20110416
reuters

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia pirates said on Saturday they would keep any Indian nationals from freed ships as hostages until fellow pirates held by India are set free.

20110415
IRIN

Mogadishu — There are a lot of boots to shine in heavily militarized Mogadishu, and a lot of boys to shine them, despite the risks of bombs, bullets and beatings.

20110415
rfi

Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaoré returned to Ouagadougou on Friday, after fleeing the capital when his armed guard launched a mutiny. Witnesses say other soldiers joined in the rebellion, with gunfire and looting reported throughout the night.

20110415
rfi

France, Britain and the US say it is "unthinkable" for Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi to stay in power. The UN should consider a new resolution to address Kadhafi's future, according to France's defence minister.

20110415
SAPA

The killing of a man during a protest in Ficksburg, allegedly at the hands of the police, was widely condemned by political parties, trade unions and civil society on Thursday.

20110415
Daily Independent (Lagos)

At last, the day is here. Today, Nigerians go to the poll to pick their 15th Head of State but fourth democratically elected President.

20110415
reuters

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The government of Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara retracted a statement on Friday that an influential youth leader and staunch supporter of former leader Laurent Gbagbo had been arrested.

20110415
reuters

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates have released a Panamanian-flagged bitumen carrier ship after receiving a ransom, but detained some of its crew, pirates and a maritime official said on Friday.

20110415
reuters

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Disgruntled soldiers in Burkina Faso, including members of President Blaise Compaore's security regiment, fired their weapons in the capital on Friday after going on a rampage in an apparent mutiny, witnesses said.

20110415
reuters

BERLIN (Reuters) - NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Britain voiced optimism on Friday that NATO allies would supply more combat planes for the Libyan mission, but Italy ruled out ordering its planes to open fire.

20110415
reuters

PARIS (Reuters) - France is pushing for NATO approval to extend military strikes on Muammar Gaddafi's army to strategic logistical targets, to try to break a deadlock in Libya's civil war as the civilian death toll mounts.

20110415
reuters

BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday that NATO allies were searching for ways to provide funds to Libya's rebels.

20110415
reuters

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - More than a hundred government rockets crashed into Misrata on Friday after Western allies denounced a "medieval siege" of the city and vowed to keep bombing Muammar Gaddafi's forces until he stepped down

20110415
reuters

WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Heavy flooding in Namibia has killed at least 65 people and displaced 60,000, damaging crops and infrastructure in the southwest African state, a U.N. report said on Friday.

20110415
reuters

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African teacher died in a beating too violent for a broadcaster to keep on air and so reminiscent of apartheid-era police brutality it raised questions over whether the country's police service was failing.

20110415
reuters

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Thousands of nurses at South Africa's biggest private hospital group Netcare are mulling a strike over better pay, union officials said on Friday.

20110414
presstv
Eight Libyans have been killed as dozens of Grad rockets of Muammar Gaddafi forces struck the northern city of Misratah, a revolutionary forces spokesman says.

20110414
presstv
Leaders of the BRICS group, the world's five major emerging powers, have criticized the West for waging a war on Libya, which has caused civilian casualties in the North African state.

20110414
presstv
Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim has accused Qatar of dispatching anti-tank missiles to assist revolutionary forces in the country.

20110414
presstv
Egypt's deposed President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons are set to appear in court on April 19 as a part of an investigation into their 'crimes' against the North African state.