Africa, World

Superintendent Alhagie Biran Jobe Officer Commanding Fraud Squad at the Gambia Police Force Friday told the Banjul Magistrates’ Court that he was the...

The criminal case file concerning Marce Maurice Alfred Vanmaldegum a Dutch national has been sent to the Attorney General’s Chamber for legal...

One Amadou Kojo Sowe is standing trial at the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court for being in possession of fake gold dust. He faces a two-count charge. ...

The visit of Dr Jacques Diouf, the Director General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) for a two-day working visit...

South African National Parks (SANParks) controversially auctioned off 47 metric tonnes (mt) of stockpiled ivory on 6 November, earning the government...

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other African and international leaders meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, this weekend should take...

The financial crisis is expected to have a severe impact on humanitarian funding, with some analysts projecting cuts in official development...

What lies under a Malawi farmer's feet that could boost food security? Try better roads. Each year Wanangwa Munthali harvests at least 100 50kg bags...

Aid workers in northern Uganda could scale down operations if a fuel shortage persists, officials told IRIN. "Our operations for the past two weeks...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is on the brink of slipping back into the kind of devastating international war that raged from 1998 to 2003,...