Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:45:45 GMT
Two bombs hit a hotel and barracks east of Algeria's capital, killing 11 and injuring 31, one day after another lethal bombing.
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:40:19 GMT
A Nigerian group backing Barack Obama says money it raised was not meant for his campaign.
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:26:25 GMT
Kenya's ex anti-graft chief John Githongo says those who admit corruption should get amnesty.
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:10:39 GMT
Sierra Leone's education minister finds non-existent teachers invented to embezzle money.
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:36:14 GMT
Somali pirates have hijacked a tanker with more than 20 crew, says a maritime watchdog.
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:48:56 GMT
Zambian leader Levy Mwanawasa, a critic of violence in Zimbabwe, dies in a Paris hospital two months after suffering a stroke.
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:18:58 GMT
Offcials in Zimbabwe say parliament will reopen next week, despite no power-sharing deal.
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:20:07 GMT
A bomb attack on a police college east of the Algerian capital kills 43 people, officials say.
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:50:06 GMT
At least 13 people are hurt in a fire at the upper house of the Egyptian parliament in Cairo, officials say.
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:35:03 GMT
There are scenes of joy in Nigeria after their football team reached the Olympics final.
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:38:20 GMT
South Africa striker Benni McCarthy backs coach Joel Santana and commits himself to the 2010 campaign.
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:16:44 GMT
Stoke City close in on a loan move for Lokomotiv Moscow's Ghana winger Haminu Dramani.
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:10:32 GMT
The Football Association of Zambia calls off all domestic action following the death of President Levy Mwanawasa.
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:34:28 GMT
From violet to mauve in your pictures of Africa
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:08:32 GMT
Zambia's late leader proved he was no puppet
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:53:32 GMT
Ivory Coast's forgotten acrid waste victims
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:15:52 GMT
Why Kenya has struggled to heal social divisions
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:27:08 GMT
Helping outcasts in a South Sudan leper colony
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:29:23 GMT
Zimbabwe's MDC wary of power-sharing promises
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:23:58 GMT
Uganda's government welcomes rebel leader Joseph Kony's approach about the failed peace process, but rejects more talks.
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:41:22 GMT
Zimbabwe's rate of inflation surges above 11,250,000% as an economic crisis continues to grip.
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:24:33 GMT
Sudan's president makes his first foreign trip since being accused of war crimes.
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:52:12 GMT
Egyptian police shoot dead a Sudanese man trying to cross illegally into Israel, Egyptian officials say.
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:30:12 GMT
Tuareg rebels fighting the Niger government say they will lay down their arms.
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:55:38 GMT
Amnesty International criticises death sentences passed on alleged Sudan rebels from Darfur.
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:47:39 GMT
Islamic authorities in Bauchi, Nigeria, reportedly detain sex workers identified in a census.
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:04:03 GMT
British multi-ability team make it to 'roof of Africa'
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:03:29 GMT
The Madagascans who dance with dead relatives
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:45:24 GMT
Cameroon's newest region deserted as residents flee
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:41:39 GMT
Foreigners in South Africa fear for their future
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:45:01 GMT
African regional banking group Ecobank plans the continent's biggest rights issue, to raise $2.5bn to fund its expansion.
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:02:47 GMT
Ghanaian parliament approves Vodafone's takeover of state-owned Ghana Telecom.
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:35:36 GMT
Has your country benefited from the sale key state-owned assets such as telecoms, transport or utilities?
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:46:49 GMT
US actor Danny Glover says he cannot raise money for a film because it has 'no white heroes'.
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:27:48 GMT
Zambia's leader Levy Mwanawasa, 59, has died in a Paris hospital after suffering a stroke in June.
Thu, 15 May 2008 18:47:19 GMT
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