20110117
xinhua

TUNIS, Jan. 16, (Xinhua) -- The Tunisian soldiers shot dead two gunmen in central Tunis near the interior ministry on Sunday, the state television reported.

20110117
xinhua

NAIROBI, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga left the country on Sunday for Nigeria from where he will travel on to Cote d'Ivoire for the second attempt to resolve the political crisis, which has engulfed the West African nation since the Nov. 28 election.

20110117
xinhua

TUNIS, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- A new government will be formed in Tunisia on Monday, Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi said on state television.

The creation of the new government will be announced on Monday, which will help the country enter a new stage, Ghannouchi said in a statement.

20110117
xinhua

KHARTOUM, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Secretary-General' s Panel on the Referenda in Sudan on Sunday said the polling process in south Sudan referendum allowed the people of south Sudan to express their will freely.

20110117
xinhua

TUNIS, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian TV reported Sunday evening that elements of the Tunisian army were engaged in a gun battle against guards loyal to the ousted president near the presidential palace.

20110116
reuters

ROME (Reuters) - An Italian circus troupe with about 50 animals is appealing for evacuation from Tunisia by ship after being stranded by violent street protests.

20110116
reuters

OTUOKE, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria began the mammoth task of registering an estimated 70 million voters on Saturday, a process which will be key to ensuring nationwide elections in April are more credible than in the past.

20110116
reuters

ABIDJAN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union on Saturday increased the pressure on Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo to step down, freezing assets of the West African country's cocoa-exporting ports, its state oil firm and three banks.

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reuters

ALGIERS (Reuters) - A man has died after setting himself on fire at a government building in Algeria, state radio reported on Sunday, echoing the self-immolation that triggered the protests that toppled the leader of neighbouring Tunisia.

20110116
reuters

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's parliament approved controversial voting reforms on Saturday expected to boost incumbent President Joseph Kabila's chances of re-election in November.

20110116
reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian state security court on Sunday sentenced a Muslim man to death for killing six Coptic Christians and a Muslim police officer in a drive-by shooting on Coptic Christmas Eve in January 2010.

20110116
reuters

ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian opposition party on Sunday selected Ibrahim Shekarau, governor of the northern state of Kano, as its candidate to run against President Goodluck Jonathan in April elections.

20110116
reuters

JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - South Sudan's polling centres closed their doors on Saturday after a week-long vote on independence from the north that could end a vicious cycle of civil war with the creation of the world's newest state.

20110116
reuters

ABUJA (Reuters) - Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga will meet Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday to discuss the crisis in Ivory Coast, the latest piece of shuttle diplomacy to try to end an election stand-off.

20110116
reuters

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian politicians tried to form a unity government on Sunday but the relative calm enforced by the army two days after the president was ousted was broken by a gunfight outside an opposition party headquarters.

20110115
allAfrica.com

The internationally recognized president of Cote d'Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, said Friday that he believes the end of January will be "an important benchmark" in the struggle to get incumbent Laurent Gbagbo to give up power.

20110115
African Union

The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 257 th meeting held on 15 January 2011, considered the situation in Tunisia, in the light of the departure of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. In this respect, Council followed a briefing by the Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the African Union.

20110115
IPS

Port-Louis — A new initiative to support production of renewable energy in Mauritius may provide a model for other countries to follow suit.

20110115
Independent (Lagos)

President Goodluck Jonathan and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar have moved into the second stanza of their individual political calculations; the management of the after effect of Thursday's National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sunday Independent has learnt.

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Lagos — Despite some progress, Nigeria is lagging behind its peers in reducing deaths among children under five. The mortality rate remains worryingly high for newborn infants - 700 children less than 28 days old die in the country every day.