Africa

Italy’s deputy PM wants the EU to impose sanctions on France.

The president cut short an overseas trip.

The freeze is to continue until a review of both journalists’ status is carried out.

Rwanda’s mining industry, quarrying excluded, employs 43,000 people.

Lupando Mwape served as the vice president from October 2004 to October 2006.

Egypt currently has eight refineries with a capacity of 38 million tonnes.

There were contradicting tallies as to the number of people killed.

Police say 21 people were killed in the attack on a Nairobi hotel and office complex.

The earlier directives are already the subject of a pending High Court application.

Gbagbo and his co-accused, youth militia leader, Charles Blé Goudé, were arrested for having allegedly orchestrated the murder, rape and persecution of opponents after he lost the election in Côte d’Ivoire in December 2010.

Mr Bongo flew back to Gabon on Monday to swear in a new government after a failed coup attempt.

State broadcaster ZBC said 600 people, including a prominent activist and an opposition legislator, have been detained over the protests.

Somali militant group al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.

The firm added that all networks and providers had suspended their services.

The court ordered his immediate release from custody

President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced on Sunday that he was doubling petrol prices, given a fuel shortfall.

Opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi was declared winner of the December 30 presidential election.

Second-place finisher, Martin Fayulu, says he won the election by a landslide with over 60 percent of votes

Under the constitution, the majority enjoys significant powers and the president must appoint his prime minister from its ranks.

The loser, Fayulu, has rejected the results as a “coup”.

In November, Chancellor Angela Merkel had a similar experience.

The government says it will announce remuneration proposals at a meeting scheduled for Thursday.