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Politicians say the result of a vote on whether to leave the European intergovernmental body should be respected.
Inspired by the UCT protests, the "Rhodes Must Fall in Oxford" wants the colonialist’s statue removed from their own university.
UK media has gushed over the news that a giant panda could be pregnant, recalling the frenzy over the birth of royal baby Prince George.
Big crowds lined the route of London’s mass road race to cheer on 36 000 runners, may of whom wore black ribbons to honour the dead and wounded.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has appealed to Britain’s Supreme Court not to extradite him to Sweden over accusations of sex crimes.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday confirmed May 6 as the date for a parliamentary election.
Air France will compensate through its insurers the families of the victims of a June 1 crash in which 228 people died.
The world economy will go through a rough patch this year and governments and central banks must revisit the way they operate, the IMF says.
The risk of renewed violence in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta is increasing because militants are frustrated by a lack of concrete results from peace talks, a key…
A Nigerian tribunal will rule on Tuesday whether the election of President Umaru Yar’Adua was valid, a decision that could entrench a disputed government or tip Africa’s most…
A rebel group from Nigeria’s oil producing Niger Delta demanded on Wednesday that lawyers, relatives and the Red Cross be allowed to see their detained leader, Henry Okah, to…
In the minds of its creators, the Tinapa resort in south-eastern Nigeria will rival Dubai or London as a shopping and trading paradise for rich and enterprising Nigerians. In…
Umaru Yar’Adua looks serene in the official portrait hanging in a courtroom where lawyers in black robes are trying to unseat him as president of Nigeria. But his position may be…
Guns, machetes and looted public funds are the real instruments of power in Nigeria, where politicians backed by unelected ”godfathers” use hired thugs to win office, Human…
Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua came to power under the shadow of disputed elections and an overbearing predecessor, but his first two months in office have shown evidence that…
The main rebel group in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta said on Monday the abduction of a three-year-old British girl was unrelated to political violence and the armed…
A three-year-old British girl was freed on Sunday four days after being kidnapped in Nigeria, and her mother said the toddler was in good health except for mosquito bites. Gunmen…
A Nigerian militant group responsible for most of the attacks that have crippled the country’s oil industry has called off a one-month truce, the group’s spokesperson said on…
Tentative moves by Nigeria’s new government to subdue attacks on the oil industry have drawn mixed reactions from rebel factions in the Niger Delta and sporadic violence is…
A former Nigerian militia leader whose release has raised hopes of improved security in the oil-producing Niger Delta has pledged to continue his struggle for local control of…
