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.
Amid all the glamour and autumnal colours at London fashion week, a touch of Africa was electrifying the catwalk.
The first report into a UN project has shown remarkable success rates with more than 6 000 villages abandoning female genital mutilation.
The jailed member of Simon Mann’s bungled 2004 coup in Equatorial Guinea reveals his motives for joining the secret plot.
East African states are struggling to contain an escalating crisis over control of the waters of the river Nile.
