http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6579685.stm" TARGET="_top">Nigerian elections 'to end today'
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:17:23 GMT

Nigerian elections will end today despite long delays in getting election materials to polling stations, say officials.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6579291.stm" TARGET="_top">Deadly Somalia clashes continue
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 13:20:08 GMT

Heavy fighting between Ethiopian troops and Islamist militiamen rages for a fourth day in Somalia's capital.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6575585.stm" TARGET="_top">Gambia jail terms for coup plot
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:48:39 GMT

Ten ex-army officers are sentenced to long prison terms for attempting to overthrow Gambia's leader.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6570647.stm" TARGET="_top">UN accuses Sudan over weapons
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:46:58 GMT

Sudan has used disguised aircraft to fly weapons into Darfur in violation of UN resolutions, the UN alleges.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6571129.stm" TARGET="_top">Belgian peacekeeper trial starts
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:48:50 GMT

A former Rwandan major appears in court charged with the murder of Belgian peacekeepers during the 1994 genocide.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6569093.stm" TARGET="_top">Bush sanctions warning for Sudan
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:47:39 GMT

US President Bush says he will impose sanctions on Sudan if a strengthened UN force is not allowed into Darfur soon.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6508055.stm" TARGET="_top">Facts and figures
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 06:07:54 GMT

Facts and figures on Nigeria's politics, people, economy and society.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6205876.stm" TARGET="_top">Candidate profiles
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:25:14 GMT

The BBC News website's Senan Murray profiles the likely contenders in next year's presidential elections in Nigeria.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/6579707.stm" TARGET="_top">Esperance advance in Champs Lge
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:57:39 GMT

Tunisia's Esperance are held to a 0-0 draw in Tanzania by Young Africans but win 3-0 on aggregate.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/6555249.stm" TARGET="_top">Adebayor scores as Arsenal draw
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 13:49:03 GMT

Togo's Emmanuel Adebayor scores for Arsenal in a 2-2 draw with Spurs in the English Premiership.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6573061.stm" TARGET="_top">Mauritania's president sworn in
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:21:16 GMT

Mauritania's new president is sworn in in the capital, Nouakchott following last month's historic polls.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6572567.stm" TARGET="_top">Rolls-Royce to pull out of Sudan
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:58:37 GMT

British aerospace firm Rolls-Royce is to pull out of Sudan in light of the worsening humanitarian situation in Darfur.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6568329.stm" TARGET="_top">Rwanda takes France to UN court
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:44:30 GMT

Rwanda asks the world court to quash French arrest warrants against President Kagame's associates.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6566841.stm" TARGET="_top">Nigerian army attacks Islamists
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:22:42 GMT

Nigerian troops battle armed Islamic militants near Kano, as the opposition threatens to boycott Saturday's polls.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6569367.stm" TARGET="_top">Kenyan ads move 'attack press'
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:17:16 GMT

Kenya's government halts ads in an independent daily, after a report linking a minister with an assassination plot.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6567479.stm" TARGET="_top">Mugabe blames greed for collapse
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:33:47 GMT

Zimbabwe's President Mugabe blames economic woes on "unbridled greed" in an independence day speech.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6567221.stm" TARGET="_top">Fresh fatalities in Somali clash
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:23:17 GMT

Fresh clashes in Somalia's capital leave seven people dead as the cabinet meets to discuss government divisions.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6566747.stm" TARGET="_top">Fears for Pakistan terror suspect
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:37:43 GMT

Amnesty International says it is worried about a terror suspect being held without trial in Pakistan.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6563709.stm" TARGET="_top">Uganda police charge protest MPs
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:21:47 GMT

Ugandan police fire at protesters opposing plans to clear a forest to grow sugar, as two MPs are charged.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6566843.stm" TARGET="_top">Egyptian crash kills 16 students
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:37:07 GMT

About 16 Egyptian school students are killed in a road accident south of the capital Cairo.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6564975.stm" TARGET="_top">Madonna visits Malawi orphanage
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:55:03 GMT

Pop star Madonna returns to the Malawian orphanage where the boy she is adopting used to live.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6562595.stm" TARGET="_top">Mugabe critic in 'prophetic role'
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:53:59 GMT

Archbishop Pius Ncube says he may lose his life opposing Zimbabwe's leader, but the church has "a prophetic role".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6564767.stm" TARGET="_top">'I'm as old as Zimbabwe'
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:03:43 GMT

Zimbabwean who was 'born free' - during 1980 when the country gained its independence - reflects on the ups and downs of living in Mugabe's Zimbabwe.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6564083.stm" TARGET="_top">'Free Ethiopia hostages'
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:27:35 GMT

Thousands sign up to a campaign to free nine Ethiopians still being held captive after their fellow European hostages were released.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6551303.stm" TARGET="_top">Uganda attacks on Asians
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:02:03 GMT

Kampala resident Salim Matovu explains what happened when a protest led to attacks on Asians in Uganda.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6564773.stm" TARGET="_top">Liberia economy 'to grow by 11%'
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:44:40 GMT

Liberia's economy should grow 11% a year on average over the next five years, according to the IMF.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6541295.stm" TARGET="_top">SA empowerment 'needs review'
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:00:00 GMT

South Africa's policy of black economic empowerment needs to be reviewed, finance minister Trevor Manuel says.

http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?threadID=6166&edition=1" TARGET="_top">Can texts make voting fairer?
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:28:07 GMT

Let us know whether you think technology and better communications can help ensure free and fair elections in Africa.

http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?threadID=6155&edition=1&ttl=20070418182631" TARGET="_top">Are young voters valued?
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:49:22 GMT

Official Census figures indicate that 64% of Nigeria's population is under the age of 25, but will their vote make a difference?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6562983.stm" TARGET="_top">Will elections heal Delta woes?
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:54:36 GMT

BBC's Alex Last says violence and fraud during elections in the Niger Delta do not bode well for the oil-rich region.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3909787.stm" TARGET="_top">Send us your pictures of Africa
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:42:52 GMT

BBC News Online wants your digital pictures of life in Africa.


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