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James Ibori, a former governor of one of Nigeria's oil-producing states, has pleaded guilty in a UK court to 10 counts of money-laundering and conspiracy to defraud. British police accuse him of stealing $250m (£160m) over eight years. The prosecutor...

The controversial Egyptian trial of 43 employees of western-backed pro-democracy groups got off to a tumultuous start in Cairo on Sunday in the face of US warnings that it could trigger cuts in American aid and jeopardise Egypt's relations with Washington....

Les Sénégalais ont commencé à voter dimanche 26 février pour le premier tour de la présidentielle qui oppose quatorze candidats, dont le dirigeant sortant contesté Abdoulaye Wade. Quelque 5,3 millions d'électeurs sont appelés à participer à ce scrutin,...

Le secrétaire général de l’ONU Ban Ki-moon a nommé son prédécesseur Kofi Annan comme envoyé spécial de l’ONU et de la Ligue arabe en Syrie. Kofi Annan est chargé d’apporter tout son poids et son expérience diplomatique pour faire cesser les violences...

Former South Africa President Nelson Mandela is in a stable condition after undergoing surgery, the BBC understands. Officials said he was taken to hospital overnight for a "long-standing abdominal complaint" which needed "proper specialist medical attention"....

Pays occidentaux et membres de la Ligue arabe sont réunis vendredi à Tunis pour un sommet international sur la Syrie, rencontre boycottée par la Chine et la Russie, principaux alliés du régime syrien. En ouverture du sommet, le secrétaire général de la...

Le premier ministre israélien Benyamin Nétanyahou a ordonné le gel de toutes les constructions de nouveaux logements dans les quartiers de colonisation de Jérusalem-Est annexée, en prévision de sa prochaine visite à la Maison-Blanche, rapporte vendredi...

Somalia might still be described as the "world's worst failed state", but international enthusiasm for involvement there is ticking up to levels not seen since the 1994 withdrawal of international peacekeepers. Following the October 1993 "Blackhawk Down"...

It is one of west Africa's more stable democracies, often singled out as an example to its benighted regional rivals. But Senegal is teetering on the edge of the kind of electoral confrontation that has troubled the likes of Ivory Coast and Liberia recently....

Après l’interview sur RFI d’Alhassane Condé, le ministre guinéen de l’Administration territoriale déclarant que les élections législatives auront lieu au mois de mai, et ce, avec ou sans l’opposition, Sidya Touré lui répond au nom de cette opposition....

Nigeria is to get a dedicated science fund similar to the US National Science Foundation, to provide support for research in the country. The National Science Research, Technology and Innovation Fund, announced last month (25 January), will be run by...

The International Criminal Court said on Thursday it would extend the remit of its investigation into suspected war crimes in Ivory Coast to cover the country's first civil war which began in 2002. The Hague-based war crimes court had already opened an...

The world's newest nation has expelled its first person - the head of South Sudan's biggest oil company, the Chinese and Malaysian-owned Petrodar. The Chinese national, Liu Yingcai, was asked to leave following an investigation into Khartoum's "theft"...

Des membres du mouvement de jeunes sénégalais Y'en a marre ont comparu mercredi à Dakar et plaidé non coupable de «participation à une manifestation interdite», tandis qu'un petit rassemblement d'opposants tout aussi interdit s'est déroulé contre le président...

The world has reached a turning point in helping Somalis reclaim their country, David Cameron said on Thursday, as he opened a conference in London aimed at restoring stability to a country riven by two decades of conflict. "Unless we can help the people...