Togo bans planned opposition protests

Togo bans planned opposition protests

Togo authorities on Wednesday banned two protests in the capital Lome planned by the opposition after windows were broken and cars were damaged after a demonstration the previous ...

S. Africa police website hacked, informers exposed

S. Africa police website hacked, informers exposed

Hackers cracked into the website of South Africa's police and downloaded information that could leave whistleblowers vulnerable, police and a government data agency said Wednesday. ...

Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe has died

Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe has died

From 2009 until his death, he taught as the David and Mariana Fisher Professor of Literature at Brown University, US. Professor Achebe, who was a novelist, poet and critic, is most ...

Recovering Bouteflika to ‘return soon’ to Algeria

Recovering Bouteflika to ‘return soon’ to Algeria

Hospitalised Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is recovering well in Paris and will return home soon, Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci said on Wednesday. "The president is in ...

UN and World Bank chiefs in DR Congo peace push

UN and World Bank chiefs in DR Congo peace push

The UN and World Bank chiefs made a fresh push for peace and development as they arrived Wednesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the latest bout of fighting has sent ...

Regional leaders sign peace deal for eastern DR Congo

Regional leaders sign peace deal for eastern DR Congo

Regional African leaders signed a deal to try to bring peace to the war-torn east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, with plans to reinforce a UN-led mission to combat rebels ...

Two babies among US tornado victims

Two babies among US tornado victims

Two babies are among the 24 killed by a tornado that tore through this US community, officials said Wednesday, as residents began the daunting task of rebuilding their lives in the ...

UN and World Bank chiefs in DR Congo peace push

The UN and World Bank chiefs made a fresh push for peace and development as they arrived Wednesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the latest bout of fighting has sent thousands fleeing. World Bank president Jim Yong Kim pledged $1 billion in aid for Africa's Great Lakes region while UN Secretary  more...

May 22, 2013 at 5:35 pm

Togo bans planned opposition protests

Togo authorities on Wednesday banned two protests in the capital Lome planned by the opposition after windows were broken and cars were damaged after a demonstration the previous day. "Let's Save Togo", a coalition of opposition and civil society groups, had on Tuesday begun three days of demonstrations to  more...

May 22, 2013 at 6:20 pm

APRM praised for raising accountability bar in Africa

The Africa Peer Review Mechanism has been hailed for its contribution to sustainable growth and development in the continent in Africa, ten years after its establishment. According to a release from Addis, the Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Carlos Lopes, at the APRM's 10th  more...

May 22, 2013 at 9:10 am

Two babies among US tornado victims

Two babies are among the 24 killed by a tornado that tore through this US community, officials said Wednesday, as residents began the daunting task of rebuilding their lives in the wake of the catastrophe. Ten children -- including a pair of infants four and seven months old -- perished in Monday's fierce  more...

May 22, 2013 at 6:32 pm

S. Africa police website hacked, informers exposed

Hackers cracked into the website of South Africa's police and downloaded information that could leave whistleblowers vulnerable, police and a government data agency said Wednesday. State Information Technology Agency (Sita), which hosts all of the government's websites, said that last week the hackers  more...

May 22, 2013 at 5:57 pm

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