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Gambia executions: Senegal leader Macky Sall’s anger

YoopyaAug 29, 20120

Senegal’s government has summoned the Gambian ambassador to protest against the execution of two of its nationals. President Macky Sall said he would expel the

Abolish Senegal Senate to fund flood relief, says Sall

YoopyaAug 29, 20120

Senegal’s President Macky Sall has called for the country’s Senate to be abolished, with the money saved going to pay for flood relief. He had

Nigeria’s Power Minister Barth Nnaji resigns

YoopyaAug 29, 20120

Nigeria’s Power Minister Barth Nnaji has resigned amid reports that he is linked to a company bidding for a lucrative electricity contract. The government is

Egypt troops step up campaign against Sinai militants

YoopyaAug 29, 20120

Egyptian security forces have killed 11 militants since launching an offensive in the Sinai peninsula earlier this month, the defence ministry has said. The operation,

Nine Gambia prisoners executed amid rights group outcry

YoopyaAug 28, 20120

Nine prisoners have been executed in The Gambia, despite international alarm at an apparent official policy to carry out all death penalties by next month.

Kenyan police fire teargas in Mombasa, tensions rise

YoopyaAug 28, 20120

(Reuters) – Kenyan anti-riot police fired teargas at stone-throwing youths in the port city of Mombasa on Tuesday in a new outburst of violence a

Niger floods cause widespread devastation

YoopyaAug 27, 20120

Heavy flooding in Niger over the past few weeks has killed up to 65 people and left 125,000 homeless. After appeals from the country’s president

South Africa’s Marikana mine closed by ‘intimidation’

YoopyaAug 27, 20120

Miners are being intimidated into staying away from work at the South African mine where 34 people were recently shot dead by police, the owners

Togo women call sex strike against President Gnassingbe

YoopyaAug 27, 20120

Women in Togo have called a week-long sex strike, starting on Monday, to demand the president’s resignation. The ban has been called by opposition coalition

Ex-President Laurent Gbagbo’s aide held in Ivory Coast

YoopyaAug 27, 20120

The secretary-general of the party of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has been arrested, reports say. Laurent Akoun was held in a town north