• Congo fighting persists as UN chief arrives May 22, 2013
  GOMA, Congo (AP) — M23 rebels fired two rockets into the eastern Congo city of Goma, killing one person and wounding four, officials said, in an apparent spillover from three days of fighting raging north of the city.
• Amid signs of turmoil, S Sudan says oil will flow May 22, 2013
  JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Following a lengthy Cabinet meeting, South Sudan's government spokesman said Wednesday that the country will continue to export oil through Sudan and that there had been only a temporary slowdown in production.
• 'Boom Town Baby': African stock markets see gains May 22, 2013
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The barrage of hourly tweets sent out by Aly-Khan Satchu — East Africa's version of CNBC's Mad Money host Jim Cramer — cheers on what Satchu says is a growing sentiment among investors: If you're not investing in Africa, you should be. Or as Satchu loudly proclaims on his Twitter feed or newspaper column: "ITS BOOM T […]
• AP PHOTOS: Nigeria prepares to bury writer Achebe May 22, 2013
  OGIDI, Nigeria (AP) — Writer Chinua Achebe, whose works focused on the conflict between modernity and the way of life in rural Nigeria, has returned home for the final time.
• Kenya's truth report: Killings, land grabs, graft May 22, 2013
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's president received a long-awaited Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission report that names the president and his deputy as being among those suspected of planning and financing Kenya's 2007-08 postelection violence in which more than 1,000 people died and 600,000 were evicted from their homes.
• Zimbabwe's president signs new constitution May 22, 2013
  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's president signs into law a new constitution and vows to hold peaceful and clean elections later this year.
• Malawi finds buyer for presidential jet May 22, 2013
  BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Malawi's cost-cutting president is selling her predecessor's jet.
• African Union celebrates 50th year May 22, 2013
  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — African nations this week mark the 50th year since the founding of a continentwide organization that spearheaded efforts to liberate Africa from colonial masters. Now leaders want to map out the next 50 years of political and economic integration.
• Mortar lands in Congo as UN chief arrives May 22, 2013
  GOMA, Congo (AP) — A mortar round exploded in Goma, a city in eastern Congo which has been in the crosshairs of this country's latest rebellion, officials said Wednesday, as the United Nations secretary-general arrived in Congo's capital for a two-day visit expected to take him to Goma.
• South Sudan warns it may shut down oil flow again May 22, 2013
  JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan is warning that it may stop exporting oil through Sudan's pipelines again.
• Nigeria: Islamic extremist inmates to be released May 21, 2013
  ENUGU, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military said Tuesday that the West African nation would release some of the prisoners it has taken in the country's fight against Islamic extremists — including all the women now held in custody.
• New Egypt tax law: cuts for poor, business hikes May 21, 2013
  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president signed a new tax law Tuesday that cuts the amount paid by poorer Egyptians in the latest move aimed at reforming the country's economy.
• South Africa: Winnie Mandela forced auction flops May 21, 2013
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — There were no bidders and no locksmiths willing to force entry for a scheduled auction Tuesday to sell artworks and other belongings of Nelson Mandela's ex-wife.
• Fighting for 2nd day between army, rebels in Congo May 21, 2013
  GOMA, Congo (AP) — Fighting between the M23 rebels and the army continued for a second day Tuesday near Congo's eastern provincial capital of Goma, in clashes that have so far killed 19 people, all of them either soldiers or rebels, officials said.
• Court frees man in murder that shocked SAfricans May 21, 2013
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A magistrate drops charges against the boyfriend accused in the brutal gang-rape and killing of a teenager that shocked South Africans.
• Rebels in C. African Republic protest conditions May 21, 2013
  BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Some members of the rebel alliance who overthrew the president of Central African Republic are protesting outside the luxury hotel where their leader is based.
• Uganda leader's legacy at stake in general's case May 21, 2013
  KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — An army general's concern that officials are at risk of assassination if they oppose President Yoweri Museveni's alleged plan to have his son succeed him has stirred controversy in Uganda because it challenges the popular view of Museveni as a moderate leader, analysts said Tuesday.
• South Africa: Mandela name pulled into politics May 20, 2013
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela, old and frail, lives in seclusion in his Johannesburg home. Beyond the high walls of the house, the fighting over his image and what he stood for has already begun.
• M23 rebels clash with soldiers in eastern Congo May 20, 2013
  GOMA, Congo (AP) — Clashes erupted Monday in eastern Congo between government troops and a rebel group believed to be backed by neighboring Rwanda, escalating to the use of mortars and rocket launchers in the first fighting between the groups since the M23 rebels overtook and later retreated from the provincial capital of Goma last year.
• Uganda police raid newspaper over general's letter May 20, 2013
  KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan police disabled an independent newspaper's printing press after forcibly entering its premises to look for evidence against an army general who recently questioned the president's alleged plan to have his son succeed him, witnesses said Monday.
• Militiamen attack gas complex in western Libya May 20, 2013
  TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A Libyan gas company official says militiamen have attacked a natural gas complex in the country's west, injuring two guards and stealing weapons and military vehicles.
• Rebels attack C. African Republic villages; 8 dead May 20, 2013
  BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Suspected foreign fighters backing a rebel movement now in control of Central African Republic's government invaded a remote north-central village and killed six people, residents said.
• 51 die in 2 South Sudan clashes; army retakes town May 20, 2013
  JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Twenty-four people died in a battle between South Sudan's military and rebel fighters the government believes to be supported by neighboring Sudan, while a tribe-on-tribe cattle-raiding attack elsewhere in the country killed 27 people, officials said Monday.
• Spokesman for Ansar Dine arrested in Mauritania May 20, 2013
  NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — The man who acted as the spokesman for one of the three al-Qaida-linked groups occupying northern Mali turned himself in over the weekend to Mauritanian authorities on the border, an intelligence official briefed on the matter confirmed on Monday.
• M23 rebels clash with soldiers in east Congo May 20, 2013
  GOMA, Congo (AP) — Clashes erupted Monday in eastern Congo between government troops and a rebel group believed to be backed by neighboring Rwanda, the first fighting between the groups since the M23 rebels overtook and later retreated from the provincial capital Goma last year.

• Oscar Pistorius' brother cleared of road crash death May 21, 2013
  The brother of Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius was acquitted on Tuesday of the unlawful killing of a motorcyclist in a traffic accident.
• Fighting to save Africa's rhinos May 17, 2013
  The market for rhino horns worth more than their weight in gold is proving no match for wildlife conservancy groups. Poachers are managing to bypass electric fencing and helicopter surveillance, poaching animals that are now facing extinction.
• Nigeria launches air war against Islamist militants May 17, 2013
  MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -- Nigerian forces used jets and attack helicopters to bombard Islamist militant camps in the northeast on Friday, in their biggest military offensive since Boko Haram launched an uprising in 2009.
• UN urges: Eat more insects! (Seriously) May 13, 2013
  By Frances D'Emilio, AP ROME - The latest weapon in the U.N.'s fight against hunger, global warming and pollution might be flying by you right now. Edible insects are being promoted as a low-fat, high-protein food for people, pets and livestock. According to the U.N.
• Video: Woman recounts being rescued by SEAL Team 6 May 13, 2013
  Jessica Buchanan was working at her dream job, doing humanitarian work in Somalia, when she was kidnapped at gunpoint. She talks about the harrowing 93 days she spent in captivity before being rescued by SEAL Team 6, saying she felt “like an animal.” (TODAY)
• Is Somalia still 'world's most dangerous place'? May 11, 2013
  Somalia has long been defined by terrorism, famine, and piracy. But as the United States this week pledged another $40 million towards its recovery, Somalia's leaders said the country had finally turned a corner in the fight against the al Qaeda-linked militant group, al-Shabab.
• Fears realized: Poachers kill 26 elephants May 10, 2013
  At least 26 elephants were killed in Central Africa after a group of armed poachers raided a idanctuary on Monday, wildlife officials say.
• Poachers infiltrate African elephant sanctuary May 8, 2013
  A group of 17 armed elephant poachers entered a Central African Republic protected area in an effort to reach a clearing where from 50 to 200 elephants can be found, wildlife officials reported.
• ANC defends broadcast of visit with ailing Mandela April 30, 2013
  The African National Congress has gone on the defensive after being criticized for allowing a visit to ailing leader Nelson Mandela to be broadcast on national television.
• Activists: Elephant meat sold openly after 'slaughter' April 26, 2013
  An "extensive" slaughter of elephants appears to be underway in the Central African Republic with reports of their meat being sold openly in markets, according to activists.
• Anti-apartheid hero Desmond Tutu in hospital April 24, 2013
  Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, the South Africa anti-apartheid campaigner, checked into a Cape Town hospital Wednesday for treatment of a persistent infection.

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