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Ivory Coast opposition protests voter list probe
Protesters torched a police station in western Ivory Coast while claiming their names had been removed from voter rolls in advance of this year's presidential election.
updated: 2 hours, 7 minutes ago

Nigeria: Vice president empowered by lawmakers
Nigeria's parliament empowered Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to run Africa's most populous nation Tuesday in place of an ill and absent president, striving for a political end to a crisis that ground the government to a virtual halt and triggered the resumption of an insurgency in the vital oil sector.
updated: 2 hours, 26 minutes ago

Somali pirates release cargo ship with 26 crew
The European Union Naval Force says Somali pirates have freed a Panama-flagged cargo ship and its crew of 26 after a ransom was paid.
updated: 2 hours, 28 minutes ago

Nigeria footage: uniformed men shoot unarmed men
An international news channel is showing chilling footage of men in uniforms shooting unarmed men after they purportedly were arrested during clashes last year with Muslim militants in northern Nigeria.
updated: 2 hours, 35 minutes ago

Protesters burn library in southeastern S.Africa
Protesters have torched a library in an impoverished area of South Africa in what began as a march to call for more jobs.
updated: Feb 9th - 11:28am

Fire at South African orphanage kills 13 children
A South African official says 13 children are dead after a fire tore through an orphanage early Tuesday.
updated: Feb 9th - 8:53am

Zimbabwean law to require black business ownership
White businesspeople in Zimbabwe who don't cede control of their companies to black partners could face jail under a law going into effect next month.
updated: Feb 9th - 7:22am

Delays plague Somali offensive against Islamists
Top Somali officials are threatening to begin a military offensive against Islamist insurgents but critics _ some of them demoralized soldiers _ say a lack of equipment, funds and training put any ultimate success into doubt.
updated: Feb 7th - 10:52am

Nigerian militants claim attack on Shell pipeline
A Nigerian militant group claims to have attacked an oil pipeline operated by Royal Dutch Shell PLC in the Niger Delta but oil company officials could not confirm the attack.
updated: Feb 7th - 10:11am

S.African president expresses regret over affair
South Africa's polygamist president has apologized to the nation after being criticized for having an extramarital affair that resulted in a daughter born in October.
updated: Feb 7th - 4:53am

One by one, rebels desert from army in Congo
The young man had been fighting in the rebel movement for 11 years when a piece of paper fell from the sky and fluttered down onto the jungle floor.
updated: Feb 7th - 12:00am

President's love child hits a nerve in SAfrica
Confirmation that President Jacob Zuma, who has three wives and a fiancee, has fathered a child with yet another woman has prompted jokes in South Africa's media but has also hit a nerve in a country hardest hit by the virus that causes AIDS.
updated: Feb 5th - 10:46am

Zimbabwe's civil servants strike for higher pay
Zimbabwe's civil servants are on strike after the government refused to meet their salary demands.
updated: Feb 5th - 9:04am

Man blamed for Guinea massacre: Ready for trial
The man who tried to assassinate Guinea's now-exiled junta leader and has been blamed for a September massacre says he's ready to face international justice.
updated: Feb 5th - 8:07am

Mandela celebrates 20 years of freedom
Nelson Mandela, fellow veterans of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle and family have raised glasses of bubbly to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his release from prison.
updated: Feb 4th - 5:11pm

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