20120209 Reuters MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's leaders must press ahead with political reforms or risk losing aid from the European Union, its biggest donor, the EU envoy to the Horn of Africa said on Wednesday.
20120209 Reuters NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger has given a pay rise to tens of thousands of civil servants and cut the price of water and electricity in an effort to stave off social unrest in one of Africa's poorest nations, the government said.
20120209 Reuters ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said on Wednesday Ethiopia could pardon politicians and journalists arrested under a 2009 anti-terrorism law, but dismissed opposition criticism he was using the law to clamp down on dissent.
20120208 AFP Diehard supporters of slain Moamer Kadhafi might carry out attacks on February 17, the anniversary of the uprising against the former Libyan strongman, Libya's army chief said on Wednesday.
20120208 AFP A trio of leading US senators warned Egypt that the risk of a "disastrous" rupture in ties had "rarely been greater" amid an escalating row over the planned trial of US pro-democracy activists.
20120208 AP FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — The top opposition presidential candidate is accusing Sierra Leone's ruling party of provoking violence ahead of November polls.
20120208 AFP Africa is losing out on billions of dollars in potential earnings every year because of high trade barriers on the continent, the World Bank said Tuesday.
20120208 AP DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The aging president of Senegal tried to divert attention from growing street protests calling for his resignation and prove that he still had grassroots support by leading an impromptu rally through the capital late Tuesday.
20120208 AFP Amnesty International warned on Tuesday that Uganda could soon pass an anti-homosexuality bill that would introduce draconian provisions and constitute "a grave assault" on human rights.
20120208 AFP Explosions rocked an army barracks, a bridge and an air base in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna Tuesday, a set of coordinated attacks claimed by the Islamist group Boko Haram, officials said.
20120208 AFP Senegal's opposition ratcheted up pressure on President Abdoulaye Wade to renounce his bid for a third term in office with a thousands-strong protest march, as the leader paraded through the capital.
20120208 AFP Ghana need to win the Africa Cup of Nations to confirm their status as one of the continent's top sides, Black Stars midfielder Andre Ayew said here Tuesday.
20120208 AFP The proportion of Rwanda's population living in poverty dropped from 57 percent in 2006 to 45 percent in 2011, according to data released Tuesday.
20120208 AFP Raw materials giant Glencore and mining firm Xstrata announced a vast merger on Tuesday, creating a $90 billion (69 billion euro) group and heralding a new powerhouse in the global commodities industry.
20120208 AP LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Bombs exploded Tuesday at two major military bases on the outskirts of a central Nigerian city at the heart of ethnic and religious unrest in Africa's most populous nation, injuring an unknown number of people.
20120208 AFP South Africa on Tuesday ruled out nationalising its key mining industry in a reassurance to jittery investors and a blow to those in the ruling ANC calling for a state takeover.
20120208 AFP The UN refugee agency said Tuesday it has sent emergency teams to countries surrounding Mali to help them deal with an influx of more than 20,000 people who have fled the fighting there.
20120208 AP LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — An international watchdog said Tuesday it will cost about $4 million to clean up toxic lead and secure mines in northern Nigeria, where activists say "the worst outbreak of lead poisoning in modern history" has taken place.
20120207 AP LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Soldiers guarding a city at the heart of ethnic and religious clashes in Nigeria detained and later threw out journalists working for a French television station trying to cover the ongoing unrest there, the reporters said.
20120207 AFP Nationalising South Africa's mines is not a viable option for the country's key sector and has been ruled out by the ruling party, according to Mining Minister Susan Shabangu.
