Representatives and dwellers of oil-rich Bakassi peninsula on Tuesday met President Olusegun Obasanjo, expressing support for Nigeria’s rejection of a World Court ruling ceding their territory to Cameroon.
Girls who start smoking in their early teens are two-thirds likelier to develop breast cancer later in life compared with non-smokers, a study says.
Swaziland’s Chief Justice announced on Thursday that the High Court would continue hearing the case of the alleged abduction of an 18-year-old Swazi schoolgirl by messengers of King Mswati two weeks ago, despite threats from the Royal Palace.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has ordered the army to ease restrictions on Palestinians amid increasing signs of popular resistance to Israel’s five-week occupation of major West Bank towns.
Ethiopia is in imminent danger of losing its rare wildlife, the national Institute of Biodiversity Conservation and Research has warned.
A United States government aid agency has given South Africa a R200-million grant for building 100 000 low-cost homes, says Housing Minister Sankie Mthembi-Mahanyele.
A North Korean reporter figured he could write about a pepper bush plantation from the comfort of his office. But leader Kim Jong Il, the story goes, insisted on driving with him to a rugged ravine and crossing a flooded river to personally count the bushes.
Deputy President Jacob Zuma on Friday night condemned ”bully states” that attempted to coerce other countries and even international organisations into doing their bidding.
Government forces and rebels clashed on Tuesday in southern Sudan’s Western Upper Nile Region, soon after leaders of both sides held landmark peace talks.
Australia’s bitter debate on euthanasia has been reignited following the suicide of a healthy 79-year-old former academic who decided that she had enjoyed ”a happy life, but enough of it”.