KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandans voted in an election on Friday expected to extend President Yoweri Museveni's time in power to three decades but which could turn nasty because…
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€320 000 paid for Cameroon hostages
Yaounde - Cameroon paid €320 000 to free a local official and 12 of his aides kidnapped earlier this month in the southwest Bakassi region, a source in…
Six dead, 15, 000 homeless in Madagascar cyclone
The Bingiza Cyclone which hit northern Madagascar earlier this week has claimed six lives and left one person missing, with more than 15,000 people homeless and 8,530 buildings…
Előre menekül az algériai vezetés
Algéria, Algír – A hónap végéig feloldják az 1992-ben bevezetett szükségállapotot Algériában. A miniszterelnök ezzel együtt bejelentette, hogy a lakhatás és a munkavállalás területén is változásokat készítenek elő.
Libya protests: Activists call for ‘day of anger’
Anti-government activists in Libya have been using social networking sites to rally support for protests on what they are describing as a "day of anger".
Congo-Brazzaville: Paris Club annuls Congo’s debt
Congo - The Paris Club and Brazil have cancelled all of Congo's external debt that amounted to 981 million dollars.
Switzerland freezes Mubarak assets
The Swiss government on Friday ordered a freeze on any assets belonging to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his entourage shortly after he was forced from office, the…
Morocco invests $ 3 billion in 79 wastewater treatment plants
Rabat - A total of 79 wastewater treatment plants will be carried out by 2012, worth over 15 billion dirhams ($ 3 bln), announced on Tuesday in Rabat…
Algeria unrest: Akbou protesters clash with police
Hundreds of youths have clashed with security forces during protests in the northern Algerian town of Akbou.
Egypt junta names panel to reform constitution
CAIRO (AFP) – Egypt's military rulers warned that a wave of strikes sweeping the country was "disastrous," as it gave a panel of civilian experts 10 days to…