Egypt troops sweep Sinai before possible rescue op
Egyptian soldiers are deployed in the area of the Rafah Crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on May 21, 2013. By Mohamed el-Shahed (AFP/File) CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) – Egyptian troops and policemen began sweeps of north Sinai on More...
Police Surround Monitor amid media crackdown in Uganda
Human rights activists sealed their mouth with as a gesture to denounce the raid on media by Musevenis security May More...
Local leader blames negligence in S. Africa circumcision deaths
Boys from the Xhosa tribe attend an initiation school in Libode, South Africa, on November 20, 2009. By Alexander Joe (AFP/File) More...
SARS-like virus victim dies in Tunisia
A view of the coronavirus under an electron miscroscope. By (British Health Protection Agency/AFP) TUNIS More...
West African Freedom of Expression Monitors Convene In Accra
Freedom of Expression monitors from the 15 ECOWAS member States are convening in Accra from May 22-24, 2013 for a training workshop More...
De Klerk derides ‘afro-pessimists’
FW de Klerk and wife Elita leave Margaret Thatcher’s funeral service in London on April 17, 2013. By Olivia Harris (AFP/File) More...
Fighting in eastern DR Congo leaves 19 dead
M23 rebels stand guard at a press conference in Bunagana on January 3, 2013.. By Isaac Kasamani (AFP/File) GOMA, More...
Senegal’s prosecution of Habre ‘illegal’
Hissene Habre leaves Dakar courthouse on November 25, 2005. By (AFP/File) DAKAR (AFP) – More...
Amaechi’s Payment To 200 Persons Per Ward, Waste of Rivers ResourcesACN
The planned action by Governor Rotimi Amaechi to pay N20,000 monthly to 200 persons in each ward of the 23 local government areas More...
Dubai seizes 259 smuggled African ivory tusks
An African elephant is pictured on November 17, 2012 in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe. By Martin Bureau (AFP/File) More...
