Gunmen describing themselves as Saddam Hussein’s Fedayeen militia vowed to step up attacks on US forces and their Iraqi collaborators to avenge the killing of his sons Uday and Qusay, in a video aired on Al-Arabiya television on Thursday.
The presidency has washed its hands of the reported controversial outcome of a Nigerian oil deal supported by President Thabo Mbeki in 1999.
The South African cabinet has snubbed the United States government over its insistence on linking military training assistance with indemnifying US service people.
Rebels battling for control of Monrovia were pushing on Thursday towards the city centre as the humanitarian crisis deepened in the Liberian capital after nearly a week of fighting.
Liberia needs peacekeepers now
Lying in a coma in a Saudi Arabian hospital, Uganda’s notorious former dictator Idi Amin has no idea about the debate that is raging in his home country over whether he should be allowed to return home.
My brutal muse, Idi Amin
The Democratic Alliance welcomed on Thursday the reported thawing of relations between the Zimbabwean government and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), saying it was a step in the right direction.
An 18-year old rapper who was repeatedly stabbed two weeks ago has emerged as a favourite on this year’s Mercury music prize shortlist, featuring an unprecedented number of black artists.
Transitional government officials designated by the two principal former rebel movements in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) took their oath of office on Thursday in the capital, Kinshasa, after a modification was made in the pledge of allegiance.
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Government is doing little to remedy the severe skills shortage problem among black South Africans, says Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon.
Optimism on the impact of Aids on South Africa would be ”unconscionable”, according to the three authors of a World Bank study on the impact of Aids in the country.
Scientists meet on Aids strategies