May 10

• Africa: African News Round-Up

  The African press is dominated by a massacre of policemen in northern Nigeria by a new cult that has brought a new dimension to the spiral of violence that has rocked the nation. Read more »

May 09

• Africa: African News Headlines

  Today's African press look at South Africa's unemployment and societal unrest, as well as its economic potential. And in Kenya, an explanation of the criminal charges against the... Read more »

May 08

• Africa: African Press Review 8 May 2013

  In Nigeria, 55 died in an attack by the Islamist group Boko Haram. Also, a Zimbabwean journalist is arested, and Sudan's president expresses hope for a future reunion with South... Read more »

May 07

• South Africa: African Press Review 7 May 2013

  More on Guptagate in the South African press, while the large number of child bride marriages in Chad and Niger is another big story today... Read more »

May 06

• East Africa: African Press Review 6 May 2013

  The Liberian online newspaper, FrontPageAfrica, headlines with a story suggesting conflict of interests and betrayal of public trust. Read more »

May 05

• Mauritius: Mauritian Bluesman Calls for Unity

  Mauritian bluesman, Eric Triton, scratches the surface of the idealistically portrayed rainbow island of Mauritius. His soulful songs call for unity and often blame politicians for... Read more »

May 03

• Cameroon: French Airport Village Pays for Cameroon Stowaway's Funeral

  A French village this week buried an anonymous Cameroonian man who was found dead in the landing gear of an airplane that landed at Paris's Charles De Gaulle airport. His... Read more »

May 02

• Kenya: African Press Review 2 May 2013 [press release]

  Kenya's low-paied get a pay rise. A photographer reportedly gets roughed up at a union rally. Are miniskirts pornography? How many business opportunities are there in South Sudan?... Read more »

May 01

• Kenya: African Press Review 1 May 2013 [press release]

  Mystery surrounds the sudden death of a Kenyan senator. Who will judge Uhuru? Are Uganda and Rwanda embarrassing east Africa? And who can Museveni trust? Read more »

• Mali: Suspected French Jihadist Arrested in Mali

  A Frenchman suspected of having joined Al-Qaeda has been arrested in northern Mali. Read more »

• Libya: Former Minister Denies Laundering Gaddafi Cash for Sarkozy Campaign

  Former French interior minister Claude Guéant has denied accusations that he laundered half a million euros donated by the late Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi to Nicolas... Read more »

April 30

• Botswana: African Press Review 30 April 2013 [press release]

  In the African press: the Botswanan President's brush with a cheetah; a luxury car maker looks to expand in South Africa; and a Kenyan government minister's family asks a foreign... Read more »

• Mali: Sixth French Soldier Killed in Mali

  A French soldier has been killed in the far north of Mali, bringing to six the number of French soldiers killed since the start of the French-led military intervention in January. Read more »

April 29

• Africa: African Press Review 29 April 2013

  In the African press this morning: the Algerian President is in hospital in Paris; Kenya wins the Confederations of African Rugby Sevens tournament; and questions about a mining... Read more »

• Africa: International Cycling Union to Cooperate Fully With French Anti-Doping Body At Tour De France

  The International Cycling Union has agreed to fully cooperate with the French anti-doping body at this year's Tour de France. Read more »

April 28

• Algeria: President Bouteflika Flown to Paris After 'Mini-Stroke'

  Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was in a Paris hospital Sunday after suffering a mini-stroke. Ther 76-year-old president is not seriously ill, doctors have told the APS... Read more »

April 27

• Africa: Uganda Aims to Save Children's Lives With Pneumonia Vaccine Drive

  Pneumonia kills thousands of Ugandan children every year. A new vaccination programme aims to defeat the illness. Read more »

April 26

• Equatorial Guinea: Obiang Loses Libel Case Against French NGO

  A French court ruled on Thursday that an Ngo did not libel Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema when it accused him of salting away vast amounts of his country's... Read more »

• Kenya: African Press Review 26 April 2013

  Reactions to Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta's picks for cabinet, an amnesty appeal to Boko Haram from Nigeria's northern governors, the passing of South Africa's controversial... Read more »

April 25

• South Africa: African Press Review 25 April 2013

  Confusion over South Africa's role in the Central African Republic, and good news for Kenya's Central Bank from yesterday's treasury bond auction - two of the stories in today's... Read more »

April 24

• Somalia: African Press Review 24 April 2013

  In today's African press, claims Tunisian jihadist fighters are fighting for Al Shebab in Somalia; unions in South Africa step up wage demands; and Nigeria sells off state... Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: Malaria Remains Endemic in DRC

  April 25 is World Malaria Day, a day designed to highlight a disease that continues to kill almost 700,000 people around the world every year. Most of the deaths occur in young... Read more »

April 23

• South Africa: African Press Review 23 April 2013 [press release]

  Monitoring corruption in both Nigeria and South Africa is a key subject in today's newspapers.. Read more »

• Libya: Two Injured in French Embassy Bomb in Tripoli

  French President Francois Hollande wants Libya to explain how the French embassy in Tripoli was the scene of a car bomb attack on Tuesday which left two French security guards... Read more »

April 22

• Somalia: African Press Review 22 April 2013

  The situation in Darfur, corruption in Nigeria, and Africa's bright economic outlook are all subjects in today's African press... Read more »