Nigeria Offensive On Islamists Escalates

Guinea-Bissau declares mourning for ex-interim president

Guinea-Bissau's former interim president Henrique Pereira Rosa is pictured in Bissau on April 16, 2012.  By Seyllou (AFP/File) Sunday, May 19, 2013

BISSAU (AFP) - Guinea-Bissau's government announced three days of mourning on Sunday following the death of former interim president Henrique Pereira Rosa. Flags will be flown at half mast and busi ...

Algeria censors dailies over president 'coma' reports

Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is pictured in Algiers on January 14, 2013.  By Farouk Batiche (AFP/File) Sunday, May 19, 2013

ALGIERS (AFP) - Algeria censored two dailies over reports that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, hospitalised in Paris since April 27, will return home in a coma after his health took a turn for the wor ...

Work on giant hydro dam in DR Congo to start in 2015

A view of Inga hydroelectric dam, west of Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, Kinshasa on August 15, 2011.  By Adia Tshipuku (AFP/File) Sunday, May 19, 2013

PARIS (AFP) - Work on the world's biggest hydroelectric dam will start in October 2015 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a statement said in Paris after talks between DR Congo and international off ...

Boosting Ethiopia's economy, one shoe at a time

SoleRebels CEO Bethlehem Tilahun is pictured at her company's flagship store in Addis Ababa on May 8, 2013.  By Jenny Vaughan (AFP/File) Sunday, May 19, 2013

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - For Bethlehem Tilahun, the answer to ending poverty in Africa is not aid or sympathy or donations from the West. It's shoes. Specifically, building a successful shoe manufacturi ...

Angola's skewed lending said to stifle economy

Luanda's central business district in Angola, August 30, 2012.  By Stephane de Sakutin (AFP/File) Sunday, May 19, 2013

LUANDA (AFP) - There is no shortage of cash or credit in Angola -- Africa's second oil producer -- but the struggle small businesses face to get loans is stimying efforts to diversify the economy. ...

Despite arrest, Zimbabwe's top rights lawyer won't relent

Zimbabwean lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa heads to court in Harare on March 19, 2013.  By Jekesai Njikizana (AFP/File) Sunday, May 19, 2013

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - As Zimbabwe approaches watershed elections, a renowned lawyer at the forefront of defending human rights activists, vowed never to give up -- even after her own arrest earlier thi ...

Militia chief suspected in I.Coast killings arrested: army

Coffins of victims of the post-electoral crisis and armed conflict in Abidjan on October 13, 2011.  By Sia Kambou (AFP/File) Sunday, May 19, 2013

ABIDJAN (AFP) - A militia chief in Ivory Coast, suspected of taking part in deadly post-election violence in 2011, was arrested Saturday in his western stronghold, a military source said. Amade Oue ...

Two-try Van Zyl stars as Cheetahs triumph

Piet van Zyl, pictured in Auckland on Septmeber 22, 2011.  By  (AFP/File) Saturday, May 18, 2013

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AFP) - A brace of opportunist tries from scrum-half Piet van Zyl set up Central Cheetahs for a brave 27-13 Super 15 win over Queensland Reds Saturday. He struck twice du ...

EU military chief 'confident' about Mali troop training

General Patrick de Rousiers, head of the EU military committee, at Mount Verdun, near Lyon, France, on December 10, 2007.  By Philippe Merle (AFP/File) Saturday, May 18, 2013

BAMAKO (AFP) - The head of the EU military committee said on Saturday he was "confident" in the ability of the first Mali battalion being trained by Europe to battle the Islamist insurgency raging in ...

Why I slit My Girlfriend’s Throat, Raped Her While She Bled To Death - Bricklayer Confesses

Monday, May 13, 2013

A 25-year-old bricklayer named Akinloye Anuoluwapo has explained what led to the ...

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Editor questioned over Meles' widow

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Ethiopian police in Addis Ababa questioned an editor for several hours today in ...

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War Criminals Will Be Booked No Matter How Long They Run

Sunday, May 12, 2013

A Coalition for Justice in Liberia (CJL) two days symposium geared toward traini ...

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Nigeria: Top Level Sabotage Behind Military And Civilian Casualties In Boko Haram War—Military Sources [PART 1]

Monday, May 13, 2013

Top level sabotage and purposeful undermining of the JTF mission is behind the l ...

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Nigeria calls 'state of emergency' in three states

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan speaks during a nationwide live broadcast on the state television on May 14, 2013.  By Pius Utomi Ekpei (AFP) Wednesday, May 15, 2013

ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan imposed a "state of ...

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Air strikes, dozens dead in Nigeria assault on Islamists

A Nigerian soldier patrols in the remote northeast town of Baga in Borno state on April 30, 2013.  By Pius Utomi Ekpei (AFP/File) Friday, May 17, 2013

KANO, Nigeria (AFP) - Nigeria's military on Friday attacked Boko Haram Islamist ...

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