Le blogueur tunisien Azyz Amami, rendu célèbre par la révolution de 2011, a bénéficié d'un non-lieu vendredi à l'issue de son procès pour détention de cannabis, une affaire fabriquée de toutes pièces par la police selon l'accusé.

At least 10 people are reported killed as al-Shabab militants attack parliament in the Somali capital Mogadishu.

An explosion has shaken Jos in central Nigeria, days after a twin car bomb attack killed 118 people in the city.

Le blogueur a accusé les policiers d'avoir caché de la drogue sur lui pour le faire accuser.

L'attaque de trois villages du nord du Nigeria imputée aux islamistes de Boko Haram a fait 28 morts, a-t-on appris samedi auprès de témoins et de la police.

Les insurgés islamistes Chabab ont attaqué samedi le Parlement somalien, faisant au moins dix morts dont plusieurs assaillants.

CAIRO ? Egypt's likely next president, retired military chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, says ties with the United States and the West will improve after elections next week, confident that a strong show of public support will prove that Egyptians wanted the ouster of the country's Islamist president, which threw relations between the two allies into their worst strains ever. But it will likely be a troubled road toward warming the chill between Cairo and Washington. Egypt's security forces have waged a fierce crackdown against the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist backers of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, as well as against secular-minded youth activists. Asked in a recent TV interview...

MOGADISHU, Somalia ? Militants in Mogadishu on Saturday carried out a multi-pronged, complex attack against the country's parliament building involving a car bomb, suicide bomber and gunmen on foot, police said. Frightened members of parliament blamed the military for failing to prevent the attack, but other politicians praised the army for limiting the attack's damages. At least seven people were killed, including six attackers and one soldier who tried to stopped a suicide bomber from entering the building, said police...

CAIRO ? An Egyptian court convicted 20 students from an Islamist university in Cairo on charges of rioting during a protest last year in support of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, sentencing most of them on Saturday to five years in prison, a judicial official said. The official said 19 of the students ? all from Cairo's Al-Azhar University ? were sentenced to five years in prison each. One defendant got three years while another was acquitted. The official, who spoke...

24 May 2014 Last updated at 18:53 BST At least 10 people have been killed during an attack on the Somali parliament in the capital, Mogadishu, by Islamist militants from the al-Shabab. Witnesses said heavily armed gunmen stormed the compound after a bomb was detonated at the entrance....

[Garowe Online]Mogadishu -United Nations envoy to Somalia Ambassador Nicholas Kay condemned a deadly terror attack on Federal parliament compound in Mogadishu, commending the swift response to rampage by Somali security forces, Garowe Online reports....

[Garowe Online]The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia (SRCC), Ambassador Mahamat Saleh Annadif commended Somali security forces and AMISOM personnel for their quick response to counter an attack on the Somali Parliament today....

[Leadership]The Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) has urged the politicians to stop politicising the abduction of over 200 students of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno....

[Leadership]Gov Babangida Aliyu of Niger on Friday appointed Mr Israel Ebije as his Director General, Media and Publicity and Chief Press Secretary....

[Vanguard]Since the National President of the Screen Writers Guild of Nigeria, SWGN, Chike Bryan was diagnosed with kidney-related disease about six months ago, Franca Brown and some of her colleagues have taken it upon themselves to solicit financial assistance for the ailing script writer....

[Vanguard]Comedians are meant to be funny, right? Yes, the stand-up comedians dominating Nigeria's humour business landscape are funny quite alright on stage, but very serious in business....

[Vanguard]Until 2011, Lagos State University, LASU was a place to get affordable tertiary education in Nigeria. Even then, mothers sold their wrappers, fathers took loans, and students did odd jobs to meet up with the N25, 000 average fee....

[Vanguard]Uwale Okoro needs no introduction in the Nigerian music scene. She is a graduate of Performing Arts from Delta State University, Abraka. Wale Adenuga soundtrack This is Super Story launched her into limelight. Essence as she is fondly known by her fans and colleagues has used her sonorous voice to dazzle her fans and put smiles on their faces as well. In this chat, she talks about her latest R n B single, her pasttime as events compere, her ushering outfit and perhaps her launch into standup comedy and m...

Suspected Islamist Boko Haram gunmen have rampaged through villages in northern Nigeria, killing people and burning houses to the ground, police and witnesses say....

[Aswat Masriya]Cairo -Three people were killed and 58 were wounded in clashes across Egypt on Friday, Egypt's health ministry said....

[Daily Trust]Abuja -The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), in collaboration with the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has arrested three suspected operators of an illegal engine and transmission oil factory....

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Day two matches begin Saturday in the mini-league stage of the 2014 CAF Confederation Cup.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Here are the schedule of day 2 matches this weekend in the 2014 CAF Champions league mini-league stage.
Sports

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - UN sanctions and the actual deployment of international troops to confront the dreaded terrorist group, Boko Haram, dominated headlines in Nigeria this week.
Press Review

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese opposition leader Sadiq Al Mahadi will be tried for criticising the recently created Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Sudan's Information Minister said on state-run Radio Omdurman on Saturday.
Politics

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) ? The European Union has called for the immediate release of human rights activist, Mrs Mahienour EL-Massry, who has been jailed for two years in the Egyptian city of Alexandria for taking part in an unauthorized demonstration.
Politics

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) ? Several missiles slammed into the district of Salaheddine, in the southern suburb of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, on Friday night, as tension remains high in the city which has openly expressed support for former army General Khalifa Haftar, who last week waged a campaign against terrorists and extremist groups.
Society

Bamako, Mali (PANA) ? The Malian government and three armed groups, the National Movement for Azawad Liberation (MNLA), the High Council for Azawad Unity (HCUA) and the Arab Movement for Azawad (MAA), on Friday signed a ceasefire to end renewed clashes in the north of the country.
Politics

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? The Mauritanian media this week highlighted the Malian crisis, marked by the violent fighting in Kidal, in the north-east of the country that killed several people.
Press Review

Bamako, Mali (PANA) ? Three Malian opposition parties are demanding the resignation of Malian Prime Moussa Mara, whom they have accused of causing the bloody clashes that occurred in Kidal on 17 and 21 May.
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