The latest news from around Africa fed in by our News Bot - please feel free to add Headline news of your own for discussion.
Four African Union peacekeepers are killed as a mortar hits Somalia's presidential palace, officials say. More......
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma instructs ministers to return to the negotiating table to end a crippling public sector strike. More......
Rwanda says it will reconsider its UN commitments - including peacekeeping contributions - if a draft report is published accusing its troops of...
The exiled Madagascan president is sentenced to life in prison with hard labour for ordering a killing last year. More......
The International Criminal Court lodges a report with the UN about a trip to Kenya by Sudan's president, who it wants to try for alleged war crimes....
Killings by the Rwandan army and allied rebels in Zaire and DR Congo in the 1990s could be classified as genocide, a draft UN report says. More......
A court in South Africa bars police officers from joining a nationwide strike by public workers, as nationwide marches are planned. More......
At least eight children are killed and four injured in a collision between a school bus and a train in South Africa, local reports say. More......
Islamist gunmen storm a hotel near Somalia's presidential palace and kill at least 32 people, including six MPs in a suicide attack. More......
Two Spanish aid workers kidnapped nine months ago by al-Qaeda's North African offshoot have been released in Mali. More......
South Africa's government is granted an injunction banning workers in essential services from continuing their national strike. More......
South Africa's health minister tells striking public sector workers that those who interrupt vital medical care are guilty of murder. More......
The UK government urges Libya not to celebrate the first anniversary of the release of the man responsible for the Lockerbie bombing. More......
South Africa's army is called in to protect hospitals from striking public sector workers on an indefinite strike for higher wages. More......
The former head of Nelson Mandela Children's Fund resigns from its board after admitting he received diamonds from the model Naomi Campbell. ...
Public sector workers in South Africa begin an open-ended strike, having rejected an offer of a 7% pay rise from the government. More......
A federal judge throws out piracy charges against six Somali men accused of attacking a US Navy ship off the coast of Africa, although other charges...
A Kenyan national who was attempting to sell an albino man for more than $250,000 has been arrested, police in Tanzania say. More......
A major diamond firm holds to its trade ban on Zimbabwe's diamonds, despite an official sale, and threatens traders with expulsion. More......
Two South African political parties agree to merge, to challenge President Jacob Zuma's ruling African National Congress. More......
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