20111213
Press TV
Hundreds of doctors have resumed strike in the capital city of Kenya in protest against dilapidated public health facilities and low wages, Press TV reports.

20111212
Reuters
(Reuters) - Ivory Coast awaited results from its first parliamentary election for a decade, with officials saying a boycott by the opposition had done little to disrupt voting in the country recovering from a crippling civil war.

20111212
Reuters
(Reuters) - Ivory Coast held its first parliamentary election for a decade on Sunday, a relatively peaceful vote which was expected to strengthen President Alassane Ouattara's ruling coalition and make it easier for him to rebuild a nation crippled by war.

20111212
Reuters
(Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's opposition will call for peaceful demonstrations across the country early next week to protest against Joseph Kabila's disputed election victory, a situation France's foreign minister Alain Juppe described Sunday as explosive.

20111212
Reuters
(Reuters) - Egyptian liberals trailing Islamists in a parliamentary election must close ranks and tone down their anti-Islamist fears if they are to succeed, one of the country's most influential liberals said Sunday.

20111212
Press TV
UN Secretary General has arrived in Somalia's capital to hold talks with senior officials over a stabilization process for the war-ravaged African nation, Press TV reports.

20111212
Press TV
Ivory Coast Prime Minister Guillaume Soro has called on political parties and their candidates to stop violence after five people died in the run-up to Sunday's parliamentary elections.

20111212
Reuters
(Reuters) - Egypt's top general, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, on Sunday toured Cairo's Tahrir Square where protesters have been camped out for more than three weeks demanding an immediate end to military rule, state media reported.

20111212
Reuters
(Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was endorsed again by his party to stand for elections expected next year, but analysts say even for a veteran political survivor, the 87-year-old leader will find it harder to convince voters to extend his rule after 32 years in power.

20111212
Press TV
Several people have reportedly been injured in a double explosion that rocked the Nigerian city of Jos- - the scene of recent conflicts between ethnic groups.

20111212
Press TV
Moroccan protesters have once again taken to streets in more than 30 cities across the northeast African state to demand political reforms and a real democracy, Press TV reports.

20111212
Press TV
A Kenyan security officer has been killed and several others have been injured in two separate bomb attacks in northeast Kenya, Press TV reports.

20111212
Press TV
Ivory Coast's second parliamentary polls in 11 years have closed amid reports of low voter turnout in contrast to last year's massive presidential elections.

20111212
Press TV
Egypt's biggest political party, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), has rejected efforts by the country's ruling military council to undermine the authority of the Egyptian parliament over the future constitution.

20111212
Press TV
At least another four people, including one woman, have lost their lives in the post-election violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

20111212
Press TV
Sudan has declared the establishment of a new broad-based government after ministers took oath before the President Omer al-Bashir, Press TV reports.

20111212
Press TV
People in Ivory Coast have gone to the polls to take part in the West African country's parliamentary elections, more than a year after presidential elections which entered the country into a period of violence and uncertainty.

20111211
Press TV
Post-election clashes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have left at least six people, including two women, dead and several more injured.

20111211
Press TV
Tunisia's Constituent Assembly has adopted a provisional constitution that paves the way for the formation of a government, 45 days after the first post-revolution elections in the North African country.

20111211
Press TV
The head of the Libyan Army has survived an assassination attempt after unknown gunmen ambushed his convoy in a broad daylight attack in the country's capital Tripoli.