May 30

• Africa: African Press Review 30 May 2013

  Ugandan police are still camped outside newspaper offices. Kenyan police are accused of terrorising refugees. There are violence and boycott threats ahead of Mozambique's election.... Read more »

May 28

• Egypt: Gazans Dig to End Hamas, Egyptian Control of Tunnels

  Since Israel imposed a blockade on Gaza in 2006 after Hamas came to power, the Strip has found new ways to import many vital goods. Supplies of many items are restricted, such as... Read more »

• Kenya: African Press Review 28 May 2013

  More on the International Criminal Court and the Kenyan cases as well as Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's threats to close a South Sudan oil pipeline.... Read more »

• Ghana: RFI Interview With Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama

  Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama held talks with President François Hollande in Paris yesterday, fresh from attending the African Union summit in Addis Ababa. RFI... Read more »

May 27

• Africa: African Press Review 27 May 2013 [press release]

  The International Criminal Court's relationship with African leaders as well as raids on media premises in Uganda - both stories in today's papers... Read more »

• Liberia: Border Security a Priority, President Sirleaf Says

  Peace and security throughout the West African region, particularly the Liberian borders with Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea, are a top priority for Liberia, said Liberian... Read more »

May 26

• Egypt: Thales Wins 109-Million-Euro Egyptian Rail Contract

  French electronics manufacturer Thales has won a 109-million-euro contract to update Egypt's most used railway line, between Cairo and the port city Alexandria. Read more »

May 25

• Somalia: MPs Accuse Kenyan Troops of Refusing to Protect Them

  Somali MPs have accused Kenyan forces of refusing to protect them during a a fact-finding mission in southern city of Kismayo. A group of 10 parliamentarians began their mission on... Read more »

May 24

• Africa: African Press Review 24 May 2013

  Quite surprisingly, there are no major reactions in the African papers this morning to the twin suicide car bombings on an army base and a French-run uranium mine in Niger in which... Read more »

• Niger: Militant Group Threatens More Attacks

  The Signatories in Blood group, led by Algerian jihadi Mokhtar Belmokhtar, has threatened more attacks against French and other interests in Niger after Thursday's double suicide... Read more »

May 23

• Eritrea: Eritrea's 20th Anniversary - Haunted By Perceptions or Reality?

  Eritrea celebrates its 20th anniversary of independence on Friday with state-run media describing festivities across the country. But Amnesty International has decried the alleged... Read more »

• Kenya: African Press Review 23 May 2013 [press release]

  Much reaction in Kenya to yesterday's Truth and Reconciliation Commission report and in a man who was imprisoned for murdering his wife and child who are both alive and well...in... Read more »

May 22

• South Africa: African Press Review 22 May 2013

  SA mining companies reel in shock over workers' pay demands. The rand hits a four-year low. but FW de Clerk is upbeat. Nigeria pays tribute to Chinua Achebe. Hundreds of Kenyan... Read more »

May 21

• Algeria: French Expatriate Fined for Calling Algerian 'Dirty Arab'

  A French expatriate has been given a three-month suspended sentence and fined for calling an Algerian employee a "dirty Arab". Read more »

• Algeria: Algerian Press Demand Truth On Bouteflika's Health

  Algerian newspapers on Tuesday denounced a news blackout by the government over the state of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who has been in a French hospital for three weeks. The... Read more »

• Africa: African Press Review 21 May 2013

  Uganda's press complains of censorship. Will Barack Obama skip Kenya on his next Africa tour? And why has Zimbabwe's Chamber of Mines fallen out with the government? Read more »

May 20

• Africa: African Press Review 20 May 2013

  The Nigerian army's operation in the northeast against Boko Haram and Raila Odinga's future plans in Kenya are among the stories in today's African press.. Read more »

May 19

• Algeria: Algeria Censors Daily Newspapers Over Bouteflika 'Coma' Claim

  Algeria censored reports by two daily newspapers that claimed President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in a Parisian hospital since last month, would be flown home in a coma after his... Read more »

May 17

• Africa: African News Round-Up

  The African press is dominated by the situation in Nigeria following President Goodluck Jonathan's declaration of a state of emergency in the northern states of Borno, Yobe and... Read more »

May 16

• Africa: African Press Review 16 May 2013

  There are concerns over industrial action at mines in South Africa; Kenya's President chairs a meeting on security issues; and Swaziland imposes flight restrictions...on witches. Read more »

May 15

• Kenya: African Press Review: Pigs Making the Front Page in Kenya

  Pigs are making front page news in Kenya. Read more »

May 14

• South Africa: African Press Review 14 May 2013

  There are a lot of mining stories on South African front pages this morning... Read more »

May 13

• Africa: African News Round-Up

  Tackling violence towards immigrants in South Africa and building new homes in Algeria are two of the stories in today's African papers... Read more »

May 11

• Morocco: Frenchman Sentenced to 12 Years for Paedophilia

  A 60 year old Frenchman has been sentenced to 12 years in prison by a court in Casablanca for paedophilia, Moroccan police confirmed earlier today. Read more »

• Cameroon: 16th Anniversary of Frenchman Imprisoned in Cameroon

  12 May will mark the 16th anniversary that French businessman Michel Thierry Atangana has been imprisoned in Cameroon, after being accused of embezzling public funds and put on... Read more »