September 20

• Mali: Al Qaeda Threatens to Kill French Hostages

  Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Aqim) has threatened to execute six French hostages if France intervenes militarily in northern Mali in a message published on a Mauritanian... Read more »

September 19

• Africa: Kenya Bans Press from Mass Graves

  The Marikana strike ends. Will it encourage other miners to demand wage rises? Why did South Africans die in Afghanistan? Why has Kenya banned the press from visiting mass graves?... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Marriage Row: Tsvangirai Threatened with Perjury Charges

  In Zimbabwe the storm over Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's marriage is far from over. Lawyers for his ex-partner, Locardia Tembo, are trying to get him arrested for perjury.... Read more »

• Mali: Hollande Denounces Timbuktu Destruction At Opening of Islamic Art Wing in Louvre

  French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday denounced the "unfathomable stupidity" of Islamist radicals who destroyed Muslim shrines at Timbuktu in northern Mali. Read more »

September 18

• Africa: African Press Review 18 September 2012

  There's much in the South African press about yesterday's Cosatu conference, and in Nigeria, Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka wonders about the status of the Bakassi peninsula.. Read more »

• South Africa: Mining Sector Trouble Dominates Headlines

  Analysis of the roots of the current crisis in South Africa's mining sector and more on the suspension of executions in The Gambia, all in the African papers today. Read more »

September 17

• Congo-Kinshasa: Politician Seeks Exile in France

  Roger Lumbala, an opposition politician and former rebel in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has left refuge in Burundi for France. Read more »

• Togo: French Businessman Extradited On Alleged Fraud

  The former head of French oil giant Elf, Loik Le Floch-Prigent, has been extradited to Togo after his arrest in the Ivory Coast in a fraud probe. Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: Only a Political Solution Can End the War in Eastern DRC - UN Official

  The under secretary General of the United Nations for Peacekeeping Operations, Herve Ladsous, says only a political solution will end the war in the eastern part of the Democratic... Read more »

September 14

• North Africa: Imams Call For Calm as Embassies in Sudan, Tunis Attacked

  Muslim leaders in France have used Friday prayers to ask their followers to refrain from replicating the violent protests against an anti-Islam video that have spread across the... Read more »

• Africa: African Press Review 14 September 2012

  In Africa, the growing protests aganist an anti-Islam video is causing concern, as well as crackdowns on press freedom in Côte d'Ivoire and South Africa. Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: Soccer Star Cleared of Assaulting Former Lover

  Former Real Madrid and Chelsea star Claude Makelele was cleared by a French court on Thursday of assaulting his British ex-girlfriend. Read more »

September 13

• Kenya: News in Brief - Politician Charged for Tana River Clashes

  The killings in Tana River County continue to dominate the Kenyan front pages. Read more »

September 12

• Somalia: Citizens Hopeful Over New President

  The election of Hassan Sheikh Mohamed as the new president of Somalia during an election in the capital, Mogadishu, has been welcomed across the country, particularly in the... Read more »

September 10

• Somalia: African Press Review 10 September 2012

  The state of relations between Christians and Muslims in East Africa is a topic in some of the papers today, as well as the clean-up operation in Mogadishu ahead of yesterday's... Read more »

September 7

• South Africa: African Press Review 7 September 2012

  In Africa, Nigerian mobile phone providers are threatening to withdraw services after Boko Haram attacks, while the continuing fallout from the Marikana mine tragedy is making news... Read more »

• Niger: Onion Crisis Adds to Food Problems

  Onion is king in the land of uranium - until there is a bad crop. That is exactly what happened in Agadez, the northern region of Niger this past year. The Agadez onion is prized... Read more »

September 6

• Somalia: Kismayu Residents Flee as Navy Attacks Continue

  Witnesses on Wednesday said naval ships fired missiles on the strategic port city of Kismayo, the largest seaport town still held by al-Shebab militants in southern Somalia. Read more »

September 5

• Nigeria: French Firm Fined for Bribing Officials

  The French electronics firm Safran has been fined 500,000 euros for bribing Nigerian officials in order to win a multi-million euro contract to make identity cards. Read more »

• Africa: In Brief - Nigeria, South Africa Could Enhance Continent's Growth

  Deteriorating labour relations in Kenya, the killing of an Islamic preacher and a cow stuck in a tree are making today's headlines in Africa. Read more »

September 4

• Kenya: African Press Review 4 September 2012

  A teachers strike in Kenya, questions over Uganda's growth prospects and lingering tensions within the South African mining industry dominate today's African papers. Read more »

September 3

• Africa: Press Review - Nigeria's Oil Revenue Still Rising

  Worries in South Africa about police competence following last month's mining tragedy, and calls in Nigeria for a more diverse economy are both stories in today's papers. Read more »

September 2

• Niger: Staving Off Hunger in Northern Niger [opinion]

  The small village of Balambouk is just off the dusty desert road some 20 kilometres outside Agadez. It's bustling - the fourth and final aid distribution of the four months when... Read more »

August 30

• Lesotho: African Press Review 30 August 2012

  What's a Lesotho official doing at talks on SA's miners' strike? Should Tony Blair be arrested? And a look at upwardly mobile night watchmen in Kenya and Ghana. Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: French Minister 'Received Death Threats' Over Hollande DRC Visit

  A French government minister told RFI on Tuesday that she had received death threats after President François Hollande's announcement that he will go to the Democratic... Read more »