/News/africa/-/1066/1066/-/8y7euiz/-/index.html http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-Militia-chief-suspected-in-I-Coast-killings-arrested-army/-/1066/1856758/-/rcwgep/-/index.html A militia chief in Ivory Coast, suspected of taking part in deadly post-election violence in 2011, was arrested Saturday in his western stronghold, a military source said. 2013-05-18T22:43:03Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Algeria-pilots-strike-grounds-national-carrier/-/1066/1856756/-/wild0iz/-/index.html Air Algerie planes were grounded for several hours on Saturday when the national carrier's pilots staged a wildcat strike over pay, aviation industry sources in the North African country said. 2013-05-18T22:24:11Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Zimbabwe-PMs-party-pledges-trimmer-army-just-society/-/1066/1856742/-/n07p7x/-/index.html Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party on Saturday pledged to trim the army and ensure a free society if it wins upcoming general elections. 2013-05-18T22:04:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Zambia-frees-31-students-held-over-food-subsidy-protests/-/1066/1856740/-/41ndqi/-/index.html Zambia police on Saturday freed the 31 university students detained on the president's orders after they staged protests against the government's decision to scrap staple food subsidies. 2013-05-18T22:01:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Tunisia-ups-security-as-Salafists-vow-to-defy-ban/-/1066/1856738/-/ul6jgz/-/index.html Tunisian security forces deployed in strength on Saturday to head off clashes after Salafist movement Ansar al-Sharia called on its hardline Islamist supporters to defy a government ban on its annual congress. 2013-05-18T21:58:15Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Nigeria-imposes-curfew-in-campaign-against-Islamists/-/1066/1856736/-/11bqdwv/-/index.html Nigeria's military on Saturday imposed a 24-hour curfew in parts of a northeastern city as soldiers pressed on with a campaign against Boko Haram Islamists that has sent people fleeing from their homes. 2013-05-18T21:55:30Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Morocco-denies-torturing-Sahrawi-protesters/-/1066/1856734/-/5nxhm9z/-/index.html Morocco denied on Saturday accusations by Amnesty International that security forces tortured six men who were arrested after a demonstration calling for the independence of Western Sahara. 2013-05-18T21:52:55Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/1856268/-/15cqkqgz/-/index.html Residents on Friday said the special military force deployed to the restive Nigeria northeast states of Yobe and Borno cordoned off border roads linking the two states and Adamawa to prevent the Boko Haram militants from fleeing to other neighbouring states. 2013-05-18T12:23:51Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/1856278/-/15cqkpkz/-/index.html Residents on Friday said the special military force deployed to the restive Nigeria northeast states of Yobe and Borno cordoned off border roads linking the two states and Adamawa to prevent the Boko Haram militants from fleeing to other neighbouring states. 2013-05-18T12:23:51Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Troop-deployment-in-Nigeria/-/1066/1854202/-/8f74taz/-/index.html Nigeria's military has announced a "massive" deployment of troops to its restive northeast, after the president declared a state of emergency in areas where Islamist insurgents have seized territory 2013-05-16T02:16:10Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Mali-donor-conference-raises-3-25-bn/-/1066/1854188/-/p36cky/-/index.html International donors pledged a much more than expected 3.2 billion euros in aid Wednesday to help Mali avoid the mistakes which allowed Islamist rebels to seize vast swathes of the troubled country 2013-05-16T02:05:24Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Four-Nigerians-in-Canie-Prize-shortlist/-/1066/1854186/-/lpje7gz/-/index.html Four of the five writers shortlisted for this year's Caine Prize for African Writing are from Nigeria, a first for the prestigious award, organisers revealed Wednesday 2013-05-16T02:02:45Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Nigeria-must-protect-rights-of-civilians-US/-/1066/1854184/-/n8iqth/-/index.html Nigeria must protect the rights of civilians and avoid any "heavy-handed" response as it moves against Islamist rebels to enforce a state of emergency, a top US official said Wednesday 2013-05-16T02:00:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/CAR-falls-into-anarchy/-/1066/1854182/-/skt3lez/-/index.html Central African Republic has collapsed into "a state of anarchy" and the UN Security Council must impose sanctions and mandate a neutral security force to restore order, a UN envoy said Wednesday 2013-05-16T01:56:08Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Three-dead-dozens-feared-trapped-in-Rwanda-building-collapse/-/1066/1853164/-/6mugk0/-/index.html Three people died, 21 were injured and dozens are feared trapped after a four-storey building under construction collapsed Tuesday in northeastern Rwanda, authorities said. 2013-05-14T23:07:50Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Eying-re-election-South-Africas-Zuma-shifts-gear/-/1066/1853158/-/mcn7vxz/-/index.html South African president Jacob Zuma toured a drug-ravaged Johannesburg suburb Tuesday, using an emotional plea from local mothers to highlight his government's drive for change, ahead of an upcoming election. 2013-05-14T22:08:03Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-Nigeria-president-calls-state-of-emergency-in-three-states/-/1066/1853156/-/h0nmur/-/index.html Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday imposed a "state of emergency" in three states menaced by Islamist group Boko Haram, saying the level of violence called for "extraordinary measures". 2013-05-14T21:53:41Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Egypt-to-try-Coptic-teacher-for-insulting-religion/-/1066/1853154/-/gad6cw/-/index.html A Coptic Christian teacher in an Egyptian primary school will stand trial after colleagues and the parents of students accused her of insulting Islam and evangelising, a judicial source said on Tuesday. 2013-05-14T21:46:25Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Zimbabwe-constitution-awaits-Mugabes-stamp/-/1066/1853148/-/nrvcmmz/-/index.html Zimbabwe's upper house of parliament on Tuesday approved the country's new constitution, sending the document to President Robert Mugabe to sign into law. 2013-05-14T21:15:04Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/ANC-youth-blast-Tutu/-/1066/1851918/-/5p6lbw/-/index.html South Africa's ruling ANC youth wing hit out at former archbishop Desmond Tutu on Monday, after the Nobel Prize winner said he would not vote for the party at the next elections 2013-05-14T01:54:51Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Thieves-nab-Bieber-concert-cash/-/1066/1851916/-/d3ctq/-/index.html Daring thieves have made off with tens of thousands of dollars in cash from a Justin Bieber concert in Johannesburg, South African police said Monday 2013-05-14T01:51:52Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Rajoelina-refuses-to-withdraw-candidacy/-/1066/1851914/-/v7hj90z/-/index.html Madagascar leader Andry Rajoelina has ignored a request by Southern Africa's regional bloc SADC not to run in upcoming elections, saying that it is up to the people whether he should stand for president 2013-05-14T01:45:55Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Insurgents-kill-two-rebel-chiefs/-/1066/1851912/-/11y5rvtz/-/index.html Two Darfur rebel chiefs who signed an accord with the Sudanese government have been killed in an insurgent attack near the strife-torn region's border with Chad, the foreign ministry said on Monday 2013-05-14T01:36:23Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Yemen-tribesmen-kidnap/-/1066/1851910/-/10lef61/-/index.html An armed gang kidnapped two expatriate employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross and their interpreter in southern Yemen on Monday, witnesses and militia sources said 2013-05-14T01:33:55Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Car-bombing-hits-Benghazi/-/1066/1851908/-/eutkp8z/-/index.html A powerful car bomb exploded Monday near a hospital in the Libyan city of Benghazi, killing and wounding dozens and unleashing international condemnation 2013-05-14T01:29:26Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/1850804/-/15cum46z/-/index.html Nigeria plans to issue a payment enabled identity card. 2013-05-13T07:17:31Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Algeria-banks-to-finance-12-bn-euro-housing-build/-/1066/1850630/-/22dgcrz/-/index.html Public banks in Algeria are to finance the building of more than 250,000 new homes by the end of 2014 to the tune of 12 billion euros, the head of the CPA bank said Sunday. 2013-05-12T23:04:09Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/S-Sudan-soldiers-accused-of-looting-spree/-/1066/1850628/-/g16spcz/-/index.html South Sudanese soldiers have looted UN stores and charities in troubled Jonglei state where the government has been battling rebels for a year, humanitarian sources told AFP on Sunday. 2013-05-12T22:56:38Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Mubarak-appears-in-fresh-trial-/-/1066/1849126/-/q57wv2z/-/index.html Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak appeared in court on Saturday to face a new trial for complicity in the murder of hundreds protesters during the 2011 uprising, as well as for corruption. 2013-05-11T08:51:11Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Pan-African-Parliament-to-improve-governance/-/1066/1847228/-/h9fff0z/-/index.html The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) has announced its commitment to a partnership with the Panel of Eminent Persons of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). 2013-05-09T10:13:59Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Nakhnoukh-sentenced-to-28-yrs-in-prison/-/1066/1847226/-/aua1yvz/-/index.html A criminal court in Alexandria has sentenced a notorious criminal to 28 years in prison for possessing weapons and drugs, official news agency Mena reported. 2013-05-09T10:09:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/1847224/-/15dcff9z/-/index.html Over 20 policemen have been killed by a militia group known as Ombatse at Atakio village in central north Nigeria's Nasarawa State, Governor Umaru Al-Makura has said. 2013-05-09T10:03:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Two-arrested-after-peacekeeper-killed/-/1066/1846930/-/2ok728z/-/index.html Two people suspected of involvement in an ambush in which a Pakistani peacekeeper was killed in strife-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, were arrested on Wednesday, local government officials said 2013-05-09T02:21:49Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Tunisia-Jihadists/-/1066/1846928/-/ejfijlz/-/index.html Jihadists being pursued by the army on Tunisia's border with Algeria are veterans of the Islamist rebellion in Mali, where France led an intervention to oust them in January, Interior Minister Lotfi Ben Jeddou said Wednesday 2013-05-09T02:20:11Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/US-diplomats-cite-Benghazi-security-deficiencies/-/1066/1846926/-/77vnwfz/-/index.html Career diplomats told Congress Wednesday the US mission in Libya failed to meet crucial security standards ahead of last year's terror acts there, as the White House accused Republicans of politicizing the Benghazi attacks 2013-05-09T02:17:41Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Nigerian-president-condemns-fresh-attacks/-/1066/1846916/-/dgypeh/-/index.html Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday hit out at gunmen he called "armed terrorists" who launched attacks on military barracks, a prison and police stations in Bama town in which 55 people were killed 2013-05-09T02:13:16Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Orania-South-Africas-whites-only-town/-/1066/1845898/-/14ih7h1/-/index.html Welcome to Orania, South Africa: a whites-only enclave established in 1991 during the dying years of apartheid. 2013-05-08T04:07:57Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/First-rape-indictment-over-2009-Guinea-stadium-massacre/-/1066/1845840/-/ga7iguz/-/index.html A Guinean paramilitary police officer has been slapped with the first rape charges in the 2009 Conakry Stadium massacre during which at least 157 protesters were killed, rights groups said Tuesday. 2013-05-07T23:14:15Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Nigerian-Islamists-attack-town-kill-55-army/-/1066/1845838/-/3tiyh2z/-/index.html Nigerian gunmen on Tuesday launched coordinated attacks on military barracks, a prison and police stations in the northeastern town of Bama, killing 55 people and springing 105 inmates, the army said. 2013-05-07T23:11:03Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-Gunmen-threaten-unique-CentrAfrican-elephant-reserve/-/1066/1845836/-/11dymv3z/-/index.html A group of 17 gunmen entered an animal park in the Central African Republic, threatening "one of the biggest massacres of elephants" in the region, conservationist body WWF said Tuesday. 2013-05-07T23:07:30Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Jews-of-Cape-Verdes-past/-/1066/1844606/-/wqoni7z/-/index.html Descendants of Cape Verde's Jewish community, a diverse, multi-cultural diaspora from around the world, stand in silent homage to the memory of their ancestors in a Catholic cemetery restored by a Muslim king 2013-05-07T03:35:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/S-Sudan-Sudan-leaders-talk/-/1066/1844602/-/x2algf/-/index.html The presidents of South Sudan and Sudan held talks in a bid to ease tensions after deadly clashes in Abyei, a region claimed by both sides, officials said Monday 2013-05-07T03:31:18Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/DR-Congo-intervention-brigade-must-be-limited/-/1066/1844600/-/15r3799/-/index.html A new UN intervention brigade to be deployed in conflict-stricken eastern Democratic Republic of Congo must carry out only "limited" strike operations, the new UN peace envoy for the region said Monday 2013-05-07T03:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Libya-gunmen-besieging-ministries/-/1066/1844598/-/n9ivq5z/-/index.html Gunmen in Libya's Tripoli kept up their siege of ministries on Tuesday despite the adoption of a law to purge Gaddafi-era officials from their posts, with some demanding the government's resignation 2013-05-07T03:19:12Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/A-quarter-of-S--Africans-now-out-of-work-/-/1066/1843750/-/suwupqz/-/index.html More than a quarter of South African workers are now out of work, official statistics showed on Monday. 2013-05-06T12:06:43Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/22-killed-in-disputed-area-on-Sudan-South-Sudan-border/-/1066/1843340/-/axbmay/-/index.html Twenty two people, including a Chieftain of Dinka Ngok tribe and some UN peacekeepers, were killed during clashes which took place at the disputed area of Abyei on Sudan- South Sudan border, Sudan's Interior Ministry announced on Sunday. 2013-05-06T06:48:48Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/The-telephone--the-new-weapon-of-Eritreans-in-exile/-/1066/1843290/-/jolci3z/-/index.html Galvanised by the Arab spring, Eritreans in exile in Europe are mobilising against the authoritarian regime of President Issaias Afeworki with a new tool -- the humble telephone. 2013-05-06T03:31:30Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/One-hurt-as-shots-fired-around-Egyptian-PMs-motorcade/-/1066/1843240/-/764hh0/-/index.html One man was wounded in a firefight between the security detail of Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil and alleged thugs Sunday but the security service said the incident was not political in nature. 2013-05-05T23:44:02Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Killings-hike-tension-in-Abyei-area-disputed-by-Sudans/-/1066/1843238/-/tw3hhrz/-/index.html Tension and anger on Sunday gripped the Abyei region disputed by Sudan and South Sudan after the killing of a tribal chief and at least one peacekeeper, residents said, as the UN boosted security. 2013-05-05T23:35:54Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/8-ex-militia-youths-shot-dead-in-south-Nigeria/-/1066/1843234/-/rwkmf3/-/index.html Eight young men suspected of being ex-militia members from two rival groups were killed early Sunday in a shootout in Lorbia community in Nigeria's southern oil-rich Bayelsa state, their relations and the army said. 2013-05-05T23:27:08Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Gunmen-kill-10-in-Nigerian-attacks-police/-/1066/1843226/-/gov54r/-/index.html A group of gunmen Sunday stormed a village in northeast Nigeria on the border with Cameroon killing 10 residents in attacks on a church and a market, police said. 2013-05-05T23:17:52Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Kenyatta-to-attend-London-Conference-today/-/1066/1842668/-/u6javi/-/index.html President Uhuru Kenyatta will Sunday evening travel to London, United Kingdom for a three-day official visit. 2013-05-05T12:14:37Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/1842654/-/15dfssmz/-/index.html At least 6 people were killed in a banditry attack by suspected Tanzanian militiamen who attacked a Kenyan village in Narok South district Saturday evening. 2013-05-05T11:49:54Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/1842638/-/15dfsuaz/-/index.html At least 15 people died when a vehicle assumed to have been packed with explosives exploded on Sunday at KM4 Roundabout. 2013-05-05T11:19:36Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/At-least-30-wounded-in-blast-at-Tanzanian-church/-/1066/1842634/-/12fkwo7z/-/index.html At least 30 people were injured including three seriously in an explosion Sunday at a church in the northern Tanzanian city of Arusha, police said. 2013-05-05T11:13:03Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Mali-flies-French-Islamists-family-to-Paris-/-/1066/1840162/-/67kvd/-/index.html The wife and children of a French Islamist arrested in northern Mali have been "evacuated" to Paris, Malian airport and security sources told AFP on Thursday. 2013-05-02T21:14:45Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Eleven-Sudanese-traders-shot-dead-by-gunmen-in-South-Sudan/-/1066/1840160/-/d62j86/-/index.html Eleven Sudanese traders were shot dead in an ambush by armed gangsters as they crossed into neighbouring South Sudan, a South Sudan military official said Thursday. 2013-05-02T21:12:37Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Three-killed-in-foiled-Chad-coup-government/-/1066/1840158/-/13cv0qy/-/index.html At least three people were killed in a foiled coup attempt in Chad, the foreign minister said Thursday, and several arrested over the plot in the chronically unstable former French colony. 2013-05-02T21:11:33Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Ethiopia-confirms-jail-terms-for-blogger-opposition-figure/-/1066/1840154/-/57hl5e/-/index.html An Ethiopian court on Thursday dismissed the appeal of blogger Eskinder Nega and opposition leader Andualem Arage who were jailed last year for terror-related offences. 2013-05-02T21:09:02Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/1799412/-/15tb1i4z/-/index.html A senior South African diplomat has been suspended over use of a military airport by wealthy Indian supporters of President Jacob Zuma, the government said Thursday, amid a deepening political scandal. 2013-05-02T08:39:31Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Chad-arrests-group-for-destabilisation-plot/-/1066/1767204/-/d2khnez/-/index.html Chad said Wednesday it had arrested a group of people trying to carry out a "destabilisation plot, 2013-05-02T00:09:36Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Malian-court-throws-out-case-against-journalist/-/1066/1766592/-/95yoevz/-/index.html A court in Mali has dismissed a case against a journalist who was arrested in March for publishing a letter for the removal of privileges given to an ex-junta leader. 2013-05-01T13:46:10Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/DR-Congo-hails-generation-of-13-000-jobs/-/1066/1766560/-/2336puz/-/index.html Over 13,000 jobs were generated in 2012 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), Labor Minister Modeste Bahati Lukwebo has said. 2013-05-01T13:37:12Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Pirates-release-ship-after-2-years-in-captivity/-/1066/1766346/-/218xeiz/-/index.html Somali pirates have released a Danish coaster after two years in captivity 2013-05-01T13:11:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/S-Africa-army-death-toll-in-Central-Africa-rises-to-14/-/1066/1763254/-/7s79lm/-/index.html South Africa's death toll in last month's rebel coup in the Central African Republic has risen to 14 after the death of a wounded soldier, the army said Tuesday. 2013-05-01T02:08:16Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-Bouteflika-reassures-Algerians-from-hospital/-/1066/1763252/-/p1295n/-/index.html Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, hospitalised in France at the weekend after suffering a mini-stroke, reassured Algerians on Tuesday about the state of his health, national media reported. 2013-05-01T02:02:18Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/UN-envoy--shocked--over-eastern-DR-Congo-abuses/-/1066/1763230/-/mq008sz/-/index.html The new UN special envoy for Africa's Great Lakes region, former Irish president Mary Robinson, expressed her "shock" Tuesday over human rights abuses in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. 2013-05-01T00:16:48Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/1762464/-/15usmfj/-/index.html The number of Egyptian students who suffered food poisoning on Monday rose to 107, while some other students blocked a road in protest and clashed with the police, state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported on its website. 2013-04-30T07:33:51Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Sixth-French-soldier-killed-in-Mali-Paris/-/1066/1762362/-/xg8pxf/-/index.html A French soldier was killed Monday in the far north of Mali, the French presidency said. 2013-04-29T23:02:11Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/UNs-new-Great-Lakes-envoy-hails-framework-of-hope/-/1066/1762360/-/132rjll/-/index.html The new UN special envoy for Africa's Great Lakes region, former Irish president Mary Robinson, said Monday that a recent 11-nation regional peace agreement was a "framework of hope" and vowed to help build the trust needed to ensure it is implemented. 2013-04-29T23:00:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Nigeria-in-trying-moment-President-Jonathan-/-/1066/1762358/-/k3sv2dz/-/index.html Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, is currently going through "a trying moment", President Goodluck Jonathan said Monday while launching seven new police helicopters. 2013-04-29T22:59:35Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/UN-Security-Council-worried-by-volatile-Guinea/-/1066/1762356/-/w33k9kz/-/index.html The UN Security Council on Monday expressed concern over "volatile" events in Guinea in the runup to a bitterly contested election in June. 2013-04-29T22:57:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Kaunda-celebrates-89th-birthday/-/1066/1761830/-/54dnj8z/-/index.html Zambia's founding President Kenneth Kaunda marked his 89th birthday for the first time without wife who died last September 2013-04-29T14:36:59Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Guinea-Bissau-leader-returns-after-month-long-absence/-/1066/1761824/-/ik279yz/-/index.html Guinea-Bissau's transition President Serifo Nhamadjo has returned to the capital Bissau after a month-long absence 2013-04-29T14:34:13Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-Morsi-steps-back-from-confrontation-with-judges/-/1066/1761184/-/ooss1v/-/index.html President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday stepped back from a confrontation with the Egyptian judiciary over a proposed new law that would see several thousand judges sacked, proposing a conference to ease disputes. 2013-04-28T20:53:09Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Jews-wrap-up-peaceful-pilgrimage-in-Tunisia/-/1066/1761178/-/pu5pw1/-/index.html Hundreds of Jewish worshippers on Sunday completed an incident-free annual pilgrimage to Ghriba, Africa's oldest synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba, where security was high to prevent any violence. 2013-04-28T20:36:55Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Jobless-man-sets-self-ablaze-in-Tunisia-revolt-town/-/1066/1761174/-/gbue1gz/-/index.html A young jobless man set himself ablaze and was seriously wounded on Sunday in front of the town hall of Sidi Bouzid, birthplace of Tunisia's 2011 revolution, witnesses said. 2013-04-28T20:30:23Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Gunmen-surround-foreign-ministry-in-Libya-capital/-/1066/1761170/-/9gq7b2/-/index.html Gunmen on Sunday surrounded Libya's foreign ministry demanding it be "cleansed of agents" of ousted dictator Moamer Kadhafi, AFP correspondents said, as Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said the interior ministry was also attacked. 2013-04-28T20:21:29Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Nigeria-kills-Boko-Haram-commander/-/1066/1760626/-/i7klqh/-/index.html Nigerian military said it killed a Boko Haram commander, Mohammed Chad, on Saturday in the northeast city of Maiduguri during an operation coordinated and executed by security agents.  2013-04-28T07:23:36Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Burundi-reporter-shot-by-police-officer/-/1066/1760568/-/ac27ib/-/index.html A journalist in Burundi on Saturday sustained serious gunshot wounds after a police officer he saw extorting money from men carrying fruit to market opened fire on him, witnesses said 2013-04-28T03:07:07Z