20101219
africanews

Morocco and the Western Sahara rebel group, the Polisario Front, have resumed talks on the future of the disputed north African territory, AFP reported.

20101219
africanews


International pressure on Ivory Coast incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo to cede power intensified on Friday after more than 20 opposition protesters were killed during Thursday’s demonstration meant to install new personnel at the state TV RTI, which is one of Gbagbo’s major weapons of administration.

20101219
africanews

Tough headed Zimbabwe president, Comrade Robert Mugabe, has said power-sharing government is not working and must end. He has been in a goverment of national unity with opposition leader and the country's prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai after Zimbabwe's 2008 bloody elections.

20101218
reuters

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's army clashed with Darfur rebels for a third time in a week on Friday, a day after U.N. envoys criticised Khartoum for launching attacks on the insurgent force, peacekeepers said.

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reuters

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Most Kenyans want public officials among the six suspects the International Criminal Court (ICC) has named as being behind the 2007 post-election violence to quit or be sacked, a poll showed on Saturday.

20101219
reuters

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The government of Ivory Coast's incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo on Saturday told the United Nations and French peacekeeping missions to leave, escalating a dispute over last month's elections.

20101219
RFI

Europe and the US aim to strangle Laurent Gbagbo financially to force him to quit as Côte d'Ivoire's president after an election they claim was won by his rival Alassane Ouattara. A day of violence Friday left between 11 and 30 dead and Ouattara's RHDP movement has called on supporters to "remain mobilised".

20101217
Sudan Tribune

Khartoum — The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir offered to let the South take the entire revenue from the country's oil wealth in return for a unity vote in the referendum that will take place in less than a month.

20101218
Vanguard

AGAINST the backdrop of the dominance of French speaking countries over the English speaking nations, Ambassador Godknows Boladei Igali has condemned what he described as the overbearing influence of French language against Engish at the Lake Chad water border

20101219
RFI

In Côte d'Ivoire Laurent Gbagbo has ordered that UN forces and French troops leave the country, a government representative announced in a statement read on state television.

20101218
Garowe Online

The first national sports tournament held inside Somalia in 23 years opened in the northern stable state of Puntland on Wednesday, Radio Garowe reports.

20101218
UN News

The United Nations panel tasked with monitoring the forthcoming referenda on the self-determination of Southern Sudan arrived in Khartoum today for a series of meetings with officials involved in preparations and other key stakeholders.

20101218
Nation

Nairobi — The US has slapped a blanket ban on up to 11 MPs who are members of the House Finance, Trade and Planning Committee.

20101217
Sudan Tribune

In four weeks time, the South of the Sudan will know its long awaited political destiny. People there shall vote on January 9 2011 (22 days from today) and results are expected to be released a week later. All systems and indicators point to birth of a new nation in the horn of Africa and indeed in the Africa continent. The Sudanese authorities have invested enough time and resources to ensure the process goes ahead as planned. Congratulation to all. Southerners in the process are beaming with hope as they unmistakably look ahead for their hard won freedom. Hail the new born King and new born nation!

20101219
RFI

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir siphoned billions of oil money to British bank accounts, US diplomats say in the latest WikiLeaks revelations.

20101219
Nation

Nairobi — The government is making last-ditch efforts to save key members of the administration suspected of crimes against humanity from standing trial at The Hague.

20101218
Garowe Online

A months-long dispute among senior members of Somali insurgent group Al Shabaab took a worse turn Saturday when a senior commander condemned the group's top chief, Radio Garowe reports.

20101219
This Day

Abuja — Justice Ibrahim Auta of a Federal High Court in Abuja has vacated the order he issued restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission from going ahead with the award of contracts for the procurement of biometric machines and accessories for the voter registration exercise slated for next month.

20101219
The Herald

Harare — PRESIDENT Mugabe has said attempts by MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai to mislead the nation into thinking only Presidential elections will be held next year are contrary to the Constitution.

20101219
Vanguard

The Niger — Delta Liberation Force, NDLF, led by wanted ex-militant leader, "General" John Togo, weekend, simultaneously bombed the Alero and Abiteye flow stations as well as Dibi oil fields, belonging to the Nigeria Agip Oil Company, NAOC, and Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL.