2009-07-03 18:00
Gambia's High Court has jailed seven journalists who were out on bail after being charged with sedition and has brought new charges.
2009-07-03 11:55
Uganda will pass a law banning female genital mutilation, which is rampant among pastoralist tribes in the country's eastern region, the president says.
2009-07-03 14:53
Kenya is eagerly awaiting the imminent switch-on of its first fibre-optic cable, which many hope will spark an explosion in high-tech business.
2009-07-03 10:31
Liberia's truth and reconciliation commission has recommended that the ex-president Charles Taylor and seven other warlords be prosecuted for war crimes.
2009-07-03 08:16
Niger's President Mamadou Tandja has named new members of the constitutional court, after dissolving the previous court, a move that has triggered global criticism.
2009-07-02 22:07
Kenya is the most corrupt country in east Africa, an international watchdog says after surveying Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.
2009-07-02 18:06
African heads of state have discussed a drastic new decision against the International Criminal Court.
2009-07-02 14:51
African leaders at a summit are struggling to overcome divisions on a proposed "African government", as Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi presses for an AU authority.
2009-07-02 12:41
Egyptian police have shot dead two Somali migrants who tried to slip across the Sinai desert border into Israel, security sources say.
2009-07-02 10:41
China's largest energy producer, China National Petroleum Corp, has started work on a major oil pipeline in southwestern Chad, media reports say.