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/ 12 November 2011
Etienne Tshisekedi has proclaimed himself president and ordered his followers to stage jailbreaks to free detained colleagues.
Historians say the genocide committed by German soldiers in what they called South West Africa was a precursor to the Nazi holocaust of the Jews.
Twelve-year-old Ontlametse Phalatse is the first black child diagnosed with progeria, a rare and fatal condition that accelerates the aging process.
The race to lead sub-Saharan Africa’s largest country kicks off this week with presidential candidates registering for the November election.
Three months into the fight against Muammar Gaddafi, the rebels complain they have yet to see a penny of the hundreds of millions of dollars on offer.
The fate of former strongman Laurent Gbagbo will be an indicator of how calls for reconciliation play out in the West African nation.
A warlord who began the battle to wrest Côte d’Ivoire’s commercial capital from soldiers says a lack of military coordination cost too many lives.
Forces loyal to Côte d’Ivoire’s elected president killed hundreds of civilians and raped his rival’s supporters, Human Rights Watch said.
Haiti’s Jean-Bertrand Aristide is leaving exile in South Africa in just a few hours, despite President Barack Obama’s bid to keep him away.
The tip-off led intelligence agents to an US jet loaded with half a tonne of gold, a Houston diamond merchant and a car chase that produced $6,8m.