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Congo fighting persists as UN chief arrives

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:58:06 -0400

GOMA, Congo (AP) — M23 rebels fired two rockets into the eastern Congo city of Goma, killing one person and wounding four, officials said, in an apparent spillover from three days of fighting raging north of the city.

Amid signs of turmoil, S Sudan says oil will flow

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:32:56 -0400

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Following a lengthy Cabinet meeting, South Sudan's government spokesman said Wednesday that the country will continue to export oil through Sudan and that there had been only a temporary slowdown in production.

'Boom Town Baby': African stock markets see gains

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:23:44 -0400

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The barrage of hourly tweets sent out by Aly-Khan Satchu — East Africa's version of CNBC's Mad Money host Jim Cramer — cheers on what Satchu says is a growing sentiment among investors: If you're not investing in Africa, you should be. Or as Satchu loudly proclaims on his Twitter feed or newspaper column: "ITS BOOM TOWN BABY."

AP PHOTOS: Nigeria prepares to bury writer Achebe

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:03:10 -0400

OGIDI, Nigeria (AP) — Writer Chinua Achebe, whose works focused on the conflict between modernity and the way of life in rural Nigeria, has returned home for the final time.

Kenya's truth report: Killings, land grabs, graft

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:54:11 -0400

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's president received a long-awaited Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission report that names the president and his deputy as being among those suspected of planning and financing Kenya's 2007-08 postelection violence in which more than 1,000 people died and 600,000 were evicted from their homes.

Zimbabwe's president signs new constitution

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:29:54 -0400

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's president signs into law a new constitution and vows to hold peaceful and clean elections later this year.

Malawi finds buyer for presidential jet

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:50:00 -0400

BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Malawi's cost-cutting president is selling her predecessor's jet.

African Union celebrates 50th year

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:37:56 -0400

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — African nations this week mark the 50th year since the founding of a continentwide organization that spearheaded efforts to liberate Africa from colonial masters. Now leaders want to map out the next 50 years of political and economic integration.

Mortar lands in Congo as UN chief arrives

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:50:51 -0400

GOMA, Congo (AP) — A mortar round exploded in Goma, a city in eastern Congo which has been in the crosshairs of this country's latest rebellion, officials said Wednesday, as the United Nations secretary-general arrived in Congo's capital for a two-day visit expected to take him to Goma.

South Sudan warns it may shut down oil flow again

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:38:35 -0400

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan is warning that it may stop exporting oil through Sudan's pipelines again.

Nigeria: Islamic extremist inmates to be released

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:07:15 -0400

ENUGU, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military said Tuesday that the West African nation would release some of the prisoners it has taken in the country's fight against Islamic extremists — including all the women now held in custody.

New Egypt tax law: cuts for poor, business hikes

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:00:28 -0400

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president signed a new tax law Tuesday that cuts the amount paid by poorer Egyptians in the latest move aimed at reforming the country's economy.

South Africa: Winnie Mandela forced auction flops

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:36:09 -0400

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — There were no bidders and no locksmiths willing to force entry for a scheduled auction Tuesday to sell artworks and other belongings of Nelson Mandela's ex-wife.

Fighting for 2nd day between army, rebels in Congo

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:35:42 -0400

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Fighting between the M23 rebels and the army continued for a second day Tuesday near Congo's eastern provincial capital of Goma, in clashes that have so far killed 19 people, all of them either soldiers or rebels, officials said.

Court frees man in murder that shocked SAfricans

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:32:59 -0400

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A magistrate drops charges against the boyfriend accused in the brutal gang-rape and killing of a teenager that shocked South Africans.

Rebels in C. African Republic protest conditions

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:23:03 -0400

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Some members of the rebel alliance who overthrew the president of Central African Republic are protesting outside the luxury hotel where their leader is based.

Uganda leader's legacy at stake in general's case

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:39:48 -0400

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — An army general's concern that officials are at risk of assassination if they oppose President Yoweri Museveni's alleged plan to have his son succeed him has stirred controversy in Uganda because it challenges the popular view of Museveni as a moderate leader, analysts said Tuesday.

South Africa: Mandela name pulled into politics

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:39:20 -0400

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela, old and frail, lives in seclusion in his Johannesburg home. Beyond the high walls of the house, the fighting over his image and what he stood for has already begun.

M23 rebels clash with soldiers in eastern Congo

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:43:25 -0400

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Clashes erupted Monday in eastern Congo between government troops and a rebel group believed to be backed by neighboring Rwanda, escalating to the use of mortars and rocket launchers in the first fighting between the groups since the M23 rebels overtook and later retreated from the provincial capital of Goma last year.

Uganda police raid newspaper over general's letter

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:37:06 -0400

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan police disabled an independent newspaper's printing press after forcibly entering its premises to look for evidence against an army general who recently questioned the president's alleged plan to have his son succeed him, witnesses said Monday.

Militiamen attack gas complex in western Libya

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:56:03 -0400

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A Libyan gas company official says militiamen have attacked a natural gas complex in the country's west, injuring two guards and stealing weapons and military vehicles.

Rebels attack C. African Republic villages; 8 dead

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:03:38 -0400

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Suspected foreign fighters backing a rebel movement now in control of Central African Republic's government invaded a remote north-central village and killed six people, residents said.

51 die in 2 South Sudan clashes; army retakes town

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:03:34 -0400

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Twenty-four people died in a battle between South Sudan's military and rebel fighters the government believes to be supported by neighboring Sudan, while a tribe-on-tribe cattle-raiding attack elsewhere in the country killed 27 people, officials said Monday.

Spokesman for Ansar Dine arrested in Mauritania

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:21:38 -0400

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — The man who acted as the spokesman for one of the three al-Qaida-linked groups occupying northern Mali turned himself in over the weekend to Mauritanian authorities on the border, an intelligence official briefed on the matter confirmed on Monday.

M23 rebels clash with soldiers in east Congo

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:07:08 -0400

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Clashes erupted Monday in eastern Congo between government troops and a rebel group believed to be backed by neighboring Rwanda, the first fighting between the groups since the M23 rebels overtook and later retreated from the provincial capital Goma last year.