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12-10 News24 - Africa 'It's power grabbing' Zimbabwe's opposition leader has threatened to pull out of a national unity government if President Robert Mugabe refuses to cede control of key ministries.
12-10 News24 - Africa AU chief in DRC African Union chief Jean Ping has met officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo to try and bring an end to fighting in the country's east between the army and rebel forces.
12-10 News24 - Africa Troops raid hijacked ship Somali forces have raided one of the many ships hijacked off the country's coast as a deadline looms in a stand-off aboard another, arms-laden vessel.
12-10 News24 - Africa Malawi suspends extra HIV pay Malawi has suspended extra monthly payments to its 38 000 civil servants with the HIV virus, a government official said.
12-10 News24 - Africa Arms case upsets Angola Angola is pulling out the stops to bury a French arms case in which President Jose Eduardo dos Santos is suspected of receiving millions in kickbacks.
12-10 News24 - Africa Kidnappers sentenced to death A Somali court has handed death sentences to three men convicted of kidnapping a British national working for a Canadian oil firm.
12-10 News24 - Africa Mbeki rushes to help Zim Zimbabwe mediator Thabo Mbeki's spokesperson has said that the ousted former South African president is heading to Harare in a bid to resurrect power-sharing talks.
11-10 News24 - Africa Tanker hijacked near Somalia A maritime official says a Greek chemical tanker with 20 crew members has been hijacked by armed pirates in the Gulf of Aden.
11-10 News24 - Africa Russian warships call in Libya Russian warships bound for Venezuela, including the nuclear-powered cruiser Peter the Great, put in at the Libyan port of Tripoli for refuelling.
11-10 News24 - Africa 'Schools must fight trafficking' Graca Machel, Mozambican human rights campaigner and the country's former first lady, has appealed to schools to take more action to prevent children from being sold into prostitution.
11-10 News24 - Africa DRC president names new PM Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has named a new prime minister to replace Antoine Gizenga, who resigned last month.
11-10 News24 - Africa Article lands editor in jail A newspaper editor is being held by southern Sudanese authorities for publishing an article critical of corruption in the region.
11-10 News24 - Africa 'Tight trouser official' sacked A senior official in South Sudan who ordered a crackdown on young women wearing tight trousers has been sacked.
11-10 News24 - Africa MDC slams 'outrageous' wish list President Robert Mugabe has allocated three key ministries to Zanu-PF, angering the MDC and threatening a power-sharing deal.
11-10 News24 - Africa US warns of 'al-Qaeda' threat The United States has said a group called "Al Qaeda in the Land of the Two Niles" has threatened its citizens and allies in Sudan.
11-10 News24 - Africa Nato joins fight against pirates Nato has joined a growing international force to protect vessels off Somalia's perilous coast, sending military ships to the treacherous waters.
11-10 News24 - Africa Zim impasse 'a concern' UN chief Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern about the Zimbabwe power-sharing deal and urged the two sides to step up efforts.
10-10 News24 - Africa Tsvangirai: Talks deadlocked Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says that power-sharing talks with President Robert Mugabe's government are deadlocked.
10-10 News24 - Africa Cops blamed for woman's death More than a hundred Egyptians have attacked policemen with rocks and sticks in a town south of Cairo after a pregnant woman died during a police search of her home.
10-10 News24 - Africa Libya makes terror fund deposit Libya has deposited a "substantial amount" of money into a compensation fund for victims of terrorism, a senior US official says.
10-10 News24 - Africa DRC wary of Rwanda attack The Democratic Republic of Congo has accused Rwanda of sending troops to the DRC's Nord-Kivu region to support rebels fighting government forces.
10-10 News24 - Africa Zim inflation jumps to 231m % Zimbabwe's annual inflation raced to a record 231m % in July, up from 11.2m % the previous month, deepening a severe economic crisis, official figures show.
10-10 News24 - Africa Zuma to visit Equatorial Guinea ANC president Jacob Zuma will attend Independence Day celebrations in Equatorial Guinea, the party says.
10-10 News24 - Africa Zim leaders agree to new talks Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and his rivals have agreed to fresh mediation by ex-SA president Thabo Mbeki to end a deadlock over a new unity government.
10-10 News24 - Africa UN to prevent Congo-Rwanda war The UN will do everything possible to stop Congo's conflict from becoming a war, after the government accused Rwanda of sending troops over the border, a UN official says.
10-10 News24 - Africa Libya cuts oil sales to Swiss Libya has decided to halt oil deliveries to Switzerland in protest at the brief detention in Geneva of a son of its leader Muammar Gaddaffi.
10-10 News24 - Africa 5 killed in Algeria floods Five people have died and six injured in Algeria, after fresh flash floods struck Ain Torki, the APS news agency has reported.
10-10 News24 - Africa 3 soldiers killed in shootout Niger's Defense Ministry says three soldiers and one suspected rebel have been killed in a fire-fight in the mountainous north of the country.
10-10 News24 - Africa Ethiopia arrests terror suspects The Ethiopian government says its troops have captured eight Kenyan terror suspects who were recently released amid accusations of a rendition programme.
10-10 News24 - Africa Somali Islamists under attack An unidentified aircraft bombed an Islamist rebel stronghold in central Somalia, witnesses say, but it is not clear if there are any casualties.
10-10 News24 - Africa Bashir denies rape allegations Allegations of mass rape in Darfur are fabricated and the province is mostly safe, Sudan's president has said in a British television interview.
10-10 News24 - Africa MDC: Talks have stalled Zimbabwe's MDC claims talks to allocate key cabinet positions have deadlocked, refuting earlier claims by Zanu-PF that there is no deadlock on power sharing.
10-10 News24 - Africa Kidnappers want a swap A Somali group that kidnapped a Japanese doctor and a Dutch nurse from Ethiopia say they will free their hostages if Ethiopia released Somali prisoners.
10-10 News24 - Africa Zanu-PF: Mbeki not needed Zimbabwe' ruling party says political leaders did not need to invite former SA president Thabo Mbeki to mediate as there is no deadlock on power sharing.
10-10 News24 - Africa Oxfam: 6m Ethiopians need aid The number of Ethiopians in need of emergency assistance has risen to 6.4 million, the charity Oxfam says, warning of a disaster if donors do not respond.
10-10 News24 - Africa DRC asks UN to meet on Rwanda The DRC says it has asked the UN Security Council to call an emergency meeting on what it describes as an incursion into its territory by forces from Rwanda.
10-10 News24 - Africa Leaders 'too soft on peers' Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga has blasted African leaders' fear of criticising each other saying it was stifling the continent's progress towards democracy.
10-10 News24 - Africa Libya nuke trial nears end A German engineer has acknowledged that he helped procure parts for a centrifuge system that authorities say was meant for Libya's nuclear weapons programme.
10-10 News24 - Africa Uganda on high security alert Uganda's security services have been placed on high alert following recent threats stemming from Uganda's involvement in the peacekeeping force in Somalia.
10-10 News24 - Africa Pirates seize Somali ship Pirates have hijacked a Somali merchant vessel in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Oman, an official says.
10-10 News24 - Africa AU head pleads to world The chairperson of the AU has urged the world not to row back on aid to the world's poorest continent due to the financial crisis.
09-10 News24 - Africa US: No Africom base in Africa A top Pentagon official for African affairs has insisted that no country on the continent had been asked to host the new US miltary command for Africa.
09-10 News24 - Africa Attack threatens park rangers Congolese wildlife guards have prepared to evacuate from Africa's oldest national park as Tutsi rebels advanced on a ranger station protecting rare mountain gorillas.
09-10 News24 - Africa Troops 'crossing Congo border' Congo has accused neighbouring Rwanda of sending troops across the border and fighting in support of a Congolese warlord.
09-10 News24 - Africa Boat capsizes in rough seas Morocco's official news agency says a boat carrying around 50 migrants has capsized in rough seas and the coast guard is searching for survivors.
09-10 News24 - Africa Troops free British hostage A Somali government official says troops have freed a British oil worker abducted in northern Somalia.
09-10 News24 - Africa Rebels take military boot camp Renegade general Laurent Nkunda's forces have seized an army camp in the east of the DRC amid violent clashes elsewhere in the turbulent region, sources say.
09-10 News24 - Africa 'It's been very hard in Egypt' US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice took aim at close ally Egypt over its human rights record and lamented "setbacks" there.
09-10 News24 - Africa Egypt building owner arrested Police in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria have arrested the owner of a building which collapsed, killing 11 residents.
09-10 News24 - Africa Pirates open to negotiations The Somali pirates holding a Ukrainian ship laden with weapons are open to ransom negotiations, but will cause problems if force is used against them, a spokesperson says.