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Lucie Peytermann
UN envoy on migrants criticises ‘blindness’ of EU on Libya
The EU’s leadership team must renew pressure on Libyan authorities to come up with an alternative to this system of arbitrary detention
Shots fired as Madagascar’s ex-president denounces ‘coup’
Madagascar police fired shots on Wednesday after supporters of the island’s toppled leader clashed with those backing his foe.
Thousands protest at Madagascar ‘coup’
Thousands of Madagascans on Tuesday demonstrated for a second consecutive day against Andry Rajoelina’s army-backed removal of Marc Ravalomanana.
Madagascar’s president vows to resist rebels
About 100 soldiers backed by tanks stormed the Madagascan presidential compound on Monday in a show of force by the military.
Ravalomanana concedes to referendum
Embattled Madagascar President Marc Ravalomanana said on Sunday he would submit to a ”referendum” to settle a deadly stand-off.
DRC rebels pull back as malnutrition soars
DRC rebel fighters pulled back on Wednesday from two key battlefronts as aid workers warned of a massive increase in malnutrition.
Kenya opposition leader snubs coalition talks
Kenya opposition leader Raila Odinga refused to meet President Mwai Kibaki for coalition government talks on Monday, deepening a stalemate on the naming of a new Cabinet. The…
Kenya strife keeps world’s oldest pupil from school
Kimani Nganga sat in a classroom for the first time when he was 84. Four years later, the world’s oldest person to date to start school is stranded in one of Kenya’s camps for…
Kenya sect violence masks deeper threat
Kenya is trying to clamp down on a sect, the Mungiki, accused of occultist rituals and beheadings, but which is also seen as a threat to stability. Analysts say the Mungiki is…
UN: Environmental woes a cause of Sudan conflict
Lasting peace in Sudan will not be possible unless the fractious country takes serious steps to address alarming environmental woes, said a United Nations report published on…
Welcome to ‘Nairobbery’
Once hailed as a ”City in the Sun”, the Kenyan capital is increasingly depicted as reeling under violent crime where crooks with weapons — some only toys but frighteningly…
Ignorance breeds children among Kenyan teens
Margaret Waigumo cuddles her baby in a squalid house in the teeming "Soweto" slum, east of Nairobi, joining a growing number on the list of Kenya’s teen parents, victims of…
Islamist elected president in coup-plagued Comoros
Islamist candidate Ahmed Abdalla Sambi won a landslide victory in weekend presidential elections in the coup-plagued Comoro islands, according to provisional results announced on…
Poverty and tradition fuel Aids on Lake Victoria shores
On the banks of Africa’s largest lake, a deadly cocktail of poverty, prostitution and tribal widow inheritance practices is fuelling a surge in HIV/Aids even as progress is made…
Lake Victoria groans as pollution takes toll
With a huge amount of detergent, a young man washes a bus on the shores of Lake Victoria while a woman nearby cleans dishes seemingly oblivious to the chemical contamination.…