Mozambique wants rich nations to stop giving their farmers subsidies so that African food goods can can compete fairly on the world market.
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe plans to make service in his youth militia a prerequisite for high school graduates entering college or the job market.
The African Union will this week suggest that Madagascar delay a general election planned for December 15, a senior South African official said on Sunday.
The al-Qaida terrorist network has strengthened its operations in Europe in recent months and poses a tangible threat on the continent, German security experts say.
Israel said it was ready to make peace following US President George Bush’s Middle East policy speech on Monday, but only once the Palestinians stamp out ”terrorism” and start reforming their
leadership.
The main military barracks in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, is still unsafe six months after a disaster that claimed hundreds of lives.
ABOUT 40 animal activists on Friday marched outside the South Korean embassy in Pretoria protesting against that country’s dog and cat meat trade.
Sierra Leoneans awaited on Saturday the results of landmark post-war elections widely expected to sweep President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah and his party back to power.
Malawi tobacco authorities on Wednesday suspended all sales for the country’s top export crop, tobacco, after prices plummeted on Monday.
Namibian President Sam Nujoma has defended plans to take over foreigners’ land, telling the German newspaper Die Welt in an interview published on Monday: ”I want everyone of realise: every corner of Namibia is the property of the Namibian people.”