Africa, World

Amnesty International today released a report and new video footage that graphically demonstrates the ongoing suffering of the Zimbabwean people, as...

Fresh fighting in eastern Congo has displaced tens of thousands more people from their homes, international aid agency Oxfam said today (Wednesday 29...

As Ivorians wonder how much longer they will have to wait for a long-overdue presidential election, human rights groups warn that failing to ensure a...

Despite a good harvest in 2008 Nigeria’s grain stocks are running low causing cereal prices – which usually fall post-harvest – to climb, according...

Farmers in West Africa are turning to cannabis as a quick cash crop, feeding the biggest illegal drug market in the world. UN Office on Drugs and...

Food, water, health and sanitation facilities at several villages on the Uganda-Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border are overstretched as...

People in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, prefer to commute in three-wheeled autorickshaws, taxis and buses that run on compressed natural gas...

The Arab Gambian Islamic Bank (AGIB), on Thursday, held a press conference at its headquarters in Banjul. The ceremony marked the inauguration of the...

Justice BY Camara and Na Ceesay Sallah-Wadda, both judges of the High Court in Banjul, who were sometime this year sacked, have been reinstated to...

Many regard Agrofuels as an opportunity to unleash Africa's agricultural potential, but crops are grown to meet the needs of a global energy market,...