Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has reportedly used the 18 days of pro-democracy protests in the country to move his family’s assets from European banks to Persian Gulf countries. Read the full story

Italy’s top court threw out a case against the British lawyer convicted of taking a bribe from Silvio Berlusconi, a verdict that could kill charges against the Italian Prime Minister in a related case. Read the full story

Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki has asked eight senior officials to step down pending inquiries into two corruption scandals. Read the full story

Nigerian Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan has removed the country’s justice minister, a day after taking over as acting leader. Read the full story

When Information and Communications Minister, Prof Dora Akunyili, presented her memorandum asking her colleagues to wake up to their responsibility to the Nigerian nation, tempers flared and voices were raised. Read the full story

Italian politicians have backed a bill that would allow PM Silvio Berlusconi to delay prosecutions against him. The law would allow senior government figures claiming “legitimate impediment” to have trials against them postponed for up to 18 months. Read the full story

Two companies linked to two former aides of retired President Moi caused a diplomatic row between Kenya and Britain when they froze accounts and assets belonging to Kenya in the United Kingdom three weeks ago. Read the full story

The Democratic Unionist Party has terminated the membership of Iris Robinson and she will leave Westminster and her MLA’s position in Stormont as early as next week. Read the full story

The surprise admission of a sexual affair and attempted suicide by the wife of Northern Ireland’s First Minister was apparently prompted by the imminent broadcast of an embarrassing BBC television documentary containing allegations about the couple’s financial affairs, it has emerged. Read the full story