Africa
Nigeria author Achebe to be buried
Renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who died in March, is due to be buried in his home town in Anambra state.
Read More »UN chief begins DR Congo visit
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has begun a trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo as fighting continues near the eastern city of Goma.
Read More »Mugabe signs constitution into law
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signed a new constitution into law on Wednesday, replacing a 33-year-old document forged in the dying days of British colonial rule and paving the way for an election later this year.
Read More »Dubai authorities seize shipment of 259 elephant tusks
Customs officials in United Arab Emirates have seized hundreds of elephant tusks shipped from Africa marked as furniture, the Ministry of Environment and Water said.
Read More »Uganda police shut down Monitor Publications
Police raided Uganda's leading independent newspaper on Monday and disabled its printing press after it published a letter about a purported plot to stifle allegations President Yoweri Museveni is grooming his son for power
Read More »Other Stories
- Obama to skip Kenya in Africa tour
- Four killed in 'holy water' stampede
- UN: Libya war weapons may be killing central Africa elephants
- 'Mass arrests' at Nigeria funeral
- Nigeria offers amnesty to insurgents who surrender
- Boko Haram in disarray
- Tunisia police clash with Islamists
- Curfew imposed in Maiduguri Nigeria
- SA university makes Zulu language mandatory
- Winnie Mandela's items to be sold over incurred debt
- Nigerian troops on new offensive against Islamists
- Former Islamist warlord elected president of Somali region
- Nigeria president declares emergency
- Congo builds town to honour Lumumba
- Somalia roots for central system of governance
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