Mugabe's 85th in hunger-ravaged Zimbabwe
- Quiet start to World Cup ticket sale in S.Africa (News Feature)
- Report: Tsvangirai seeks aid injection from S.Africa government
- Belgium demands trial of former Chad dictator
- Kidnapped Russians escape rebel captivity
- Report: Eight killed as army retakes occupied ministries
- 2010 World Cup tickets go on sale
Thursday 19 February 2009
- Tense standoff in mass opposition rally in Madagascar
- Equatorial Guinea arrest 15 over attack on presidential palace
- Italian nuns abducted near Somalia border are freed
- NATO to launch second anti-piracy mission in Somalia
- 400 World Cup workers fired on eve of ticket sale
- Zimbabwe deputy ministers sworn in without jailed Bennett (Roundup)
- Swearing-in of Zimbabwe deputy ministers promises more turmoil
Wednesday 18 February 2009
- Russian Navy hands over 10 Somali suspected pirates to Yemen
- Zimbabwe teachers vow to strike on despite US dollar pay (Roundup)
- Zimbabwe judge remands MDC's Bennett until March 4 (Extra)
- Britain offers a home to elderly subjects living in Zimbabwe
- SIDEBAR: How to buy a World Cup ticket online from fifa.com
- FIFA unveils how-to of 2010 tickets two days before sale begins
Tuesday 17 February 2009
- UN urges Sudan government, rebels to implement Doha pact (Roundup)
- UN welcomes Doha pact, but takes protective measures in Darfur
- Equatorial Guinea repels attack on presidential palace
- New Zimbabwean cabinet meets; Bennett faces terror trial (Roundup)
- Sudan government, rebels sign agreement of "good intentions" return to villages, rather forced returns should be refrained from (Roundup)
- Zimbabwe's ministerial appointee Bennett brought to court (1st Lead)
- Sudan government, rebels ready to sign prisoner swap deal: report
- Lawyer: Charges against Zimbabwe's Bennett changed for third time
Monday 16 February 2009
- Prosecution delays court appearance for Zimbabwe's Bennett
- UN investigator probes Kenya election violence
- New Zealand likely to boycott cricket with Zimbabwe
Sunday 15 February 2009
- Mandela lends support to Jacob Zuma's ANC campaign
- Libyan President calls to distribute oil wealth among citizens
- Charges against Zimbabwe's Bennett downgraded from treason (Extra)
- Zimbabwe finance minister on mission to 'save' Zimbabwe dollar
Saturday 14 February 2009
- Somalia parliament approves appointment of new premier
- Gaddafi to sue Ugandan paper over love affair claims
Friday 13 February 2009
- MDC ministerial appointee charged with treason (Extra)
- PROFILE: Tendai Biti: Zimbabwe's tough-talking new finance minister
- Zimbabwean unity government sealed amid climate of distrust (Roundup)
- Ministerial appointee nabbed before Zimbabwe inauguration (1st Lead)
- Zimbabwe deputy minister appointee Roy Bennett arrested (Extra)
- Over 40 Congolese rebels killed in air raid
- Piracy watchdog issues warning of attacks in Somali waters (Roundup)
- Ukraine President Yushchenko meets returning pirate hostages
- Piracy watchdog issues warning of attacks in Somali waters
- "Worst cabinet in history" set for partial comeback in Zimbabwe
Thursday 12 February 2009
- African, Arab leaders want Sudan's al-Bashir spared (Roundup)
- Tsvangirai visits political detainees in prison
- Berlin demands Sudanese cooperation over Darfur
- US Navy arrests more suspected pirates off African coast
- UN rights chief says new Zimbabwe government must undo damage
- Controversial Ukrainian tank ship docks in Kenya
- ICC calls Bashir arrest warrant story "incorrect" (Extra)
- ICC denies warrant for arrest of Sudanese president Bashir (Extra)
- Report: Warrant to be issued for Sudanese President Bashir (Roundup)
- Report: Arrest warrant to be issued for Sudanese President Bashir
Wednesday 11 February 2009
- Ban urges Zimbabwe's new premier to address country's crises
- Donors idle as drought, food shortage grips Kenya
- US Navy arrest seven suspected pirates in Gulf of Aden
- Prime Minister Tsvangirai promises change in Zimbabwe (3rd Roundup)
- Cold handshake marks dawn of power-sharing in Zimbabwe (2nd Roundup)
- Tsvangirai sworn in as Zimbabwe's prime minister (Roundup)
- Tsvangirai faces heavy responsibilities, European Commission says
- Tsvangirai sworn in as Zimbabwe's prime minister (1st Lead)
- CHRONOLOGY: The MDC's decade-long fight to dent Mugabe's power
- PROFILE: Morgan Tsvangirai: from change candidate to prime minister
- Tsvangirai sworn in as Zimbabwean prime minister (Urgent)
- Thorny start: Zimbabwe activists held for handing out roses (Extra)
- Tsvangirai's inauguration day dawns; political repression continues
Tuesday 10 February 2009
- Rights lawyers arrested on eve of Tsvangirai swearing-in
- Seven Ugandan witchdoctors arrested after headless corpse found
- Madagascar opposition leader announces rival government
- Experts warn of growing piracy threat in Gulf of Aden
- Ugandan president: Congolese massacres a necessary sacrifice
- Turkish parliament gives go ahead for navy to fight Somali piracy
- End of an era: Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai on verge of power (News Feature)
- Somali "pirates" handed over to Dutch authorities (Roundup)
- Zimbabwean leader Tsvangirai hopes for democracy "in our lifetime"
- Qatar sponsors first round of Darfur peace talks since 2007
- End of an era: Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai on cusp of power (News Feature)
- South Africa's general election set for April 22
- Mugabe arch-critic Biti named Zimbabwe's finance minister
- Danish navy hands over pirates to Dutch authorities
- Ukrainian tank ship release spotlights Sudan arms race (News Feature)
Monday 09 February 2009
- Kenya conducts mass burial for tanker fire victims
- Madagascar minister resigns over demonstration deaths
- Flooding kills 24 in Morocco
- Nigerian oil workers strike over attacks, kidnappings
- Biti tipped for finance minister as Zimbabwe awaits new government
Saturday 07 February 2009
- Bloodbath in Madagascar as army fires on demonstrators
Friday 06 February 2009
- Motlanthe: South African economy in "serious danger"
- Turkish navy prepares to send frigate to fight Somali piracy
- Gaddafi defends Somalian pirates - newspaper report
- UN peacekeepers walking tightrope of chaos in DR Congo (Feature)
Thursday 05 February 2009
- UN sends envoy to assess political situation in Madagascar
- Sudan warns of consequences if court tries to arrest al-Bashir
- Zimbabwe parliament passes power-share constitutional amendment
- African sex workers unite for their rights
- Somali pirates leave Ukrainian arms ship (2nd Roundup)
- Somali pirates leave Ukrainian arms ship (Roundup)
- Somali pirates leave Ukrainian arms ship (1st Lead)
- Somalia pirates begin to leave Ukrainian arms ship
- Prominent journalist murdered in Somalia
- Sudanese military takes rebel town
Wednesday 04 February 2009
- Sudan peace agreement in peril, UN warns
- Aid agency: UN peacekeepers failing to protect Congolese civilians
- USAID worker held in reported attack on Zimbabwe's air force chief
- S.African presidential hopeful Zuma faces trial after ballot (Roundup)
- S. Africa's Zuma back in court for hearing on corruption case dates
- Riddle over Liberian caterpillar swarm solved
Tuesday 03 February 2009
- UN urges new government in Somalia to settle conflict
- Ugandan army rescues nearly 120 people from rebels
- Rebel mayor removed as Madagascar government clamps down
- As D-Day for government looms, Zimbabwe's MDC still crying foul
- Liberia caterpillar swarm riddle
- S.Africa's ANC attempts to calm fears over election violence
- Peacekeepers accused of killing over 20 Somali civilians (Roundup)
- UN peacekeepers to stay in contested Darfur town
- Peacekeepers accused of killing over 20 civilians in Somalia
Monday 02 February 2009
- Two train accidents near Johannesburg injure more than 250
- African Union elects Gaddafi as new chairman
- Kenya mourns double-disaster deaths
- Obama's half-brother to face no charges in cannabis swoop
- Yoghurt millionaire, former DJ do battle for Madagascar
- Somali pirates seeking 6 million dollars for German ship
Sunday 01 February 2009
- Attacks on ruling party members as S.Africa prepares for elections
- Around 100 dead in Kenya tanker explosion
- German operators of hijacked ship in contact with Somali pirates
- Somali pirates free 21 Filipino seamen
- US congratulates Somalia's new president, calls for support
Saturday 31 January 2009
- Obama's half-brother arrested for marijuana possession
- Moderate Islamist sworn in as Somali president (2nd Roundup)
- Moderate Islamist elected Somali president amid chaos of Ahmed available (Roundup)
- Moderate Islamist elected Somali president amid insurgent battle
Friday 30 January 2009
- UN welcomes move for unity government in Zimbabwe
- Over 45 feared dead after supermarket blaze in Kenya
- Nigerian oil militants call off ceasefire
- Zimbabwe's MDC relents; votes to join Mugabe government (2nd Roundup)
- Zimbabwe's MDC relents; votes to join Mugabe-led government (Roundup)
- Zimbabwe's MDC votes to join Mugabe-led government (2nd Lead)
- Zimbabwe's MDC signs up to Mugabe-led government (1st Lead)
- Zimbabwe's MDC signs up to Mugabe-led government (Urgent)
- German Navy declares anti-pirate operation a success
- Two South Africans out on bail in Heathrow drug smuggling case
- Somali MPs to appoint new president amid insurgent battle
- Eight robbery suspects shot dead in Durban shootout
- Exiled top MDC official Roy Bennett returns to Zimbabwe
Thursday 29 January 2009
- Sudan's Bashir calls ICC "a mosquito in the ear of an elephant"
- Somali pirates seize German tanker carrying LPG (Roundup)
- BACKGROUND: Pirate-held tanker belongs to German company
- Swedish government wants to deploy three vessels against piracy
- Somali pirates seize German tanker carrying LPG
- UN Mediator: Darfur clashes undermining chances of peace
- Moderate Islamists seize town from Somali insurgents
- UN: Race against time to thwart Liberian armyworm plague
- Rebels balk at joining Congolese army (News Feature)
Wednesday 28 January 2009
- Somali insurgents impose Islamic law in government stronghold
- Poll: South Africans confident about World Cup, but also concerns
Tuesday 27 January 2009
- Deal? No deal? SADC's Zimbabwe "breakthrough" in doubt (Roundup)
- Lubanga attorneys decline response to war crime charges (1st Lead)
- Mountain gorilla numbers up despite Congo conflict
- Lubanga defence team addresses permanent war tribunal for first time
- SADC says Zimbabwe impasse over - MDC calls claims "malicious"
Monday 26 January 2009
- Somali MPs expand parliament as insurgents seize town (Roundup)
- Lubanga denies using children "to kill, pillage and rape" (Roundup)
- Ban condemns fighting in Sudan's Darfur region
- World Cup organizers confident as clock ticks down
- Somalia MPs vote to double parliament, include Islamists
- SADC leaders begin third crisis summit on Zimbabwe (2nd Lead)
- (eca141): Congo militia leader's victims participate in ICC trial (Extra)
- Congo militia leader's victims participate in ICC trial (Extra)
- Violent protest near Zimbabwe summit venue (Extra)
- Mob attacks home of Nigerian censor-defying director
- SADC leaders begin third crisis summit on Zimbabwe (1st Lead)
- Lubanga denies using children "to kill, pillage and rape" (2nd Lead)
- ICC: Lubanga used children "to kill, pillage and rape" (1st Lead)
- Report: Algerian security forces kill 23 suspected terrorists
- EU piles more sanctions on Zimbabwe regime
- Congo militia leader Lubanga appears before ICC for war crimes
- Mugabe, Tsvangirai held secret meeting last week - state media
- Fifteen football club members die in Nigeria road smash
- Back to the drawing table - SADC leaders huddle again on Zimbabwe
Sunday 25 January 2009
- Ethiopia completes Somalia pullout
- Report: Nine Hutu rebels killed in Democratic Republic of Congo
- ANALYSIS: Little hope for progress on deadlock at Zimbabwe summit
- ANALYSIS: World Cup preparation in high gear with 500 days to go
Saturday 24 January 2009
- Sixteen killed in Somalia suicide bombing (Roundup)
- At least 14 reported killed in Somalia suicide bombing
- South Africa's COPE vows to bail out troubled companies if elected
- PREVIEW: Congolese militia leader Lubanga to stand trial in The Hague
Friday 23 January 2009
- Congolese rebel leader Nkunda arrested in Rwanda (2nd Roundup)
- Armyworms wage war on Liberia
- PROFILE: Laurent Nkunda: Congo's maverick rebel leader
- Congo's murky mining trade feeling pinch of global pressures (Feature)
- Repeating the cycle: Congolese children face new draft (Feature)
- A heavy weight: treating the mental trauma of war displaced (Feature)
- Weathering the storm: Congo refugees live day by day (Feature)
- A war with many fronts: Congo war enters new phase (Feature)
- Congolese rebel leader Nkunda arrested in Rwanda (Roundup)
- Uganda and Burundi ready to send more troops to war-torn Somalia
- Congolese rebel leader Nkunda arrested in Rwanda
Thursday 22 January 2009
- UN agency: Caterpillar plague wreaks havoc in Liberia
- UN threatens to stop food deliveries in Somalia
- HRW: "Way past time" for African Union to intervene in Zimbabwe
- Awful prison conditions in Liberia lead to jailbreaks (Feature)
Wednesday 21 January 2009
- Fasting for Zimbabwe: South Africans start to mobilize (News Feature)
- Yemen agrees to host Somalia's ex-president, no asylum granted yet
- Nigerian militants attack tanker, kidnap Romanian
- Oxfam fears for Congolese civilians as fresh fighting looms
Tuesday 20 January 2009
- Somali former president arrives in Yemen seeking political asylum
- MDC doubts another SADC summit can break Zimbabwe deadlock (Roundup)
- "No question" of boycotting new Zimbabwe summit: MDC (Extra)
- Mugabe party blames Tsvangirai for talks failure
- Former Rwandan justice minister sentenced for genocide role
- Rwandan troops enter Congo to hunt down Hutu militia
Monday 19 January 2009
- Breakthrough eludes Zimbabwe negotiators (2nd Roundup)
- Last-ditch bid to save Zimbabwe deal as cholera spreads (Roundup)
- Zimbabwe make-or-break talks begin in Harare (1st Lead)
- Make-or-break Zimbabwe powersharing talks due to begin in Harare
Sunday 18 January 2009
- Trapped South African miners rescued successfully (Roundup)
- Power outage leaves 167 South African miners trapped underground
- Zimbabwe First Lady Grace Mugabe investigated for Hong Kong assault
- Zimbabwe opposition says powersharing 'political suicide' (Roundup)
- Mugabe offers one last meeting to opposition on forming government
Saturday 17 January 2009
- Tsvangirai back in Zimbabwe, not in hurry to join government
Friday 16 January 2009
- UN Security Council condemns Ugandan rebels for 500 deaths
- UN Security Council asks African Union to beef up troops in Somalia
- Somalia politician executed for working with Ethiopians
- Regional leaders in fresh mediation bid in Zimbabwe
- Danish freighter freed after 68 days by pirates off Somali coast
Thursday 15 January 2009
- UN condemns military action by Khartoum and rebels in Darfur
- Yemen probes killing of fisherman in Russian anti-piracy attack
- Last Ethiopian forces leave Somali capital (Roundup)
- Zimbabwe's Supreme Court orders clinic treatment for rights activist
- Tsvangirai to meet regional leaders, Mugabe next week (Roundup)
- Tsvangirai to meet regional leaders, Mugabe in Zimbabwe next week
- Sudanese opposition leader detained over war crimes call
- Report: Last Ethiopian forces leave Somali capital
Wednesday 14 January 2009
- Anti-piracy group holds first meeting for strategic discussion
- UN council maintains peacekeeping force in Chad/CAR region
Tuesday 13 January 2009
- Norwegian vessel attacked off Nigeria
- Taiwan bars freighters from seeking Chinese protection off Somalia
- Somalia faces more violence as Ethiopian troops depart (News Feature)
Monday 12 January 2009
- Zimbabwe government deploys heavily-armed riot police in capital
- Congolese politician appears before International Criminal Court
- Report: Pirates abusing Egyptian hostages on seized ship (Roundup)
- Court opens way for graft case against ANC leader Zuma (Roundup)
- Report: Pirates mistreating hostages on seized Egyptian ship
- Court opens way for graft case against ANC leader Zuma (1st Lead)
- South Africa's ANC: Zuma still presidential choice for 2009 (Extra)
- Appeal court opens way for graft case against ANC leader Jacob Zuma
- Mugabe back in Zimbabwe, but "still on leave," says spokesman
- Somalia Islamist clashes leave 30 dead
Sunday 11 January 2009
- Zimbabwean journalists criticize "astronomical" fees
Saturday 10 January 2009
- South Africa's ruling ANC party launches "pro-poor" manifesto
- Sirius Star supertanker leaves Somali coastal area
- "Dramatic increase" in rhino-poaching in South Africa
Friday 09 January 2009
- Pirates release Sirius Star tanker, Saudi ministry confirms (Roundup)
- Pirates release Sirius Star tanker, Saudi ministry confirms (Extra)
Thursday 08 January 2009
- Zimbabwe journalist tells court he was tortured in custody, framed
- Somalia gunmen kill another UN aid worker
- Taiwan mulls sending warships to fight piracy near Somalia
- US Navy to lead new anti-piracy task force (Roundup)
Wednesday 07 January 2009
- Ban welcomes US airlift to Darfur
- Zimbabwe imposes stiff fees for foreign reporters
- Police called negligent in South African foreigner attack (Roundup)
- Atta Mills sworn in as Ghana president (Roundup)
- Zimbabwe court adjourns appeal by "torture" seven
- South Africa police revise number killed in foreigner attacks
- Congolese rebel leader still in charge as peace talks restart
- Atta Mills to be sworn in as Ghana president
Tuesday 06 January 2009
- Ugandan rebels attack Congolese game park, killing eight people
- Fresh xenophobic violence in South Africa: Three killed (Roundup)
- Zimbabwe court postpones remand proceedings in activists' case
- Officials warn of further "ferocious storms" in eastern South Africa
- Fresh xenophobic violence in South Africa: One killed
- Confusion surrounds leadership of Congolese rebel group
Monday 05 January 2009
- Pirates take French ship, nine hostages off Nigeria
- Inkatha Freedom Party youth leader shot dead
- Bush authorizes airlift into Sudan's Darfur (Roundup)
- South African storm's death toll rises to 18
- Proceedings for Zimbabwe activist Mukoko, others deferred
- Bush authorizes airlift into Sudan's Darfur
- New government in Zimbabwe expected by late February
Sunday 04 January 2009
- Flags at half mast as South African campaigner Helen Suzman is buried available
- Zimbabwe's embattled Mugabe takes month-long break to "reflect"
- Spanish and British journalists released in Somalia
- Six killed in KwaZulu-Natal storm
Saturday 03 January 2009
- Uganda mulls Somalia pullout as Ethiopian forces depart (Roundup)
- Uganda considers following Ethiopian troops out of Somalia
- Opposition candidate Atta Mills wins Ghana election (2nd Roundup)
- Opposition candidate Atta Mills wins tight Ghana election (Roundup)
- Opposition candidate wins Ghana election (2nd Lead)
- Somali pirates hijack Yemeni tanker ship in the Arabian Sea
- Danish navy intervenes against pirates in Gulf of Aden (Roundup)
- Opposition candidate wins Ghana election (1st Lead)
- Danish navy intervenes against suspected pirates in Gulf of Aden
- Mugabe ready to form government without opposition, reports paper
- Final Ghana ballot hands almost certain victory to opposition
Friday 02 January 2009
- Bush to meet with Sudan's vice president
- Polls close in controversial Ghana election decider (Roundup)
- Ethiopia begins Somalia withdrawal (Roundup)
- Morocco boasts success in fighting hashish trade
- Zimbabwe activists' lawyers: Rule of law "absolutely broken down"
- Brussels condemns LRA Congo massacres
- Ethiopia begins apparent pullout from Somalia
- French navy prevents pirate attack off Somali coast (Roundup)
- South African apartheid opponent Suzman to be buried on Sunday
- Somali pirates free second Yemeni fishing ship without ransom
- Ghana election decider to go ahead despite ruling party efforts
Thursday 01 January 2009
- Egyptian ship Blue Star taken hostage off Somali coast
- South African apartheid opponent Suzman dead at 91
- Malaysian chopper foils first pirate attack on Indian ship
Wednesday 31 December 2008
- Floods prompt Mozambican authorities to issue red alert warning
- Zimbabwe high court to rule Friday on Mukoko proceedings
- Swiss end year still entangled in row with Libya (News Feature)
- UNICEF calls for release of child soldiers in Congo
Tuesday 30 December 2008
- Ghana to re-run one constituency in presidential election (Roundup)
- Ghana delays announcing election results (1st Lead)
- Zimbabwean rights activist charges abuse while in detention
- Crowds gather as Ghana prepares to announce election result
Monday 29 December 2008
- Zimbabwe human rights activist Mukoko arrives in court (Roundup)
- African Union suspends Guinea after military coup
- Somali president resigns after failing to bring peace (Roundup)
- Ghanaian radio: Atta Mills presidential election victor (Roundup)
- South Africa reports significant drop in December road deaths
- Zimbabwe's human rights activist Mukoko arrives in court
- Somali president resigns after failing to bring peace
- Ugandan rebels massacre over 40 Congolese civilians in church
- Opposition candidate takes early lead in Ghana elections
Sunday 28 December 2008
- Ghanaians vote in peaceful presidential run-off election (Roundup)
- Legal battle between Harare and white landowners set to continue
- Mugabe's government gives opposition leader Tsvangirai a passport
- Polls open in Ghana presidential run-off
Saturday 27 December 2008
- Somali pirates free Yemeni fishing ship
- Guinea junta says it will renegotiate mining contracts
- Zimbabwean police hold activists despite High Court release order
- Official: Ugandan rebels kill over 40 Congolese civilians
Friday 26 December 2008
- PREVIEW: Ghana to vote in presidential run-off
- Tens of thousands attend funeral of Guinea's Conte
- Zimbabwe lawyers hit out over activists' continued detention
- Fourth body washes up on beach after South African boat accident
- Chinese anti-piracy fleet heads for Somalia (Roundup)
- Chinese anti-piracy fleet heads for Somalia
- Men rescued from S African tower trying to get "closer to Jesus"
- Japan's prime minister orders probe into anti-piracy mission
Thursday 25 December 2008
- Guinea coup leaders give deadline to politicians
- Lawyers: Zimbabwe activists still being held despite court order
- German warship, chopper foil pirate attack on Egyptian ship
- Japan mulls joining fight against Somalia pirates
Wednesday 24 December 2008
- Missing human rights activist Mukoko appears in court (2nd Roundup)
- Missing human rights activist Mukoko appears in court (Roundup)
- Guinea coup planners announce interim governing council
- New Somali premier resigns from disputed position
- Tutu says South Africa's legacy 'betrayed' over Zimbabwe
- Missing Zimbabwean rights activist to appear in court
Tuesday 23 December 2008
- Pretoria confirms 30-million-dollar aid injection for Zimbabwe
- Guinea military launches coup after president's death
- Official: Mountain gorillas surviving despite Congo conflict
- Two confirmed dead in South African boat accident (Roundup)
- Mugabe government rejects US resignation call as irrelevant
- Swiss airline flights to Tripoli canceled
- German navy officially joins fight against Somalia pirates
- Search on for survivors of South Africa boat wreck
- African Union peacekeepers to remain in Somalia
Monday 22 December 2008
- South African crews seek survivors after boat with about 20 sinks
- German says navy may recapture pirate-held ships (Roundup)
- UN Congo force extended: 5 million dead so far (Roundup)
- UN maintains peacekeeping force in Congo another year
- Switzerland blocks banking access, entrance visas for Mugabe allies
- YEARENDER: African Union still fails to keep the peace in 2008
- British minister says Zimbabwe's Mugabe is "obstacle" and has to go
- German Navy predicts success of Somalia anti-piracy task
Sunday 21 December 2008
- US withdraws support for power-sharing deal in Zimbabwe
- Swiss to use military to protect ships against pirates
- Mugabe vows to hold power, refuses to reverse land seizures
Saturday 20 December 2008
- Two Russian engineers seized in Nigeria
- Mugabe expected to continue defiance as party congress closes
Friday 19 December 2008
- UN renews mandate of arms embargo monitoring group in Somalia
- Mugabe refuses to quit: "Zimbabwe is mine" (2nd Roundup)
- YEARENDER: Obama election only bright spot in black year for Africa
- YEARENDER: Kenya's future peace hangs on implementing crucial reports
- YEARENDER: Misery in Democratic Republic of Congo set to continue
- YEARENDER: Peace in Somalia appears as distant as ever
- YEARENDER: Mugabe clings to power through election calamity, cholera
- YEARENDER: 2008 - the year the Rainbow Nation lost its lustre
- Mugabe vows "no surrender" after calls for him to quit (Roundup)
- Nordic foreign ministers call for end to "misrule" in Zimbabwe
- Tsvangirai to break off talks with Mugabe unless abductees released
- German parliament approves anti-piracy mission (Roundup)
- German parliament approves anti-piracy mission
- Piracy watchdog hails "perfect" cooperation in Chinese ship rescue
Thursday 18 December 2008
- UN Secretary General Ban commends Rwanda genocide convictions
- Rwanda "kingpin" conviction destroys genocide denial (News Feature)
- UN tribunal convicts 'kingpin' of Rwandan genocide (2nd Roundup)
- UN tribunal convicts top suspects in Rwandan genocide (Roundup)
- UN tribunal convicts top suspect in Rwandan genocide (1st Lead)
- "We won't arrest Tsvangirai," Zimbabwe government promises
- Rwanda tribunal expected to rule on alleged architect of genocide
Wednesday 17 December 2008
- Countries want peace in Somalia, but no major offer of troops - Ban
- Kenyan leaders sign deal to set up election violence tribunal
- German minister seeks parliamentary okay for anti-piracy mission
- PREVIEW: Mugabe party jamboree begins in shadow of cholera
- Chinese ship rescued as Beijing joins fight against piracy (Roundup)
- SADC announces new mechanism for delivering urgent aid to Zimbabwe
- Charities: Thousands forced into slavery in Darfur
- Chinese navy to help fight piracy off Somalia
Tuesday 16 December 2008
- UN authorizes more measures to fight piracy off Somali coast (Roundup)
- UN authorizes more measures to fight piracy off coast of Somalia
- ANALYSIS: Can South Africa's ANC COPE with real opposition?
- Somali pirates hijack Malaysian tugboat off Yemen
- Disgruntled Zimbabwe soldiers warn of more riots (News Feature)
- COPE leader offers South Africans 'truly non-racial' future (Roundup)
- Somali president defies parliament, appoints new premier (Roundup)
- "Assassination attempt" on Zimbabwe air force chief - government
- Somali president opposes parliament to appoint new prime minister
- Reconciliation Day face-off in South Africa between ANC, rival COPE
- Up to 250 killed in Darfur tribal clashes
Monday 15 December 2008
- Ban: Zimbabwe government non-functional, conditions worsen (Roundup)
- UN Security Council to meet on Zimbabwe
- Ugandan army claims win against Congo-based rebels (2nd Roundup)
- MDC, Botswana deny planning Zimbabwe insurgency (2nd Roundup)
- African armies move against Ugandan rebels (Roundup)
- Somali parliament backs dismissed premier (Roundup)
- Zimbabwe's MDC denies conducting military camps in Botswana (Extra)
- Somali parliament backs dismissed premier
- Mia Farrow says Congolese need international protection
- African armies move against Ugandan rebels
- Botswana denies hosting Zimbabwe opposition training camps (Roundup)
- Zimbabwe accuses Botswana of "plotting to overthrow Mugabe"
Sunday 14 December 2008
- Somali president dismisses prime minister (Roundup)
- Ambassador: Mugabe splurges while US pays for "criminal negligence"
- ANC challenger COPE begins three-day inaugural conference
- Somali president dismisses prime minister
Saturday 13 December 2008
- Mugabe gazettes national unity amendment to Constitution
- Somali pirates release Greek tanker, three crew feared dead
- Indian Navy repulses attack on Ethiopian vessel, nabs 23 pirates
Friday 12 December 2008
- UN Security Council to seek solution for Zimbabwe (Roundup)
- US to push United Nations to act on Zimbabwe
- Germans break up Nigerian people-smuggling ring
- Passengers leave Italian-flagged ship in Gulf of Aden
- UN's Ban calls on Mugabe to consider future of his people
- Uganda says AU will follow Ethiopian forces out of Somalia (Roundup)
- PREVIEW: Miss World finals in Johannesburg give city needed nip-tuck
- Uganda says AU peacekeepers to quit Somalia if Ethiopian forces go
- Peace talks with Congolese rebels to restart next week
Thursday 11 December 2008
- US warns of worsening cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe
- Red Cross asks for 95 million dollars for Horn of Africa
- South African official says Zimbabwe faces no sanctions or invasion
- Nations vow to cooperate on Somali piracy as ships seized (Roundup)
- Mugabe the "21st century Hitler": South African bishop
- Young South African angler loses daring duel with 2-metre shark
- World's neglect of Somalia to blame for piracy, say diplomats
- Peace talks with Congolese rebels fail
Wednesday 10 December 2008
- United Nations has been "too slow" in Darfur, Bush says
- Somali pirates hijack two Yemeni fishing ships, hold 22 fishermen
- Ghana presidential election goes to runoff (Roundup)
- Fears for missing Zimbabwe activists; cholera kills 775 (2nd Roundup)
- No winner in Ghanaian presidential vote - runoff in late December
- Brown says UN could discuss Zimbabwe crisis next week
- Growing concern for missing Zimbabwe activists on Rights Day
- German government backs anti-piracy mission (Roundup)
- Archbishop of Canterbury condemns "state aggression" in Zimbabwe
- Tsvangirai rebuffs political pressure from cholera crisis (Extra)
- Germany's government okays anti-piracy mission
- 2010 World Cup organizers: "Plan B is dead"
- Zimbabwe's central bank chief: "Bush offered me top World Bank job"
- Official: Dialogue, not military might, solution to Somali piracy
- Pirates free 17 Filipino sailors off Somalia
Tuesday 09 December 2008
- Bush calls on Mugabe to go; regime fears "UN invasion" (3rd Roundup)
- EU praise Ghana elections as ruling party candidate maintains lead
- Somali pirates suppress revolt on seized hostage ship
- Zimbabwe accuses West of "contaminating" it with cholera (Extra)
- Bush calls on Mugabe to go; regime fears "UN invasion" Court judge demands police search for missing activist (2nd Roundup)
- Dutch NGO fights ethnic conflicts in Congo with soap opera (Feature)
- Red Cross working to unite children with parents in Congo
- Bush calls on Zimbabwe's Mugabe to step down
- EU launches anti-piracy mission, but legal questions remain
- Piracy fears prompt German cruise ship to offload passengers
- British minister to hold Zimbabwe talks this week
- Zimbabwe abductions continue - Tsvangirai aide kidnapped (Extra)
- South Africa plans special visa for World Cup
- Peace talks with Congolese rebels continue in Nairobi
- South Africa not to tighten border controls, minister says
Monday 08 December 2008
- "Mugabe must go": international clamour becomes a din (2nd Roundup)
- Peace talks with Congolese rebels get underway in Nairobi (Roundup)
- Zuma calls for "swift action" on Zimbabwe, stresses unity deal
- " Mugabe must go": international clamour becomes a din (Roundup)
- Manhunt underway in Mozambique for journalist's escaped killer
- Rights body: Civilians in Somalia are targets of rape and murder
- EU should probe Zimbabwe diamond trading, says Dutch foreign minister
- Congo rebels in Kenya for peace talks with government
- Ruling party edges ahead as Ghana election results trickle in
Sunday 07 December 2008
- Ghanaians flock to polls in tight election (Roundup)
- Ghana goes to the polls in close-run election
- Taxi industry shoots down S Africa's public transport plans (Feature)
Saturday 06 December 2008
- British archbishop adds to calls for Mugabe to leave office
- Shelling kills at least 15 civilians in Somalia
- Britain calls for action as Zimbabwe sinks into turmoil
Friday 05 December 2008
- Obama's granny struggling with celebrity status
- German Navy wards off suspected pirate attack on cruise ship
- New pressure on Mugabe to leave amid mounting instability (Roundup)
- UN refugee agency: 90,000 Congolese refugees unaccounted for
- UN calls for release of hostages being held in Somalia
- PREVIEW: Ghana to elect president who will lead country into oil era
- Tutu: Mugabe should be toppled and indicted in The Hague (Extra)
- South Africa to send delegation to Zimbabwe to assess crisis
- Danish navy vessel rescues suspected pirates
- German Navy defuses suspected pirate attack on cruise ship
Wednesday 03 December 2008
- If indicted, Al-Bashir destined to face justice before UN court
- Zimbabwe warns 'rogue soldiers' as cholera kills 81 (2nd Roundup)
- Rights body: Nigerian anti-graft campaigner facing death threats
- Zimbabwe warns "rogue soldiers" as cash demos continue (Roundup)
- Tutu, de Klerk petition Motlanthe to probe controversial arms deal
- Zimbabwe government warns "rogue soldiers"; police smash cash demo
- Somali pirates free hijacked Yemeni ship without ransom
- Mass Liberian jail break sees 200 prisoners escape
Tuesday 02 December 2008
- Rwandan singer sentenced to 15 years for role in genocide
- UN close to new piracy resolution, German official says
- 2010 World Cup cities saddled with bulk of hefty stadium overrun
Monday 01 December 2008
- Soldiers on rampage in Harare in anger over cash shortage (Roundup)
- Rioting breaks out in Zimbabwe capital city, soldiers involved
- Danish navy vessel leads operation against Somali pirates
- Calm comes to Nigeria as hospitals struggle to cope (Roundup)
- UN rights body condemns situation in Congo (Roundup)
- UN restarts special human rights session on Congo
- Pirates leave hijacked Yemeni ship without ransom: Owner
- Hospitals unable to cope with injured after clashes in Nigeria
Sunday 30 November 2008
- "Hundreds killed" in central Nigerian clashes (Roundup)
- Ghanaian beauty is the new "Face of Africa"
- "Hundreds killed" in central Nigerian clashes
- Congolese rebel leader threatens war if talks not held
Saturday 29 November 2008
- Zimbabwean MDC party remains adamant on demands (Roundup)
- At least 65 killed in ongoing Nigerian political clashes
- Congolese flight to Uganda continues as rebels seize border towns
- Zimbabwe parties tentatively agree on power-sharing amendment
- Ethiopia to pull troops out of Somalia by year end
- Nigeria's president orders military to step into election riots
Friday 28 November 2008
- UN top rights body unable to reach decision on DR Congo (Roundup)
- Negotiations for release of hijacked Yemeni ship advancing: Owner
- UN rights body starts session without DR Congo delegation (1st Lead)
- Somali pirates release Greek ship
- UN moves Congolese refugees as thousands more flee (Roundup)
- Human Rights Council starts session without DR Congo delegation
- Scores killed in Nigerian election violence
- Tribunal rules in favour of Zimbabwe farmers who challenged eviction
- Somali pirates seize Liberian-flagged ship, some crew escape
- Thousands of Congolese refugees flee fresh fighting
Thursday 27 November 2008
- South African candidate for IAEA chief keys in on nuclear energy
- Congolese government rejects more Indian peacekeepers (Roundup)
- Vatican concerned over fate of abducted nuns in Somalia
- Spain and Britain seek release of kidnapped journalists (Roundup)
- Journalist body 'concerned' for journalists kidnapped in Somalia
- Congolese government rejects more Indian peacekeepers
Wednesday 26 November 2008
- Jordaan: Serve your country by supporting World Cup
- UN says warring parties all committed atrocities in Congo
- Rice calls for more pressure on Zimbabwe's Mugabe
- MDC, Zanu-PF still at daggers drawn as Zimbabwe teeters on collapse
- Somali forces to storm hijacked ship, Yemeni owner says (Roundup)
- Zimbabwe police "beat doctors, nurses", cholera kills more (Roundup)
- Somali forces to storm hijacked ship, Yemeni owner says
- Human Rights Council to convene session on Congo
- Report: At least 21 dead in Ghana fuel tanker blast
- Somali pirates cut ransom demand for Ukraine tank-ship crew
- Report: Cape Town feels pinch as financial crisis grounds tourists
- Thailand seeks clarification on sinking of "pirate" ship (Roundup)
- Thailand seeks clarification from India on sinking of "pirate" ship
Tuesday 25 November 2008
- Half of Zimbabwe's population needs food aid, UN says
- FIFA happy and everything going to plan, say World Cup organizers
- Zimbabwe's parties back in talks as cholera toll hits 313 (Roundup)
- Owner of hijacked Yemeni ship says he won't pay ransom (Roundup)
- Germany may send 1,400 troops to fight pirates off Somalia (Roundup)
- Unclear whether Zimbabwe's MDC will take part in fresh unity talks
- Captain, crew of hijacked ship return home to India
- Report: Germany to contribute 1,400 troops to anti-piracy operation
- Somali pirates hijack Yemeni cargo ship, demand ransom
Monday 24 November 2008
- UN condemns murder of Radio Okapi journalist in Congo
- MDC rejects Elders call to join unity government despite misgivings
- Elders tell MDC: Join government now, push for change later (Roundup)
- Tutu, Carter advise Zimbabwe's MDC to join Mugabe-led government
- Somali pirates reduce Saudi tanker ransom demand, move ship (Roundup)
- South Africa heaps pressure on Zimbabwe's leaders on power-sharing
- Somali pirates reduce Saudi tanker ransom demand, move ship
- Hijacked ship crew return home to India
Sunday 23 November 2008
- Standoff continues between Somali pirates and insurgent group
- South Africa, Botswana ponder next move over Zimbabwe
Saturday 22 November 2008
- Zimbabwe denies barring Elders group (2nd Roundup)
- Pakistan ready to join India against pirates off Somalia
- Annan and Carter call off Zimbabwe visit after Mugabe refuses entry (Roundup)
- Somali insurgents vow to fight pirates at every opportunity
- Elders call-off visit to Zimbabwe after Mugabe refuses entry
- US sends first ambassador to Libya in 36 years
- Germany "strives" to decide piracy patrols (News Feature)
Friday 21 November 2008
- Somali insurgents reportedly target pirates holding tanker
- Indian navy to pursue pirates in Somali waters
- Somali official: At least 17 insurgents killed in Mogadishu battle
- Danish shipping operator to divert vessels from Gulf of Aden
- Tsvangirai to meet Carter, Annan on eve of their Zimbabwe visit
Thursday 20 November 2008
- Ban says justice must proceed in Darfur's war crimes (Roundup)
- Ban says justice must proceed in Darfur's war crimes
- UN Security Council imposes sanctions against Somalia
- Tsvangirai calls on Mugabe to end political impasse in Zimbabwe
- Over 2 billion needed for aid to Sudan: UN
- UN Security Council allows deployment of 3,000 new troops in Congo
- Ukraine nationalist group: Russian navy supports Somali pirates
- Elders forge ahead with Zimbabwe visit despite red light (Roundup)
- Somali pirates demand 25 million dollars for Saudi tanker (Roundup)
- Carter, Annan "have no intention" of interfering in Zimbabwe (Extra)
- Russia sends more warships to fend off Somali pirates
- Somali pirates live high life when not on high seas (Feature)
- African Union chief: Political instability feeds Somali piracy
- Zimbabwe government bans visit by Mandela's "Elders"
- Vietnam recalls diplomat accused of rhino-horn trafficking
Wednesday 19 November 2008
- Ban: Pirates received 30 million dollars in ransom this year
- UN considers deployment of 3,000 new troops in Congo
- UN confirms withdrawal of Congolese rebels from two fronts (Roundup)
- Extradited senior Rwandan politician arrives in France
- Britain calls for hostage release as crew members are named (Extra)
- Saudi Foreign Minister: Supertanker firm negotiating ransom (Extra)
- Saudi Foreign Minister: Supertanker firm negotiating ransom (Extra)
- Somali pirates demand tanker ransom, three ships seized (Roundup)
- Indian Navy repulses attack, sinks Somali pirate ship onwards (Roundup)
- Greek ship latest victim in frenzy of Somali pirate activity
- Pirates hijack Thai fishing boat off Somali coast
- Indian Navy repulses attack, sinks Somali pirate ship
Tuesday 18 November 2008
- Zimbabwe's prime-minister-designate must travel without passport
- New ships seized as supertanker anchors off Somalia (3rd Roundup)
- Pirates hijack another cargo vessel near Somalia, US Navy says
- Congolese rebels say they will withdraw on two fronts (Roundup)
- Hijacked supertanker anchors off Somali coast (2nd Roundup)
- Supertanker seizure ups stakes in piracy battle (News Feature)
- Majority of South Africans optimistic about hosting World Cup
- South Africa's new party to go it alone against ANC in election
- Zimbabwean police "beat doctors, nurses" as cholera kills 36 more
- Congolese President Kabila replaces armed forces head after defeats
- US Navy monitoring hijacked oil tanker as it approaches Somalia
- Last chance for Bafana before World Cup (Feature)
Monday 17 November 2008
- Bush speaks with Gaddafi on settlement
- Report: Vietnamese diplomats smuggling South African rhino horn
- Pirates capture Saudi oil tanker off coast of Kenya (Roundup)
- Rape in South Africa "quite horrific," Theron says
- Pirates capture Saudi oil tanker off coast of Kenya
- Congo clashes continue despite rebel leader's UN peace promise
- Relatives in India wait as pirated ship sails back home
- Manila calls for more security in "dangerous waters" off Somalia
Sunday 16 November 2008
- Miriam Makeba cremated after moving memorial in South Africa
- Congolese rebel leader Nkunda says he "supports peace"
- Somali pirates seize Japanese ship
- Somali president admits insurgents control most of country
Saturday 15 November 2008
- Eight hurt as South African policeman clears road by shooting car
- Mama Africa remembered at emotional farewell in Johannesburg
Friday 14 November 2008
- Theron named UN envoy to fight violence against women (Roundup)
- Charlize Theron named UN envoy to fight violence against women
- MDC rebuffs Mugabe's proposal to share power on his terms
- UN to transfer 60,000 displaced Congolese to new camps (Roundup)
- Annan, Tutu, Machel to visit Zimbabwe in bid to highlight crisis
- UN to transfer 60,000 displaced Congolese to new camps
- Pirates seize fishing boat, 24 crew off Somalia, China says
- South Africans to mourn Makeba at weekend public service
Thursday 13 November 2008
- Report: Foreign troops backing Congolese army against rebels
- Cash-strapped Zimbabwe puts COMESA summit on ice - again
- British navy kills two pirates in Gulf of Aden
Wednesday 12 November 2008
- Ban welcomes Sudanese leader's ceasefire call in Darfur
- Zimbabwe ruling party calls for unity government without opposition
- Sudanese president calls immediate ceasefire in Darfur (Roundup)
- Thirsting for justice - Zimbabwe's High Court runs out of water
- Sudanese president calls immediate ceasefire in Darfur
- Nigeria firm denies Africa's first comms satellite missing in orbit
- German president winds up Nigeria visit
- Aid not reaching Congo refugees stranded behind rebel lines
- Somali insurgents take port town without fight
- Report: Truck smash kills 25 people in South Africa
- Miriam Makeba's body returns to South Africa
- Security Council weighing expanded DR Congo mission
Tuesday 11 November 2008
- German president: Nigeria moving forward
- UN: Congolese government troops looting from civilian population
- UN forced to cut food rations to Zimbabweans for lack of donations
- Somali pirates hijack Philippine-flagged ship
- Calls for Mama Africa Makeba to be given state funeral
- Rebel leader Nkunda threatens to overthrow Congolese government
Monday 10 November 2008
- UN warns of cholera catastrophe in eastern Congo
- German president urges Security Council seat for Africa (Roundup)
- Two Italian nuns abducted in Kenya
- German president urges permanent Security Council seat for Africa
- EU to send fleet to fight Somalia pirates
- OBITUARY: Mama Africa dies as she lives: lilting against tyranny
- Chad and Sudan resume diplomatic relations
- SADC backs Mugabe over powersharing; to 'assist' Congo Army (Roundup)
Sunday 09 November 2008
- MDC rejects SADC's "co-ministering" proposal (Extra)
- SADC leaders to assist Congo army, send peacekeepers "if necessary"
- SADC: Mugabe, Tsvangirai must share control of home affairs (Extra)
- German president: Curb Africa's illegal raw materials trade (Roundup)
- German President Koehler: Curb Africa's illegal raw material trade
- UN condemns Congo "crimes," pope calls for joint efforts (Roundup)
- Intense negotiations on Zimbabwe under way at SADC summit (2nd Lead)
- SADC "disappointed" at Zimbabwe, calls for Congo ceasefire (1st Lead)
- UN condemns "war crimes" in Congo
- SADC summit on Zimbabwe to get tough with Mugabe, Tsvangirai
Saturday 08 November 2008
- German President Koehler urges Africa to end conflicts
- Zimbabwe's state-run newspaper blames MDC for power-sharing impasse
- Danish freighter commandeered by pirates off Somali coast
Friday 07 November 2008
- UN condemns stoning to death of teenage girl in Somalia
- German President: Make capital the servant, not the master (Roundup)
- UN says peacekeeping mandate in Congo "impossible to achieve"
- Summit leaders call for immediate DR Congo ceasefire (Roundup)
- Morocco announces decentralization to solve Sahara conflict
- Nigeria awaits German presidential visit
- Somalian delegates stranded in Kenya: no money for air tickets
- EU to begin deployment against Somali pirates in December
- PREVIEW: Tsvangirai, Mugabe on charm offensives before SADC summit
- Child soldiers, sexual violence used in DR Congo: aid groups
- India to send Gurkha battalion to join UN force in Congo
- Mugabe congratulates Obama - is "ready to engage" with US
- Accusations fly as leaders arrive for Congo peace summit (1st Lead)
- Dozens killed in suspected massacre in eastern Congo, reports say
Thursday 06 November 2008
- Ahead of Nairobi meeting, Ban urges end to hostilities in Congo
- 2ND: German president to visit Nigeria (Roundup)
- German president to visit Nigeria (Roundup)
- Germany president to visit Nigeria
- Congo ceasefire collapses as rebels attack army positions (Roundup)
- Leading Zimbabwe women activists released on bail after 21 days
- Thousands more civilians flee Congo clashes despite ceasefire
Wednesday 05 November 2008
- Southern African leaders to discuss Congo situation on Sunday
- Congo summit called for Friday as rebels clash with militia (Roundup)
- Somali gunmen kidnap foreign aid workers (2nd Roundup)
- Somali gunmen kidnap Belgian, French, Kenyan aid workers (Roundup)
- Congo summit announced for Friday as rebels clash with militia
- Somali gunmen kidnap six foreigners
- Nigerians jubilant as Obama wins US presidential election
- Zimbabwe's MDC: Obama win is victory for democracy in Africa
- Obama wins a coup for audacity of hope: Mandela
Tuesday 04 November 2008
- UN to meet over request for more Congo peacekeepers in late November
- Charity warns more Congo aid needed beyond UN convoy (Roundup)
- UN condemns stoning to death of 13-year-old Somali girl
- Conflict in east Congo: A thinly-veiled resource grab (News Feature)
- SADC crisis summit on Zimbabwe set for Sunday in South Africa
- Charity warns UN's Congo aid convoy not enough
Monday 03 November 2008
- UN chief ready to meet with Rwanda, Congo leaders (Roundup)
- UN defends role of peacekeepers in troubled Congo's provinces
- New rules of military engagement necessary in Congo, Kouchner says
- Nigerian police says Lebanese engineer was kidnapped
- ANC rival party is finally named: South African Democratic Congress
- UN aid convoy set to depart in crisis-hit Congo
Sunday 02 November 2008
- In photos: 'Democratic Republic of Congo Unrest'
- Banda sworn in as Zambian president - riots spread
- Reinforce the UN's Congo troops, urge Miliband and Kouchner (Roundup)
- Malta alerted libya of 1986 US bombing, insists ex-prime minister
- Crisis diplomacy and aid: Beyond Congo's front lines (News Feature)
- Miliband and Kouchner continue Congo talks - UN food aid planned
Saturday 01 November 2008
- No plans yet for troops to Congo, Miliband says (Roundup)
- ANC splinter group to launch new party (Roundup)
- Despite lead, Zambia opposition decries voting fraud
- Zuma's ANC "reviving the legacy of apartheid," dissident rally hears
- Congo, Rwanda presidents agree to summit to end Congo violence
- With 1.5 billion dollars, "last obstacles" removed for Libya
Friday 31 October 2008
- EU commissioner proposes new Congo summit
- Congo refugees return home as rebel ceasefire holds (Roundup)
- Women and children hardest hit among Congo refugees: UNICEF
- Sata takes early lead in Zambia presidential poll
- Kenya on heightened terror alert after Somali bombings
- South African convention to put flesh on new ANC rival party
- UN chief: Situation in Congo "very threatening" (Extra)
- Amnesty calls for justice for victims of Zimbabwe political violence
- Diplomatic efforts to resolve crisis in Congo under way
Thursday 30 October 2008
- UN condemns attacks targeting UN and government in Somalia
- Former Liberian president's son convicted of torture
- US seeking to deflate tension in DR Congo
- EU sends aid to Congo, mulls military help
- Voting in Zambia election underway amid tight security
- Report: Muslim cleric detained over Somalia suicide bombs
- Calm returns to east Congo after four days of fighting (2nd Roundup)
- South African soldier killed, another seriously injured in Darfur
- Calm returns to east Congo after four days of fighting (Roundup)
- Congolese rebels call ceasefire as they approach major town
- Nigerian President Yar'Adua sacks 20 cabinet ministers
Wednesday 29 October 2008
- Human shields used in Congo fighting, UN says
- Refugees of last Congo war return from Zambia amid new fighting
- At least 26 dead in wave of suicide bombs in Somalia (Roundup)
- Thousands arrive in Congo refugee camps as battle rages (2nd Roundup)
- At least 25 dead in wave of suicide bombs in Somalia (3rd Lead)
- Suicide bombers target UN, Ethiopian embassy in Somalia (2nd Lead)
- Thousands arrive in Congo refugee camps as battle rages on (Roundup)
- Suicide bombers target UN, Ethiopian embassy in Somalia (1st Lead)
- Five suicide bomb attacks rock Somalia (Urgent)
- Ban Ki-moon calls for "very decisive" action on Zimbabwe crisis
- UN secretary general calls for ceasefire in Congo