/News/africa/-/1066/1066/-/8y7euiz/-/index.html http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Nine-students-killed-in-Nigeria-attack/-/1066/1887750/-/36h7qi/-/index.html Suspected Islamists shot dead nine students as they sat an exam in an attack on a private school in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, local people said Tuesday 2013-06-19T03:03:47Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Tanzania-police-arrest-opposition-MPs/-/1066/1887738/-/ma5ff9z/-/index.html Tanzanian police arrested four deputies of the main opposition Chadema party and 60 supporters in the northern city of Arusha on Tuesday as they gathered to pay tribute to murdered colleagues 2013-06-19T01:10:20Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Teacher-admits-killing-elephant/-/1066/1887732/-/u3k3u3/-/index.html A Congolese teacher has confessed to killing eight elephants for their ivory and was arrested in possession of 25 kilogrammes of ivory 2013-06-18T22:30:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Mali-government-Tuaregs-sign-ceasefire-accord/-/1066/1887730/-/o8p6tl/-/index.html The Malian government and Tuareg rebels occupying a key northern city signed an accord Tuesday paving the way for presidential elections in the troubled west African state next month 2013-06-18T22:20:25Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Mozambique-govt-blames-opposition-for-raid/-/1066/1887728/-/etivbpz/-/index.html Mozambique's government on Tuesday blamed opposition party Renamo for a deadly attack a day earlier on a military arms depot but said it would maintain dialogue with the civil war foe 2013-06-18T22:17:38Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/11-dead-in-attack/-/1066/1886584/-/hu6l81z/-/index.html Suspected Islamist extremists have attacked a secondary school and military checkpoint in Nigeria's northeast, leaving 11 people dead including seven students 2013-06-17T23:11:18Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Guinea-cannot-hold-elections/-/1066/1886582/-/ys703t/-/index.html An official from Guinea's election commission said Monday that polls set for June 30 were no longer "in the programme" following weeks of deadly protests by opposition activists objecting to the date 2013-06-17T23:07:39Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Six-soldiers-killed-in-Mozambique-attack/-/1066/1886574/-/106amtcz/-/index.html Armed men on Monday killed six soldiers in a pre-dawn attack on a military weapons depot in central Mozambique, independent television reported 2013-06-17T22:52:56Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Nelson-Mandela-doing-very-well/-/1066/1886568/-/7w3h7v/-/index.html Nelson Mandela, who has been in hospital for 10 days suffering a lung infection, is "doing very well", one of his daughters said 2013-06-17T22:42:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Obama-urged-to-cancel-Tanzania-tour/-/1066/1885442/-/14viqiwz/-/index.html US President Barack Obama should cancel his planned visit to Tanzania later this month in protest against the government’s failure to settle a “slavery” case, a Washington Post commentator urged on June 10 2013-06-17T09:44:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/LRA-raid-leaves-least-16-dead-in-Central-Africa-army/-/1066/1884554/-/s9k7n4z/-/index.html At least 16 people have been killed during clashes between rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and villagers in Central African Republic, a military source said late Saturday 2013-06-16T07:48:16Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/LRA-raid-leaves-least-16-dead-in-Central-Africa/-/1066/1884530/-/3eyxm1/-/index.html At least 16 people have been killed during clashes between rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and villagers in Central African Republic, a military source said late Saturday. 2013-06-16T02:57:30Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Southern-African-leaders-call-on-Mugabe-to-delay-vote/-/1066/1884456/-/4ori5x/-/index.html The 15-country Southern Africa Development Community on Saturday called on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to delay elections sceduled for July 31. 2013-06-15T22:10:05Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Egypts-Morsi-severs-relations-with-Syria/-/1066/1884454/-/fs2ryp/-/index.html Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi on Saturday announced the "definitive" severing of relations with war-torn Syria, which is suffering from more than two years of civil war. 2013-06-15T22:09:27Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Mozambique-medical-strike-ends/-/1066/1884442/-/13b4wti/-/index.html Health workers in Mozambique Saturday called off a crippling 27-day long strike over higher wages without reaching an agreement with government, their union said. 2013-06-15T22:00:15Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/1884086/-/15axe82z/-/index.html Nelson Mandela seems to be on the road to recovery from a recurrent lung infection, a grandson said Saturday after visiting the anti-apartheid hero in hospital. 2013-06-15T13:36:53Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/1883980/-/15axvhaz/-/index.html Nelson Mandela is a very lonely man, one of his bodyguards told AFP Saturday, accusing the ailing anti-apartheid icon's medical team of controlling visits like prison guards. 2013-06-15T12:09:30Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/How-a-tornado-whipped-up-friendship-with-Mandela-/-/1066/1883722/-/iamu73/-/index.html First Nelson Mandela arrived, then the tornado hit. 2013-06-15T09:15:31Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/UN-chief-says-peacekeeper-killed-as-Sudan-base-shelled/-/1066/1883512/-/wyv3ry/-/index.html Shells hit a United Nations base in Sudan's troubled South Kordofan state on Friday killing one Ethiopian peacekeeper and wounding two others, officials said. 2013-06-15T00:29:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/1882118/-/15ayr93z/-/index.html South Africa will return assets and cash stashed by the slain Libyan dictator Moamer Gaddafi in the country after reaching an agreement with Tripoli, the finance ministry said on Thursday. 2013-06-13T16:09:42Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Ethiopia-endorses-Nile-share-deal--amid-row-with-Egypt/-/1066/1882018/-/y36ulfz/-/index.html Ethiopia's parliament ratified a controversial treaty Thursday ensuring its access to Nile water resources, amid bitter arguments with Egypt trigged by an Ethiopian dam project. 2013-06-13T15:41:22Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Mali-president-to-examine-compromise-peace-deal/-/1066/1881402/-/qo5wniz/-/index.html International mediators failed Wednesday to convince Mali's president to sign a deal with northern Tuareg rebels that would pave the way for nationwide polls next month, with the talks now expected to take several more days. 2013-06-13T03:20:13Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/New-US-ambassador-to-Libya-takes-oath/-/1066/1881348/-/c0mq67z/-/index.html Nine months after the US ambassador to Libya was killed in an attack, Secretary of State John Kerry has sworn in a new envoy, vowing she would play a key role as the country moves toward democracy. 2013-06-12T23:09:19Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Mandela-responding-better-to-treatment/-/1066/1881338/-/131vjog/-/index.html Nelson Mandela is responding better to treatment after the "difficult last few days", South African President Jacob Zuma said Wednesday on the frail anti-apartheid hero's fifth day in hospital. 2013-06-12T22:35:42Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Mubaraks-to-return-Egypt-ex-ministers-gifts/-/1066/1881336/-/qcp7anz/-/index.html Ousted president Hosni Mubarak, his wife and one of their sons are to return gifts worth a total of $600,000 (450,000 euros) to Egypt's former information minister, a judicial source said on Wednesday. 2013-06-12T22:35:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/1880494/-/15b13c3z/-/index.html Nelson Mandela was responding better to treatment in hospital early Wednesday, South African President Jacob Zuma told parliament. 2013-06-12T12:17:56Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Mandela-in-hospital-for-fifth-day-/-/1066/1880472/-/c1yi8b/-/index.html Nelson Mandela remained under intensive care at a Pretoria hospital for a fifth day Wednesday battling a potentially deadly lung infection. 2013-06-12T12:06:44Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Scuffles-outside-Cairo-culture-ministry/-/1066/1879972/-/lsjc7sz/-/index.html Supporters and opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Morsi clashed on Tuesday outside the culture ministry 2013-06-11T19:19:03Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Tuareg-rebels-to-sign-peace-deal/-/1066/1879962/-/bxgu01z/-/index.html Rebels from Mali's minority Tuareg group are ready to sign a regionally brokered peace deal with the government paving the way for the conflict-torn country to hold elections, a source in their delegation said Tuesday 2013-06-11T19:17:04Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Senior-officials-visit-ailing-president/-/1066/1879948/-/fowy5z/-/index.html Algeria's prime minister and army chief of staff on Tuesday visited President Abdelaziz Bouteflika at the hospital in Paris where he is convalescing after suffering a mini-stroke, state television announced 2013-06-11T19:12:49Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Zuma-reassures-country-over-Mandelas-health/-/1066/1879934/-/11jp6p3z/-/index.html South Africa President Jacob Zuma appeared on state television Tuesday to reassure an uneasy nation that Nelson Mandela, although in a serious condition, is receiving the best of care 2013-06-11T19:05:04Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Mandela-remains-in-intensive-care/-/1066/1878734/-/y5qxwn/-/index.html Nelson Mandela faced a fourth day in hospital Tuesday where he was said to be in a serious but stable condition receiving intensive care for a lung infection 2013-06-11T02:04:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Top-Zimbabwe-rights-lawyer-in-dock/-/1066/1878732/-/yiqkf4/-/index.html Prominent Zimbabwean rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa pleaded not guilty when her trial on charges of obstructing justice during a police raid began Monday 2013-06-10T20:08:43Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/South-Africa-ready-to-let-go-of-Mandela/-/1066/1878730/-/chx0tc/-/index.html Nelson Mandela's lengthy absence from the spotlight has forced his adoring country to envisage what their hard-won and often fraught multi-racial democracy means without the man who forged it 2013-06-10T20:04:47Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Mali-mediators-hopeful-of-accord/-/1066/1878726/-/79ul3dz/-/index.html Burkina Faso's mediators hosting talks between Mali's government and armed Tuareg rebels said Monday they hoped for an agreement to enable elections to be held next month 2013-06-10T20:01:48Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/One-killed-in-Cameroon-plane-crash/-/1066/1878722/-/8bqcbqz/-/index.html One person was killed and four injured when a light aircraft coming from Chad crashed in northern Cameroon on Monday, airport authorities said 2013-06-10T19:55:38Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Mandela-condition-unchanged-after-third-night-in-hospital/-/1066/1877838/-/mkssez/-/index.html Nelson Mandela remains in a serious but stable condition, the South African government said on Monday, three days after the revered peace icon was rushed to hospital with a recurrent lung infection 2013-06-10T09:02:34Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Libyan-army-chief-quits/-/1066/1877578/-/a2flb7z/-/index.html Army chief General Yusef al-Mangoush, criticised for delays in forming a national army, resigned on Sunday, a day after clashes killed 31 people in Benghazi, members of Libya's highest political authority said 2013-06-09T22:58:23Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Prayers-for-Mandela/-/1066/1877572/-/1v1t0hz/-/index.html South Africa prayed for Nelson Mandela on Sunday as the revered peace icon faced a third night in hospital, with calls for the family and the nation to "let him go" 2013-06-09T22:49:41Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Let-Mandela-go-friend-urges-after-his-2nd-night-in-hospital/-/1066/1876928/-/236w5sz/-/index.html South Africans were urged to let go of their beloved hero Nelson Mandela on Sunday after the ailing 94-year-old spent a second night in hospital with a recurrent pneumonia infection 2013-06-09T07:27:44Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Mali-holds-crisis-talks-with-Tuareg-rebels/-/1066/1876842/-/kormv9/-/index.html Malian authorities and armed ethnic Tuareg rebels began talks on Saturday aimed at resolving the conflict in the north to enable planned nationwide elections to go ahead next month. 2013-06-09T00:11:10Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Mandela-serious-but-stable-as-back-in-hospital/-/1066/1876786/-/hvg1w0/-/index.html Nelson Mandela was in a "serious but stable" condition in hospital on Saturday night with a renewed lung infection that has triggered worldwide concern for the South African hero. 2013-06-08T22:26:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Ex-Libya-rebel-HQ-attacked-in-Benghazi-11-dead/-/1066/1876784/-/12ttqxr/-/index.html At least eleven people died and 58 were wounded on Saturday when demonstrators attacked the headquarters in Benghazi of former rebels who had fought to oust Libyan dictator Moamer Kahdafi, a hospital official said. 2013-06-08T22:26:08Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Sudans-Bashir-halts-South-Sudan-oil-flow/-/1066/1876782/-/uqkaqjz/-/index.html Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Saturday ordered a halt to the flow of oil from South Sudan, official media reported, after he warned the South over backing rebels who analysts say have humiliated the authorities. 2013-06-08T22:25:19Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/1876132/-/15biit4z/-/index.html Former South African president Nelson Mandela, 94, was readmitted to hospital on Saturday with a renewed lung infection and is in "serious but stable" condition, the presidency said. 2013-06-08T06:08:21Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Sudan-police-tear-gas-anti-govt-protest/-/1066/1876036/-/pgw9wb/-/index.html Sudanese police on Friday fired tear gas after about 200 protesters gathered near a mosque which became a focus of Arab Spring-style protests one year ago, witnesses said. 2013-06-07T22:06:45Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/US-urges-Zimbabwe-to-allow-election-observers/-/1066/1876032/-/memt17z/-/index.html The United States on Friday urged Zimbabwe to allow international monitors to watch elections due to be held by late July. 2013-06-07T21:57:31Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/1875032/-/15bj8wqz/-/index.html Zambian immigration authorities on Friday blocked former president Rupiah Banda from leaving the country for the third time in nearly two months. 2013-06-07T08:34:20Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Burundi-a-nation-divided-over-land/-/1066/1874698/-/k8obwt/-/index.html For the crowded and grossly impoverished country of Burundi, struggling to rebuild after decades of unrest and war, land is one of the most emotive issues of all. 2013-06-07T03:31:14Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-Madagascar-court-upholds-presidential-candidacies/-/1066/1873764/-/1pntww/-/index.html The electoral court in Madagascar Wednesday confirmed three controversial candidacies for presidential polls slated to end a four-year political deadlock on the island. 2013-06-06T00:04:05Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Iraq-offers-oil-to-cash-strapped-Sudan-Khartoum-says/-/1066/1873762/-/12k5tojz/-/index.html Iraq has agreed to provide cash-strapped Sudan with oil while deferring payment, Khartoum's investment minister said on Wednesday. 2013-06-06T00:01:31Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Egypt-warns-all-options-open-on-Ethiopia-dam/-/1066/1873750/-/elkfxdz/-/index.html Egypt will demand that Ethiopia stop construction of a Nile river dam and warned "all options are open" if it harms its water supply, advisers to President Mohamed Morsi said on Wednesday. 2013-06-05T23:15:25Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-Nigeria-military-offers-glimpse-of-assault-against-Islamists/-/1066/1873748/-/12v1jxqz/-/index.html Nigeria's military on Wednesday disclosed details of its offensive against Islamist militants, describing a series of events that saw insurgents take control of a remote area before being pushed out by soldiers. 2013-06-05T23:12:59Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Egypt-court-sentences-43-NGO-workers/-/1066/1872782/-/sa9h65/-/index.html A Cairo court sentenced 43 Egyptian and foreign NGO staff on Tuesday to jail terms of up to five years for working illegally, sparking outrage and raising fears for the future of civil society 2013-06-05T00:25:29Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/38-dead-in-Sudan-road-crash/-/1066/1872780/-/6vkcq6/-/index.html At least 38 people died in Sudan Tuesday in one of the country's worst road accidents in years when a bus collided with a truck 2013-06-05T00:22:49Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Boko-Haram-to-be-banned/-/1066/1872778/-/8ce1hh/-/index.html Nigeria has formally declared the Boko Haram Islamist sect and Ansaru, its suspected offshoot, "terrorist" groups and issued a law to ban them, a presidential statement said on Tuesday. 2013-06-05T00:19:25Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/HRW-sounds-alarm-over-Zimbabwe-security-chiefs/-/1066/1872776/-/xsa6i5z/-/index.html Human Rights Watch on Wednesday urged Zimbabwe's power-sharing government to discipline security chiefs who have declared their allegiance to veteran leader Robert Mugabe ahead of this summer's elections 2013-06-05T00:09:51Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Egypt-activist-given-6-months/-/1066/1871732/-/b0u3rj/-/index.html An Egyptian opposition youth activist was on Monday sentenced by a Cairo court to six months in prison for insulting President Mohamed Morsi 2013-06-04T01:59:18Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Mali-slams-ethnic-cleansing/-/1066/1871730/-/tnl0vhz/-/index.html Mali's government on Monday denounced what it described as "ethnic cleansing" against black people in the rebel-held northern city of Kidal and said an army presence there was "non-negotiable" 2013-06-04T01:57:04Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/US-offers--23m-for-terror-bosses/-/1066/1871728/-/sck1mv/-/index.html In an unprecedented move, the United States on Monday posted up to $23 million in rewards to help track down five leaders of militant groups accused of spreading terror in west Africa 2013-06-04T01:54:09Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/ICC-wants-more-evidence/-/1066/1871726/-/kas32tz/-/index.html The International Criminal Court said Monday it wanted more evidence before deciding whether to try Ivorian ex-president Laurent Gbagbo for crimes against humanity for his role in a bloody election standoff two years ago 2013-06-04T01:51:09Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Libya-seeking-to-recover-Kadhafi-riches-in-S-Africa/-/1066/1870116/-/jb35f0z/-/index.html Libya has called on the South African government to help it recover more than $1 billion (Sh85 billion) in diamonds, gold and cash allegedly stashed in the country by slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi, a local newspaper reported on Sunday. 2013-06-02T11:37:39Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Egypt-court-frees-police-accused-in-protest-icon-death/-/1066/1869904/-/ewuoa2z/-/index.html An Egyptian court on Saturday ordered the release of two policemen accused in the 2010 death of Khaled Said, who became a symbol of the fight against police torture, judicial sources said. 2013-06-02T01:06:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Armed-inmates-kill-two-Niamey-prison-guard-minister/-/1066/1869902/-/109jtfz/-/index.html Four inmates in Niamey's main prison killed two guards Saturday, Justice Minister Marou Amadou said, a week after twin suicide bombings claimed 20 lives in the west African country. 2013-06-02T01:02:27Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Japan-to-offer--10-billion-aid-to-Africa/-/1066/1867946/-/youbb8/-/index.html Japan is to pledge at least $10 billion in aid to Africa for the next five years, reports said Friday, as Tokyo prepared to host a major development conference for the resource-rich continent. 2013-05-31T03:03:34Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Zuma-seeks-mines-stability-S-African-rand-plummets/-/1066/1867940/-/dbkl55z/-/index.html South Africa's rand hit the 10.0 rand against the dollar mark Thursday as President Jacob Zuma moved to restore investor confidence by urging stability in the mining sector after economic growth hit a fresh low. 2013-05-31T02:44:27Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Nigerian-lawmakers-vote-to-outlaw-gay-marriage/-/1066/1867872/-/12uv2dtz/-/index.html Nigerian lawmakers approved Thursday a bill to outlaw gay marriage and crack down on gay rights, including criminalising public displays of affection between same-sex couples. 2013-05-30T22:12:36Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Uganda-lifts-ban-on-Monitor/-/1066/1867020/-/kpc27rz/-/index.html Uganda's government ordered police Thursday to allow journalists back into the main independent newspaper after a 10-day blockade that has sparked widespread criticism. 2013-05-30T10:27:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Tensions-cloud-Mozambique-voter-registration/-/1066/1866738/-/x72iw7z/-/index.html Mozambique has begun registering voters for upcoming polls amid heightened political tension ,with the main opposition Renamo threatening a boycott after its feud with the Frelimo-led government descended into violence. 2013-05-30T02:46:09Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Madagascar-postpones-elections/-/1066/1866694/-/a4hp8e/-/index.html Madagascar's interim government Wednesday postponed key elections, meant to end a four-year political deadlock on the island, after a special court found outside factors had derailed the poll preparations. 2013-05-29T23:13:27Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Greed-behind-rise-in-S-Africa-circumcision-deaths-minister/-/1066/1866688/-/elxhj8z/-/index.html South Africa's health minister said Wednesday that traditional male circumcision rituals had been "hijacked" by people looking to make money from the rite of passage, fuelling a spike in deaths of young males. 2013-05-29T23:02:03Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-African-troops-in-Mali-below-UN-standards/-/1066/1866686/-/jvwc62z/-/index.html The United Nations is struggling to get African troops in Mali up to UN standards to join a full-fledged peacekeeping force, a top UN official said Wednesday. 2013-05-29T22:06:44Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/1866120/-/15c52qdz/-/index.html Former Bosnian Croat president Jadranko Prlic and five co-accused were on Wednesday jailed for between 25 and 10 years for murdering and deporting Muslims in Bosnia in the early 1990s to create a "greater Croatian state." 2013-05-29T11:20:45Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/US-drone-crashes-in-Somalia/-/1066/1865866/-/mjwklfz/-/index.html An American drone has crashed in Somalia, a US official said Tuesday, after al-Shabaab militants claimed to have recovered the wreckage 2013-05-29T01:53:10Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Egypt-to-present-contentious-NGO-law/-/1066/1865852/-/kmfab5z/-/index.html Egypt's presidency said Tuesday it will submit a proposed law regulating civil society groups to the senate, insisting it reflects the values of the country's democratic uprising despite accusations it is restrictive 2013-05-28T21:16:09Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Boko-Haram-claims-victories/-/1066/1865850/-/sm8c9pz/-/index.html The leader of Islamist extremist group Boko Haram claims in a video obtained by AFP on Tuesday that Nigerian soldiers have retreated during an ongoing military offensive while insurgents have sustained little damage 2013-05-28T21:05:59Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/France-urges-joint-action-on-Islamists/-/1066/1865844/-/tkvfo0/-/index.html France's foreign minister on Tuesday urged Libya and its neighbours to work together to tackle threats from "terrorist groups", as he visited Niger a week after the country was hit by deadly attacks blamed on Islamists from southern Libya 2013-05-28T20:57:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/ICC-chief-slams-critics/-/1066/1865838/-/plypedz/-/index.html The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor hit back at critics Tuesday, a day after the African Union accused the tribunal of racism 2013-05-28T20:52:22Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Bashir-threatens-to-cut-South-Sudan-oil/-/1066/1864690/-/io7wm0z/-/index.html Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir warned on Monday he will order the flow of oil from South Sudan to be cut off if Juba provides assistance to rebels in South Kordofan and Darfur 2013-05-28T02:16:21Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Mandela-biopic-to-be-released-in-November/-/1066/1864688/-/1at1pg/-/index.html A film based on Nelson Mandela's bestselling autobiography "Long Walk to Freedom" will be released in November, producers said on Monday 2013-05-28T02:06:21Z