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Six Mozambique soldiers have been killed in an attack by militia members on an arms depot, a report says.
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Zimbabwe's official electoral body says it will for the first time take disciplinary action against journalists for unfair reporting ahead of the nation's upcoming elections.
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Former SA president Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela arrived at the Pretoria hospital where the elder statesman is being treated.
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Nelson Mandela’s wife Graça Machel has thanked South Africans and others around the world for the messages of support for her husband.
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Pan Africanist Youth Congress of Azania spokesperson Sello Tladi said former president Nelson Mandela was a sell-out.
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17 June 2013, 11:04
Morsi's new tough tone on Syria raises concerns of a nod to jihadi fighters
17 June 2013, 10:16
A Cairo court sentenced an Egyptian Muslim preacher to 11 years in jail for blasphemy for burning a Bible during a protest last year.
17 June 2013, 09:12
Libya's premier was due to meet local authorities in Benghazi, as special forces units patrolled the city a day after clashes with gunmen killed six soldiers.
17 June 2013, 07:16
Ex-president Nelson Mandela's condition from the recurring lung infection which has lead to him spending a ninth day in hospital, continues to improve, doctors say.
17 June 2013, 06:32
President Robert Mugabe accused political rivals of seeking to delay elections in Zimbabwe because they fear defeat.
14 June 2013, 17:20
Uganda has summoned the European Union's envoy to explain his recent criticism of President Yoweri Museveni's handling of corruption.
14 June 2013, 15:11
President Jacob Zuma has visited former president Nelson Mandela in the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria.
14 June 2013, 14:43
French soldiers have uncovered a workshop for producing explosives in northern Mali.
14 June 2013, 13:10
Morgan Tsvangirai has rejected President Robert Mugabe's declaration of a 31 July election, accusing his rival of breaching the constitution and creating a political crisis.
14 June 2013, 13:11
Ethiopia's parliament has unanimously ratified a treaty, which strips Egypt of its right to the lion's share of the Nile River waters.
14 June 2013, 10:34
A plan by Egypt's Islamist-led government to develop the land along the Suez Canal faces fierce opposition in districts that have been flashpoints for violence before.
14 June 2013, 10:31
A Mozambique medical strike now in its third week has paralysed all but essential services at some of the country's busiest hospitals.
14 June 2013, 10:11
Kissing in one town in the kingdom of Swaziland could now land you in a bit of trouble.
14 June 2013, 08:48
Sudan's army blames South Sudanese-backed rebels for an explosion and fire in a Sudanese oil pipeline in the disputed Abyei area.
14 June 2013, 07:01
The Pretoria hospital where former president Nelson Mandela is receiving treatment, will investigate reports that police harassed a cardiology patient, a spokesperson says.
14 June 2013, 06:11
President Jacob Zuma has visited former president Nelson Mandela in the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria.
14 June 2013, 06:07
Zimbabwe has been plunged into fresh political crisis as Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai vowed to fight a unilateral decision by President Robert Mugabe's to hold elections on 31 July.
13 June 2013, 18:27
South Sudan has urged the African Union to help resolve a bitter dispute with former civil war foes Sudan, after Khartoum ordered oil pipelines to be shut.
13 June 2013, 18:23
An armed tribal movement has burned 16 people alive in a house during a June 1 attack on a village in the Katanga province of the DRC, the UN sources say.
13 June 2013, 17:48
Cairo's Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies is an oasis of research, aimed at fostering Islamic-Christian ties in a country riven with political and religious tension.