The official death toll from Thursday's clashes between Guinean opposition protesters and police and government supporters rose to four on Friday, meaning at least 22 people have now been killed in unrest since March.
UN says china offers peacekeepers for Mali China has offered to contribute troops to the new U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali, where Islamist jihadists controlled the country's north until French-led troops launched an offensive in January to oust them, a U.N. official said Thursday.
Egypt’s cash-strapped rulers woo former regime tycoons Almost three years after an uprising fuelled by the old regime’s venality, Egypt's cash-strapped Islamist government is making amends with businessmen who offer to pay their way back into the fold.
Mali’s MUJAO claim responsibility of twin car bombings A Malian group known as Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) has claimed responsibility for the twin car bombings that killed more than two dozen people in northwest Niger.
Swazi activists accuse South Africa A banned Swazi political party on Thursday accused South Africa's diplomatic mission of handing the names of activists over to the absolute monarchy's security services.
Togo police fire tear gas at protesters Police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the latest confrontation between the ruling party and Togo's increasingly active opposition. Demonstrators were gathering to protest the death of an opposition member, who died in jail.
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