20110428 Reuters ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's ruling party has lost control of at least two states in governorship elections, according to results emerging on Wednesday, although it performed strongly in some parts of the mostly-Muslim north.
20110428 Reuters ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast has launched a criminal probe against former president Laurent Gbagbo, his wife Simone and 100 other close associates over alleged human rights abuses, a government spokesman said on Wednesday.
20110428 Reuters KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye was dragged from his car by police on Thursday and thrown into a pickup truck during a fifth round of protests against high food and fuel prices, a Reuters witness said.
20110428 Reuters ALGIERS (Reuters) - Two Algerian paramilitary police were killed on Wednesday in a bomb attack in a traditional stronghold of al Qaeda's north African wing, a security official said.
20110428 Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) - A fire that erupted on an Egyptian gas export pipeline after it was attacked by an armed gang early on Wednesday could rage for days before engineers are able to begin repairs, a security source said.
20110428 Reuters LILONGWE (Reuters) - Britain ordered Malawi's acting ambassador to leave the country on Wednesday soon after the African state expelled Britain's envoy over his criticism of its leader.
20110428 Reuters RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco's King Mohammed has ordered public and private sector wage and pension rises also benefit the army, paramilitary police, auxiliary forces and civil rescue services.
20110428 presstv The United States and its allies do not seem to be serious in their intentions to remove Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi from power, says a political analyst.
20110428 presstv The leader of a militia group that helped Ivory Coast's new president to topple his rival Laurent Gbagbo has been killed after he and his men refused to obey a presidential order to disarm.
20110428 presstv The United States has permitted oil deals with Libyan Transitional National Council (TNC) in an effort to financially push the fight against the country's ruler Muammar Gaddafi.
20110428 presstv Ivory Coast's government forces have moved into the stronghold of militia amid fragile security situation after the overthrow of former President Laurent Gbagbo.
Otueke — President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday said declaration of state of emergency in any part of the country due to violence in some States would only be considered after every other option at peace has failed.
Kampala/Luweero — Thirty residents of Luweero District were yesterday arrested by police when they tried to take food to Forum for Democratic Change president Kizza Besigye who is being held at a prison in the neighbouring Nakasongola District.
Nairobi — A farming technology that uses intercropping to repel insect pests from food crops has been given a new lease of life by a programme to expand its uptake.
Duekoue — Doh St Michel fled his village near Duékoué in western Côte d'Ivoire after gunfire erupted and farmers were killed on 28 November 2010, the day of the presidential run-off election.
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Criminal investigations against former president Laurent Gbagbo, his wife and 100 other people in his close circle have begun, Ivory Coast's new government said on Wednesday.
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Military deadlock in Libya has exposed growing international rifts, with critics of NATO bombing calling it another case of the West trying to overthrow a regime by stretching the terms of a U.N. resolution.
UYO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Ballot box snatching and thuggery marred state governorship elections in parts of Nigeria on Tuesday, although there was little of the orchestrated mob violence which has undermined similar votes in the past.
