African Union leaders at a summit in Uganda have agreed to reinforce the AU peacekeeping force in Somalia to counter al-Shabab militants. Read the full story

Gordon Brown has used his first major speech since leaving office to say the future growth of the world economy is reliant upon the development of Africa. Read the full story

Omar al-Bashir was greeted warmly by his Chadian counterpart in Ndjamena. Chad’s government has said there can be no question of the Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashir, being arrested during his current visit to the country. Read the full story

At least 64 people, including an American, have been killed in twin blasts in the Ugandan capital Kampala. Another 65 people were injured by the blasts, which police said went off at a rugby club and a restaurant as football fans watched the World Cup final. Read the full story

A court in South Africa has found the country’s former chief of police Jackie Selebi guilty of corruption. Selebi, also a former president of Interpol, was accused of having links to organised crime and accepting bribes worth 1.2m rand ($156,000, £103,000). Read the full story

A top Iranian lawmaker has called for “serious measures” against possible Israeli threats, amid reports that Tel Aviv is to deploy submarines in the Persian Gulf. Read the full story

A South African government official is proposing a complete ban on digitally distributed pornography. Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba has approached the country’s Law Reform Commission to ask whether a change in the law is possible. Read the full story

The International Criminal Court has reported Sudan to the UN Security Council for refusing to arrest two suspected Darfur war criminals. Read the full story

The head of Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency accuses foreign companies of bribery and the spreading of corruption in the country. Read the full story

A judge in Malawi has imposed a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison with hard labour on a gay couple convicted of gross indecency and unnatural acts. Read the full story

Seven East African states are due to sign an agreement giving them more water from the River Nile – a move strongly opposed by Egypt and Sudan. Read the full story

FORMER governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori has been arrested in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Though information as of press time was still sketchy, Nigerian Tribune gathered that the former governor who had been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was picked up by the Interpol last night. Read the full story

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has said his case against perpetrators of Kenya’s post-election violence is “unstoppable”. Read the full story

An eight-year-old Dutch boy is believed to be the sole survivor of a plane crash at Tripoli airport Wednesday that killed more than 100 people, an airport official said. Read the full story

Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua has died at his presidential villa following a long illness. The government announced seven days of national mourning and said the president would be buried on Thursday. Read the full story

Authorities in Nigeria have dropped charges against the former head of the country’s anti-corruption agency. Nuhu Ribadu had been accused of not declaring his assets while in office. Read the full story

Nigerians have welcomed acting President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to remove the much criticised election chief Maurice Iwu. Read the full story

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to arrive in Zimbabwe, despite protests by the MDC party of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. Read the full story

Criticisms continued to trail the alleged marriage of former governor of Zamfara State, Senator Ahmed Sani to a 13-year old Egyptian girl. The former governor reportedly paid $100,000 as bride price to the parents of the minor. Read the full story

The remarkable remains of two ancient human-like creatures (hominids) have been found in South Africa. The fossils of a female adult and a juvenile male – perhaps mother and son – are just under two million years old. Read the full story

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has told its members to refrain from singing the anti-apartheid struggle song “Shoot the Boer”. Read the full story

South African President Jacob Zuma has appealed for calm after the killing of the white supremacist leader, Eugene Terreblanche. Read the full story

A group of soldiers have reportedly arrested Guinea-Bissau’s premier and the army’s chief of staff, raising coup fears in a country with a history of similar rebellions. Read the full story

STRONG indications have emerged that some developed countries, who are keen on having former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, become the president of Nigeria in 2011, have been taking steps to decode his personality before finally casting support for the bid. Read the full story

Shocking evidence of an undisclosed massacre of at least 321 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo last December has just been surfaced. Read the full story

NZE Herbert Chikwe, husband of the Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Ireland, Dr. Kema Chikwe and one of those accused of masterminding the killing, at the weekend, of one of the officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Isiala Mbano, Imo State by armed robbers, has denied knowledge of the attack. Read the full story