The post-Arab Spring rise of Islamist leaders appeared to bypass Libya, where a coalition led by a Western-educated political scientist led the early vote count.

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[New Era]Accra -The Brave Warriors second strings came from two goals behind to force a 2-all stalemate against hosts Ghana in the first match of the Tri-Nations U-20 mini tournament at the Accra Sport Stadium on Sunday.

Islamist fighters destroy two tombs at the Malian city of Timbuktu's famous Djingareyber mosque, residents say.

JOHANNESBURG, July 10 (Reuters) - A new law in Zambia limiting the use of dollars in everyday transactions has triggered a dramatic 8 percent rally in the kwacha in the past week, and other African countries struggling with weakening currencies are taking note.

[Namibian]NAMIBIA came from behind to hold Ghana 2-2 in the opening match of the three-nation under 20 friendly tournament on Sunday at the Accra Sports Stadium.

As usual, this buttinskyistic article/press release was signed by somebody with a name which may well have been fabricated to suit the purpose; for, it sounded as if the bearer was, perhaps, a native of outer-space, or some planet other than our good, old Earth. On this occasion, though, the dispatcher of the aforesaid press release pompously sig ...

[Daily News]A FIVE-day meeting on legal framework governing political parties is due to start in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday.

Nigeria's Supreme Court orders that the world's biggest aluminium producer, Rusal, be stripped of its ownership of a former state-owned aluminium processing plant.

Mohamed Aboutrika is one of the three over-age players in Egypt's Olympic squad.

The full enforcement of the new Legislative Instrument LI which bans the use of hand-held communication gadgets and motorcycles for commercial activities may have to wait for now.This is because officials of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit MTTU of the Ghana Police Service are now to educate themselves on the provisions of the new law t ...