November 14

• Africa: News Brief - Odinga Optimisitic of Winning Kenya Presidential Race

  This African press review focuses on the murder of over 40 Kenyan policemen, the release of Mombasa Republican Council leader Omar Mwamnuadzi and accusations of discriminatory... Read more »

• Uganda: Govt Closes DR Congo Border Over Rebel Charges

  Uganda on Tuesday sealed its Bunagana border post with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Kisoro district over claims that M23 rebels in the eastern DRC were using it to... Read more »

• Mali: 'French Troops Won't Go to Mali'

  President François Hollande has categorically ruled out a French military intervention in Mali on Tuesday. France will not intervene "under any pretext" in the north of the... Read more »

November 12

• West Africa: Hollande Pledges Support As Ecowas Meets to Endorse Mali Intervention Force

  A west African summit opened in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, on Sunday, set to agree a plan for military intervention in northern Mali. In France President François Hollande... Read more »

• Algeria: Missing Bodies Found After Plane Crash

  The bodies of the two passengers missing after the crash of an Algerian military plane in southern France have been found in the wreckage, investigators announced Saturday. Read more »

November 11

• Zimbabwe: Lightning Kills Family of Five

  Five people have been killed by a single bolt of lightning in northern Zimbabwe. Lightning strikes are becoming increasingly common during the summer rainy season and some experts... Read more »

• Algeria: Military Plane Crashes

  Rescue workers were searching a remote mountainous area of France on Saturday for the bodies of two passengers of an Algerian military plane that crashed on Friday. Read more »

November 9

• Africa: News Round-Up - Ugandan First Lady to Account For Shopping Spree

  The Ugandan president's wife is called to account over limo purchases and trips to Israel. A Kenyan cop is fired for inciting colleagues to down tools over pay. Come-we-stay... Read more »

• Burundi: RFI Reporter Appeals Against Life Sentence

  RFI correspondent Hassan Ruvakuki faced a Burundi appeal court on Thursday in a bid to overturn a life sentence on terrorism charges. Cries of protest broke out when the prosecutor... Read more »

• Africa: African Press Review 8 November 2012

  Africa's economy is at the top of the news, with a look at Moody's ratings for several countries. And Somalia sets a world record... in charcoal. Read more »

November 8

• Rwanda: Rwandan Author's Genocide Novel Wins France's Renaudot Prize

  A Rwandan author, whose family was massacred in 1994, has won France's prestigious Renaudot prize, even though her book had not made the shortlist. Scholastique Mukasonga thought... Read more »

• Somalia: Car Explodes in Mogadishu

  One soldier was killed and several civilians injured on Wednesday after a remotely controlled car bomb went off near the country's parliament in the capital Mogadishu. Read more »

November 7

• Uganda: Govt to Repay Ireland Over Misappropriated Aid

  The Irish government has received assurances from the Ugandan government that it will be paid back four million euros in misappropriated aid. 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 »

• Uganda: Ban on Critical State of the Nation Play Has No Legal Basis, Says Co-Director

  The co-director of a banned play in Uganda has told RFI he's concerned about the repercussions of continuing to stage his production. But he believes Uganda's Media Council is on... Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: Doctor Mukwege Wants Go Home Despite Murder Attempt

  Gynaecologist Denis Mukwege described to RFI how assailants shot at him at least seven times as they escaped in his car after breaking into his home in the Democratic Republic of... 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 »

• Tunisia: France Expels Tunisian Imam for Hostile Sermons

  French authorities kicked a Tunisian imam out of the country on Wednesday for promoting jihadist violence, violence against women and anti-Semitism. The Interior Ministry says it... Read more »

• Algeria: Algerians Want Colonial Crimes Recognised

  An Algerian minister has called for acknowledgement of crimes committed against Algerians during France's colonisation of the country, ahead of the 58th anniversary of the war for... Read more »

October 31

• Africa: News in Brief - Pressure Mounts on Uganda to Act on Missing Funds

  The Kigali High Court sentences an opposition party leader to eight years in jail. Kagame tells African leaders to work for the people and gives his analysis of the DRC's failings.... 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 28

• Morocco: French Authorities Ban Protest Against Moroccan Regime

  French authorities have banned a planned demonstration today in front of the castle belonging to the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, in Betz, a small village north-east of Paris. Read more »