Lome - Nine Togolese lawmakers lost their parliamentary seats after they broke away from the main opposition party in protest against a power-sharing arrangement, the country's top court…
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UK doubts Zimbabwe election timing
Harare - The political climate in Zimbabwe is not yet conducive to a free and fair general election, which President Robert Mugabe is aiming for by-mid 2011, Britain's…
British Mercenaries to Take On Pirates
Nairobi — British mercenaries could be used in the fight against Somali pirates.
Nigeria: Media workers begin strike
Media workers under the Nigeria Union of Journalist, NUJ and the Radio , Television and Theatre Workers Union, RATTAWU on Monday began a three day warning strike aimed…
Malawi: Catholic nun wins $1m award
Sister Beatrice Chipeta, founder of the Lusubilo Orphan Care in Malawi's northern tip lakeshore district of Karonga, has been awarded one of the world's largest honours, the Opus…
DRC’s Bemba trial to start
The Hague - Former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba of the Democratic Republic of Congo goes on trial on Monday for rapes and murders allegedly committed by his troops,…
Namibian cop charged over fake bomb
Windhoek - A Namibian police officer was charged on Monday over the planting of a fake suitcase bomb at the main airport in the capital Windhoek last week,…
28 defect from al-Qaeda group
Nouakchott - A security official says that 28 members of al-Qaeda's North African branch have defected from the group and have surrendered to the Mauritanian army.
Hungarian volunteers go into action
Thanks to the continued efforts made by the urban district of Antsirabe in socio-economic development, it is now in cooperation with other cities in Madagascar or combined with…
Hungarian physicians provide free care
The six doctors from Hungary came to free care in Vakinankaratra.