20110515
daily nation

Olympic marathon champion Samuel Wanjiru has died after apparently falling from the top floor of his home in Nyahururu, central Kenya.

20110515
rfi

Angry soldiers in Burkina Faso fired their weapons into the air late into the night on Saturday a month after widespread army and police mutinies.

20110513
afrcanews

Humanitarian agencies have warned of a human catastrophe and painted a gloomy picture on the plight of young African immigrants who die while trying to enter parts of the European Union [EU]. Some of the migrants brought to safety on the Italian island of Lampedusa at the weekend say they witnessed a boat carrying between 500-600 people.

20110514
reuters

Somali pirates said on Saturday they had released two Spanish sailors held hostage on the hijacked Italian-flagged tanker Savina Caylyn, after receiving $5 million in ransom.

20110513
SciDev.Net

Accra — A female Ghanaian scientist is one of four researchers from developing countries who received US$100,000 each to pursue their dream ideas for solving global health problems.

20110509
reuters

Egypt stepped up security around churches in Cairo on Monday after two days of clashes between minority Christians and Muslims that killed 12 people and highlighted rising inter-faith tensions.

20110408
reuters

WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The Obama administration took some heat off Pakistan on Sunday, saying it had no evidence that Islamabad knew Osama bin Laden was living in the country before he was killed by U.S. commandos in a garrison town a short drive from the capital.

20110506
IPS

Doha — Tunisia's former interior minister has warned that lingering members of the country's former political elite may carry out a coup d'etat if Islamists win a majority in the upcoming election.

20110423
reuters

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called on Libyan Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi to implement United Nations Security Council resolutions and end attacks on civilians, the ministry said in a Sunday statement.

20110423
reuters

Nairobi — Hundreds of people took to the streets of Nairobi on 19 April to protest against the rising cost of fuel, which they blame on the government.

20110422
RFI

Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak will be detained by the country's state prosecutor for a further 15 days amid a probe into a bloody crackdown on protesters and corruption, Mena news agency said Friday.

20110406
reuters

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Darfur's most powerful rebel group has suspended meetings with Sudan's government at peace talks in Qatar in protest at Khartoum's plan to hold a referendum in the war-torn region, the group's chief negotiator said on Tuesday.

20110326
International Organization for Migration (Geneva)

With conflict between rival forces now having reached the western town Guiglo in Cote d'Ivoire, accompanied by further violence and looting, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has learnt that close to 4,000 people have sought refuge in a former camp for the internally displaced managed by IOM until its closure in 2008.

20110326
reuters

AJDABIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels backed by allied air strikes retook the strategic town of Ajdabiyah on Saturday after an all-night battle that suggests the tide is turning against Muammar Gaddafi's forces in the east.

20110308
reuters

CAIRO, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Clashes between Egyptian Muslims and Coptic Christians escalated on Tuesday after Coptic protestors blocked a main road in Cairo for more than two hours.

20110304
reuters

COTONOU (Reuters) - Benin's parliament on Friday voted to fix errors in the country's voters registration lists, likely forcing a delay in presidential elections in the West African nation scheduled for this weekend.

20110118
reuters

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - An ethnic Hutu mayor from Rwanda residing in Germany went on trial on genocide charges in Frankfurt on Tuesday over his suspected involvement massacres against the Tutsi minority in 1994.

20110118
reuters

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Rising infrastructure investment and agricultural productivity, and a growing demand for Africa's exports will help the continent's economy expand by five percent in 2011 and 5.1 in 2012, the United Nations said.

20110115
Sudan Tribune

Addis Ababa — The Ethiopian government this week freed 402 leaders and members of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), country's most active rebel movement, which has been fighting for the right of the eastern Somali region to secede since 1984, Sudan Tribune has learnt.

20110111
reuters

With elections due in February, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's main rival in the country's presidential elections has threatened to pull out of the race if certain conditions are not met.