December 3

• Chad: NGO Workers Face Child-Smuggling Charges

  The trial of a group of French NGO members accused of trying to smuggle 103 children out of Chad for adoption on France began Monday. But the two principal defendants are not in... Read more »

November 30

• Nigeria: African Press Review 30 November 2012

  Nigeria's military evicts civilians from barracks. Its central bank chief wants to fire thousands of civil servants. A Nigerian minister is accused of perjury over a luxury... Read more »

• South Africa: African Press Review 29 November 2012

  The ANC is having difficulty choosing new leaders. Are US investors frightened of SA's workers? Will Kenya's new political marriages last? And what happened to Uganda's missing... Read more »

November 26

• Africa: In Brief - Egypt Could Become an Islamist State, Says U.S. Senator

  Yesterday's suicide bomb attack on a military church in Kaduna is, tragically if not surprisingly, the main story on Nigeria's front pages. Read more »

November 23

• Africa: Who's Got Nigeria's Missing Millions?

  Is a new era of tyranny opening in Egypt? Is there anyone but Zuma? And who's got Nigeria's missing millions? Read more »

• Africa: In Brief - Presidents from Great Lakes to discuss DR Congo Hostilities

  South Africa's problems fill many columns in today's papers... Read more »

November 20

• Africa: In Brief - Row Brews Between Kenya and Somalia

  Nairobi officials appeal for calm after the Eastleigh matatu attack. Kibaki leads the way in voter-registration but millions of Kenyans may not be able to follow. A row brews... Read more »

November 19

• Africa: News Brief - One Dies of Ebola Virus in Uganda

  The Kenyan papers are dominated by yesterday's grenade attack on a commuter bus in the busy Nairobi suburb of Eastleigh. Read more »

November 16

• Africa: In Brief - Smuggler Swallows Diamonds in South Africa

  Zuma defends his home improvements. Can Motlanthe save SA? A serial rapist has no comment on Aids infection. A diamond smuggler has an original hiding place for 1.7... Read more »

November 6

• Africa: African Press Review 6 November 2012

  Kenyans await the results of the US presidential elections, where Barack Obama has roots. Also, a look at women's standings in poor countries and gay rights in Malawi. Read more »

November 5

• South Africa: News Round-Up - a Melody for Charity in Kenya

  There are serious questions over the number of orphans in South Africa, as well as less serious questions over the most popular place in South Africa to cheat on one's spouse. Read more »

November 2

• Kenya: African Press Review 2 November 2012

  A charm-wearing hit squad tries to assassinate a Kenyan minister. Raila Odinga hits the campaign trail. One in four South Africans is unemployed. A serial rapist faces one of his... Read more »

November 1

• Africa: News Brief - Kenya's Biometric Voter Registration Kits Expected

  The South African economy and Kenya's election preparations are among two of the stories in today's newspapers. There's bad news for the South African economy on the front page of... Read more »

October 30

• South Africa: African Press Review 30 October 2012

  Tanzania has sugar overload but at least the new trains run on time. Zuma blames history for the Marikana massacre. SA chicken feed prices aren't chicken feed. Tension is hihg in... Read more »

October 29

• Africa: News in Brief - Fresh Problems for Kenya's Electoral Commission

  Does SA need handouts from foreigners? Is the ANC approaching tipping point? Should Togatt Hulett hand out a few sweeteners in Zimbabwe? Is someone gunning for Buthelezi? Will... Read more »

October 25

• Africa: News Headlines - Uganda and Canada in Spat Over Sexual Minorities

  Kenyan election preparations and a diplomatic spat between Uganda and Canada are among the stories in today's African press. Read more »

• Africa: News in Brief - Kenyan Minister Warns of Plot to Derail Polls

  Did striking SA miners really kill their own comrades? Can the country's economy keep growing despite international crisis and strikes at home? Who would want to sabotage Kenya's... Read more »

October 24

• South Africa: African Press Review 23 October 2012

  Electricity bills in South Africa and Kenya's voter registration problems are two of the stories in today's African papers... Read more »

October 22

• Africa: Your News Round-up

  Former South African president Thabo Mbeki's criticisms of his successor Jacob Zuma, and delays in preparations for Kenya's March elections are two of the subjects covered in... Read more »

• South Africa: Couple Charged for Selling French-Born Baby in South Africa

  French police have arrested a man accused of buying a baby girl from her under-age mother to sell her in South Africa. The man, who is of Romanian origin, and his partner were due... Read more »

October 19

• Nigeria: African Press Review 19 October 2012

  Nigerian soldiers make an arms haul. A state governor reportedly incites violence against journalists reporting sex-for-food in displaced people's camps. The tragedy of a marriage... Read more »

October 18

• South Africa: African Press Review 18 October 2012

  Is Malema a brainless racist? Has the ANC become squalid? Where are the SA police's missing guns? Where are Kenya's (French-made) voter-registration kits? Is an arrested Kenyan MP... Read more »

October 16

• Tanzania: African Press Review 16 October 2012

  The worsening relations between Tanzania and Malawi is one of the subjects in today's African papers.. Read more »

• South Africa: African Press Review 15 October 2012

  The implications of the latest downgrading of South Africa's economy and commentary about Kofi Annan's recently published autobiography both feature in today's papers. Read more »

October 12

• South Africa: African Press Review 12 October 2012

  A book launch in Johannesburg becomes a political rally. Are apartheid-era undercover dirty tricks still going on in SA? And how much will Goodluck Jonathan spend on food,... Read more »