The United Nations boss Ban Ki-moon calls on Nigerians to back their acting president Goodluck Jonathan while wishing the ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua Godspeed.

"The secretary-general sends his best wishes to President Yar'Adua during his continuing convalescence," spokesperson Martin Nesirky said in a statement on Tuesday.

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A dispute could break out between Ghana and neighbouring Ivory Coast, if immediate steps are not taken to enter into appropriate negotiations to redefine the international boundary between the two nations. Ghana's Western neighbor Ivory Coast is reportedly laying claims to portions of the huge oil wealth in the deep waters of the Western Region…

As Togo go to the polls today to elect a new president there are mixed feelings among the people of the tiny West African nation.

AfricaNews correspondent in Lome, Kofi Agyepong, said there is no cause for alarm but indigenes fear a post election violence might erupt if the poll is not handled professionally.

“I am scared,” confessed Johana…

The United Nations relief teams were on Thursday to begin their rescue effort in a remote region of eastern Uganda, three days after a landslide left 100 dead and 350 missing.

"Definitely we will be able to begin work on the ground today. We will certainly be working with government, and the military," Theophane Nikyema, resident co-ordinator…

More than three million Togolese are expected to vote on Thursday to pick a new president among candidates including incumbent Faure Gnassingbe, in the West African nation. The Independent Electoral Commission (CENI), charged for the first time with organising presidential polls in Togo, has vowed to stage a free and fair poll, devoid of violence.

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At least 30 people were killed in Sudan after clashes between two rival tribes in the volatile southern region, witnesses said.

Deputy state governor David Noc Marial has said clashes began after armed men from the Dinka tribe's Atuot and Ciek clans clashed in south Sudan's remote area over the weekend.

The deputy governor added "There…

The polls in the West African country of Togo on Thursday is expected to be seen as a test of democracy for that country with over three million citizens to choose between seven candidates, including incumbent President Faure Gnassingbé. Togo was ruled for 38 years by a strongman, General Eyadema.

After his sudden death in February 2005, his son Faure…

Three employees of South African TV channel SuperSport have been kidnapped in south-east Nigeria. The three - one South African and two Nigerians - were reportedly attacked near the airport in Owerri, after covering a football match in Enugu.

South Africa's foreign ministry said it was in contact with Nigerian officials but gave no further details.
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Former Rwanda first lady Agathe Habyarimana has been arrested in France for crimes related to the 1994 genocide. Her husband and former Rwanda president Juvenal Habyarimana's assassination triggered the genocide.

Habyarimana is accused by the current Rwandan government of helping to plan the 1994 genocide, and has long been sought by prosecutors…

More than 100 people have been killed in a landslide in the mountainous eastern region of Bududa in Uganda. Uganda's Minister for Disaster Preparedness, Musa Ecweru who confirmed the deaths, has since gone to the remote areas to assess what help is needed. Rescuers are digging through the mud with handheld tools, looking for survivors and bodies.
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The number of people being evacuated to safer and higher grounds in the Zambian capital, Lusaka following heavy flooding has continued to rise.

Several days of continuous rains and severe flooding in some parts of Zambia have forced the evacuation and relocation of hundreds of people while some parts of the country have been completely cut-off from…

Two Moroccan nationals were arrested at Senegal's Leopold Sedar Senghor International Airport, in possession of eight kilograms of cocaine.

The two culprits were arrested by officers from the Central Office for the Suppression of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs (OCRTIS), shortly after arriving on board a Turkish Airline from the Brazilian city…

Niger's military junta has formed a new transitional government of 20 ministers, including five soldiers and five women, according to an official statement read on state radio. The defence, sport and environment portfolios went to three generals close to toppled president Mamadou Tandja.

The line-up includes five military officers, but aside from…

Guinea's government on Monday announced a 50% increase in the salaries of public servants across the country. The move, according to a statement broadcast on state TV, is aimed at softening the impact of a 30 percent increase in fuel prices, and to relieve the suffering of public servants.

A government employee in Guinea earns an average salary…

Three people have been killed in the Capital of Cameroon, Yaounde, after a four storey building collapsed. The remains of the three persons were drawn out from the rubble amidst lamentation from the population gathered to watch the National Fire Brigade at work.

At least three others were pulled out alive and immediately rushed to the hospital.

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The British government will ban Somali Islamist group of Al-Shabaab which pledged loyalty to Al-Qaeda network and noticed an international holy war last month, the British Interior Ministry said on Monday.

The British Home Office announced that the ban was ordered as prevent Islamists in Somalia those seeking funds from Somalis community live in U.K.
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Calm has been restored in the northwestern provincial capital of Voinjama in Liberia after violent clashes between rival Mandingo and Lorma tribes that left at least five people dead, dozens injured and thousands of dollars worth of property damaged.

The unrest which began last Friday in a nearby town, was sparked by the murder of a 23 year old woman…

About 450,000 people from around the world opposing Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill have taken an online petition to the country's parliament. The petition is the latest attempt to halt the bill, which carries the death penalty for some homosexual acts. US President Barack Obama has called the proposed legislation "odious".

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The widespread cholera outbreak has continued to rise in Zambia, creating panic and fear that is if not contained urgently; the water-borne disease might lead to deaths of people living in flooded regions of the country.

Since the onset of the rainy season late 2009, many parts of Zambia have been shrouded in a mist of floods which have since forced…

The United States said it backed Nigeria's acting president Goodluck Jonathan and voiced concern that ailing President, Umaru Yar'Adua's return from abroad might be a reckless bid by his advisers to advance their own interests.

Yar'Adua's return last week threw the country into confusion and revived concerns of a leadership…