20110722 Reuters NAIROBI (Reuters) - Tanzania's competition regulator on Friday approved the sale by London-based BP of a 50 percent stake in a fuel marketing business in the east African country to Puma Energy, a subsidiary of Dutch commodity trader Trafigura.
20110722 Reuters DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal banned political rallies in the centre of the capital Dakar on Thursday, two days before a planned march to protest against 85-year-old President Abdoulaye Wade seeking a new term in February 2012 elections.
20110722 Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's prime minister promised on Thursday to set up an anti-corruption body and work to end a 30-year-emergency law to placate protesters demanding faster reforms.
20110721 Reuters BLANTYRE (Reuters) - At least 11 people have been killed in clashes between Malawian demonstrators and police during rioting in three cities against President Bingu wa Mutharika, health officials and relatives in the southern African nation said on Thursday.
20110721 Reuters DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal banned political rallies in the centre of the capital Dakar on Thursday, two days before a planned march to protest against 85-year-old President Abdoulaye Wade seeking a new term in February 2012 elections.
20110721 Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao told his South African counterpart, Jacob Zuma, on Thursday that China will work with the African Union in finding a solution to the Libyan crisis, state news agency Xinhua reported.
20110721 Reuters JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least six people were killed in renewed clashes between Christian and Muslim youths in central Nigeria, adding to already heightened security concerns in Africa's most populous nation.
20110721 Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's new cabinet was sworn in on Thursday as the ruling army council tries to placate protesters demanding faster reforms and a deeper purge of former President Hosni Mubarak's allies.
20110721 Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's appeals court rescinded a ruling to remove the names of ousted President Hosni Mubarak and his wife Suzanne from schools and streets, state news agency MENA reported on Thursday.
20110721 Reuters GENEVA (Reuters) - Hopes of rescuing a small trade deal from the ashes of the Doha round of global talks are likely to be dashed, several trade negotiators said on Thursday.
20110721 Reuters ROME (Reuters) - The United Nations has called an emergency meeting on July 25 to discuss mobilising aid for drought-stricken east Africa, where famine has been declared in parts of Somalia.
20110721 Reuters RABAT (Reuters) - At least 14 people were killed and nine others seriously injured on Thursday when two vehicles collided in southern Morocco, the official MAP news agency reported.
20110721 Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - Four Kenyans were given the go-ahead at Britain's High Court on Thursday to sue the British government over alleged atrocities committed by the British army during the anti-colonial Mau Mau uprising.
20110720 Reuters PARIS (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi could remain in Libya if he relinquishes power, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Wednesday, in what appeared to be a fresh drive to find a political solution to the dragging conflict.
20110720 Reuters MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels have encircled the eastern oil hub of Brega and control parts of the town, whose capture would mark a major boost for their campaign to oust Muammar Gaddafi, a rebel spokesman said on Tuesday.
20110720 Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda in North Africa has claimed responsibility for suicide bombs in Algeria at the weekend that a security source said had killed at least two people, the SITE online monitoring service said on Tuesday.
20110720 Reuters BANJUL (Reuters) - Gambia's state prosecutor charged former communications minister Amadou Scatred Janneh and three others with treason on Tuesday, in the latest crackdown on critics of President Yahya Jammeh.
20110720 Reuters ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan's largely uninspiring cabinet reflects a political compromise that will make the job of transforming Africa's most populous nation much tougher for the core of reformers he has chosen.
20110720 Reuters .ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's main labour unions called off a three-day strike due to start on Wednesday after reaching a last minute agreement with the government over the implementation of the new minimum wage.
20110720 Reuters CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinean President Alpha Conde's guards repelled a second attack on his residence on Tuesday, presidency sources said of a fresh assault which left three dead and came hours after a rocket and gunfire attack by unknown assailants.
