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Nigerian Gays Angry With Govt

May 8, 2013

They said they have been harassed and humiliated in recent times across Nigeria. The group said instead of wasting time and energy on homosexuals, the Nigerian government should rather provide the dividends of democracy and accountability to its citizens.

Nigeria: Boko Haram killings in Bama

May 8, 2013 Boko Haram Members Killed By Soldiers While Attacking Bama

According to reports from north-eastern Nigeria, at least 55 people were killed after an early morning attack by militants from the Boko Haram Islamist movement on the town of Bama in Borno state. Boko Haram’s main target was the prison in Bama and the movement succeeded in releasing 105 prisoners.

Mali: Arabs take on Touaregs

May 8, 2013

There have been continuing reports of clashes between Arab and Tuareg fighters around Ber, 60 kilometres north of Timbuktu, triggering the intervention of Burkinabe and Malian troops. 

Goodluck Jonathan in South Africa

May 8, 2013 South Africa and Nigeria are key trading partners on the continent.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan arrived in Nigeria on Tuesday for a state visit aimed at consolidating ties between two of the biggest economies in sub-Saharan Africa.

Chad: Coup plot widens

May 8, 2013 Opposition leaders Saleh Kebzabo and Ngarlejy Yorongar

Following the alleged plot discovered by the Chadian authorities last week in N’Djamena, Chad’s judicial police have called on the national assembly to allow police to interview four members of parliament.

Somalia’s leader hails "new era"

May 7, 2013 Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (left) and British Prime Minister David Cameron

Speaking at a major international conference in London to help Somalia rebuild itself, Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says his country has entered a new era that will herald the end of more than two decades of conflict.

Nigeria military pilots die during Mali mission

May 7, 2013 Nigeria battalion 1, troops for African led international support mission to Mali are seen before their departure at the peace keeping centre in Jaji, Kaduna, Nigeria

Mechanical failure was likely to have caused the fighter jet to crash near Mali's border while it was on a non-combat mission, reports say.

Ivory Coast: President Ouattara’s visit in the west

May 1, 2013

The first issue is that of security. Indeed, since the accession to power of President Ouattara west through an area of turbulence despite the end of the post-election crisis with the arrest of Laurent Gbagbo on 11 April 2011

Ivory Coast: Gov’t promises reply to UN damning report

May 1, 2013 Gnenema Coulibaly, Ivory Coast's justice minister

Ivory Coast's justice minister says the government is open to investigating top security officials accused by United Nations experts of raking in millions of dollars through "warlord-style predatory economic activities.

Benin: President Boni Yayi’tablets replaced with deadly substances

May 1, 2013 Thomas Yayi Boni

Scientific Laboratory of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) revealed after forensic analysis, the packaging of drugs and chemicals to be administered to the Benin President Boni Yayi through his personal physician, with the assistance of the niece of the president are toxic.