Africa Headlines
South Africa's De Klerk in hospital for heart procedure
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's last white president, FW de Klerk, will undergo a procedure on Tuesday to install a pacemaker, his assistant said.
South Africa's Mandela still 'critical but stable'
JOHANNESBURG - Ailing anti-apartheid leader and former South African President Nelson Mandela remained in hospital on Monday in a "critical but stable" condition, the government said. | Video
Mon, Jul 1 2013
Exclusive: Arms ship seized by Yemen may have been Somalia-bound: U.N.
UNITED NATIONS - An Iranian ship laden with arms seized by Yemeni authorities in January may also have been bound for Somalia, according to a confidential U.N. report seen by Reuters on Monday.
Exclusive: Somalia Central Bank a 'slush fund' for private payments - U.N.
UNITED NATIONS - Money at the Central Bank of Somalia is not used to run government institutions in the war-torn Horn of Africa country, with an average 80 percent of withdrawals made for private purposes, according to a U.N. report seen by Reuters on Monday.
Sudan, South Sudan vow to end oil row, but offer no concrete steps
KHARTOUM - The vice presidents of Sudan and South Sudan pledged on Monday to resolve a conflict over Juba's alleged support for rebels that is threatening cross-border oil flows, but failed to offer any concrete solutions.
Nigeria government watchdog says has credible reports of army abuses
ABUJA - A Nigerian government rights watchdog said it had credible reports the country's own forces carried out extra-judicial killings, torture, rape and arbitrary detention in efforts to quell an Islamist insurgency in the northeast.
Ex-Chad leader Habre faces war crimes charge: prosecutor
DAKAR - Chad's former president Hissene Habre will be charged with war crimes, crimes against humanity and torture at a special court in Senegal, a legal official said on Monday, a day after the ex-leader's arrest.
U.N. takes over Mali peacekeeping mission, doubts over vote
BAMAKO - The United Nations took over command of an African peacekeeping force in Mali on Monday, bolstering the mission in a country still threatened by militants and weeks away from what analysts warn could be chaotic elections.
South Africa's Mandela still 'critical but stable'
JOHANNESBURG - Ailing anti-apartheid leader and former South African President Nelson Mandela remained in hospital on Monday in a "critical but stable" condition, the government said. | Video
Obama prods Egypt government on democracy, urges peace
DAR ES SALAAM - U.S. President Barack Obama prodded the government of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi on Monday to work with the opposition and do more to enact democratic reforms, saying U.S. aid to the North African nation was based on such criteria.
McCain, Biden coming together for Sedona, Arizona forum
These days Washington is not known for bipartisanship, but every now and then a breakthrough is made. It is noteworthy that Vice President Joe Biden, a Democrat, and Senator John McCain, a Republican, are appearing together at a forum in Sedona, Arizona on Friday.
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