UN proposes Libyan ceasefire and talks
The UN, EU and a group of 13 nations have called for "an immediate, comprehensive ceasefire" in Libya, after the UN mission there proposed...
Ethiopia hands Egypt safety studies of main dam
Cairo - Water ministers of Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia have adopted the criteria and conditions under which an international consultancy will be formed to...
Ebola fight: 200 dead found in weekend Sierra Leone lockdown
A second detachment of US forces set to battle the deadly Ebola virus have arrived in Liberia. They land as a weekend lockdown in...
Africa Ebola ‘contained in Senegal and Nigeria’
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the Ebola epidemic that has killed 2,811 in West Africa has been contained in Senegal and Nigeria.The...
Boko Haram Leader Abubakar Shekau Reported Killed by Cameroon’s Army
Nigerian security forces are investigating reports that Abubakar Shekau, the notorious leader of the Boko Haram extremist group waging an Islamist insurgency in the...
‘Much to be done’ for DR Congo to meet peace deal
Kinshasa (AFP) - The Democratic Republic of Congo still has a long way to go to meet its pledges under a peace deal agreed...
US sanctions more South Sudanese military
Addis Ababa - Unites States government has slapped the South Sudanese warring parties with additional sanctions targeting two senior military officers on the two...
Uganda’s PM Amama Mbabazi sacked by Yoweri Museveni
Uganda's president has sacked his prime minister, a former close ally now seen as a potential rival in 2016 elections.Amama Mbabazi has been a...
Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta summoned by ICC to hearing
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has summoned Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to appear before the tribunal on 8 October 2014.Judges want to question him...
Trouble in paradise for Botswana’s democratic credentials
When the news media turns a penetrating gaze on Africa, Botswana rarely makes headlines. The southern African nation is best known for diamonds, heart-stopping...