October 27

• Morocco: France Bans Protest Against King

  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 »

• Nigeria: African Press Review 26 October 2012

  In Nigeria the press is awash with details from a leaked report detailing the embezzlement of billions of dollars from the oil and gas industry through price deals struck by some... Read more »

October 26

• Africa: Africa Could Feed Itself, Says World Bank

  The World Bank has said that Africa's farmers have the potential to grow enough food to feed the continent and avoid future food crises if countries remove cross-border... Read more »

October 25

• Mali: African Union Ends Mali Suspension

  The African Union has readmitted Mali after suspending it from the pan-African bloc following a March coup. Read more »

• 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 23

• Mali: France to Send in Drones - Report

  France is to send surveillance drones to back up west African intervention in northern Mali and is meeting top US diplomats in Paris this week to discuss the fighting the Islamist... 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 »

• Algeria: France to Seek "Strategic Partnership" with Algeria

  France will seek a "strategic partnership" with Algeria when President François Hollande goes there in December but not a "friendship treaty", Foreign Minister Laurent... 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 »

• Rwanda: UN Security Council Seat a Vindication, Says Foreign Minister

  Rwanda's election to the UN Security Council speaks volumes, Rwanda's Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo told RFI in relation to accusations contained in a UN experts report about... 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 »

• Congo-Kinshasa: Uganda Denies Backing Rebels

  Uganda has denied allegations in a UN report that the Ugandan army has helped rebel activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). 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 15

• West Africa: Riot Stops Play as Côte d'Ivoire Beats Senegal in Afcon Qualifier

  A riot erupted at Dakar's football stadium on Saturday as Senegal was eliminated from the Africa Cup of Nations, losing two-nil to Côte d'Ivoire. Fires were started, stones... Read more »

October 14

• North Africa: France Calls for Release of AQIM Hostages

  French President François Hollande has told Al-Qaida kidnappers in Mali to free six French hostages "before it is too late" after one of their leaders declared that their... Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: France Snubs Kabila at Francophone Talks

  The Francophonie summit of French-speaking countries closed in Kinshasa on Sunday with a pledge to back the host country's territorial integrity but after French President... Read more »

• Mauritania: President Shot 'Accidentally'

  Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Aziz is to be flown to Paris for medical treatment Sunday after being shot by a military unit, sources say. Read more »

October 13

• Senegal: Hollande Promises to Give Colonial-Era Massacre Archives to Senegal

  France is to hand over its archives on a massacre of African soldiers fighting for France in World War II to Senegal, President François Hollande announced on his visit to... Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: French President Meets Kabila at Summit

  Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila was warmly applauded by at the opening of the Francophonie summit, which brings together French-speaking countries in... Read more »

• Mali: Military Intervention Looms, But Not Soon

  The planned west African intervention force in Mali is not expected to be there before the end of the year, despite the UN Security Council passing a French resolution calling for... Read more »

• Somalia: Govt Arrests 300 Militants

  Police commander in Somalia says their security forces arrested over 300 suspected Al-Shebab fighters during an operation in the capital Mogadishu. Read more »