By Ali Shuaib TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Abdel Hakim Belhadj, one of Libya’s most powerful militia leaders, is quitting to devote himself full-time to politics, an
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s Reserve Bank has approved the provision of a committed liquidity facility from which lenders in the country can draw from
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The European Union’s anti-piracy naval force said on Tuesday it had attacked pirate installations on the Somali coastline by air, the first
By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) – Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), a Lagos-based development financier, is considering potential investments worth $3 billion across sub-Saharan Africa over
(Reuters) – Former Liberian President Charles Taylor will on Wednesday tell judges he bears no responsibility for atrocities during Sierra Leone’s 11-year civil war, rejecting
By Helen Nyambura-Mwaura JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Sub-Saharan Africa’s economies will expand at a slower rate in 2012 than earlier projected, undermined by global financial distress
By Joe Brock ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is coming under pressure to prosecute top officials implicated in a $6.8 billion fuel subsidy