African Experience

Nigeria leader dissolves cabinet
Nigeria's acting president, Goodluck Jonathan, dissolves the cabinet five weeks after assuming executive powers, sources say.

Protesters killed at Uganda tombs
Uganda police shoot at protesters angry at the burning of royal tombs in the Buganda region, killing at least two people.

Rubber bullets fired at SA youths
South African police use rubber bullets to disperse children protesting at a rapper's court appearance on murder charges.

UN says 227m escape life in slums
Nearly a quarter of a billion people escaped from a life in the slums over the past decade, the United Nations says.

Africans 'take blame for climate'
Many Africans blame themselves for climate change despite relatively low emissions from the continent, a survey suggests.