December 1

• Cote d'Ivoire: France Signs Major Aid Deal

  France agreed on a major deal for economic aid towards the development of Côte d'Ivoire, despite worries surrounding the ability of Abidjan to end its hostilities surrounding... Read more »

• Uganda: Government Announces All Women to Receive Antiretroviral Drugs

  An influencial non-government organisation in Uganda has called on the adult population to abstain from extra marital sex in order to prevent the transmission of the HIV virus.... Read more »

• Nigeria: Emmanuel Babayaro Helps Celebrate World Aids Day in Nigeria

  To celebrate World Aids Day, Nigerian national football stars, the Super Eagles and celebrity actors forming an opposing team, Team Nollywood, will battle it out on the pitch 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 »

• Mauritania: President Returns to Paris for Treatment

  Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz flies back to France Friday for medical tests less than a week after leaving, having undergone 40 days recovering from wounds... 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 29

• Egypt: African Press Review 28 November 2012

  Egypt erupts in protest again. Tempers fray in Kenya but is alliance-building worth the effort? Read more »

November 28

• Kenya: African Press Review 27 November 2012

  It's not all smooth-running for Kenya's voter registration. Kenya's justice system sets up a new court. Party leaders start a charm offensive on the V-P. Will the Mwakwere rule be... Read more »

November 26

• Mali: PM Plans Military Intervention

  Mali's Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra has arrived in Paris for talks with senior officials to plan a military intervention to regain control of the country's north from... Read more »

• 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 »

• Nigeria: Students Solve Power Shortages With Urine

  It's ironic that Nigeria, Africa's leading oil producer, suffers from frequent fuel and power shortages. But four school girls have found a solution from an unlikely source: urine. 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 22

• Mali: Islamist Mujao Group Claims Kidnapping of French Citizen

  The Mujao, one of the Islamist groups occupying northern Mali, on Thursday claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of a French citizen two days ago. Read more »

• East Africa: In Brief - What are Kabila, Musevini and Kagame Talking About?

  The families of massacred Kenyan police officers fall victim to bureaucracy. Who authorised a Kenyan military operation in Garissa? Will an Irish oil prospector pull out of Uganda?... Read more »

November 21

• Mali: French Hostage Kidnapped in West

  A seventh French citizen has been kidnapped in the Sahel as France backs west African preparations to intervene in the Islamist-controlled north of Mali. President François... Read more »

November 20

• Nigeria: Navy Fights Billion-Dollar Oil Theft

  Crude oil theft is a major problem in Nigeria, Africa's largest oil exporter. A report just released by the International Energy Agency says Nigeria loses more than five billion... Read more »

• 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 »

• Zimbabwe: Court Awards $10 Million Over WikiLeaks

  A Zimbabwean mining executive has been ordered to pay a huge sum of damages to the country's spy chief, Happyton Bonyongwe, over comments published by the whistle-blowing website... 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 »

• Cote d'Ivoire: Disagreement in Govt Led to Dissolution

  Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara dropped a bombshell on Wednesday when he declared that the government would be dissolved. Read more »

November 15

• Cote d'Ivoire: Ouatarra Dissolves Govt

  The Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara has dissolved his cabinet. The Jeannot Ahoussou Kouadio-led cabinet was formed in March 2011. It is not yet known when a new government will... Read more »

• Mali: U.S. Africom Will Consider Requests for Military Intervention Support

  US Africom is expecting to be asked to provide support for West African military intervention in northern Mali, a top US General said on Wednesday. According to US intelligence,... Read more »

November 14

• Kenya: African Press Review 14 November 2012

  Kenya's National Security Council sends in the army to help search for the killers of 42 police officers. The ICC is urging more countries to join the Rome Statute enabling them to... Read more »