The political turmoil in Ivory Coast is making the headlines in several French newspapers. The outgoing president Laurent Gbagbo and his rival Alassane Ouattara each declared victory in…
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Polish parliament gets its 1st African lawmaker
WARSAW, Poland — Poland's parliament is getting its first ever African lawmaker, a teacher and Christian pastor from Nigeria who has lived in Poland for 17 years and…
West Africa tests new meningitis shots
Ouagadougou - Aid agencies say Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali will pioneer testing of a new vaccine against the deadliest form of meningitis.
Somalis who took SA sailors face trial
The Hague - Five Somalis suspected of having abducted two South Africans from their yacht off the Seychelles will stand trial in the Netherlands, it was reported on…
Red sea shark scares tourists away
Sharm el-Sheikh - Beaches were almost deserted at Egypt's luxury Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday after a shark ripped apart a German woman as horrified…
Gambia intelligence agents sentenced
Banjul - A Gambian court on Tuesday sentenced six former National Intelligence Agency operatives to four years imprisonment with hard labour, for robbing two German tourists of diamonds…
Válás szudáni módra
Egyiptom, Kairó – Nem lát esélyt Szudán egyben tartására az egyiptomi külügyminisztérium. Bár Kairó jobban szeretné, ha Szudán egységes maradna, de úgy véli, hogy a válás elkerülhetetlen. Szudánban…
Boko Haram, Nigeria cops in shoot-out
Maiduguri - Authorities say a shootout between suspected members of a radical Muslim sect and security forces has killed three people in northeastern Nigeria, including an 8-year-old boy.
Split of Sudan now unavoidable – Egypt
Cairo - Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit of Egypt, an advocate of Sudanese unity, said on Sunday Sudan's partition was "unavoidable" with barely a month to go before…
Egypt killed wrong sharks
Cairo - Conservation workers in Eygpt caught and killed the wrong sharks after attacks on four foreign divers at a Red Sea resort, and the shark responsible for…