NAIROBI (Reuters) - A United Nations special envoy urged Somalia on Wednesday to hold elections and bring an end to its transitional government, but it was unclear how…
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Ugandan police fire teargas at food price protest
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan police fired teargas to disperse a crowd that gathered after an opposition leader was prevented from taking part in a second round of protests…
BRICS take aim at dollar with call for global monetary
SANYA, China (Reuters) - The five BRICS nations took another step towards cementing their global influence on Thursday, calling for a broad-based international reserve currency system "providing stability…
Somali militants al-Shabab cut off hand, leg from 3 ‘convicted’ robbers
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A witness in Somalia says al-Qaida-linked militants in the country have cut off a hand and a leg each from three men convicted of robbery…
$350 million in US aid for Malawi goes through
BLANTYRE, Malawi – The United States is giving Malawi $350 million to improve its power supply network after getting reassurances about the southern African country's commitment to human…
World Bank to lend Tunisia $500 mln for budget
WASHINGTON, April 12 (Reuters) - The World Bank is working with Tunisia on $500 million in budget support, which could leverage an additional $700 million from other donors,…
Nigeria opposition mulls alliance to beat Jonathan
LAGOS, April 13 (Reuters) - Nigeria's two main opposition parties are mulling an eleventh-hour alliance to try to unseat President Goodluck Jonathan in elections on Saturday, opposition sources…
Egypt’s Mubarak detained, army win protest respite
CAIRO (Reuters) - Hosni Mubarak was ordered to be detained for 15 days on Wednesday, winning the ruling army generals a respite from protesters suspicious that they were…
World leaders hold talks on Libya
Doha - World leaders meeting in Doha on Wednesday want Libya's defiant leader Muammar Gaddafi out of power but the means remain unclear four weeks into a campaign…
Gbagbo to be charged – Ouattara
Abidjan - Ivory Coast's president said on Wednesday that the country's arrested strongman will face charges "on a national level and an international level", as the president attempts…