ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian Vice President Goodluck Jonathan chaired his first cabinet meeting as acting head of state on Wednesday, seeking to revive government business after more than two months of stagnation. Jonathan assumed full presidential powers late on Tuesday to fill a power vacuum left by the absence of President Umaru Yar'Adua, who has been in hospital in Saudi ...

EL-FASHER, Sudan (Reuters) - Militias raided a Darfur refugee camp, shooting dead two people and injuring at least 10 in an escalation of tensions in Sudan's restive west, witnesses and U.N. officials said Wednesday. The raid followed the murder of a militia member's relative who appeared to be searching the camps in Kass, South Darfur for the suspect ...

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian Vice President Goodluck Jonathan assumed office as acting president on Tuesday to fill a power vacuum more than two months after President Umaru Yar'Adua left for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia. Parliament earlier recognized Jonathan as acting head of state in an effort to end uncertainty that has threatened to paralyze government business in Africa's ...