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Fatima Meer, Mandela biographer, dead at 81
(AP)
AP - Fatima Meer, a friend and biographer of Nelson Mandela has died. She was 81.
03/12/2010 - 02:10 PM
US dismayed after Morocco expels Americans
(AP)
AP - The U.S. ambassador to Morocco has expressed dismay over the expulsion of Americans accused of trying to convert Moroccans to Christianity in the North African kingdom.
03/12/2010 - 01:52 PM
US embassy slams 'horrific' Nigeria massacre
(AFP)
 AFP - The United States embassy on Friday slammed as "horrific" this week's massacre of more than 100 people in a central Nigerian state prone to sectarian violence.
03/12/2010 - 11:34 AM
Mandela's ex-wife denies interview in UK paper
(AP)
 AP - Nelson Mandela's ex-wife denied Friday that she had given an interview to a British newspaper in which she was quoted sharply criticizing the anti-apartheid icon.
03/12/2010 - 11:11 AM
Uganda president says rebel chief likely in Darfur
(AFP)
 AFP - Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army rebel chief Joseph Kony is believed to have fled into the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur, President Yoweri Museveni told reporters Friday.
03/12/2010 - 10:13 AM
Africa's local players eye international glory
(AFP)
 AFP - The race for places in the second edition of the Championship of African Nations (CHAN) begins this weekend with some interesting match-ups in north Africa, where Tunisia battle Morocco and Algeria tackle Libya.
03/12/2010 - 09:49 AM
Ex-Liberian president Taylor's wife has baby girl
(AP)
AP - A family spokesman says that the wife of detained former Liberian President Charles Taylor has given birth to a baby girl.
03/12/2010 - 09:15 AM
US envoy disappointed by Morocco expulsions
(AFP)
 AFP - The US ambassador to Morocco voiced disappointment on Friday at the recent expulsions of foreign nationals accused of proselytism, including some legal American residents.
03/12/2010 - 09:14 AM
Sarkozy pays tribute to top Sunni cleric Tantawi
(AFP)
 AFP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday paid tribute to Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, the Egyptian cleric who died this week at age 81, saying he embodied "an Islam of dialogue and openness."
03/12/2010 - 04:57 AM
S.African school trains Southern Sudanese
(AP)
AP - A South African university is training Southern Sudan government leaders in international law, security and other affairs of state as the region prepares for a 2011 independence referendum, university officials said.
03/12/2010 - 04:57 AM
Women in black protest in violence-hit Nigeria state
(AFP)
 AFP - Dressed in black and carrying wooden crosses, thousands of women marched Thursday in Nigerian city of Jos to express grief at a new bout of sectarian carnage and anger at the failure to stop it.
03/11/2010 - 06:42 PM
US slams rights abuses in Sudan, Congo and Nigeria
(AFP)
 AFP - The United States on Thursday highlighted flagrant human rights abuses in 2009 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Nigeria and Sudan, three conflict-ridden African countries.
03/11/2010 - 06:12 PM
43 Somalis die in capital after 2 days of warfare
(AP)
 AP - Heavy fighting between Somali insurgents and pro-government troops has killed at least 43 people over two days, as African Union peacekeepers used tanks to help the beleaguered government beat back an insurgent attack, officials said Thursday.
03/11/2010 - 03:03 PM
Morocco warns of tough line after missionaries expelled
(AFP)
 AFP - The Moroccan government warned Thursday it would take a tough line against proselytisers two days after 20 foreign Christian missionaries were expelled.
03/11/2010 - 02:23 PM
Sout Africa may face power cuts without loan
(Reuters)
 Reuters - South Africa may need to enforce power cuts or raise electricity prices further if a disputed $3.75 billion loan from the World Bank is not approved, a senior government official said on Thursday.
03/11/2010 - 02:16 PM
Mubarak's health 'satisfactory': German medical chief
(AFP)
 AFP - Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak's health is "satisfactory" after surgery in Germany to remove a gall bladder, the head of the medical team at Heidelberg University Hospital said on Thursday.
03/11/2010 - 01:30 PM
African Union wants Niger President freed
(AFP)
 AFP - The African Union wants Niger's military junta to free President Mamadou Tandja, overthrown in a February 18 coup, the body's peace and security chief Ramtane Lamamra said Thursday.
03/11/2010 - 01:24 PM
EU observers say confident of monitoring Sudan elections
(AFP)
 AFP - European Union election observers in Sudan said on Thursday they are confident of being able to detect any irregularities in next month's multiparty polls, the country's first since 1986.
03/11/2010 - 01:19 PM
More than 20 civilians killed in fierce Mogadishu battles
(AFP)
 AFP - Somali government forces backed by African Union troops raided Islamist rebel positions in Mogadishu Thursday, sparking a heavy fire exchange which killed more than 20 civilians and injured scores.
03/11/2010 - 01:02 PM
Zimbabwe to use IMF cash for overhaul: minister
(AFP)
 AFP - Zimbabwe's government has allocated 100 million dollars to refurbish the country's dilapidated infrastructure, part of the funds granted by the IMF last year, the finance minister said Thursday.
03/11/2010 - 12:32 PM
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