Africa, World

James Murehwa, 32, is a foreign currency dealer on the illegal parallel market. He hopes President Robert Mugabe will be re-elected in the 29 March...

The day after Guinea’s powerful trade unions put on hold a general strike aimed at pushing the government to improve living conditions, Guineans woke...

ZANU-PF, the party that has held power since Zimbabwe won its independence from Britain in 1980, has lost control of parliament - according to...

Widespread flooding in southern Angola has been blamed for a surge in cholera, with 4,500 cases of the waterborne disease reported this year, and 150...

Hundreds of Burundian soldiers scheduled for demobilisation under a donor-recommended programme have refused to complete the process until various...

Three days after Zimbabwe's 29 March poll, rumour, speculation and uncertainty are the only tangible results of an election that has been billed as...

Alleged human rights abuses by Anglo Platinum (AP), the worlds leading producer of platinum, could spark investigations through-out South Africa’s...

Kadiata Malick Diallo is vice-president of the Union of Forces for Progress (UFP) and a deputy in Mauritania’s National Assembly. She spoke to IRIN...

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$50 million grant to help reopen and maintain 1,800 km of roads, critical for the...

The Government of Malawi and the International Development Association (IDA) today signed a US$25 million grant to improve water supply and...