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Mali has reached a deal with Tuareg separatist rebels paving the way for Malian government troops to return to the rebel-held northern town of Kidal ahead of planned elections in July, Mali's chief...
State-owned electricity utility Eskom announced on Wednesday that new labour agreements have been finalised with contractors and unions at the strike-prone Medupi and Kusile power-station sites....
Mali's interim president told international mediators on Wednesday he wanted changes to a proposed ceasefire deal with Tuareg separatist rebels, meaning talks will have to resume on Thursday in...
Mediators working to hammer out a ceasefire agreement between Mali's government and Tuareg rebels before July elections flew to Bamako on Wednesday to attempt to convince the country's interim...
Mali's government and Tuareg separatist rebels began talks on Saturday that both sides said they hoped would lead to a ceasefire ahead of national elections next month and pave the way for a...
After winning adulation across Mali for a five month military offensive that crushed al Qaeda fighters, France is now frustrating some of its allies by pushing for a political settlement with a...
The World Trade Organisation (or WTO) has reported that African export and imports recovered in 2012, as world trade growth decelerated sharply to 2%, from 5.2% in 2011. The dollar value of world...
Civil society group Corruption Watch (or CW) said at a briefing in Johannesburg on Thursday that the corruption observed in the South African public schooling system was the most ‘disturbing’...
A draft constitution that paves the way for an election in Zimbabwe this year curbs presidential powers and strengthens the country’s cabinet and parliament, which were weakened under veteran...
In an apparent attempt to replicate their successes of last year, Islamist rebels in northern Mali launched fresh attacks on government positions in early January. These attacks resulted in another...
Ethiopian state-run television has reported that Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has died from a sudden infection while recovering from an undisclosed illness at a hospital abroad.
Speculation that...
Lakhdar Brahimi of Algeria, the man tipped to replace Kofi Annan as the UN-Arab League mediator on Syria, has urged world leaders on Friday to overcome their differences on the 17-month-old...
The deteriorating security situation in northern Mali has prompted regional leaders to ask for approval from the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for urgent military intervention. But how...
South Africa's municipal workers kicked off annual wage negotiations with a demand for increases nearly three times the inflation rate,
The United Nations says reluctance to raise ambitions to cut...
Plans to create a 26-nation free trade area by integrating three existing African trade blocs by July 2014 are on track,
Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir says Sudan wants lasting peace with...