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,…
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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…
Későn jött ötlet az összefogásra Nigériában
Nigéria, Lagosz – A két legnagyobb ellenzéki párt a szövetséget fontolgatja. A szombaton esedékes elnökválasztáson közös jelöltet indítanának Goodluck Jonathan elnök ellen.
Az egyiptomi beteg-előzetesben Mubarak
Egyiptom, Kairó – Az egyiptomi főügyész elrendelte Hoszni Mubarak és két fia 15 napos előzetes letartóztatását. A volt államfőt jelenleg kórházban ápolják, miután kihallgatásakor rosszul lett. Az exelnököt…
Support may boost Ouattara chances in Ivory Coast
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara won the backing of his defeated rival's army chiefs while the EU and the World Bank pledged financial support to…
Ministers meet amid fears of Libya stalemate
TRIPOLI/DOHA (Reuters) - Foreign ministers meet in Qatar on Wednesday for talks on Libya's future, with some eager to step up air strikes against Muammar Gaddafi's forces, fearing…
Piracy biggest threat to southern Africa security
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa believes Somali pirates, and not political instability in Zimbabwe, pose the biggest threat to security in southern Africa, its defence minister said…