http://www.news24.com/ Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Thu, 23 May 2013 07:59:17 +0200 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:55:48 +0200 The AU is celebrating 50 years of existence this year. Set up in 1963 in the Ethiopian capital, the body had 32 initial signatory governments, with 21 more nations joining over the years. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/AU-memories-of-hope-50-years-ago-20130523 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:55:47 +0200 Madagascar strongman Andry Rajoelina says presidential elections scheduled for July will probably not be held because international donors have pulled the plug on funding. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Rajoelina-warns-polls-may-not-go-ahead-20130522 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:55:48 +0200 Chinese vice premier Wang Yang has urged Zimbabwe to ensure peace and political stability ahead of elections this year. http://www.news24.com/Africa/Zimbabwe/Chinese-call-for-stability-in-Zimbabwe-20130522 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:15:07 +0200 Kenya truth report shows assassinations, land grabs, corruption plagued its past governments. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Kenya-truth-report-Killings-graft-20130522 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:15:55 +0200 An Egyptian court has sentenced four men to death by hanging for the 2011 killing of a Coptic Christian priest in his apartment in the southern city of Assiut. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Egypt-court-sentences-four-to-hang-20130522 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:15:55 +0200 Zimbabwe's police force have detained three of its officers for attending a rally of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party. http://www.news24.com/Africa/Zimbabwe/Zim-cops-detained-for-attending-rally-20130522 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:18:01 +0200 Togo authorities have banned two protests in the capital Lome planned by the opposition after windows were broken and cars were damaged during a demonstration. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Togo-bans-opposition-protests-20130522 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:24 +0200 Ansar al-Sharia spokesperson Seifeddine Rais, detained in the Tunisian city of Kairouan at the weekend as police enforced a government ban on its annual congress, has been released on bail. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Tunisia-Salafist-gets-bail-20130522 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:23 +0200 Rockets have land in DRC city of Goma as the UN secretary-general arrives in the capital. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/DRC-war-persists-as-UN-chief-arrives-20130522 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:50:10 +0200 Thousands of mourners have gathered at the funerals of six young opposition activists killed in protests in the Guinean capital Conakry, chanting anti-government slogans and demanding justice for the men. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Guinea-protesters-buried-20130522 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:50:09 +0200 The body of revered Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe has arrived in his home state in Nigeria, where hundreds of admirers packed a stadium to pay tribute a day ahead of his funeral. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Achebes-body-arrives-home-20130522 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:24:30 +0200 Kidnappers have freed Egyptian police and soldiers in the Sinai as President Mohamed Morsi vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Morsi-greets-freed-troops-cops-20130522 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:07:18 +0200 Libyan army special forces have arrested an armed group in the eastern city of Benghazi in possession of hundreds of anti-tank mines and material for making explosives. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Libya-arrests-armed-group-20130522 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:38:05 +0200 The African Union is celebrating the 50th year since it's founding. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/African-Union-turns-50-20130522 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:10:46 +0200 Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has appealed to the opposition for unity, in the face of criticism he is failing the revolution that brought him to power almost a year ago. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Morsi-appeals-to-opposition-for-unity-20130522-2 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:40:59 +0200 Kenya's reconciliation commission says the president, security forces and judiciary should publicly apologise for past abuses going back 50 years, its final report says. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Truth-panel-Kenyatta-must-apologise-20130522 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:21:04 +0200 Fresh fighting has erupted between the army and rebels in the eastern DRC ahead of a visit by the UN chief Ban Ki-moon to the troubled country. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Fighting-flares-in-DRC-ahead-of-Ban-visit-20130522 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:21:06 +0200 President Robert Mugabe has signed Zimbabwe’s new constitution into law, clearing the path to crucial elections later this year. http://www.news24.com/Africa/Zimbabwe/Mugabe-signs-new-constitution-into-law-20130522 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:28:15 +0200 Malawi's luxury presidential jet, bought by late leader Bingu wa Mutharika, has been sold for $15m to raise cash for the country, a government official says. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Malawi-sells-presidential-jet-for-15m-20130522 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:02:18 +0200 HRW has urged Ivory Coast authorities to carry out a "credible investigation" of a militia chief whom rights groups suspect of playing a key role in deadly post election violence in 2011. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/HRW-wants-probe-into-I-Coast-militia-boss-20130521 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:02:19 +0200