Zimbabwe: Makoni a prostitute…
President Mugabe has labeled his former finance minister Dr Simba
Makoni a “political prostitute”. Dr Makoni, early this month cut ties with Zanu PF to...
Male Circumcision and HIV / AIDS
Is mass male circumcision the new big thing in HIV prevention, or is it a risky social experiment that threatens to divert funding from...
Kenya: Wangari Maathai gets death Threats
Professor Wangari Mathaai received a death threat via a text message on her mobile phone and fears that her life might be in danger,...
Cameroon: People living with HIV/AIDS demonstrate
People living with HIV/AIDS demonstrated, yesterday, in Yaounde against the increase in the cost of HIV/AIDS medical check-ups, Le Quotidien Mutations reports. The secretary...
Chad: Rebels deny Gov’t claims of talks
Chadian rebels Thursday denied government claims of talks between the two parties contradicting a statement made by Foreign Minister Ahmat Allam-Mi when he told...
Kenya: agreement on a PM position for opposition
Shortly after ODMs warning of a possible return to the streets if an agreement was not found within a week, both parties seem to...
From counterfeit to generic medications
An international conference, co-sponsored by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Pahrmaceutical Security International (PSI) to discuss counterfeit medicines in Africa took place in...
President and Mrs. Bush Discuss Africa Policy, Trip to Africa
MRS. BUSH: Thank you very much, Mark. I get to speak first and introduce the President. Thank you, Mark, for your efforts to lead...
Somalia: Extension of peace mission’s mandate not enough, says government
Thousands of people have been displaced by fighting in the capital, Mogadishu. Somalia's transitional government has welcomed a resolution by the UN Security Council...
Pedal power for clean water
Almost 20 percent of the world does not have access to safe drinking water, which, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), means 1.6...
Zimbabwe’s plus 100,000% inflation
The Zimbabwe dollar took a dramatic plunge yesterday, on the eve of President Robert Mugabe’s 84th birthday falling by more than a 100 percent....
South Africa: Zimbabweans flee with hope and US$50
"We know why you're in South Africa - Life in Zimbabwe is murder these days", a billboard greets Zimbabwean immigrants in South Africa's border...
Inflation soars to a 100,000% in Zimbabwe
Official figures show that annual inflation rate in Zimbabwe hit 100,000% in January. Ongoing shortages of food and fuel helped drive inflation from December's...
Massacre of Villagers in DRC
Forces loyal to renegade general Laurent Nkunda massacred at least 30 villagers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in January, the UN mission...
Kenya: new threats
Kenya’s opposition has threatened to call its supporters back into the streets en masse in a week’s time if parliament is not recalled to...
Kenya : SMS text messages the new guns of war?
Some Kenyans are using SMS text messages to revive ethnic tensions in their country, preying on the political-ethnic tensions that have ravaged the country...
Ethiopia grants 915 licences for investment projects
The Ethiopian Investment Agency said it has issued investment licenses to investment projects during the first half of the current fiscal year to be...
U.N : Children still treated as soldiers in Africa
The situation for children caught in conflict remains "grave and entirely unacceptable" because 58 groups in 13 countries still recruit and use child soldiers,...
Bush, first lady for low tech health solution in Africa
President George W. Bush focused on a low-tech way to save the lives of African children Monday as he and first lady Laura Bush...
Nigeria hands over land to Niger
A Nigerian settlement in Abadam under the local governance of Borno state has been handed over to the Republic of Niger. A dispute over...
Obama wins again
Democrat Barack Obama beat rival Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin on Tuesday, extending his U.S. presidential winning streak. With 99% of the ballots counted in...
Free Banking for Zimbabwe
Since March 2007, Zimbabwe has been in the midst of a hyperinflation (a rate of inflation per month that exceeds 50%). This phenomenon is...
MEND says extradited leader shot dead, govt denies claim
There was a momentary scare in Nigeria's oil producing Niger Delta region Tuesday (19 Feb) evening after the region's largest militant group claimed one...
Heavy snowfalls in north-eastern Libya
A cold wave which swept across Libya over the past few days has brought with it heavy snowfalls since Monday in the region of...
EGYPT: changing attitudes to rape?
Egypt was scandalised last summer when an 11-year-old girl named Hend Farghali was allegedly raped by a 21-year-old man. Petrified, the girl did not...
Skin Bleaching
Some people will do anything to look good! In Brazzaville in the Congo, there has been a disturbing rise in the cosmetic use of...
Kenya: Kibaki agrees to power-sharing but….
Mwai Kibaki has agreed to share power... under the country's current constitution and pledged a new constitution within 12 months, signaling a hardening of...
Kenya names team to world athletics championships
Wilfred Bungei is among the eight athletes selected by Athletics Kenya (AK) to represent the country at next month's 12th IAAF World Indoor Championships...
Mozambique’s trade union federation condemns wildcat strike
Mozambique's main trade union federation, the OTM, has distanced itself from the wildcat strike, waged by about 600 seasonal workers at the Xinavane sugar...
Kibaki agrees to share power to end Kenya crisis
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has agreed to the power sharing agreement being proposed as a way to resolve the political crisis in the East...