LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) ? The film stars an Oscar nominee, is set in Nigeria during a civil war, is based on an award-winning novel and the head of Nigeria#39;s censorship board reportedly loved it. Yet a week after the scheduled premiere of quot;Half of a Yellow Sun,quot; it still has not been shown in any theater in Nigeria. Many commentators on social media believe that the censors are afraid that tribal rivalries could be inflamed if the movie is shown in theaters across Africa#39;s most populous nation. Nigerian government censors are effectively banning the film but they will not say why, the film#39;s director, Biyi Bandele, told The Associated Press on Thursday. He spoke in a...

Dozens of Star Wars characters paraded through Tunis on Wednesday to draw attention to the deterioration of Oung Jmel, a rock in the south of Tunisia, which was a set for Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace in 1990....

JOHANNESBURG ? Famine looms in South Sudan. The planting season is already half over, with terrified farmers scattered far from home because of fighting. But the country?s leaders seem unconcerned about the impending catastrophe, the United Nations? top human rights official said Wednesday. In meetings this week with the leaders of feuding political camps, rights chief Navi Pillay called for a 30-day truce to allow people to return and plant crops. Both men, she said, offered the same lukewarm response and the same excuse: They don?t trust each other. ?I was appalled by the apparent lack of concern about the risk of famine displayed by both leaders when I raised the issue,?...

Anne Look ABUJA ? More than two weeks after suspected Boko Haram militants abducted 275 teenage schoolgirls from their dormitories in northeastern Nigeria, families of the missing gathered in Chibok Thursday to protest what they are calling a lack of action by authorities and security forces tasked with finding them. Gathered on grounds of the burned-out secondary school, the sobs of several hundred relatives were audible. quot;What is...

WASHINGTON ? The Egyptian military recently used American-made Apache helicopter gunships to fire rockets into houses in the Sinai Peninsula, the latest in a series of lethal raids targeting a little-known al-Qaida-inspired group that has bombed civilians. The April 23 raid came on the same day that the State Department lifted a hold on military aid to Egypt, announcing that it would send 10 more Apaches and $650 million to help that nation fight extremists in the Sinai desert. The Obama administration placed the hold last year after a military coup deposed Egypt?s elected leader, Mohamed Morsi. Although the White House has sharply criticized Cairo?s harsh crackdown on Morsi?s Muslim...

[Aswat Masriya]Cairo -Egypt's Third Army has accused Muslim Brotherhood elements of inciting workers at the Ain Sokhna Port to detain foreign ships in the port....

An explosion has hit the Nigerian capital, Abuja, near the scene of a deadly bomb attack last month. The blast happened in...

Il clima è molto teso per i continui attacchi di Boko Haram e per l'imminente Summit sull'Africa organizzato dal World Economic Forum che si terrà ad Abuja da 7 al 9 maggio. Almeno 16 vittime

Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - Following are the results of day 27 matches in Tunisia's first division football league played on Wednesday:
Sports

Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - A police officer was killed and a soldier seriously wounded Wednesday evening in Libya's second city of Benghazi, security sources said.
Society

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) ? Nigerian workers observed Thursday as free working day in commemoration of the yearly International Workers? Day, Labour Day or May Day, with a call for improved security and working condition for themselves.
Economy

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Visiting US Secretary of State, John Kerry, warned Thursday that the tribal violence in South Sudan could ?present a serious challenge? if it progressed into genocide.
Politics

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) ? A car bomb explosion on Thursday in the district of Salaheddine, southern suburb of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, has left one dead and four others injured, medical sources said.
Society

Lomé, Togo (PANA) ? The Togolese government on Wednesday ratified the agreement setting up a joint cooperation commission with Morocco, PANA reported Thursday, quoting an official statement here.
Politics

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday rejected a World Bank classification of Nigeria as among the five poorest countries in the world.
Economy

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) ? As African ministers of Agriculture began their meeting Thursday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, farmers' groups have demanded for more access to land, seeds and credit facilities, to enable them boost food production on the continent.
Agriculture

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) ? The European Union has urged Morocco to complete ?as soon as possible? the ratification procedure of the new fishing deal concluded recently by the two parties.
Politics

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A bomb blast has rocked Nyanya on the outskirts of Nigeria's capital city of Abuja, scene of the blast that left 75 dead and over 200 injured on 14 April, PANA reported, quoting security sources.
Society

New York, US (PANA) - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Thursday said that recent fighting in parts of South Kordofan and Blue Nile states in Sudan has displaced or affected an estimated 16,500 people.
Society

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Many people were feared killed or injured on Thursday night when a bus station at Nyanya, on the outskirts of Nigeria's capital city of Abuja, was hit by an explosion, the second in as many weeks.
Society

Un attentat à la bombe a frappé Abuja, la capitale nigériane, jeudi. L'explosion a eu lieu à côté d'une gare routière située en périphérie de la ville et qui avait déjà été la cible, le 14 avril dernier, d'une attaque similaire.

The US secretary of state, John Kerry, arrives for talks aimed to end civil conflict in South Sudan.

Le ministre de la réconciliation nationale, Zahabi Ould Sidi Mohamed, pense qu?il est plus que temps que l?ensemble des Maliens se donne la main pour la résolution définitive de la crise du nord, qu?il qualifie d?ailleurs d?épine. Selon lui, la crise du nord doit être mise au-dessus de nos querelles partisanes. Six (6) mois, c?est [&]

Selon l?Agence Xinhua, des individus cagoulés ont braqué un autocar en provenance du Mali avec à bord des passagers et un véhicule personnel, faisant trois morts et neuf blessés, dimanche 20 avril 2014, dans la faune de Nablougou, à près de 500 km dans le nord du Togo, selon un communiqué officiel diffusé lundi par [&]

Le Centre hospitalier universitaire Gabriel Touré est l?un des quatre Etablissements publics (hôpitaux nationaux) à caractère administratif (Epa) du Mali depuis 1992. Ce centre a vu une réhabilitation optimale sous le régime d?Amadou Toumani Touré. En fait, des nouveaux bâtiments ont été construits afin de donner une satisfaction digne de ce nom aux usagers. Mais, [&]

Des centaines de parents se sont rassemblés jeudi pour une marche de protestation à Chibok, la ville du nord-est du Nigeria où des dizaines de jeunes filles ont été enlevées il y a plus de deux semaines par les islamistes de Boko Haram. « Nous, les parents, nous sommes réunis devant le domicile dun chef local [&]

« Ici, jai trouvé ma passion », lance Nadia, élève de « Shemsy », un projet pour enfants défavorisés dont la spectaculaire réussite la propulsé au rang dEcole nationale du cirque du Maroc. Derrière les remparts de lancienne cité corsaire de Salé, ville jumelle de Rabat, voilà bientôt 20 ans que Shemsy (« mon soleil ») a planté son chapiteau face [&]

Quelques dizaines de milliers de personnes ont manifesté jeudi au Maroc à loccasion de la Fête du travail, maintenant la pression sur le chef du gouvernement, lislamiste Abdelilah Benkirane, malgré lannonce la veille dune hausse du salaire minimum. Mercredi, le gouvernement emmené par les islamistes du Parti justice et développement (PJD) a annoncé un relèvement [&]

NEW-YORK (Alwihda Info) - Une consultation sur la situation en Ukraine se déroule actuellement au Conseil de Sécurité de l'ONU.Le Tchad, à travers sa représentation à l'ONU, réitère son appel à l'établissement d'un dialogue direct entre les parties en conflit en vue d'une solution politiqu...

Les étudiants tchadiens ont repris de plus belle leur manifestation devant leur ambassade à Alger ce mercredi 30 avril. Les manifestants s?étaient réunis hier devant la représentation diplomatique où ils avaient empêchés de manière violente par la police de se rassembler. Plusieurs d?entre eux on...