July 12

• Mali: Troops to Lead France's Bastille Day Parade

  Troops from Mali and 12 other African countries will lead France's annual Bastille Day parade in Paris, as François Hollande highlights his biggest policy success. Read more »

July 11

• Africa: African Theatre Hits Avignon

  The African presence at the Avignon Festival is exceptional this year. Starting with a four-hour play from DRC that took 11 years to write, bringing Alsatians on stage in a South... Read more »

• Africa: African Press Review 11 July 2013

  There's labour unrest in South Africa plus soul-searching over the squabbling surrounding Nelson Mandela's illness. Teachers in Kenya hold out for delivery on previous agreements.... Read more »

July 10

• Africa: African Press Review 10 July 2013

  Why are Saudi Arabia and the UAE handing cash to Egypt? Has Zuma reshuffled the right ministers? And what's nobbling South Afrca's growth? Read more »

July 09

• Kenya: African Press Review 9 July 2013 [press release]

  Kenya's government refuses to cede to striking teachers. Tanzania and Uganda are winning the FDI race. Overseas Rwandands lose refugee status. Mugabe's opponents get together. Read more »

July 08

• Mali: Presidential Election Hopefuls Promise Peace and Renewal

  Campaigning for Mali's presidential elections, due on July 28, began on Sunday, with hopefuls including four former prime ministers and just one woman. Read more »

July 05

• Egypt: African Press Review 5 July 2013 [press release]

  Friday's newspapers are dominated by reactions to the ousting of the Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. Read more »

July 04

• Africa: African Press Review 4 July 2013

  Syria's Bashar al Assad's take on events in Egypt, South Africa's mining agreement and teachers in Kenya are the main topics today... Read more »

• Tunisia: Hollande Visits Tunisia Amid Turmoil in Egypt

  French President Francois Hollande arrived on Thursday in Tunisia, where the Arab Spring began, on a visit which is likely to be dominated by the turmoil in Egypt and its wider... Read more »

July 03

• Kenya: African Press Review 3 July 2013

  Egypt's protests and South Africa's mining woes dominate the papers today. Read more »

July 02

• Africa: African Press Review 2 July 2013

  Could South Africa become the continent's Greece? Read more »

July 01

• Africa: African Press Review 1 July 2013

  Obama and Mandela, problems in Kenya and refugees in East Africa are all subjects covered in the African press today ... Read more »

June 27

• Tunisia: Freed Women Activists Return to France

  Three activists for the feminist group Femen have returned to France after being released by Tunisia on Wednesday night. They were released after an appeals court suspended their... Read more »

• Africa: African Press Review 27 June 2013

  In African newspapers today: analysis of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi's first year in office; concerns over mine worker demands in South Africa; and a major mining company... Read more »

• Tunisia: Equal Marriage Rights for All, but Not for All Foreigners

  Gay marriage has been legal in France since May. However, some expatriates won't be able to marry their same-sex partners because of bilateral agreements signed between France and... Read more »

June 26

• Kenya: African Press Review 26 June 2013

  Kenya's teachers' strike floods the African news headlines today, while Uganda is in discussions over two proposed oil pipeline projects. Read more »

• Tunisia: Jailed Activists Apologise for Topless Protest

  Two French and one German woman with the protest group Femen apologised on Wednesday at their appeals trial for their topless protest in Tunis in May. The three women have been... Read more »

June 20

• Africa: African Press Review 20 June 2013

  Nelson Mandela's condition and a teachers' strike in Kenya and Ugandan politics are among the topics in the African papers this morning... Read more »

June 19

• Africa: African Press Review 19 June 2013

  Does Museveni want a political monarchy? Is Sejusa a coward? Why shouldn't you take to a life of crime in Uganda? Why has the AU fallen out with the Sadc over Zimbabwe? Why are SA... Read more »

• South Africa: It's Time to Let Mandela Go, Says Controversial Cartoonist Zapiro

  As anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela spends his 11th day in hospital on Tuesday, South African satirical cartoonist Zapiro tells RFI that hanging onto Mandela is not helping the... Read more »

• Somalia: Up to 14 Dead in Shebab Attack On Mogadishu UN Compound

  As many as 14 people were killed when Islamist al-Shebab fighters, some using vehicles laden with explosives, attacked a UN compound in Mogadishu on Wednesday. Read more »

June 16

• South Africa: Remembering the Youth of 1976 Uprising

  South Africans celebrated Youth Day on Sunday, marking the anniversary of the Soweto uprising. After student protests and demonstrations on 16th June 1976, the apartheid-era police... Read more »

June 15

• Africa: French Groups Warn Against Genital Mutilation

  With summer vacation just around the corner and many French children visiting family in their countries of origin, a joint statement has been issued by a collection of female... Read more »

June 14

• Africa: Immigrants Contribute More Than They Cost, OECD Reports Finds

  Immigrants contribute more than they cost to most countries' public finances, a report by the Paris-based OECD revealed on Thursday. But France is an exception to the rule at the... Read more »

• Africa: Paris Police Break Up Fake African Art Gang

  French police have uncovered one of the largest networks ever of fake African art in France. Twenty-two people were arrested and seven held in custody earlier this week after a... Read more »