Nigeria’s main rebel group, which has targeted oil facilities in the south, claimed responsibility for a late Sunday strike on an oil jetty.
More than six million people have been forcibly removed from their land and homes in recent years in several African countries.
Kenya’s power-sharing deal must pull through until 2012 despite the divisions that threaten to tear apart the ruling government, the Commonwealth said
Jeremiah (10) stares blankly at a window, tears rolling down his scarred cheeks, recounting how his father doused him with petrol and set him ablaze.
Thousands massed in Ghana’s capital on Wednesday to see president-elect John Atta-Mills take over from John Kufuor.
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/ 26 December 2008
As Ghana gears up for the second round of its presidential election on Sunday, tension is growing in the camps of the two competitors.
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/ 9 December 2008
Partial unofficial results showed a neck-and-neck race on Monday in Ghana as votes were counted after general elections.
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/ 4 December 2008
Ghana will look to enhance its reputation as a beacon for democracy at elections on Sunday for a leader who will soon be tapping into new oil wealth.
Robert Mugabe’s regime has warned the West to ”stop meddling” in Zimbabwe as the veteran leader faces pressure to cut a deal with the opposition.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe held final campaign rallies on Thursday on the eve of a one-man election denounced as a sham by the West.