Africa
New protests in Tanzania’s main city after chaotic election
Police in Tanzania’s main city of Dar es Salaam fired gunshots and teargas on Thursday to disperse protesters who returned to the ...Sudanese force’s capture of Darfur city could entrench country’s split
By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir Reuters A Sudanese paramilitary force is battling the last pockets of resistance in a Darfur city ...Africa’s ageing presidents govern world’s youngest populations
The presidents of Cameroon and Ivory Coast, 92 and 83 respectively, are each seeking to extend decades of rule, reflecting a trend ...Khartoum’s shattered factories pick up the pieces as war rages
By Eltayeb Siddig Reuters In the heart of Khartoum state’s largest industrial zone, an engineer bends over a broken machine with a ...General strike, protests paralyse Tunisia’s Gabes over pollution crisis
By Tarek Amara Reuters A general strike and tens of thousands of protesters brought the southern Tunisian city of Gabes to a ...Ivory Coast town rocked by massacre uses marriages to make peace
By Loucoumane Coulibaly Reuters In a town in Ivory Coast torn apart by election violence and mass killings more than a decade ...Madagascar coup leader Randrianirina sworn in as president
By Lovasoa Rabary Reuters Madagascar’s coup leader Colonel Michael Randrianirina was sworn in as president on Friday, after the military took power in the ...Cameroon opposition’s Tchiroma claims election victory, urges Biya to concede
by: EMMANUEL TUMANJONG, NGALA KILLIAN CHIMTOM and MARK BANCHEREAU, Associated Press Cameroon opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary claimed victory in the Oct. 12 ...Madagascar president flees as military joins Gen Z coup
By SARAH TETAUD and GERALD IMRAY,Associated Press Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina said he has fled the country in fear for his life following ...Surging Nile waters inundate Egypt and Sudan, revive row over Ethiopian mega-dam
By Dina Sakr and Mohamed Ezz CAIRO (Reuters) -Rising Nile waters inundated homes and fields in northern Egypt over the weekend, forcing ...














