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Cairo News

Politics 04 Nov, 2012

The Egyptian government has delayed implementing its nationwide closing hours, a controversial piece of legislation that has generated a backlash from the public and business owners, particularly in t...

Accra News

Argentina ship still stuck in Ghana

Politics 15 Oct, 2012

Argentina is investigating Ghana’s seizure of one of its navy ships following a court order obtained by creditors suing Argentina in international courts over its 2002 sovereign debt default.&nb...

Maputo News

Mozambique president sacks prime minister

Politics 08 Oct, 2012

Mozambique president Armando Guebuza has sacked his prime minister Aires Bonifacio Ali in a surprise cabinet reshuffle, which has raised uncertainty over who will run in the country's presidential pol...

Addis Ababa News

Hailemariam confirmed as leader of EPRDF

Politics 17 Sep, 2012

Hailemariam Desalegn has been elected as the head of Ethiopia's ruling coalition the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) after receiving unanimous backing, according to governmen...

Cairo News

US embassy in Cairo attacked

Politics 11 Sep, 2012

Protesters attacked the American embassy in Cairo on 11 September. Some 2,000 people gathered around the heavily- fortified embassy in central Cairo, before tearing down and destroying the US flag....

Nairobi News

Ethnic violence ahead of Kenyan elections

Politics 27 Aug, 2012

The Kenyan government is to conduct a nationwide operation to disarm all communities with illegally-held weapons following the killing of 52 people in the Tana River district in Kenya's southeast, abo...

Addis Ababa News

Hailemariam to become Ethiopian prime minister

Politics 27 Aug, 2012

The Ethiopian parliament is to install Hailemariam Desalegn as the country's new prime minister following the state funeral of Meles Zenawi on 2 September. Hailemariam will lead Ethiopia until the ele...

Addis Ababa News

Meles Zenawi dies after weeks of illness

Politics 20 Aug, 2012

The announcement of the death of Ethiopia’s prime minister Meles Zenawi puts an end to several months of speculation about his absence from public life. However the announcement of his demise in...

Nairobi News

Kenya scraps biometric voter registration

Politics 05 Aug, 2012

Kenya's electoral commission has abandoned plans to introduce biometric voter registration after the tendering process became tainted by alleged vested interests. The scrapping of an electronic reg...

Cairo News

Egypt announces new cabinet

Politics 02 Aug, 2012

Egypt's new prime minister Hesham Kandil and his cabinet were sworn in on 2 August, becoming the first government since the inauguration of the president Mohammed Mursi on 30 June. The little-known...

Cairo News

Courts defer ruling on Egypt’s constitutional assembly

Politics 31 Jul, 2012

A Cairo court deferred a ruling on the legitimacy of Egypt’s constitutional assembly until 24 September, extending the ongoing legal row that has overshadowed the country's transition to democra...

Accra News

John Atta Mills successor sworn in

Politics 24 Jul, 2012

Ghana’s president John Atta Mills died suddenly on Tuesday 24 July. He had recently returned from treatment in the United States and was thought to have been suffering from throat cancer. Howeve...

Addis Ababa News

Dlamini-Zuma elected head of AU Commission

Politics 16 Jul, 2012

South African home affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was elected as chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission at the 19th African Summit in Addis Ababa on 15 July, and she was sworn in as...

Cairo News

Egypt’s new president heads for African summit

Politics 12 Jul, 2012

Newly-elected Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi will attend the African Union’s (AU) African summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on 15-16 July. Mursi’s participation marks the first...

Addis Ababa News

African Union summit in Addis Ababa

Politics 11 Jul, 2012

The African Union's 19th African Summit is being held in Addis Ababa on 15-16 July, following its heads of state and government assembly which began on 9 July. Ahead of the summit, the African Unio...

Cairo News

Mursi orders parliament to reconvene

Politics 08 Jul, 2012

Egypt’s newly-elected president Mohammed Mursi has ordered the Islamist-dominated parliament to reconvene until new elections can be held, in defiance of the generals who dissolved it days befor...

Cairo News

Mursi takes office as Egypt’s president

Politics 01 Jul, 2012

The Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi was sworn in as Egypt's new president on 30 June at Cairo’s constitutional court despite Mursi's wish that the swearing-in ceremony would be befor...

Accra News

Australia funds training of Ghana public service

Politics 01 Jul, 2012

The Australian government is funding a training programme for senior Ghanaian public servants. Titled “Building a Better Workforce” the programme is designed to enhance human resources...

Cairo News

Mursi wins Egyptian presidential election

Politics 24 Jun, 2012

The Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi was declared the winner of the Egyptian presidential election on 24 June, over his opponent Ahmed Shafiq in the 16 June elections. The historic victory...

Cairo News

Tension in Cairo ahead of election results

Politics 21 Jun, 2012

Following Egypt's landmark presidential elections over the weekend of 16 June both candidates are claiming victory while the Supreme Presidential Electoral Commission (SPEC) has delayed its announceme...

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