KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph Kabila will face 10 candidates in his bid to be re-elected in the country's second post-war election, the country's electoral…
Malawi activists plan fresh protests next week
LILONGWE (Reuters) - Leading Malawi civil rights groups plan a new round of protests next week against President Bingu wa Mutharika, who received international condemnation after his forces killed…
Angola ruling MPLA says opposition “planning insurrection”
LISBON (Reuters) - A senior figure in Angola's ruling MPLA party on Thursday accused main opposition party UNITA of planning a nationwide civil disobedience campaign to oust the president,…
Sudan suspends SPLM-N and 16 other southern parties
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan said on Thursday it had asked 17 political parties, among them the opposition SPLM-N, to stop their activities because their leaders and most of its…
Világi program, vallási felhangokkal Tunéziában
Tunézia, Tunisz – Hat héttel a választások előtt nyilvánosságra hozta a mérsékelt iszlamista párt, az Ennahda választási programját. Elemzők szerint a nem túl részletes programmal meg akarják nyugtatni…
Gyilkolt a pancsolt pia Kenyában
Kenya, Nyahururu – Több, mint 10 ember meghalt alkoholmérgezésben, Kenyában.
Benin president holds talks with Hu on China visit
Benin President Thomas Boni Yayi has held talks in China with his counterpart Hu Jintao on further Chinese investment in the West African nation, a presidential adviser said…
Somalia’s al Shabaab says it did not kidnap Briton
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali Islamist rebel group al Shabaab said on Wednesday it was not behind the kidnapping of a British woman from a luxury Kenyan beach resort, and…
Angola army says 17 killed in air crash
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Seventeen people were killed when an Angolan military aircraft crashed at an airport in Huambo on Wednesday, state news agency Angop reported, citing a statement from…
Pirates hijack vessel with 23 crew off Benin
COTONOU, Benin (Reuters) - Armed men hijacked a Cyprus-flagged fuel tanker with 23 crew off the coast of Benin in West Africa on Wednesday, the International Maritime Bureau and…