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Jonathan chosen to run Nigeria

2010-02-09 22:14

Nigeria's parliament has empowered vice-president Goodluck Jonathan to run Africa's most populous nation in place of an ill and absent president.

Voters protest in Ivory Coast

2010-02-09 20:54

Protesters have torched a police station in western Ivory Coast while claiming their names had been removed from voter rolls in advance of this year's presidential election.

'Lift Algeria's emergency status'

2010-02-09 19:34

The head of an Algerian human rights group has called for the lifting of a state of emergency declared 18 years ago as an Islamist insurgency got under way.

Sudan, Chad 'turned the page'

2010-02-09 17:30

Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir has said that Sudan had "completely turned the page" in its conflict with Chad and was ready to fully normalise relations.

160 raped in DRC each week

2010-02-09 18:35

An estimated 160 women are being raped each week in the Democratic republic of Congo’s unstable North and South Kivu provinces, the UN says.

Nigerian MPs visit Yar'Adua

2010-02-09 13:51

Nigerian lawmakers are in Saudi Arabia to meet ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua, whose 10-week hospitalisation in the kingdom has sparked political turmoil in Abuja, an official says.

Gration optimistic about deal

2010-02-09 11:45

The normalisation of ties between Khartoum and Ndjamena could end the “cycle of insecurity” in Darfur, the US envoy Scott Gration says.

I Coast at risk of civil war?

2010-02-09 09:23

Violent protests over alleged fraud in Ivory Coast’s voter list have put the country at risk of civil war, the spokesperson of the ex-rebel New Forces warns.

Darfur: Sudanese judges to sit

2010-02-09 08:05

Sudanese judges must sit with foreign judges in court to hear alleged war crimes committed in Darfur in a move to inspire confidence that justice will be served, the AU says.

Nigeria polls: only 20% voted

2010-02-08 23:01

A chaotic election in a volatile Nigerian state has highlighted the dire need for electoral reforms in the year ahead of presidential polls.

Opposition wins Nigerian vote

ICC drops Darfur rebel case

2010-02-09 07:39

The ICC has dismissed the case against a Sudanese rebel leader, ruling that war crimes prosecutors had failed to provide sufficient evidence.

Pirates free Indian ship

2010-02-09 20:54

Somali pirates say they have released an Indian-operated ship and its crew of 26 after receiving a ransom of $3.1m.

Riot police seal off varsity

2010-02-09 16:30

Riot police have stormed the University of Zambia campus to break up a protest by students who stoned vehicles.

Somali rebels warn government

2010-02-09 16:30

Hardline Islamist rebels have warned Somalia’s transitional government against a planned offensive, saying it faces defeat.

Nigerian Senate backs VP

2010-02-09 14:45

Nigeria’s Senate has passed a motion that Vice President Goodluck Jonathan should be acting president in the absence of the African oil’s ailing leader.

Rwanda's Kagame warns rival

2010-02-09 11:45

Rwandan president Paul Kagame says an outspoken presidential aspirant could be prosecuted for inflammatory remarks about the 1994 genocide.

Diallo to head transition council

2010-02-09 10:43

Guinea’s interim president has named a union leader to head a council charged with managing a transition from military to civilian rule, a report says.

Journalists held in Cameroon

2010-02-09 09:23

Cameroon’s secret service has arrested two journalists from independent publications for possessing a document that could compromise powerful figures, sources say.

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