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An Egyptian court released a leading leftwing activist on trial for joining an unsanctioned and violent protest on bail Sunday, as the army-installed regime seeks to quell political unrest. Alaa Abdel Fattah and 24 others are accused of taking part…

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s campaign chief promised on Sunday that constitutional changes would create a “broad democracy” if the ailing incumbent wins re-election next month. Former prime minister Abdelmalek Sellal gave scant details…

British murder suspect Shrien Dewani will be extradited to South Africa next month to face charges he arranged to have his wife killed during their honeymoon, officials said Sunday. South Africa’s Justice Department said Dewani, 33, is expected to leave…

Sudan’s rich but under-developed archaeological heritage has received an unprecedented $135 million (98 million euros) in funding from the Gulf state of Qatar, Sudanese officials said on Sunday. The money will support 29 projects including the rehabilitation…

The murder trial of Paralympian Oscar Pistorius for shooting dead his girlfriend has been extended until May 16, the South African court hearing the case said Sunday. The trial, which enters its fourth week on Monday, will continue until April 4, then…

Nigerian police rescued 16 people from an underground dungeon believed to be a ritual killing site, the local newspaper Leadership…

South Africa’s ANC looks set to win a two-thirds majority in May elections, according to an opinion poll published Sunday that appears to fly in the face of public perceptions about its performance. The party that has ruled South Africa since the first…

Nigerian police said Sunday they have opened a murder probe after the discovery of rotting bodies and skeletons in an abandoned building the media has branded a “House of Horror”. Police also rescued several severely malnourished people founded wandering…

Attackers shot dead four worshippers on Sunday when they burst into a church service near the Kenyan port city of Mombasa, spraying the congregation with bullets, police said. The attack, which also left about 17 people wounded, came amid heightened…

TOWARDS A HEALTHY ELECTIONEERING SEASON …LET THE CONVERSATIONS BEGIN An Address by His Excellency Dr. Kayode FAYEMI Governor, Ekiti…

Its shimmering azure chimney stacks towering into the sky, the latest cement works launched by Africa’s richest man lies idle in a Senegalese meadow — stopped in its tracks by legal action and cut-throat competition in a rapidly growing industry. Nigerian…

At least 17 people have been killed by an explosion in a village market in northeast Nigeria in an attack blamed on Boko Haram Islamists, a local police chief said on Sunday. The deadly blast struck a busy marketplace late on Thursday in the remote…

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Lagos State Governor, Senator Bola Tinubu has described the various…

Senate President, David Mark last Thursday escaped death as his convoy was allegedly attacked by yet to be identified gunmen…

The joint meeting of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) and the Board of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company…

President Goodluck Jonathan rounded up his state visit to Namibia yesterday where he was conferred with “Order of Welwitschia”, the…

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, says the Army will not rest until peace is restored in…

Nigerian police said Saturday they had raided a home near Lagos where eight pregnant girls were staying with plans to…

The Management of National Hospital, Abuja, has released five more bodies of those who died during Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment…

Public secondary schools in Nigeria’s northeast Borno state have been closed indefinitely following deadly attacks blamed on Boko Haram Islamists, teachers and parents said Saturday. The closure reportedly affects 85 secondary schools, catering to some…