South Sudan’s five-year-long civil war has left possibly tens of thousands of people without limbs — a toll that may never be accurately established
The police chief revised the death toll to 21 from 14, saying the victims included 16 Kenyans, one American, one Briton and three of African descent
The attack at DusitD2 is the first in Nairobi in five years, when gunmen stormed the city’s Westgate shopping mall, killing at least 67 people
Kenyan police clashed with both ruling party and opposition supporters ahead of the swearing in of President Uhuru Kenyatta after two disputed polls
Electoral officials tallied votes on Sunday from general elections seen as a key test of the west African nation’s post-war recovery.
Senegal’s president elect Macky Sall has hailed a new era after triumphing over veteran leader Abdoulaye Wade in Sunday’s runoff presidential vote.
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/ 11 February 2012
Sahel states are bracing for a long hungry season, many weakened by the return of people from Libya who are creating fresh strife.
Abdoulaye Wade has rallied voters in Senegal’s city of Thies despite a storm of criticism over his third-term presidential bid.
Senegal’s opposition has prepared for mass resistance against President Abdoulaye Wade’s third term bid — validated despite violent weekend riots.
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/ 25 November 2011
Yahya Jammeh scored a landslide win in presidential polls on Friday, securing a fourth term at the helm of the tiny state.
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/ 24 November 2011
Despite boasting Africa’s first female president and a Nobel prize for women’s rights, Liberia’s women are still vulnerable to the threat of rape.
Gambia’s election campaign has wrapped up with rival presidential candidates staging rallies in the tiny capital Banjul ahead of polls.
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/ 14 October 2011
Liberia’s Nobel winner and incumbent president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf took a strong lead over rival Winston Tubman on Friday.
Liberians are voting in the country’s second election since it emerged from a 14-year civil war in 2003, a litmus test of its fragile democracy.
Liberia buzzed with election fever as Nobel laureates, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and women’s activist Leymah Gbowee took to the streets.
Liberians are weighing the impact of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s Nobel Peace Prize victory which has been slammed as an unfair boost ahead of elections.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has called on African countries to work harder to get life-saving vaccines to children.
Forces backing Alassane Ouattara captured key cities on Wednesday and warned rival Laurent Gbagbo they would march on his stronghold.
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Côte d’Ivoire was criticised by rival camps on Tuesday.
Heavy fighting broke out in Côte d’Ivoire on Wednesday hours after Alassane Ouattara offered rival Laurent Gbagbo a chance to quit power.
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/ 16 November 2010
Senegal’s most beautiful sheep is crowned in a competition that shows the bond between Senegalese men and their pets.
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/ 25 October 2009
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan faces a massive shortfall in tax revenues as he presents the mid-term budget on Tuesday.
As Nelson Mandela turns 91 on Saturday, his family and his foundation are trying to harness his status to promote community service on his birthday.
Massive debts and a spate of top-level resignations have pushed the South African Broadcasting Corporation to near-collapse.
The buzz around the 2010 World Cup has made its way into art.
After building mega-resorts from the Bahamas to Dubai, tycoon Sol Kerzner is back home in South Africa with a posh new $100-million hotel.
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/ 10 February 2009
SA is expected to launch a slew of spending to shore up its economy against the downturn when Finance Minister Trevor Manuel unveils his budget.
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/ 1 February 2009
Smooth and elegant with a medley of tastes as diverse as the terroir which yields it, South Africa’s wine industry has proved it ages well.
The HIV-positive mother takes a deep breath as her name is called, scurrying behind the doctor who will tell her whether she has infected her baby.
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/ 12 December 2007
Constant power cuts are darkening the mood among South Africans, with President Thabo Mbeki admitting that the government was at fault for ignoring growing energy needs. Africa’s largest economy is buckling under energy pressures after failing to heed pleas by state power utility Eskom to invest more in electricity generation.
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/ 2 December 2007
Slowing new HIV infections is the key to combating the Aids pandemic, Nelson Mandela told the tens of thousands gathered for his 46664 benefit concert to mark World Aids Day on Saturday. The Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg erupted in screams before falling silent as Mandela urged people to stand up and take the fight against Aids into their own hands.
The tiny kingdom of Lesotho is the unlikely venue for ambitious plans to create the number one destination for skiers in Africa. "This is going to be the biggest ski resort in Africa," says Ollie Esplin, manager of the Afri-Ski resort, as he tries to explain how to minimise the risks of meltdown in Lesotho’s picturesque Mahlasela Valley.