Tracy Mcveigh
latest news & developments
Campaigners call Kimberley Process an ‘utter failure’
Conflict diamonds are to be used to fund a new campaign of violence by President Robert Mugabe’s regime against his political opponents in Zimbabwe.
Soweto’s Lesego Malatsi aims to conquer the fashion world
Amid all the glamour and autumnal colours at London fashion week, a touch of Africa was electrifying the catwalk.
Africa shows signs of winning war against genital mutilation
The first report into a UN project has shown remarkable success rates with more than 6 000 villages abandoning female genital mutilation.
Ex-mercenary tells of his five years in a ‘living hell’
The jailed member of Simon Mann’s bungled 2004 coup in Equatorial Guinea reveals his motives for joining the secret plot.
Crisis as East African states battle over control of Nile
East African states are struggling to contain an escalating crisis over control of the waters of the river Nile.