Africa

Zuma sues paper over cartoon

The President of South Africa Jacob Zuma is suing a media group over a two-year-old political cartoon depicting him in a sexually suggestive scene with a figure representing "Lady Justice".

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Sudan: Women arrested in flogging protest

Wednesday, 15 December 2010

Sudanese police yesterday arrested dozens of women protesting against laws they say humiliate women after a video of a woman being flogged in public appeared on the internet.

EU launches Ivorian sanctions as tensions grow

Tuesday, 14 December 2010

The European Union agreed to impose sanctions on Ivory Coast incumbent Laurent Gbagbo yesterday, and his army deployed near his rival's headquarters in a standoff later defused by the UN envoy.

Defeated President refuses to concede

Sunday, 12 December 2010

The stability of Ivory Coast, one of West Africa's most volatile states, deteriorated further yesterday, one week after a disputed presidential election.

CCTV footage 'shows Dewani giving package to taxi driver'

Saturday, 11 December 2010

Significant new evidence has come to light against Shrien Dewani in the case of his wife's murder, the High Court in London was told yesterday.

South Africa's FirstRand to run Zambia's Finance Bank

Saturday, 11 December 2010

Zambia's central bank has appointed South Africa's FirstRand (FSRJ.J) to run a key commercial bank facing collapse due to poor management, a central bank spokesman said today.

Barefoot orchestra blows its own horn

Saturday, 11 December 2010

Kinshasa, the chaotic capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is used to just about every noise imaginable.

Explorer feared dead after Congo croc attack

Friday, 10 December 2010

A renowned outdoorsman who wrote movingly about testing himself against nature was feared dead today after a crocodile snatched him from his kayak while he led an American expedition from the source of the White Nile into the heart of Congo.

Crocodile kills expedition leader

Friday, 10 December 2010

An acclaimed South African outdoorsman who was leading an expedition from the source of the White Nile into Congo was presumed dead yesterday after being dragged from his kayak by a crocodile.

Drug company 'investigated legal chief'

Friday, 10 December 2010

The latest cables from whistle-blowing website Wikileaks include allegations against Pfizer. The world's largest pharmaceutical company is said to have hired investigators to dig up corruption allegations against Nigeria's attorney general, as leverage against a proposed legal action.

UN urges Ivory Coast leader to admit defeat in landmark vote

Thursday, 9 December 2010

Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo had no grounds to dispute the results of the presidential election on 28 November which gave his rival, Alassane Ouattara, victory, the United Nations said yesterday after reviewing the vote.

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