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Abubakar Shekau: Nigeria’s Boko Haram leader may be dead
Nigerian Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau may have been killed by the security forces during a shoot-out, an army spokesman has said. An "intelligence report"...
SADC leaders call for EU and US to lift Zimbabwe sanctions after endorsing Robert Mugabe’s win
Southern African Development Community leaders have called for the European Union and US to lift all sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe after endorsing President Robert...
Medecins Sans Frontieres to pull out of Somalia after 22 years
Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) is closing all its programmes in Somalia after 22 years working in the war-torn country. MSF said...
Mali election: Ibrahim Boubacar Keita wins presidential poll in second round
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has won Mali's presidential election after his rival Soumaila Cisse admitted defeat in the second round. Ex-Finance Minister Soumaila Cisse said he...
Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe attacks MDC rivals in his Heroes’ Day speech
Zimbabwe’s presidential election winner Robert Mugabe has launched a stinging attack on his opposition rivals in his first public speech since he won the...
Mali begins voting in presidential election run-off
Mali is set to begin voting in a presidential election run-off. Many expect Former PM Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who won 40% of the vote in...
Zimbabwe election: MDC files legal challenge to Robert Mugabe’s victory
Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in Zimbabwe has filed a legal challenge to Robert Mugabe's victory in last week's presidential elections. The electoral...
Zimbabwe election: 305,000 voters turned away
Nearly 305,000 Zimbabwean voters were turned away during last week's elections, which the opposition has said were rigged. These are the first such official figures...
International flights begin landing at Nairobi airport after fire
International flights have begun landing at Nairobi's international airport a day after fire gutted the arrivals hall, causing serious disruption. A plane from London was...
Nairobi airport closes following major fire
A huge fire has broken out at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, the main international airport in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA)...
US and UK concern over Zimbabwe vote
The US and UK have expressed concerns after Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe won a seventh term in office amid claims of electoral fraud. US Secretary...
Zimbabwe election result: Robert Mugabe re-elected amid fraud claims
Robert Mugabe has won a seventh term in office as Zimbabwe’s president, officials say, amid claims of electoral fraud. Robert Mugabe, 89, won 61% of...
Zimbabwe election result: Opposition calls for political boycott
Roy Bennett, a leading Zimbabwe opposition figure, has called for a campaign of "passive resistance" after election results showed President Robert Mugabe's party had...
Zimbabwe election result: Robert Mugabe wins parliamentary majority
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe's party has won a two-thirds majority in parliament in this week's elections, officials say. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission said that Zanu-PF...
Zimbabwean election result: Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party takes early lead
Zimbabwean presidential and parliamentary elections were "free, honest and credible", the African Union observer mission's head has said. Olusegun Obasanjo said the incidents reported during...
Zimbabwean election result: Morgan Tsvangirai alleges vote-rigging by rival Robert Mugabe’s camp
Zimbabwean presidential election was a "huge farce", Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said, alleging vote-rigging by rival President Robert Mugabe's camp. At a news conference,...
Zimbabwe election: Robert Mugabe vs. Morgan Tsvangirai
Zimbabwe is voting in fiercely contested presidential and parliamentary elections which have already been hit by fraud allegations. President Robert Mugabe, 89, has said he...
Mali votes in presidential election
Polls open across Mali for a presidential election aimed at reuniting the country after months of political turmoil. Security is tight, with many areas still...
Libya: Mass jailbreak from Benghazi prison
More than 1,000 inmates have escaped from a jail in the Libyan city of Benghazi. A security official from the jail told the AP news...
Tunisia: Opposition leader Mohamed Brahmi assassinated outside his home
Tunisian opposition leader Mohamed Brahmi has been assassinated outside his home in Tunis, officials say. Mohamed Brahmi, 58, led the nationalist Movement of the People...
Nelson Mandela turns 95 in hospital in Pretoria
Nelson Mandela turns 95 while in hospital in Pretoria, as events take place around the world and in South Africa in his honor. South Africans...
Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment but remains in a critical condition
South African President Jacob Zuma has announced Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment but remains in a critical condition. The former president and global statesman,...
Nelson Mandela is in permanent vegetative state facing impending death, court files reveal
Nelson Mandela is being kept alive by a breathing machine and faces “impending death”, a South African court documents reveal. Nelson Mandela's health is “perilous”,...
Michelle Obama and Laura Bush complain about how the White House can feel like a prison
First Ladies Michelle Obama and Laura Bush attended the African First Ladies Summit in Tanzania where they complained about how the White House can...
Mandla Mandela: Nelson Mandela’s grandson accused of illegal grave tampering
Members of Nelson Mandela's family have laid a criminal complaint against former South African president’s grandson Mandla Mandela. According to police spokesman Mzukisi Fatyela, officers...
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