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Uganda to withdraw troops from Somalia, says Mukasa

YoopyaNov 3, 20120

Uganda will withdraw its forces from UN-backed international missions, Security Minister Muruli Mukasa says, escalating a long-running row. Mr Mukasa said the government had sent

Nigerian ‘youths executed’ in Boko Haram stronghold

YoopyaNov 3, 20120

Dozens of young men have been shot dead in Nigeria by the military in Maiduguri, residents in the north-eastern city have told the BBC. An

Anger at Ghana salary increases for politicians

YoopyaNov 3, 20120

A significant increase in salaries for Ghana’s president, ministers and other top officials has been criticised by anti-corruption campaigners. Parliament agreed to the pay rise

Jilted Africa cool to US vote after Obama fever fades

YoopyaNov 2, 20120

By Njuwa Maina and Tosin Sulaiman KOGELO, Kenya/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – In the tiny Kenyan village of Kogelo, U.S. President Barack Obama’s ancestral homeland, some people talk

Nigerian forces making Islamist insurgency worse: Amnesty

YoopyaNov 2, 20120

By Joe Brock ABUJA (Reuters) – Human rights abuses committed by Nigeria’s security forces in their fight against Islamist sect Boko Haram are fuelling the very

Guinea swears in new electoral commission

YoopyaNov 2, 20120

CONAKRY (Reuters) – Guinea has sworn in a new electoral commission after an initial boycott by the opposition, which claimed the government had tampered with its

South Africa gold workers to return after bonus spat

YoopyaNov 2, 20120

(Reuters) – Striking miners at AngloGold Ashanti will return to work on Sunday at two mines where operations were suspended this week in a dispute

Sudan police fire teargas to disperse farm region protest

YoopyaNov 1, 20120

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese police fired teargas to disperse hundreds of protesters in a farming region south of the capital on Wednesday, witnesses said. The demonstrators,

S.Africa police fire rubber bullets at striking miners

YoopyaOct 30, 20120

By Sherilee Lakmidas RUSTENBURG, South Africa (Reuters) – South African police fired rubber bullets and teargas on Tuesday at striking Amplats miners who were protesting against

Senegal’s Sall replaces interior, foreign ministers in reshuffle

YoopyaOct 30, 20120

DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegalese President Macky Sall has fired his interior and foreign ministers in his first cabinet reshuffle since taking office six months ago, the