Africa, World

UN and other international observers say they are cautiously optimistic ahead of Guinea-Bissau’s parliamentary elections set for 16 November, while...

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's government is launching another wave of attacks against the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), a spokesman...

The appeal case of Lamin Fatty, reporter of the closed Independent Newspaper, was yesterday November 11, 2008 delayed because the Clerk of the Appeal...

Civil society organisations call for the adoption of Additional Protocol on Freedom of Expression in Africa The Forum on the participation of NGOs...

Fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has forced most schools in Rutshuru territory to close, leaving an estimated 150,000 children...

The Dandora municipal waste site east of Nairobi continues to pose environmental and health risks even after a study recommended its closure, said...

Humanitarian organisations face tough choices if the global financial crisis affects their income, as some analysts predict. Although it is too soon...

Cassava is the staple food for most people in the Republic of Congo, but this main source of nourishment is being threatened by a disease that has...

Derrick Jimu, 56, has still not come to terms with the death of his son from cholera in the low-income suburb of Budiriro, in Zimbabwe's capital,...

Ten people have been confirmed dead and two are hospitalised following an outbreak of meningitis in north-central Ghana. The disease broke out on 25...