ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's governing coalition elected a relatively youthful new parliamentary speaker on Wednesday to replace Said Bouhadja whom it accused of mismanagement.
(Reuters) - Government and rebel forces in South Sudan abducted hundreds of women and girls this year and many have been raped and forced into sexual slavery, the U.N. mission to the country said on Tuesday.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's Prime Minister Moataz Moussa announced before parliament on Wednesday a 15-month emergency economic reform plan, including further austerity measures, to begin this month.
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe lifted a ban on the import of basic goods and foodstuffs on Tuesday after shelves were emptied in recent weeks by consumers panicking over a deepening currency crisis.
BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) - Fighting between clans in Somalia's breakaway Somaliland region has killed more than 50 people, a witness at the scene and an official in neighbouring Puntland said on Tuesday.
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