DAKAR (Reuters) - France will offer Ivory Coast two billion euros in aid from mid-2012 on…
Africa
Burkina sacks hundreds of soldiers over unrest
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso announced on Thursday it had dismissed 566 soldiers accused of involvement…
Senegal’s Wade sets sights on new term
DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade said on Thursday he was confident of winning re-election…
Britain says sending 4 more warplanes for NATO in Libya
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday it will send four more Tornado warplanes to support…
Libya rebels retake village south of Tripoli
ZINTAN, Libya (Reuters) - Rebel fighters said on Wednesday they had retaken a village south of…
Nigerian Islamist sect wants soldiers withdrawn
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - A radical Islamist sect behind almost daily attacks in the northeastern Nigerian…
Egypt shakes up police after protests
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt said on Wednesday more than 650 senior officers would end their police…
Khartoum cancels Sudanese nationality of southerners
Sudan's parliament passed a law on Wednesday cancelling the Sudanese nationality of southerners, four days after…
Germany ready to help Angola’s reconstruction: Merkel
Germany is ready to help Angola overcome the challenges it faces in reconstruction, Chancellor Angela Merkel said…
South Sudan to circulate new currency in week-minister
JUBA (Reuters) - Newly independent South Sudan said on Monday it planned to roll out its…