BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO dismissed an offer from Muammar Gaddafi on Saturday for a ceasefire and negotiations, saying Western air strikes on government forces in Libya will continue as long as civilians are threatened.
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Two people were killed on Friday and at least 90 injured across the Ugandan capital as police fired bullets and teargas at crowds protesting against the arrest of an opposition leader.
PARIS (Reuters) - An explosion that killed 15 people in Marrakesh was triggered by a remote control device, not a suicide bomber as previous reports suggested, France's interior minister said in an interview published on Saturday.
THE Global Political Agreement (GPA)'s tripartite negotiating team's final draft roadmap clarifies that President Robert Mugabe has no power to unilaterally call for elections without consulting and agreeing with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
The Monitor's journalists ran live updates on the newspaper's website during the Kampala protests. This is what they saw and heard from early on Friday morning to just before 15h30 on Friday afternoon.
President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday asked Nigerians to brace up for good governance and development after conducting a credible election that has gone a long way to repair the country's image before the international community.
Cape Town — The construction of unenclosed toilets at the Makhaza informal settlement on the Cape Flats meant that the City of Cape Town had lost sight of the constitutional rights and needs of the poor, the Western Cape High Court ruled on Friday.
DEHIBA, Tunisia (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi fought a gun battle with Tunisian troops in a frontier town on Friday as Libya's conflict spilled over its borders.
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye flew to Kenya on Friday to seek treatment for injuries received during his arrest on Thursday, opposition and airline officials said.
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Two people were killed on Friday and at least 90 injured as police fired live bullets and teargas to try to quell protests across the Ugandan capital over the arrest of an opposition leader.
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Rising food and fuel prices will pose a major challenge for Congo this year, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday, as it announced the release of $80 million in loans to the government.
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Reuters) - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai tried to breathe new life into his floundering MDC party on Friday with plans for a leadership shake-up and a rousing speech in which he called his rivals "oppressors".
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African farmers who lost their privately-owned mineral rights when a new mining act came into effect in 2004 can claim for financial losses, farmers' group Agri SA said following a court ruling.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World Bank President Robert Zoellick travels to Tunisia on Monday, his first visit to the country since a January revolution ousted its leader and sparked similar uprisings across the Middle East.
GENEVA (Reuters) - The European Union presented world trade negotiators with a last-minute plan to rescue stalled free trade talks on Friday, saying there were still avenues of negotiation to explore after 10 years of trying.
20110428 Reuters TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The United States took steps to throw a financial lifeline to rebels controlling eastern Libya while forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi focused their firepower on pockets of resistance in the west.
