Wednesday, 01 May 2013 08:27
New evidence obtained by media suggests the number of people killed during recent fighting in northern Nigeria may be much higher than officially reported.
Africa

New evidence obtained by media suggests the number of people killed during recent fighting in northern Nigeria may be much higher than officially reported.

A new video which shows South African President Jacob Zuma and officials of the governing African National Congress visiting a frail Nelson Mandela has stirred controversy.

Armed men in pick-up trucks have surrounded Libya's justice ministry to step up demands for former aides to deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi to be barred from senior government posts, an official says.

A French soldier has been killed in northern Mali, becoming the sixth Frenchman to die since the beginning of France's military campaign in January.

Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algeria's president, has been taken to France for examinations after a minor stroke but is not experiencing any lasting effects, according to a state media report.

A judge for the International Criminal Court has asked to be excused from hearing a crimes-against-humanity case against the Kenyan president and his deputy after questioning the conduct of the prosecution.

Idriss Deby, the president of Chad, has accused neighbouring Libya of not doing enough to stop Chadian "mercenaries" he says are being trained in western Libya.

Gunmen have surrounded Libya's foreign ministry in the capital Tripoli to push demands that officials who had worked for deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi's government be banned from senior positions in the new administration.

Rebels from Sudan's Darfur region have attacked a city in a neighbouring state, taking their fight closer to Khartoum.

French Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has arrived in the Malian city of Gao to address troops and officers along with their African counterparts.
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