October 11

• South Africa: African Press Review 11 October 2012

  Gloomy economic outlooks and corruption scandals dominate today's African papers... Read more »

July 7

• Mali: West African Leaders Seek Unity Govt

  Leaders of the West African bloc, ECOWAS, are holding a summit on Mali in Burkina Faso that will seek to put together a national unity government tasked with tackling the crisis in... Read more »

February 27

• Mali: Dialogue Vital for North, Says France

  France's Foreign Affairs Minister Alain Juppé continued his African tour on Sunday with a visit to Mali. There, he met with President Amadou Toumani Toure on the crisis in... Read more »

September 12, 2011

• Libya: Where Is Kadhafi? World Asks As NTC Claims He Is Surrounded

  Libya's new rulers claim they know where Moamer Kadhafi is and are closing in on him. After Tuesday's report of a convoy of Kadhafi forces crossing into Niger, the National... Read more »

• Libya: No Burkina Kadhafi Asylum Deal, Says South Africa

  South African officials deny reports that President Jacob Zuma has brokered a deal to allow Moamer Kadhafi temporary asylum in Burkina Faso. Earlier reports said that France and... Read more »

June 3, 2011

• Burkina Faso: Presidential Guard Fire On Mutineers

  Burkina Faso leader Blaise Compaoré's presidential guard on Friday went on the offensive against mutinous troops in the economic capital in the south-west, Bobo Dioulasso,... Read more »

May 21, 2011

• Cote d'Ivoire: Ouattara Becomes New President

  Foreign leaders are gathered in Yamoussoukro, the capital of Côte d'Ivoire, for the long-delayed inauguration of Alassane Ouattara as president. Read more »

May 16, 2011

• Burkina Faso: Soldiers Attack in Late Night Rampage

  Angry soldiers in Burkina Faso fired their weapons into the air late into the night on Saturday a month after widespread army and police mutinies. Read more »

May 1, 2011

• Burkina Faso: Police Agree to End Protest

  Police in Burkina Faso have agreed to end their protest after two days of talks with the security ministry. Read more »

April 17, 2011

• Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou Under Curfew But Riots Spread to South

  A mutiny launched by soldiers in Ouagadougou spread to the southern town of Pô, near Burkina Faso's border with Ghana, on Sunday. Witnesses reported seeing soldiers fire into... Read more »

April 16, 2011

• Burkina Faso: Compaoré Removes Government and Replaces Army Chief

  Unrest continued in Burkina Faso on Saturday for the third straight day as soldiers fired into the air and pillaged shops and market stalls while angry vendors set fire to the... Read more »

April 15, 2011

• Burkina Faso: Compaore Returns to Capital After Soldier Mutiny

  Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaoré returned to Ouagadougou on Friday, after fleeing the capital when his armed guard launched a mutiny. Witnesses say other soldiers... Read more »