Gunmen attack police station in Nigeria's Kano
20 photos - 6 hrs ago 76 photos - 37 mins ago 10 photos - 18 hrs ago KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen bombed a police station on Sunday outside Nigeria's second city Kano, the police and witnesses said, leading to an hour of gunbattles in a regionmore
UN chief: Africa leaders should respect gay rights
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says African nations should stop treating gays as "second-class citizens, or even criminals". Ban told African leaders that gathered in Ethiopia's capital on Sunday for an African Union summit that discrimination basedmore
Officials say Sudan oil crisis threatens peace
South Sudan and Sudan could face a "major humanitarian crisis" if they fail to solve a running oil dispute, a top U.S. envoy said Sunday as African heads of state converged on Ethiopia's capital for an African Union summit. South Sudan recently shut downmore
Boko Haram rejects Nigerian PM?s call for dialogue
Abuja: Threatening a fresh bout of violence, Nigeria's dreaded militant group Boko Haram has rejected President Goodluck Jonathan's call for a dialogue, days after it carried out a bloody attack in Kano, killing 185 people. Boko Haram has threatened tomore
Officials say Sudan oil crisis threatens peace
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia ? South Sudan and Sudan could face a "major humanitarian crisis" if they fail to solve a running oil dispute, a top U.S. envoy said Sunday as African heads of state converged on Ethiopia's capital for an African Union summit.more
Kenya police arrest imam over weapons cache
Hand grenades, guns, ammunition and other explosive materials which were found in a house of an Islamic preacher in Kikambala, north of Mombasa, are displayed by Kenyan anti-terror police Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, in Mombasa, Kenya. Kenyan police say theymore
Letter from the UN Special Representative for Somalia to the Somali People
Posted by Editor Sunday, 29 January 2012 As-Salaamu Alaikum, Dear friends, I am thrilled to be writing to you all from my new office here in Mogadishu. As you may have heard, on Tuesday I moved to Somalia from Nairobi along with a number of my core staffmore
Egyptian Blogger Released From Prison
Embed this Video Email Facebook Digg Twitter Reddit Delicious Link Egyptian Coptic blogger Maikel Nabil earned more than 10 months in military prison after being accused of "insulting the army" in his writings. Comments The views expressed are not thosemore
China willing to further boost China-Ethiopia ties
China is willing to further promote its relationship with Ethiopia to a new level, top Chinese political advisor Jia Qinglin said on Saturday. During his meeting with Ethiopian Prime Minister Ato Meles Zenawi, Jia first extended the warm greetings andmore
Mandela sister dies
Former President Nelson Mandela's sister Nokuthamba has passed away, the family said on Sunday. "It is with great sadness that the Mandelas learned last night of (her) death," said Mandela's grandson Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela in a statement. Born onmore
Libyan Prime Minister Calls for Regional Security Meeting Over Weapons
Libya's prime minister, Abdurrahim el-Keeb, attending AU Summit Libya's interim prime minister, Abdurrahim al-Keeb Sunday called for a regional security conference to tackle a proliferation of weapons by exiled supporters of former Libyan dictatormore
Benin President Appointed New Chairman as AU Inaugurates New Headquarters
Group photo of African leaders with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during the 18th AU summit in Addis Ababa on Sunday On the opening day of its two-day 18th summit in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa,the African Union, AU, took its first importantmore
Hailemariam, Jia Qinglin visit Chinese investment in Ethiopia
A delegation led by Ethiopia?s Deputy Prime Minister and Minster of Foreign Affairs Hailemariam Dessalegn and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People?s Political Consultative Conference, Jia Qinglin visited Chinese investmentmore
Gunmen attack police station in Nigeria's
Gunmen attacked a police station on Sunday in Nigeria's flashpoint city of Kano sparking a shootout with police, witnesses and police said A resident walks inside the premises of partially burnt police station in Sheka neighbourhood in northern Nigerianmore
Chinese workers kidnapped by Sudan rebels
KHARTOUM, Sudan, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- China's official Xinhua news agency reported the captives had been working on a road construction project and were employed by Sinohydro. The rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, which has close ties to themore
Gunmen attack police station in Nigeria's flashpoint Kano
A resident walks inside the premises of partially burnt police station in Sheka neighbourhood ? Gunmen attacked a police station on Sunday in Nigeria's flashpoint city of Kano sparking a shootout with police, witnesses and police said. The attackmore
6,000 march against Islamist hardliners in Tunisia
Around 6,000 Tunisians marched down Tunis's Bourguiba Avenue on Saturday to demand that the coalition government clamp down on violence by hardline Islamists. "Make a common front against fanaticism," read one of the posters carried by demonstrators inmore
Clashes erupt during protests in Egypt
Egyptian protesters at Cairo's Liberation Square. (File photo) In Egypt, clashes have erupted between protesters and the country's pro-military thugs as hundreds of protesters once again gathered in Cairo demanding an end to the military rule.more
Biti describes Mugabe as bosom buddy, lambasts Mnangagwa
Finance Minister Tendai Biti said although there were three outstanding ?toxic? issues within the Global Political Agreement, President Robert Mugabe was very cooperative and acted as a ?bosom buddy?. There were, however, continuing challenges tomore
Marine film shot in Kenya wins prestigious award
A Kenyan produced marine documentary on the oceanās largest mammal, the whale shark, has won the prestigious Golden Sea Star award. The film, Papa Shilingi (Swahili for whale shark), was adjudged the best during the annual film festivals in the Germanmore
Zimbabwe reports 800 typhoid cases
Deadline for Zimbabwe polls: Tsvangirai - 28 Jan Amnesty calls on Zimbabwe to halt abuses - 27 Jan Army chief death - no electrical problem - 26 Jan Diamonds 'key to Zim civil service pay' - 26 Jan Zimbabwe civil servants resume strike - 26 Janmore
Egypt?s rocky road
Revolutions do lend themselves to some truisms. There is almost always a commemorative date on which they are said to have been launched though behind that volcanic eruption are years of subsoil turbulence. The factors that discredit the ancien regimemore
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Libyan police to take over prisons
Libyan judicial police have started taking control of makeshift prisons in the country after human rights organisations complained of rampant torture of inmates, the country's deputy justice minister says.The deputy minister, Khalifa Ashour, saidmore
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