20110422
vanguard

Prominent Nigerians are deploring the violence that erupted in some northern states in the aftermath of the presidential election and say it is unacceptable.

20110423
reuters

Nairobi — Hundreds of people took to the streets of Nairobi on 19 April to protest against the rising cost of fuel, which they blame on the government.

20110423
reuters

Dar es Salaam — Religious and political leaders yesterday called on Tanzanians to maintain peace and harmony in the course of celebrating Easter, while ensuring that matters of national importance, including constitutional reform are discussed soberly.

20110423
reuters

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Government forces retreated in Libya's coastal city of Misrata after two months of siege, but seized a rebel town in the remote Western Mountains, with no sign yet of Muammar Gaddafi being dislodged from power.

20110423
reuters

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates have freed a Greek-owned ship they seized in January, pirates and a maritime official said.

20110423
reuters

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chadian President Idriss Deby is set to win a fourth term in an April 25 election following a boycott of the poll by major opposition candidates in the oil-producing Central African state.

20110423
reuters

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Any Kenyan court set up to try suspects accused of violence after a disputed election in 2007 would be unsuitable for high profile cases but could handle the hundreds of lesser crimes, the U.S. ambassador said on Saturday.

20110423
reuters

KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least two suspected bomb-makers were killed in a blast in Kaduna in northern Nigeria on Saturday, a city at the centre of post-election violence in which hundreds of people are thought to have died this week.

20110423
reuters

QENA, Egypt (Reuters) - Thousands of Egyptians on Friday demanded the sacking of three provincial governors who had served in the police force of deposed President Hosni Mubarak, testing the authority of the new government.

20110423
reuters

TUNISIA-LIBYA BORDER (Reuters) - Libyan rebels rushed supplies on Saturday to remote mountain towns under attack by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, cheered by reports of gains for fellow fighters in the city of Misrata.

20110423
reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - At least 15 people were killed by booby-traps and in ambushes set up by Gaddafi brigades on Saturday while withdrawing from the Libyan city of Misrata, a rebel spokesman told Al Jazeera television.

20110423
Nairobi Star

The appointment of Justice Isaac Lenaola as a judge of the East African Court of Justice has caused division in the Judicial Service Commission.

20110423
the monitor

Dar-es-Salaam — The East African Law Society has warned that the government of Uganda risks being taken to the International Criminal Court for its alleged violence against innocent civilians.

20110422
State Department

Washington — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the Obama administration wants to work with the African Union to find a political solution to the violence in Libya, as well as to work more closely with the organization to promote open and transparent governance across Africa.

20110422
RFI

Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak will be detained by the country's state prosecutor for a further 15 days amid a probe into a bloody crackdown on protesters and corruption, Mena news agency said Friday.

20110420
Zimbabwe Independent

PLANS to adopt a single currency for the 15-member Southern African Development Community (Sadc) by 2018 could be overtaken by a much broader regional single currency and customs project that would include two other trade blocs, Industry and International Trade minister Welshman Ncube has said.

20110423
reuters

MISRATA, Libya, April 23 - Washington should deploy ground attack aircraft against Muammar Gaddafi's forces and recognise the rebels, leading U.S. Senator John McCain said, becoming highest-profile Western politician to visit rebel-held Libya.

20110423
reuters

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - NATO jets hit a target near Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's compound in central Tripoli early on Saturday, which the government described as a car park but which Reuters reporters said looked like a bunker.

20110423
reuters

MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - A group of wounded Libyan soldiers captured by rebels in Misrata said on Saturday they had come under fierce attack from insurgents as the army tried to retreat from the besieged coastal city.

20110423
reuters

KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least two suspected bomb-makers were killed in a blast in Kaduna in northern Nigeria on Saturday, a city at the centre of post-election violence in which hundreds of people are thought to have died this week.