Africa, World

Ebrima Mbowe, who stabbed one Ebrima Cham with a broken bottle, was yesterday fined D500 and was ordered to pay a compensation of D1500 to Cham. ...

On a cloudy Monday morning in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, Cremilda Bulha, 28, dressed in a white T-shirt and traditional capulana cloth skirt,...

The 20th annual World AIDS Day was December 1, 2007. The theme selected by the World AIDS Campaign is "Stop AIDS: Keep the Promise" as it will be...

Retired soldiers in Burkina Faso have rejected a government bid to ease grievances over pensions and other working conditions – complaints that...

Amnesty International has accused Uganda's justice system of "tacitly condoning and protecting suspected perpetrators” of rape and other sexual...

A government plan to more than double the number of Malawi's child protection officers will not resolve the twin problems of child labour and...

The Scorpions of the Gambia under the guidance of Spanish Coach Jose Martinez will take on Mali tomorrow in their first group match of the...

The 2007 annual Brufut Marathon set for December 8, recently received two cheques of D75,000 and D16,000 as contribution for the event from the Taf...

An outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in the western Uganda district of Bundibugyo has killed 16 of 51 people infected over the past three weeks, a...

Fighting between the Chadian army and rebels has intensified in the east of the country and hospitals in the eastern regional hub Abeche and in the...