Internet and mobile phone usage is taking off in Africa even as information technology falters in much of the rest of the world.
Negotiators trying to restore peace to the Ivory Coast have threatened to leave the West African country if the government again fails to sign a ceasefire with rebel troops.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed a Senegalese aviation expert, a Norwegian Red Cross official, and a US-Dutch weapons expert to monitor a 10-year-old arms embargo on war-torn Somalia.
After 24 years as president of Kenya, Daniel arap Moi announced Friday that he will step down at the end of the year.
Lack of progress in talks between Togo’s opposition and presidential bloc has prompted the withdrawal of funding for facilitation of dialogue.
International rights watchdog, Human Rights Watch (HRW), on Friday accused forces involved in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) war of committing war crimes against women and girls in the east of the sprawling central African nation.
More than 50 commercial Zimbabwean farmers have submitted requests for land leases in Mozambique, with the Mozambique government so far agreeing to allow at least 13 to settle in the country.
Cameroon was on Sunday making a second try at holding parliamentary and local government elections, a week after a first attempt had to be scrubbed at the last minute because voting materials were not ready.
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday applauded three new donations towards last Monday’s half a billion dollar appeal for millions of people facing starvation in six southern African countries.
The blockade by women protesters of one of Nigeria’s largest oil terminals entered its third day Wednesday.