An Ethiopian journalist, Argaw Ashine, has been forced to flee the Horn of Africa country after his name appeared in a leaked United States diplomatic cable, an international media watchdog said on Thursday.

The African Union panel on Libya has reiterated its calls for an inclusive government in the North African country but stopped short of recognising the National Transitional Council (NTC).

Ethiopia on Thursday arrested a journalist and four members of the opposition, which it says are linked to a banned political party.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has dismissed talk that Nigeria will disintergrate by 2015 because of religious and ethnic clashes.

The office of the Paris prosecutor will open an investigation into Robert Bourgi's allegations that six African heads of state funded several French presidents and politicians, including Jacques Chirac, Dominique de Villepin and Jean-Marie Le Pen. The allegations have angered opposition parties in some of the mentioned African countries.??

When Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika warned activists, “I will follow you to your hiding place and smoke you out,” the public was startled. But few took their leader’s threats literally.

Election observer teams in Zambia have urged all contesting parties to gracefully accept the outcome of the forthcoming elections despite reports of ballot rigging.