October 12

• Africa: Hollande Defends DRC Visit, Promises New French Africa Policy

  French President François Hollande has promised to "turn the page" in France's relations with Africa. In an exclusive interview with RFI and its partners, Hollande ruled out... Read more »

• South Africa: African Press Review 12 October 2012

  A book launch in Johannesburg becomes a political rally. Are apartheid-era undercover dirty tricks still going on in SA? And how much will Goodluck Jonathan spend on food,... Read more »

October 11

• South Africa: African Press Review 11 October 2012

  Gloomy economic outlooks and corruption scandals dominate today's African papers... Read more »

• West Africa: African French-Speakers Set to Dominate

  The Secretary General of the Francophonie organisation which groups together French-speaking nations around the world, says that 85 per cent of French speakers around the world... Read more »

October 10

• Gambia: Quit, Opposition Tells Jammeh

  An exiled Gambian opposition group has given President Yahya Jammeh 30 days to give up power. Read more »

October 9

• Africa: African Press Review 9 October 2012

  Problems with South Africa's national airline, anger at secret bonuses for MPs in Uganda and analysis of the state of the Great Lakes countries 50 years after independence, all... Read more »

October 8

• South Africa: African Press Review 8 October 2012

  The platinum sector in South Africa and a looming petrol crisis are among stories in today's African dailies... Read more »

October 5

• Nigeria: African Press Review 5 October 2012

  Poverty and the economy in Nigeria and a look back at the rule of Idi Amin in Uganda - both subjects covered in the African papers today... Read more »

• Africa: African Press Review 4 October 2012

  Good news and bad news for Robert Mugabe. Trouble deepens in South Africa's mines. And Manchester United warn African mothers about a scam email. Read more »

October 4

• Burundi: RFI Reporter to Appeal Against Life Sentence On Terror Charge

  RFI correspondent Hassan Ruvakuki is being held in a cell with 20 other prisoners in a colonial-era prison in Burundi, condemned to life imprisonment for reporting on an armed... Read more »

• South Africa: African Press Review 3 October 2012

  SA's main union grouping thinks mine bosses are being too generous. Ratings agencies are worried about the rise in unemployment. Are four Kenyans being prosecuted for the sins of... Read more »

October 3

• Somalia: African Press Review 2 October 2012

  The latest developments in Kismayo in Somalia and fake mobile phones in Kenya are among the stories covered in today's African papers.. Read more »

October 1

• Africa: African Press Review 1 October 2012

  Arrogance, impunity and insensitivity are undermining Ugandans confidence in the government, a top spy claims ... and the cops are a bit on the pudgy side. Was Sunday's Nairobi... Read more »

• Libya: French Spy Killed Gaddafi On Sarkozy's Orders - Reports

  French secret services organised the capture of former Libyan ruler Moamer Kadhafi and may have killed him on then-president Nicolas Sarkozy's orders, British and Italian papers... Read more »

September 29

• Somalia: Islamists Pull Out of Port

  Islamist Al-Shebab insurgents have pulled out of the southern Somalia port city of Kismayo, its last stronghold, following fighting with African Union forces. Read more »

September 28

• South Africa: African Press Review 28 September 2012

  South Africa's government bond ratings are at the top of the African press, with the latest on money laundering charges against former ANC youth leader Julius Malema. A look at the... Read more »

September 27

• East Africa: African Press Review 27 September 2012

  Is the African Union a failure? What is the Lonmin effect? Who helped Ferdinand Waititu dodge the cops? Do Kenyans have reasons to be cheerful? And is the UN doing any good in... Read more »

• South Africa: Your News Round-up

  Why were churchgoers in Mohlakeng, South Africa, shocked? How did Julius Malema come by 370,000 euros? How do Congolese school students pay for their studies? Why are Malawians... Read more »

September 26

• Nigeria: French Police Break Up Nigerian Prostitution Ring

  French police have broken up a Nigerian prostitution ring operating in several French cities, they said Wednesday. The women were "modern-day slaves" forced to trade in sex to pay... Read more »

• Equatorial Guinea: Govt Takes France to ICC Over Obaing Corruption Raids

  Equatorial Guinea has filed a case against France in the International Criminal Court (ICC) over a corruption case that saw police raid a Paris mansion owned by President Teodoro... Read more »

September 25

• Egypt: African Press Review 25 September 2012

  An Egyptian blogger faces court for upsetting the religious. South Africa heads for corruption stardom. Liberia is on the lookout for its next female president. Why has Museveni... Read more »

• South Africa: Is Malema Tax Trouble a Govt Witchhunt?

  Malema's in trouble over his tax. Or is it a government-orchestrated witch-hunt? Has Museveni done a dirty deal with a Chinese power company? Gambia tries to stop street-level... Read more »

September 24

• Kenya: African Press Review 21 September 2012

  The decision to scrap the introduction of a controversial 5000 naira banknote in Nigeria and Kenya's national teachers' strike are both stories covered in the African press today. Read more »

September 22

• Somalia: Mogadishu Café Suicide Bomb Kills 15

  15 people were killed and at least 20 more injured in a suicide bomb attack in a Mogadishu café on Thursday, according to witnesses . Read more »

September 21

• Zimbabwe: African Press Review 20 September 2012

  How many times has Morgan Tsvangirai been married? Is his party violent and corrupt? Why won't white workers join Cosatu? Why are big companies funding it? Will the SA government... Read more »