10:23pm

Sentencing of Taylor sets precedent

Status as head of state is aggravating factor

3:38pm

Charles Taylor sentenced to 50 years

UK jail likely to house ex-Liberia leader

1:46pm

Zuma painting charges dropped

South Africa’s ruling party ends action

May 29, 2012

Congo probes claim of Rwandan role in violence

Renewed fighting risks souring Rwanda’s relations with west

May 29, 2012

South Africa to maintain economic course

Finance minister rules out any significant shift

Editorial from COMMENT May 28, 2012

Zuma exposed

Unpalatable truths are hidden behind satirical painting

May 28, 2012

More than a dozen injured in Kenya blast

Cause of explosion in Nairobi not immediately clear

May 25, 2012

UN official wants Zimbabwe sanctions eased

High Commissioner for Human Rights makes her first visit to country

May 25, 2012

Zuma painting reveals SA tensions

Young democracy grapples with furore over artwork

May 24, 2012

Two Sudans to restart talks

Both countries seek to end hostilities and settle disputes

May 22, 2012

Farmhand guilty of Terre’Blanche murder

South African white supremacist killed in wage dispute

May 22, 2012

Zuma row escalates after art attack

ANC goes to court over ‘disrespectful’ depiction of president

May 22, 2012

Obiang promotes minister son to deputy PM

Equatorial Guinea president reshuffles cabinet

May 22, 2012

Changing face of Nigeria’s Boko Haram

An inside view on the Islamist sect tells of growing links with al-Qaeda

May 21, 2012

Crowds protest against Mali president

Traffic paralysed in capital Bamako

From COMPANIES May 21, 2012

Activists intervene in Shell lawsuit

Human rights activists challenge governments

From MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA May 20, 2012

Israel attacks move to label settlement goods

South Africa to require origin identification

May 20, 2012

Nigeria oil deal puts focus on energy sector

Doubts raised over Abuja’s pledge to clean up industry

From GLOBAL ECONOMY May 18, 2012

G8 leaders urged to focus talks on growth

Obama and Hollande back fiscal consolidation efforts

From MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA May 18, 2012

Moderate Islamist aims to heal Egypt’s rifts

Aboul Fotouh’s call for unity may work against him in polarised society

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