France has its first soldier in the offensive against Mali’s Islamist rebels – a helicopter pilot was injured and later died as French military gave aerial support to the Malian ...
A teachers strike in Kenya, questions over Uganda's growth prospects and lingering tensions within the South African mining industry dominate today's African papers.
Kenya in mourning for Internal Security Minister Geroge Saitoti and his assistant killed in a air crash on Sunday and Nigeria's worries over the security of its airline industry make the headlines ...
A helicopter that crashed killing 30 US troops in Afghanistan was shot down after the Taliban laid a trap to lure US forces into the area, according to an anonymous Afghan government official said ...