(PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma, as head of the Southern African Development Community’s (Sadc) organ on politics, defence and security, has appealed to the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) to comply with a call to surrender their arms. The FDLR operates…

(Pour la première fois depuis 2011, les forces libyennes ont mené dimanche des raids sur des positions islamistes à Misrata. L’intervention a été mise en place après des frappes islamistes contre le terminal pétrolier d’Al-Sedra. Les forces libyennes n’avaient pas lancé de…

(ZAMBIA, Tanzania and Kenya have signed a US$1.2 billion power inter-connector project agreement aimed at promoting trade in electricity and to foster economic integration.The inter-governmental agreement signed yesterday sets out principles that will define the relationship among the three countries as they…

(The U.N. Ebola chief said Thursday it will take several more months before the outbreak in West Africa is under control, an assessment that makes clear the U.N.’s goal of isolating 100 per cent of Ebola cases by Jan. 1 won’t be…

(The European Union (EU) has pledged 61 million euros ($75 million) as fresh support to combat the deadly Ebola disease in West Africa, the European Commission announced Monday. EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, announced the aid during his…

(Events to mark Nelson Mandela’s first death anniversary include interfaith prayer service and a cricket match. South Africans have started marking the first anniversary of the death of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, who died last year at the age of 95.)

(Deadly raid comes against backdrop of hostilities between Islamist extremists al-Shabaab and Kenyan government.At least 36 people are feared dead after gunmen staged an attack on a quarry in north-east Kenya, according to the Red Cross.)  

(South Africa, which continues to have the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS infection in the world, will mark World Aids Day on Monday with a variety of activities including a reunion of activists.”The reunion, hosted in Johannesburg, will involve many individuals who had…

(Namibians are choosing a new president and parliament – in what is Africa’s first electronic ballot.The ruling South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo) is expected to win the poll and Prime Minister Hage Geingob to become president. Opposition parties had challenged the…

(Au moins quarante-cinq personnes ont été tuées mercredi 19 novembre dans une attaque attribuée à Boko Haram d’un village du nord-est du Nigeria, fief de l’insurrection islamiste, ont indiqué jeudi des témoins et des responsables officiels. L’attaque a visé Azaya Kura, dans…