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Analysis: Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala seeks reform without the godfathers

YoopyaSep 12, 20120

(Reuters) – Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is battling to reform one of the world’s most corrupt nations without support from the shadowy “godfathers” who

Ivory Coast sees $3.9 bln in farm spending through 2015

YoopyaSep 11, 2012June 29, 20240

By Loucoumane Coulibaly ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast plans to invest 2 trillion CFA francs on farming through 2015 to improve crop yields for its

ANC rebel calls for national mine strike in S.Africa

YoopyaSep 11, 20120

By Alvin Andrews CARLETONVILLE, South Africa (Reuters) – ANC renegade Julius Malema called on Tuesday for a national strike in South Africa’s mining sector, stirring

Special Report: In Nigeria, a concrete get-rich scheme

YoopyaSep 11, 20120

(Reuters) – Aliko Dangote has always liked making things to sell. As a child he boiled up sugar to make sweets he sold around town;

Mali Islamists say army killing of preachers declaration of war

YoopyaSep 10, 20120

BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali Islamic militant group MUJWA said on Sunday the killing of 16 Muslim preachers including eight Mauritanians and eight Malians by an

Dozens killed in clashes between Sudan army and rebels

YoopyaSep 8, 20120

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Clashes erupted between Sudan’s army and rebels in the western Darfur region and in a southern state, killing dozens of people including

S.African police shot fleeing miners, witness says

YoopyaSep 8, 20120

By Peroshni Govender and Tiisetso Motsoeneng MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) – A survivor of last month’s police killing of 34 strikers at a South African

Human rights group alleges U.S. waterboarded Gaddafi opponents

YoopyaSep 6, 2012March 8, 20230

(Reuters) – A human rights organization says it has collected evidence of two previously unreported cases in which U.S. agents used waterboarding or a similar

Militant South Africa union snubs Lonmin “peace deal”

YoopyaSep 6, 2012May 16, 20240

(Reuters) – South Africa’s militant AMCU union refused to sign a “peace deal” with platinum company Lonmin on Thursday, undermining government-backed efforts to open pay

Kenyan minister avoids censure over printing deal

YoopyaSep 5, 20120

NAIROBI (Reuters) – A Kenyan cabinet minister survived censure on Tuesday after parliament threw out a report by a parliamentary committee that accused him of