Senegal's opposition ratcheted up pressure on President Abdoulaye Wade to renounce his bid for a third term in office with a thousands-strong protest march, as the leader paraded through the capital.
As election campaigning heated up ahead of February 26 polls, Foreign Minister Madicke Niang summoned US...
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Ghana need to win the Africa Cup of Nations to confirm their status as one of the continent's top sides, Black Stars midfielder Andre Ayew said here Tuesday.
"At the World Cup, we missed the semi-finals on a penalty. At the last Nations Cup we made it...
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The proportion of Rwanda's population living in poverty dropped from 57 percent in 2006 to 45 percent in 2011, according to data released Tuesday.
"We are happy with the valuable progress we have seen in these numbers," President Paul Kagame told the an attendance of around 500...
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No arrogance but a spirit of serenity, that was how Ivory Coast coach Francois Zahoui summed up the mood in his team on the eve of Wednesday's semi-final with Mali.
The Elephants turned up at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations yet again as favourites, and after...
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South Africa on Tuesday ruled out nationalising its key mining industry in a reassurance to jittery investors and a blow to those in the ruling ANC calling for a state takeover.
Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu told a conference on mining investment in Africa that the African...
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The UN refugee agency said Tuesday it has sent emergency teams to countries surrounding Mali to help them deal with an influx of more than 20,000 people who have fled the fighting there.
Clashes between rebel Tuareg groups and governmental forces in the Azawad region of northern...
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A lead poisoning epidemic in Nigeria's north that has killed 400 children and affected thousands is the worst in modern history, but cleanup has not even begun in many areas, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
"Thousands of children in northern Nigeria need immediate medical treatment and dozens...
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A group of 29 Chinese workers taken by rebels in southern Sudan 11 days ago has been freed in good health and flown to Kenya, officials said on Tuesday, after Beijing protested their capture.
Insurgents from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) confirmed the release of the...
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Ghana may be favourites for Wednesday's Africa Cup of Nation semi-final but the Black Stars are not better than Zambia, according to Zambian coach Herve Renard.
The Frenchman, speaking here Tuesday on the eve of the last four clash in Bata, reflected: "Zambia aren't the favourites, but...
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Mali coach Alain Giresse denies he has hatched up an "anti Didier Drogba scheme" to negate the Ivory Coast star's influence on Wednesday's Africa Cup of Nations semi-final.
The Chelsea icon, one of the few truly world class players gracing the 2012 Nations Cup stage, has led...
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Tunisia's new President Moncef Marzouki is preparing for a major drive to unify the Maghreb on his first foreign tour as the birthplace of the Arab Spring seeks to recover lost diplomatic prestige.
Seven weeks after taking office, Marzouki will on Wednesday kick off a six-day trip...
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Zimbabwe's tobacco output is expected to increase by nearly 15 percent this year to reach 150,000 tonnes, an official said on Tuesday, predicting good returns for farmers.
"The target for this year is 150 million kilogrammes," Monica Chinamasa, chairwoman of the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board told...
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Explosions rocked an army barracks, a bridge and an air base in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna Tuesday amid a wave of attacks blamed on Islamist group Boko Haram, officials said.
The military said the attack on the barracks was carried out by a suicide bomber...
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A US immigration judge has ordered the deportation of a Liberian accused of presiding over atrocities during the West African country's civil war in the 1990s.
George Boley, 62, the former leader of the Liberian Peace Council, was ordered out of the country by an immigration judge...
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Raw materials giant Glencore and mining firm Xstrata announced a vast merger on Tuesday, creating a $90 billion (69 billion euro) group and a new powerhouse in the global commodities industry.
The bid by Glencore, uniting the two Swiss groups as Glencore Xstrata International, will give birth...
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South Africa's unemployment rate fell 1.1 points to 23.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011, the government said on Tuesday, giving President Jacob Zuma some needed good news ahead of a key speech.
The economy created 180,000 jobs in the formal sector in the last three...
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The thousands who fled the ongoing Tuareg rebellion in Mali to seek refuge in western Niger are suffering from a severe food-and-water shortage, local officials and aid providers say.
"We must fear a humanitarian catastrophe, if nothing is done," Boureima Issaka of the Niger-based aid group Timidria...
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When Wendelinus Hamutenya told his father that he was gay, the then 18-year-old was packed off to the psychiatric ward of the Windhoek Central Hospital.
Seven years later, he's the country's most visible gay man, after winning the inaugural "Mr Gay Namibia" pageant -- which will make...
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Candidates for Egypt's first presidential election since the ouster of veteran leader Hosni Mubarak can start registering from March 10, a month earlier than expected, the head of the elections committee said on Monday.
"Registration for the presidential election will begin on March 10," Faruk Sultan said,...
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Chad Monday announced it was reopening a major oil refinery it had earlier ordered shut because of a price dispute with its Chinese part-owners.
"To help negotiations which are to continue, we have decided to reopen the refinery," Justice Minister Abdoulaye Sabre Fadoul said on public radio.
The...
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Gunmen blew up a police station and shot one officer in Nigeria's flashpoint city of Kano on Monday as blasts rocked a market in Maiduguri, the base of the Boko Haram Islamists, police said.
Boko Haram has claimed a series of recent attacks in Africa's most populous...
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More than 1,500 Malians fleeing a Tuareg rebellion in the north and reprisal attacks in Bamako have found refuge in neighbouring Burkina Faso, a security official said Monday.
"We have more than 1,500 Malians who have found refuge inside our borders," the official told AFP on condition...
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Likamva Cekiso was cleaning her older cousin's room when he walked in, shut the door and locked it, trapping her in darkness and fear.
He turned up the music and attacked her in a horrific demonstration of his masculinity that was aimed at "correcting" her sexuality.
"I was...
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One protester was killed on Monday in clashes with police outside Cairo's security headquarters in the wake of deadly football violence and amid calls by activists for civil disobedience in Egypt.
The latest death, announced by the health ministry, brings the toll to 13 since the violence...
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South Africa's government sought to reassure investors as a major mining conference kicked off Monday that it has no plans to nationalise its mines despite the radical rhetoric of some in the ruling ANC.
"As we speak, nationalisation is not a policy of the government or ANC,"...
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Senegal strikers Demba Ba and Papiss Demba Cisse put a disastrous 2012 Africa Cup of Nations behind them by scoring the weekend goals that kept Newcastle United on track for a UEFA Champions League place.
Ba put the Magpies ahead against Aston Villa at St James Park...
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Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade, whose reelection bid has drawn criticism from abroad, said in his opening campaign rally that France and the United States had no right to ask him to step aside.
"I do not seek the interest of the toubabs (Westerners), but that of the...
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Opener Rob Nicol made the fifth highest one-day international score by a New Zealand batsman Monday as his side beat Zimbabwe by 141 runs in the second one-day international in Whangarei.
The victory at Cobham Oval, following the 90-run win in the first ODI, gave New Zealand...
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Mali coach Alain Giresse rejected out of hand the notion that revenge had been his motivation in plotting Gabon's demise in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final.
The Frenchman managed Gabon at the last Nations Cup in 2010, only to be abruptly replaced afterwards by his former...
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The United States demanded "clarification" over Cairo's apparent plans to put dozens of pro-democracy activists, including 19 Americans, on trial over charges of illegal funding of aid groups.
US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Washington was "deeply concerned" over the developments, which threatened to further...
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The United States demanded "clarification" Sunday over Cairo's apparent plans to put dozens of pro-democracy activists, including 19 Americans, on trial over charges of illegal funding of aid groups.
US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Washington was "deeply concerned" over the developments, which threatened to further...
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Ghana continued their march to a fifth Africa Cup of Nations title with a 2-1 extra time win over Tunisia in the quarter-finals here Sunday.
The Black Stars will on Wednesday battle Zambia in Bata to determine who plays in the final against the winners of the...
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Gunmen late Sunday shot dead a secret police officer in front of his house in Nigeria's northeastern city of Damaturu, a resident said.
The police confirmed the shooting, but said they were not sure if he was killed.
The state security service officer was "sitting outside his house...
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Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor won the toss and elected to bowl in the second one-day international against New Zealand at Cobham Oval on Monday.
A shower of rain swept across the field just after the toss was taken and with the prospect of further rain during the...
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Mali beat Gabon 5-4 on penalties here Sunday after this finely balanced Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final ended 1-1 following extra time.
Barcelona star Seydou Keita converted the decisive spot kick after the co-hosts' top striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang watched in disbelief as Mali keeper Soumaila Diakite dived...
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Nigeria's senate president on Sunday called for decisive action to stem the deterioration of a security situation which he said had become intolerable in the religiously-divided country.
In a statement marking the Muslim festival of Eid-El Maulud, the birth of Prophet Mohammed, David Mark also said Nigeria's...
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Gabon's opposition leader Mike Jocktane Sunday said police tried to detain him as he was driving through Libreville, adding that his driver managed to lose his pursuers.
Jocktane is currently on trial on what he says are trumped up charges of disrupting public order, during a 2011...
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Libya put 41 loyalists of dead dictator Moamer Kadhafi on trial on Sunday, in the first legal proceedings launched against members of the former regime ousted last year in a bloody conflict.
The accused, mostly civilians, appeared in a military court in the eastern city of Benghazi,...
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Ghana's quest to end a 30-year wait for an Africa Cup of Nations title will face its biggest challenge yet on Sunday when they battle Tunisia for a place in the semi-finals of the 2012 tournament.
The winners will tackle the victors of the other quarter-final between...
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Gabon, on a roll after galloping through the first round with a perfect three straight wins, come up against an old acquaintance when they meet Mali in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals on Sunday.
The co-hosts have defied predictions since battle began a fortnight ago, claiming...
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A Didier Drogba-inspired Ivory Coast and Zambia eased into the semi-finals on day 15 at the Africa Cup of Nations.
Chelsea icon Drogba scored twice, after missing a spot kick, with Manchester City star Yaya Toure adding a magical freekick in the Elephants' 3-0 defeat of gallant...
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Until a new anti-homosexuality bill caused a wave of homophobia in Uganda, John and Paul could hold hands in the streets of the capital Kampala and kiss in night clubs.
Then the nightmare started -- people began insulting and then assaulting them, and then they had to...
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The Mali army said it had killed some 20 Tuareg rebels on Friday and Saturday in the northern city of Timbuktu and taken a dozen prisoners.
"On February 3 and 4 during an operation against assailant groups in the Timbuktu region, some 20 assailants were killed," the...
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Didier Drogba had a penalty saved before scoring in each half as Ivory Coast triumphed 3-0 against Equatorial Guinea Saturday in a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final.
The 33-year-old Chelsea striker struck with his right foot on 36 minutes and his head on 69 as the...
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Morocco on Saturday freed a former world kickboxing champion, Zakaria Moumni, jailed 17 months ago on charges of racketeering, after he was pardoned by King Mohamed VI.
Moumni, 31, who lived in France prior to his arrest in Morocco, was due to have been released in April.
"I...
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Stoppila Sunzu, Christopher Katongo and James Chamanga scored as Zambia overcame 10-man Sudan 3-0 Saturday to reach the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals after a 16-year absence.
Favourites Zambia were rarely under pressure and Sunzu took advantage of slack marking to nod them ahead on 15 minutes,...
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Opposition candidates in Senegal's upcoming election pledged Saturday a new round of protests aimed at stopping President Abdoulaye Wade from seeking a constitutionally questionable third term.
Internationally acclaimed singer Youssou Ndour, whose own candidacy in the February 26 elections has been rejected by the Constitutional Council, called...
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Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has named the first ministers in his new cabinet, retaining his vice president, interior, tourism, and finance ministers.
The move came after Jammeh, who was in November 2011 re-elected for a fourth five-year term as President of the tiny West African country, dissolved...
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Ivory Coast opposition leaders loyal to former president Laurent Gbagbo should reconcile with the country's rulers, an opposition leader said Saturday.
"The opposition must accept the outstretched hand of power," said Laurent Dona Fologo, vice-president of the National Congress for the Resistance of Democracy, a coalition loyal...
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Ghana coach Goran Stevanovic has again declared his team will be champions for a fifth time despite scepticism on account of some indifferent performances at the Africa Cup of Nations.
"We are ready to win this competition. The people of Ghana should trust us, pray for us...
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Tunisia will expel the Syrian ambassador and stop recognising the Damascus regime after violent repression that killed over 200 people in the central city of Homs, the president's office said.
"Tunisia has begun formal procedures to expel the Syrian ambassador and to end all recognition of the...
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The wife of ousted Madagascar president Marc Ravalomanana was on Saturday blocked from returning home on a commercial flight from exile in South Africa, an airline spokeswoman said.
The Ravalomananas fled to South Africa in 2009 after the then president was ousted with the military's backing by...
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South Africa's ruling ANC suspended fiery youth leader Julius Malema on Saturday, dismissing his appeal against a disciplinary finding and quashing one of President Jacob Zuma's biggest headaches.
The decision by the African National Congress' disciplinary appeals committee to throw out Malema's bid to have his guilty...
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History may be knocking on Gabon's door but coach Gernot Rohr was the epitome of calm on the eve of his team's quarter-final with Mali here on Saturday.
The Africa Cup of Nations' co-hosts are 90 tense minutes away from their first ever semi-final in the continental...
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Tunisia are hoping not to be outdone by the individual brilliance of the Black Stars of Ghana in Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final in Franceville.
A magical free kick by Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu ensured Ghana drew 1-1 with Guinea on Wednesday to finish top of their group.
Tunisia...
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Ghana coach Goran Stevanovic said Saturday Lyon defender John Mensah will face a late fitness test ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final against Tunisia.
Ghana skipper Mensah is nursing a thigh muscle injury he picked up against Botswana, but he was on the bench for...
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FIFA president Sepp Blatter has slammed "political interference" in Egyptian football, in the wake of the death of 74 fans in riots following a midweek domestic match.
"In Egypt, football has been victim of political interference," he said late Friday at the opening of a Conmebol meeting...
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The new chief of the UN-sponsored Kimberley Process that aims to stop "blood diamonds" reaching market said she was in talks to regain support of a campaign group that recently quit the scheme.
Kimberley Process chairwoman Gillian Milovanovic on Friday said she was "continuing discussions" with London-based...
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Zambia, Ivory Coast, Gabon and Ghana appear the likely winners of the 2012 Cup of Nations quarter-finals across central Africa this weekend.
The football feast begins Saturday with two fixtures in Equatorial Guinea -- Zambia and Sudan in mainland port city Bata followed by the co-hosts and...
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Sudan is closer to war than peace with the breakaway state of South Sudan, President Omar al-Bashir said on national television on Friday, with a dispute over oil and other issues stoking tensions.
"The climate now is closer to a climate of war than one of peace,"...
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