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Europe: EU and Africa hold summit to boost ties

YoopyaApr 2, 2014September 16, 20230

BRUSSELS (AP) — Leaders of some 70 nations in Africa and Europe are seeking to improve political and economic cooperation between the two continents at

Uganda holds thanksgiving event for anti-gay law

YoopyaMar 31, 2014July 21, 20230

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has launched fresh condemnation of gays, saying they deserve punishment because homosexuality is criminal and it

Africa: South Africa’s Zuma denies wrongdoing over $23 million home upgrade

YoopyaMar 31, 2014July 21, 20230

(Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma has denied any wrongdoing over a $23 million state-funded security upgrade to his private home, in his first

Africa: Zimbabwe’s Mugabe says will boycott EU-Africa summit over wife’s visa

YoopyaMar 31, 2014July 21, 20230

(Reuters) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will not attend a European Union-Africa summit next week if his wife is denied a visa to travel with

Africa: Kenyan president says tourism sector ‘on its knees’ after attacks

YoopyaMar 31, 2014July 21, 20230

(Reuters) – Kenya’s vital tourism sector is on its knees after attacks by al Qaeda-linked Islamist militants carried out in retaliation for its intervention in

Africa: Mali swears in court to hear treason case against ex-president

YoopyaMar 28, 2014September 8, 20230

(Reuters) – Mali swore in a new high court on Thursday that will be charged with hearing a case of high treason against former President

South Africa: Pistorius murder trial adjourned until April 7

YoopyaMar 28, 2014July 21, 20230

(Reuters) – The murder trial of Oscar Pistorius was adjourned on Friday until April 7, when the South African Paralympic and Olympic track star is

Africa: Suspect in Ivory Coast election deaths faces court

YoopyaMar 27, 2014September 26, 20230

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A former youth leader accused of involvement in murder, rapes and persecution during violence after Ivory Coast’s 2010 elections declared

Africa: Egypt appoints a new defense minister

YoopyaMar 27, 2014September 26, 20230

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s interim president has sworn in a new defense minister after the country’s army chief resigned so he could run in presidential

Africa: AU brands Central African Republic militia ‘terrorists’ after peacekeeper killed

YoopyaMar 26, 2014September 16, 20230

(Reuters) – The African Union on Tuesday branded militia targeting Muslims in Central African Republic as terrorists and said they would be treated as enemy