Mozambique reverses bread price rise in wake of riots
Tuesday, 07 September 2010

The rise in the price of bread sparked deadly protests in Mozambique Mozambique says it will reverse the increase in the price of bread that sparked deadly riots last week. The announcement of the change in policy came from the planning minister, Aiuba Cuereneia, who also said the country would ... Read more...

Swaziland democracy protests: '50 arrested'
Tuesday, 07 September 2010

King Mswati III is criticised for having 13 wives Police in Swaziland have arrested about 50 people ahead of protests against sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarchy, activists say. Most of those detained were later freed and hundreds of people marched through Manzini, Swaziland's commercial... Read more...

Nigeria sets presidential election date
Tuesday, 07 September 2010

President Goodluck Jonathan has not yet declared if he will stand for election Nigeria will hold its next presidential election on 22 January 2011, officials have announced. The ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) will now have to decide whether to allow President Goodluck Jonathan to run as... Read more...

Nigeria arrests ex-NFF officials over World Cup money
Tuesday, 07 September 2010

The Super Eagles’ performance in South Africa provoked nationwide anger Four Nigerian former football officials have been arrested amid accusations that some $8m (£5m) went missing during the World Cup finals in South Africa. The four, who include former football federation head Sani Lulu... Read more...

Nigeria army in Maiduguri after 'Boko Haram attacks'
Tuesday, 07 September 2010

The violence began when Boko Haram supporters attacked a police station last year The army is conducting joint patrols with the police in Nigeria's northern city of Maiduguri after a wave of killings blamed on the Islamist sect, Boko Haram. The police have also banned riding motorcycles at night... Read more...

Climate shifts 'not to blame' for African civil wars
Tuesday, 07 September 2010

The Darfur conflict in Sudan was linked to climate shifts Climate change is not responsible for civil wars in Africa, a study suggests. It challenges previous assumptions that environmental disasters, such as drought and prolonged heat waves, had played a part in triggering unrest. Instead, it... Read more...

Four million poor children dying 'of neglect'
Tuesday, 07 September 2010

Save the Children says government policies are failing to help the world's poorest youngsters Nearly four million child deaths over the past 10 years could have been prevented if states were able to help the poorest, says Save the Children. In another report, the UN children's agency Unicef also ... Read more...

South African trade unions suspend public sector strike
Monday, 06 September 2010

The unions have called a halt to the strike to allow them to consider the government's offer South African trade unions have suspended a strike which has paralysed schools and hospitals for the past 20 days. Trade union leaders said the move would allow members to consider the latest government... Read more...

Sussex vicar Alex Brown jailed for sham marriages
Monday, 06 September 2010

Brown, Buchak and Adelasoye were jailed for four years A vicar has been jailed for four years for carrying out hundreds of fake marriages to bypass immigration law. The Reverend Alex Brown conducted 360 sham marriages during a four-year period at the Church of St Peter and St Paul in St Leonards, ... Read more...

South Africa ex-police chief Jackie Selebi to appeal
Monday, 06 September 2010

The judge said Selebi was "an embarrassment" and a "stranger to the truth" A South African judge has ruled that former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi can appeal against his conviction for taking bribes from a drug dealer. Selebi, a former Interpol president, was sentenced to 15 years... Read more...