Islamist militants in Mali have attacked one of the most famous mosques in the historic city of Timbuktu, residents say.
Armed men broke down the door
Four aid workers seized from a refugee camp near Kenya's Somali border have been released and are safe after an operation by Kenyan and Somali...
Four staff members from the International Criminal Court (ICC) held in Libya for four weeks on suspicion of spying have been released.
The announcement came during...
He stood before judges Wednesday not as the first former head of state convicted of war crimes since World War II but as a leader...
The Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) has disclosed that several top officials of the Government of Liberia (GOL) have "deliberately refused to cooperate" with its Assets...
Over 3.5 billion people—or half of the world’s population—live in countries that are rich in extractive resources such as oil, gas, and minerals. Yet, too...
Nigerian authorities must not use the state of emergency imposed in the north of the country as an excuse to commit human rights violations, Amnesty...
Former Trade and Industry minister Mukhisa Kituyi yesterday said nobody from western or central province lobbied for him to be the Secretary General of the...
Zanzibar — In yet another shocking incident in Zanzibar a local leader, popularly known here as sheha, has been attacked with acid. The elderly man,...
The second suspect in the brutal killing a British soldier, Lee Right, of the 2nd Battallion, the Royal Regiment of fusiliers, is also a Nigerian-born...
The police admit that drug trafficking is becoming a problem in Uganda, with many travellers frequently arrested for the offence in foreign countries.
The Police Commissioner...
The new Constitution that was formally gazetted by Robert Mugabe on Wednesday makes his desired June election date technically unlawful, with months worth of preparations...
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Geneva — Playing games is helping to engage communities with the complex scientific information used to forecast natural disasters, as well as encouraging people to...
Eritrea celebrates its 20th anniversary of independence on Friday with state-run media describing festivities across the country. But Amnesty International has decried the alleged human...
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A new era of high and volatile food prices is causing life-changing shifts in society, according to Oxfam and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS)...
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon und World Bank President Jim Yong Kim are working on a new strategy to end the conflict in DRC. Their...
The African Union is turning 50. It was established as an organization to fight for African unity and initially fought against colonialism. Today it seeks...
A state of calm prevailed in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday morning before a planned demonstration which several revolutionary parties and forces have called for.
Participants...
Juba — "Our daughters are our only source of wealth. Where else do you expect me to get cows from?" asks 60-year-old Jacob Deng from...
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe will next week gobble millions of dollars when he takes a huge entourage of more than 50 government officials to attend the...
Debates by Africans from all walks of life are reaffirming pan-Africanism as a guide to action and the foundation for Africa's renaissance, African Union Commission...
At the World Economic Forum two weeks ago, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said that Kenya will meet its obligations under the Rome Statute even as...
Juba, South Sudan — South Sudan President Salva Kiir said Thursday that he would "never accept" the International Criminal Court. He spoke during a visit...
Multinational High — Tech companies looking for new frontiers and fresh ideas are lining up for a slice of Africa's relatively untapped consumer market.
Many experts...
Bouake, Ivory Coast — Two years since Ivory Coast's post-election violence came to an end, rape remains a problem throughout the country. Though such attacks...
Nairobi — Jane Karuku, President of AGRA, said: “We share the African Union’s vision for an Africa that is free of hunger; an Africa that...
Abuja — Aid organization Doctors Without Borders says it has suspended emergency health care in Borno State, Nigeria, - the heart of an insurgency now...
Delta Corporation Limited, the biggest counter on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) by capitalisation, recently published results for the 12 months ended March 31 2013.
Results...
Herbert Moyo/Hazel Ndebele — TOMORROW Africa celebrates 50 years since the formation of the African Union (AU), formerly the Organisation for African Unity (OAU), on...
Cape Town — Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula confirmed on Friday that South Africa had deployed troops in countries neighbouring the Central African Republic.
But this was...
Cape Town — Invest and empower other women on the continent. This is the key message that came from former South African first lady and...
Poverty and food insecurity in Egypt have risen significantly over the last three years, according to a joint reports released today by the United Nations...
Fifty civil society organisations have issued a stinging condemnation of the recently-completed mobile voter registration exercise in Zimbabwe - highlighting a host of serious problems...
London — Every year, hundreds of thousands of people are forced from their homes by violence or natural disasters.
But the face of displacement is changing:...
The United Nations Envoy for Africa's Great Lakes Region today proposed a set of principles to guide immediate peace efforts in the Democratic Republic of...
As everyone knows, the education system in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is beset with enormous challenges - challenges that often seem insurmountable. But...
It has been a month since the release of a damning report into a massively corrupt Angola-Russia debt deal.
A month since it explained in forensic...
