Africa
Thursday 09 February 2012
- South African president to deliver State of the Nation address
- Mogadishu suicide blast death toll rises to 15
- Amnesty: Arms from China, Russia fuel on-going Darfur conflict
Wednesday 08 February 2012
- Danish minister pledges to assist Nigeria on behalf of EU
- Zimbabwe general's death marked by many mysteries
Tuesday 07 February 2012
- Three killed in Boko Haram attacks in northern Nigeria
- Eight Boko Haram members killed in Nigerian police shoot-out
- LEAD: Death toll rises in Nigeria attacks
- Fresh opposition demonstrations planned in Senegal against Wade
- Cold snap kills 25 in Algeria
- LEAD: Sudan rebels free 29 Chinese workers
- Danish minisiter to visit Nigieria on behalf of EU amid attacks
- Nanny kidnaps South African baby, demands ransom
- Sudan rebels free 29 kidnapped Chinese workers
- Missing Chinese worker dead, 29 still held in Sudan
- Fresh Islamist attacks hit two northern Nigerian cities
Monday 06 February 2012
- South Africa's ANC confirms youth leader Malema not yet suspended
- Italy's Eni confirms Nigeria pipline attack
- Nigerian militants claim attack on oil pipeline
Saturday 04 February 2012
- South Africa's ANC confirms Malema's suspension, pending hearing
- Gaddafi's revenge extends beyond death
Friday 03 February 2012
- Rights groups slam Zimbabwe plans to limit newspaper distribution
- LEAD: UN declares end to Somalia famine after bumper harvest
- Rights group says Libya's ex-envoy to France died after torture
- Boko Haram members killed in Nigeria
- UN declares end to Somalia famine after bumper harvest
Thursday 02 February 2012
- Tunisian officials seize dozens of Ben Ali clan properties, yachts
- LEAD: Tunisia's leaders discuss aid, reforms with EU, IMF
- Tunisia wants "real support" for democratic transition from EU
- Britain's Hague visits Somalia for talks on security, piracy
- Boko Haram spokesman under arrest in Nigerian capital (correction)
- Mistreatment of prisoners is rife in new Libya
Wednesday 01 February 2012
- UN mulls deploying more peacekeepers to Somalia (correction)
- Rival militias clash in Tripoli
- Monti asks Somali premier to help free Italian ship held by pirates
- Protester killed as Senegal's opposition keeps up demonstrations
- UN: January storms killed 40 in Mozambique
Tuesday 31 January 2012
- Sudan the surprise to join Africa's last eight
- Al-Shabaab bans Red Cross in Somalia
- Libya experiments with democracy amid echo of gunshots
Monday 30 January 2012
- Former Nigerian military ruler's security chief sentenced to death
- African Union fails to elect new chairperson
- UN urges Sudan, South Sudan to pull out of Abyei border region
- Two killed in attack on police station in northern Nigeria
- Cattle raids claim dozens of lives in South Sudan
- Two blacks on trial for murder of South African white supremacist
- Sudanese troops free 14 Chinese workers from rebel group
Sunday 29 January 2012
- Hundreds attend funeral for murdered Somalian journalist
- Sudanese rebels seize 29 Chinese workers
- Nigeria military says 11 militants killed in combat
Thursday 26 January 2012
- Kenyans accused by ICC resign government posts
- No plans to return to Libya, NATO says
Wednesday 25 January 2012
- Libya's defence minister says Bani Walid is under control
- UN: Weapon proliferation, Gaddafi loyalists threaten Libya security
- German prosecutors push for lengthy jail terms for Somali pirates
- US army special forces free Danish, US hostages in Somalia
- US informed Denmark prior to freeing hostages in Somalia
- Danish, US hostages freed by US Navy in Somalia
- Danish, US hostages freed by US Navy in Somalia
Tuesday 24 January 2012
- LEAD: Gunshots heard overnight in northern Nigeria