DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania's presidency on Monday slammed allegations in a U.S. cable that President Jakaya Kikwete accepted gifts from an investor who also donated $1 million…
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Ugandan teachers strike again as schools reopen
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan teachers went on strike for the second time this year on Monday after fruitless month-long talks with the government for a 100 percent pay rise,…
Congo opposition leader formally becomes candidate
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Leading opposition figure Etienne Tshisekedi has formally submitted his candidacy for Congo's upcoming presidential elections.
Egy párttal kevesebb Szudánban
Szudán, Kartúm – A szudáni kormány nem hajlandó tovább elismerni az SPLM North ellenzéki pártot, amely a dél-szudáni kormányzópárttal szoros kapcsolatokat ápol.
Félelmek és közöny Tunéziában
Tunézia, Tunisz – Egyre többen élnek Tunéziában a „morgás jogával”. Ez derül ki egy friss közvélemény-kutatásból, amelyben több mint 2100 embert kérdeztek meg.
Youths kill family of 8 in restive central Nigeria
JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) - Muslim youths hacked a Christian family of eight to death in Nigeria's volatile Plateau state on Sunday, local officials said, continuing a week of violence…
10th All-Africa Games underway in Mozambique
The 10th All-Africa Games will see world-class swimmers competing in Mozambique but prominent athletes like 'Blade runner' Oscar Pistorius probably missing the four-yearly multi-sport championships.
S. Sudan to move capital to Lakes state
The government of newly-independent South Sudan has decided to relocate its capital from Juba to a more central location in Lakes state, a senior official said on Sunday.
US leak: ‘Mugabe will be dead by 2013
Harare - The personal banker to Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe has told a former US ambassador that the ageing president had prostate cancer that will kill him by 2013,…
China offered Gaddafi weapons – report
Montreal - China offered huge stockpiles of weapons to Muammar Gaddafi during the final months of his regime and held secret talks on shipping them through Algeria and…