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Suicide car bomb kills 11 in Somalia

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:03:03 +1100

At least 11 people have been killed by a suicide bomber in Somalia's capital Mogadishu when an explosive-laden vehicle was detonated.

Police and protesters clash in Senegal

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:25:57 +1100

Clashes have erupted between security forces and protesters in Senegal ahead of a campaign rally by the country's ageing president.

Twin bomb blasts rock Nigeria

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:42:46 +1100

Gunmen blew up a police station and shot one officer in Nigeria's flashpoint city of Kano on as blasts rocked a market in Maiduguri, the base of the Boko Haram Islamists, police said.

Fossil find could be world's first animals

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:00:19 +1100

Tiny fossils in rocks more than 550 million years old are claimed to be the first animals, and could push emergence of animals back millions of years.

First trial of Gaddafi loyalists held

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:00:07 +1100

Libya has put 41 loyalists of dead dictator Muammar Gaddafi on trial in the first legal proceedings launched against members of the former regime.

Three die in Egypt clashes over riot

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:49:50 +1100

Three people have died as protesters took to the streets of Cairo angry the police failed to prevent a deadly soccer riot days earlier.

UN declares Somalia famine over

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:25:19 +1100

Famine conditions have ended in war-torn Somalia six months after they were first declared, but the situation remains dire with nearly a third of the population needing emergency support, the UN said.

Two shot dead in Egypt violence

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:50:28 +1100

Two men were killed as Egyptian police and protesters clashed in the northeastern city of Suez, medical sources said, amid growing anger over the deaths of 74 people in post-football violence.

Egypt announces three days of mourning

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:52:11 +1100

Egypt's ruling military council has announced three days of mourning after at least 74 die in clashes between fans of rival football teams.

FIFA condemns deadly Egypt football riots

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:37:58 +1100

At least 74 people were killed and the army deployed after sport fan violence in the Egyptian city of Port Said, in what FIFA called a 'black day for football.'

Students clash with police in Senegal

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:49:03 +1100

Unrest is continuing in Senegal as college students protest against the continued rule of 85-year-old president Abdoulaye Wade.

Scores killed in Egypt football violence

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:53:29 +1100

At least 50 people were killed after a soccer pitch invasion in the Egyptian city of Port Said, health ministry sources said, raising the official estimate of the death count from 25.

Gabon downs Tunisia: Sport in Brief

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:06:31 +1100

All the action from the African Cup of Nations as well as the battle between the Manchester clubs at the top of the EPL.

Egyptian MPs challenge military rulers

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:58:05 +1100

MPs have accused Egypt's military rulers of overstepping their authority by issuing a law that lays out rules for the election of a president.

Senegal protesters demand Wade step down

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:16:10 +1100

Thousands of protesters have gathered in Dakar calling on President Abdoulaye Wade not to contest the presidential election.

Nigeria leading African growth surge

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:11:29 +1100

Despite economic malaise in many of the world's advanced economies, growth in Africa continues at a pace, not least in its most populous nation of Nigeria.

Islamist rebels ban Red Cross from Somalia

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:58:21 +1100

Somalia's Islamist al Shabaab rebels have banned the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), ordering it to close its emergency relief operations in the war-torn regions it controls.

2 shot dead in Senegal election protest

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:37:42 +1100

Police in northern Senegal have opened fire on men and women protesting the president's plan to run for a third term, killing two.

Up to 500,000 may need food aid in Sudan

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:03:13 +1100

There are fears as many as a half million people could be forced to flee Sudan if the government does not allow humanitarian aid into the country.

76 slaughtered in South Sudan

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:00:52 +1100

Dozens slaughtered in newly independent South Sudan. Victims include women, children and the elderly.