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In a demonstration of support for prominent Niger Delta militant Henry Okah, whom the government put on trial in early April, militant leaders said that they will escalate armed…
Lesotho’s single largest employer, the textile industry, has made a remarkable comeback, setting an example for the region and giving thousands back their jobs. Lesotho was an…
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s plan to offer amnesty to Joseph Kony, the leader of the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army. The…
A year after Operation Murambatsvina, the government’s campaign to purge informal settlements, the lives of thousands of affected Zimbabweans have not changed. Uprooted last year…
As standards of living in Zimbabwe continue to deteriorate, the use of child labour on farms has risen sharply, with more than 10Â 000 children estimated to be working in the…
Five people were killed and hundreds of United Nations peacekeepers forced to abandon their base as anti-UN protests swept government-held southern Côte d’Ivoire for a third…
The ongoing arrests of members of the banned People’s United Democratic Movement in connection with a series of petrol bombings is having a chilling effect on pro-democracy…
Two highly placed Liberian government officials are said to be involved in ”plans to cause instability and chaos in the country”, the interim government said in a statement…
In a landmark ruling that opens the way for compensation claims against oil conglomerates, the High Court of Benin City in Nigeria has declared the flaring of natural gas…
Poor rural households in drought-ravaged southern Zimbabwe have exhausted their food stocks and are resorting to eating wild roots in a bid to stave off hunger. Erratic supplies…
As African leaders gear up for two successive summits to salvage peace efforts in Côte d’Ivoire, the country’s President, Laurent Gbagbo, has ruled out any mediation role for his…
Darfur risks sliding into a perpetual state of lawlessness even as the Sudanese government and the main rebel groups in the region — the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) and Justice…
Swazi schoolchildren are feeling the brunt of renewed debate over the Swaziland-South African border. South African soldiers are reportedly blocking Swazi students from attending…
A split has emerged among groups campaigning against relocation of the San Bushmen from Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve. In a statement, the Working Group of Indigenous…
The Zimbabwean government has agreed to allow aid groups to offer humanitarian assistance to people who have been displaced in its controversial urban clean-up drive. Local…
In a rare move, the Nigerian President and head of the African Union, Olusegun Obasanjo, has publicly rebuked an AU Commission decision to appoint a special envoy to resolve an…
The United Nations mission in Burundi, known as Onub, has stepped up its military presence across the country ahead of communal elections set for next Friday. This comes after 17…
Traditional funeral rites in Angola are putting the families of Marburg victims at risk of contracting the killer virus. For most Angolan families, preparing the body and kissing…
France has recommended that the United Nations extend the mandate of international peacekeepers in Côte d’Ivoire, by one month, until it becomes clear whether a peace summit in…
It is best known for the audacity of its campaigns: protest messages stamped on condom packets and bank notes, and pithy postcards to President Robert Mugabe — but who it is, is…
