http://www.news24.com/ Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wed, 16 May 2012 13:36:56 +0200 Wed, 16 May 2012 13:00:29 +0200 Kenya police have arrested a man suspected to have taken part in a grenade attack on a restaurant in the coastal city of Mombasa that killed one. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Suspect-held-in-Kenya-grenade-attack-20120516 Wed, 16 May 2012 13:00:28 +0200 The face of Hosni Mubarak's last PM beams down from huge billboards on major highways promising "Egypt for everyone", but Ahmed Shafiq is polarising voters ahead of next week’s presidential poll. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Egypts-ex-premier-polarises-voters-20120515 Wed, 16 May 2012 13:00:29 +0200 Islamists who say they are being unfairly held in Moroccan prisons are staging hunger strikes to put more pressure on the new government to release them, according to campaigners. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Jailed-Morocco-Islamists-on-hunger-strike-20120515 Wed, 16 May 2012 11:57:42 +0200 Algeria's constitutional council has released the definitive results of last week’s legislative polls, which saw the former single party tighten its grip on power and the Islamists lose ground. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Polls-Algerian-ruling-party-triumphs-20120515 Wed, 16 May 2012 11:57:43 +0200 An Egyptian rights group has released the most comprehensive list to date of the more than 800 civilians killed by security forces in the 18-day uprising that overthrew Hosni Mubarak last year. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/841-killed-in-Egypts-2011-uprising-group-20120515 Wed, 16 May 2012 10:49:46 +0200 A notorious ex-warlord who became a general in the Congolese army despite international war crimes charges is now being blamed for fomenting more unrest in DRC’s east. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/DRC-military-hunts-evasive-ex-warlord-20120515 Wed, 16 May 2012 10:49:47 +0200 A woman has died after a grenade attack in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa, police say, a day after armed men opened fire and threw explosives into a restaurant. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Kenyan-restaurant-grenade-attack-kills-1-20120516 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:39:04 +0200 Algeria's legislative election saw women take almost a third of the seats, making the national assembly the most gender-balanced in the region but activists say the battle is far from being won. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Algerian-women-claw-their-way-into-parly-20120516 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:19:50 +0200 Sierra Leone’s UN-backed war crimes court is set to hear arguments on the sentencing of Liberian warlord Charles Taylor, who has been convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Lawyers-to-argue-Charles-Taylor-sentencing-20120516 Wed, 16 May 2012 08:02:32 +0200 Amnesty International says armed Tuaregs and Islamists, who seized northern Mali after a coup, carried out grave rights abuses such as rape, murder and using child soldiers. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Rebels-troops-in-Mali-committed-abuses-20120516 Wed, 16 May 2012 08:02:34 +0200 More than 40 Angolan opposition supporters were killed and six injured in a road crash as they returned from a party meeting. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Angola-opposition-members-killed-in-crash-20120515 Tue, 15 May 2012 22:39:46 +0200 One hundred couples tied the knot at a mass wedding at the main mosque in Nigeria's second-largest city, part of an Islamic police programme aimed at promoting stable families. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Nigeria-Islamic-cops-marry-off-100-widows-20120515 Tue, 15 May 2012 22:39:45 +0200 A UN report says sustainable economic growth in Africa hinges on the eliminating of hunger. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Africa-must-stop-begging-for-food-UN-20120515 Tue, 15 May 2012 21:09:39 +0200 Swazi police fired tear gas as they waged running battles with bus drivers in the kingdom's commercial centre Manzini, in the latest show of public anger at Africa's last absolute monarch. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Swazi-cops-bus-drivers-clash-20120515 Tue, 15 May 2012 19:46:24 +0200 A Somali pirate says the 1st air strike by EU forces destroyed boats, fuel depots and an arms cache. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/EU-airstrike-destroys-pirate-equipment-20120515 Tue, 15 May 2012 19:46:24 +0200 Guinea-Bissau's military rulers have banned 58 key figures - mostly from the ousted government, from leaving the country. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Guinea-Bissau-junta-gives-58-travel-ban-20120515 Tue, 15 May 2012 17:55:55 +0200 Two envoys from West African bloc Ecowas are set to return to Mali, days after leaving the country following the breakdown of talks with coup leaders. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/West-Africa-envoys-to-revive-Mali-talks-20120515 Tue, 15 May 2012 16:24:58 +0200 Zimbabwe's two main political parties have ironed out issues stalling the crafting of a new constitution that would pave the way for fresh polls, officials say. http://www.news24.com/Africa/Zimbabwe/Zimbabwe-clears-way-for-new-charter-20120515 Tue, 15 May 2012 14:35:19 +0200 Malawi's devaluation of its currency by a third against the dollar has provoked a strike over wages at the country’s largest mine, condemned by the Australian firm's management. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Workers-at-Malawis-biggest-mine-strike-20120515 Tue, 15 May 2012 14:35:21 +0200 Africa needs to boost agricultural productivity and address the debilitating hunger that affects 27% of its population if it is to sustain its economic boom the UN says. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Africa-must-end-hunger-says-UN-20120515 Tue, 15 May 2012 13:36:13 +0200