/News/africa/-/1066/1066/-/8y7euiz/-/index.html http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Burundis-ruling-party-youth-wing-acting-with-impunity/-/1066/1862428/-/4y4dw0/-/index.html The tens of thousands of young men from Burundi's ruling party, notorious for their nocturnal "security patrols" countrywide, are increasingly a law unto themselves. 2013-05-25T03:32:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Africa-to-celebrate-progress-and-50-years-of-unity/-/1066/1862420/-/yyttxc/-/index.html African leaders gathered Saturday ahead of extravagant celebrations for the 50th jubilee of the continental bloc, with Africa's myriad problems set aside for a day to mark the progress that has been made. 2013-05-25T02:36:24Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/IMF-chief-avoids-charges-in-French-payout-scandal/-/1066/1862342/-/8i7hfg/-/index.html IMF chief Christine Lagarde avoided immediate charges on Friday but was named an "assisted witness" after French prosecutors grilled her for two days over a state payout to a disgraced tycoon when she was finance minister. 2013-05-25T01:38:36Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/1861852/-/15c8drbz/-/index.html African foreign ministers said Friday they have agreed a draft proposal to urge international crimes against humanity trials for Kenya's leaders to be referred back to their country. 2013-05-24T13:59:24Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/UN-combat-troops-in-DR-Congo-in-one-or-two-months/-/1066/1861322/-/12jmr3wz/-/index.html UN chief Ban Ki-moon pledged Thursday that UN troops will be in place within "one or two months" to battle armed rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile east, as he toured the flashpoint city of Goma. 2013-05-24T00:34:59Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/1860662/-/15c94miz/-/index.html Hundreds of mourners gathered on Thursday in the hometown of Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe for the funeral of the man regarded as the father of modern African literature and the author of the widely praised "Things Fall Apart." 2013-05-23T12:17:20Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Chinua-Achebe-to-be-buried-/-/1066/1860386/-/cok9a0/-/index.html Revered Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe, author of the widely praised novel "Things Fall Apart," will be buried in his small hometown on Thursday in a ceremony expected to draw crowds of mourners. 2013-05-23T07:07:33Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-Mali-Tuaregs-reject-army-presence-in-bastion-for-July-vote/-/1066/1860354/-/s5pjy2/-/index.html Mali's main Tuareg separatist group said Wednesday it supported the holding of a nationwide presidential poll in July but ruled out allowing the army in its northern bastion of Kidal for the vote. 2013-05-23T03:33:37Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Zimbabwe-cops-detained-for-attending-PM-party-rally/-/1066/1860320/-/7cw487z/-/index.html Zimbabwe's police force have detained three of its officers for attending a rally of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party, a rights group said Wednesday. 2013-05-23T00:53:07Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/S-Africa-police-website-hacked-informers-exposed/-/1066/1860318/-/125r2plz/-/index.html Hackers cracked into the website of South Africa's police and downloaded information that could leave whistleblowers vulnerable, police and a government data agency said Wednesday. 2013-05-23T00:50:07Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/World-Bank-gives-Great-Lakes--1bn-in-aid/-/1066/1860316/-/u8obvjz/-/index.html The World Bank on Wednesday announced $1 billion in aid for Africa's Great Lakes region as UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo where fresh fighting has sent hundreds of people fleeing. 2013-05-23T00:46:38Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Ugandan-police-arrest-sellers-of-shut-newspaper/-/1066/1860314/-/64bsa2/-/index.html Ugandan police arrested Wednesday sellers of one of two newspapers they shut down earlier this week, but which had managed to still publish black market copies. 2013-05-23T00:16:16Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-Eritrea-demanding-ransoms-from-expatriates-in-Canada/-/1066/1860300/-/yyc1lp/-/index.html Eritrea's consul general in Toronto has been soliciting monies from expatriates living in Canada to support the country's military, despite Ottawa's warnings to stop, Canadian media said Wednesday. 2013-05-22T22:27:14Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Mugabe-signs-new-constitution-into-law-/-/1066/1859596/-/gh2yve/-/index.html President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday signed Zimbabwe's new constitution into law, clearing the path to crucial elections later this year. 2013-05-22T09:58:10Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Madagascar-security-forces-summon-political-rivals/-/1066/1859402/-/8m56qlz/-/index.html Madagascar's security forces have summoned the island's rival political leaders to an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss their controversial candidacies for upcoming presidential polls 2013-05-22T01:25:32Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Angola-opposition-member-killed-in-attack/-/1066/1859400/-/i7pj8i/-/index.html Oil-rich Angola's main opposition party Unita on Tuesday accused civil war foes now in the ruling MPLA of killing one of its activists in an attack in the south of the country 2013-05-22T01:20:02Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Nigeria-to-release-all-women-held-for-terrorism/-/1066/1859398/-/3404hwz/-/index.html Nigeria said Tuesday it would release several suspects held for "terrorist activities," including all women in custody, in what it called a peace gesture to the Islamists it is battling in the north 2013-05-22T01:13:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Assurances-on-Bouteflikas-health-fail-to-convince/-/1066/1859396/-/13qdb9hz/-/index.html Official assurances about the improving health of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, hospitalised in France in April, have failed to convince many Algerians, as analysts warn that hiding such details is harder than it was 2013-05-22T01:10:26Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/1858856/-/15cp2fbz/-/index.html Malawi's presidential jet has been auctioned off to a Virgin Islands company for $15 million, after the cash-strapped government disposed of it to raise funds, an official said Tuesday. 2013-05-21T12:24:55Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Obama-to-take-first-major-Africa-trip/-/1066/1858398/-/qg1rja/-/index.html President Barack Obama will go on a first African tour next month, visiting Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa, but his itinerary released on Monday bypasses Kenya, an ancestral homeland 2013-05-21T02:11:18Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Rivals-should-withdraw-from-election-Ban/-/1066/1858396/-/137iqvi/-/index.html UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Monday backed African calls for Madagascar strongman Andry Rajoelina and two rivals to withdraw from the country's presidential election in July 2013-05-21T02:09:20Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Egypts-civil-rights-record/-/1066/1858394/-/ndncs2z/-/index.html The United States expressed concern Monday at the repression of civil rights in Egypt, particularly the free speech rights of political activists and journalists 2013-05-21T02:07:30Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/1857954/-/15cppy3z/-/index.html The Uganda Police have closed down The Monitor newspaper and its two sister radio stations – KFM and Dembe FM, declaring the newspaper’s premises a “scene of crime” 2013-05-20T13:11:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Uganda-police-raid-Monitor-Publications/-/1066/1857812/-/i0o4fh/-/index.html Uganda Police have raided Monitor Publications Limited (MPL) in Kampala and barred staff from accessing the premise. However, no official communication has been issued over the raid 2013-05-20T09:57:37Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Low-scale-conflicts-fuelling-insecurity-in-Africa-experts/-/1066/1857686/-/8qc4mf/-/index.html Africa should prioritise dealing with low-level local conflicts in order to prevent them from spreading to become regional security threats, experts said 2013-05-20T07:55:09Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/1857158/-/15cpw8mz/-/index.html Four people died Sunday following a stampede during a Church service to distribute “Special Anointing Oil” at the Synagogue Church of All Nations owned by Nigeria’s Prophet TB Joshua, spokesman of the Greater Accra Regional Police Command, DSP Freeman Tetteh has confirmed. 2013-05-19T13:03:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/29-killed-in-South-Sudan-cattle-raid/-/1066/1856934/-/dguikgz/-/index.html At least 29 people were killed when cattle raiders from a South Sudanese minority group opened fire on members of another minority in a village in Upper Nile state, a local official said Sunday 2013-05-19T07:56:13Z 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