Nigeria's acting President has dissolved the federal cabinet as he strives to stamp his authority on the government. 
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Recent electoral reforms may see next year's elections in Nigeria brought forward by three months officials have announced. 
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Controversial South African politician Julius Malema has been convicted in a South African court on charges of making a hate speech. He was making comments about a woman who had accused South Africa's President of Rape. 
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As large cracks appear between Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai in Zimbabwe's government of national unity, South Africa's President Jacob Zuma flies in to help soothe the tension. 
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Guinea military bosses prepare to hand back power in elections scheduled for june this year. 
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Despite the amnesty it seems hostilities may have been resumed by Niger Delta militants. 
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Nigeria's former Joint Chief of Staff retired General Domkat Bali has laid the blame for Jos crisis on the head of the army on the Jos area Major General Saleh Mainah.
Bali accused the General of showing sectarian bias in the crisis that saw over 500 people killed last wee 
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He is all but President for life but Angolan President Eduardo Dos Santos is showing no signs of wanting to give up power as he extends his Presidency even further through a change in the constitution. 
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The Chairperson of the African Union Gabonese diplomat Jean Ping has arrived in Madagascan capital Antananarivo in attempt the break and agreement between current President Andy Rajoelina and the man he overthrew Marc Ravalomanana. 
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Senegal has offered Haitian Earthquake victims the opportunity to emigrate to Senegal to rebuild their lives it was revealed today.
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ANC President Jacob Zuma laid out the party strategy for 2010 at a party rally in Kimberley. The focus is going to strengthening the delivery of service at the local government level.
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Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua is reported as being brain damaged and no longer capable of recognising people around him including his wife Turai Yar'Adua. 
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The Nigerian accused of the attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines flight 253 has entered a "not guilty" plea before a Detroit court. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was charged on 289 counts which included attempted murder and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction
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Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua has not been seen in public for over six weeks supposedly he is in Saudi Arabia being treated for a serious kidney and heart condition and in Nigeria the rumours that he might already be dead continue to grow. 
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The attempted Bomber of the NorthWest flight 253 has been revealed to be the son of the former chairman of Nigeria's largest Bank, First Bank of Nigeria.
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Namibia's ruling party has stormed to a resounding election victory notching just over 75% in the recent parliamentary elections. 
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The Military leader of Guinea has been shot in an attempted assassination. His full condition is unknown but he is said to have been airlifted to Senegal for emergency treatment. 
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With the election count in full swing it is looking increasingly likely that Namibia’s ruling party the South West Africans Peoples Organisation (SWAPO) is set to retain power. 
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First results from Namibia’s presidential and parliamentary elections started to come in yesterday, but it still too early to determine if a new opposition will break up the two thirds majority held by SWAPO, the ruling party
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Nigeria's late dictator Sani Abacha looted billions of dollars from the country, so complex was the operation 11 years later investigators are still unravelling the fraud he perpetuated.
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