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HELEN VESPERINI

Kenya on edge ahead of ICC ruling

Kenya is nervously awaiting an ICC ruling on whether to try six officials, including two presidential contenders, over deadly 2007-2008 poll unrest.

  • Helen Vesperini
4 min read
Kagame sweeps Rwanda’s presidential polls
HELEN VESPERINI

Kagame sweeps Rwanda’s presidential polls

Rwanda President Paul Kagame secured another seven-year term on Wednesday after being declared landslide winner of the country’s election.

  • Helen Vesperini
3 min read
AL QAEDA

African leaders urged to tackle al-Qaeda threat

Senegal’s president urged African leaders on Monday to join forces in the fight against al-Qaeda’s North African branch.

  • Helen Vesperini
3 min read
ADDIS ABABA

AU leaders turn attention to Africa’s hot spots

African Union (AU) heads of state focused on rising tensions in oil-rich, secessionist southern Sudan on Monday.

  • Helen Vesperini
3 min read
BAN KI MOON

Ban slams power-grabs as Gadaffi steps aside

UN chief Ban Ki-Moon on Sunday criticised power-grabs in Africa as Libya’s Moammar Gadaffi reluctantly handed over the presidency of the AU.

  • Helen Vesperini
4 min read
HELEN VESPERINI

Three Croatians join kidnap list in Nigeria

Three Croatians have become the latest foreigners to be kidnapped at gunpoint in Nigeria’s oil capital of Port Harcourt, industry sources said on Monday. Gunmen abducted the…

  • Helen Vesperini
2 min read