APA-Mogadishu(Somalia) The defense chief of a Somali Islamist rebel group- Hezbal, Islam Sheik Muse Abdi Arrale is said to be hiding in Sudanese capital Khartoum, APA learns here on Friday from Somali nationals living in …

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Reuters) – President Robert Mugabe defended his controversial local ownership laws at his 86th birthday celebrations on Saturday, saying they were designed to broaden Zimbabwean participation in the economy.
Mugabe’s government passed an “indigenisation” …

APA-Johannesburg (South Africa) A United Nations tribunal sitting in Nairobi, Kenya, has started hearing evidence against senior UN officials who are accused of undermining humanitarian operations in Zimbabwe and blocking action that could have helped …

Voanews- With Togo’s presidential election a week from this Thursday, a leading opposition figure said he has no knowledge of a five-party coalition to challenge incumbent President Faure Gnassingbe.
Gilchrist Olympio of the Union of Forces …

ABIDJAN, (Xinhua) — Cote d’Ivoire authorities on Tuesday announced the establishment of a new government to relieve the country from the dangerous crisis, which has threatened all the hard-won gains in recent years in the …

LAGOS,  (Xinhua) — Ailing Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua returned home early Wednesday after three months’ medical treatment in Saudi Arabia, reports said.
A plane believed to be carrying Yar’Adua landed at the presidential wing of Abuja …