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» 09.05.2008 - SA crime perception remains
» 09.05.2008 - Zim tensions worry monitors
» 09.05.2008 - 'Embrace green revolution'
» 09.05.2008 - UN scribe condemns Darfur attacks
» 09.05.2008 - Zimbabwe unionists charged for inciting uprising
» 08.05.2008 - Armed bandits chop off Senegalese villagers' ears
» 08.05.2008 - 'Zimbabwe right to nationalise its properties'
» 08.05.2008 - DRC projects attract $60m
» 08.05.2008 - Egypt, Mauritania targeted for torture missions
» 07.05.2008 - Rights abusers want UN seats
» 07.05.2008 - Chad joins worst regimes
» 07.05.2008 - Mauritania Premier replaced
» 07.05.2008 - Somalia's celebrated woman presenter escapes murder
» 06.05.2008 - Ethiopia troops "slit throats"
» 06.05.2008 - SABC suspends news chief
» 06.05.2008 - Rebels fear Puntland, Ethiopia secret pact
» 06.05.2008 - Zanu-PF urges peaceful polls
» 06.05.2008 - More DRC refugees returned
» 06.05.2008 - UN boasts S. Leone progress
» 05.05.2008 - Monitors want timely run-off
» 05.05.2008 - Kenyan victims return home
» 02.05.2008 - Tsvangirai wins Zim polls
» 02.05.2008 - Equatorial Guinean leader tops Africa's media predators
» 30.04.2008 - Zim police probes poll fraud
» 30.04.2008 - Military raids Uganda paper
» 29.04.2008 - Moz allows police killings
» 29.04.2008 - 'South Africa faces threat'
» 29.04.2008 - ICC unseals DRC warrant
» 29.04.2008 - Zim candidates to verify results
» 28.04.2008 - Kenya army tortures civilians
» 28.04.2008 - Diplomat admits Algeria massacres
» 28.04.2008 - ICC cries for Sudan arrests
» 25.04.2008 - 6 MDC members shot dead
» 25.04.2008 - SA attacks worry senators
» 25.04.2008 - Striking "Liberian refugees" await repatriation
» 25.04.2008 - 100 Eritrean migrants nabbed
» 25.04.2008 - Polisario alerts armed conflict
» 24.04.2008 - Mauritius snubs labour laws
» 24.04.2008 - Critic musicians still detained
» 23.04.2008 - Unionists campaign against Zimbabwe's arm shipment
» 23.04.2008 - Liberia still faces challenges
» 23.04.2008 - Sudan starts crucial census
» 22.04.2008 - Ethiopia breaks diplomatic ties with Qatar
» 22.04.2008 - Forum seeks to protect human trafficked victims
» 22.04.2008 - Zambian leader condemns anti-Mugabe remarks
» 22.04.2008 - Africa's largest dam project in the offing
» 22.04.2008 - Food crisis alerted in West Africa
» 22.04.2008 - Fungus destroys Kenya rice
» 22.04.2008 - Somali PM regrets fatal clash
» 22.04.2008 - Credible polls urged in Côte d’Ivoire
» 18.04.2008 - Mugabe punches Britain
» 17.04.2008 - New Kenya cabinet sworn
» 17.04.2008 - Concern over erosion of rights in Equatorial Guinea
» 17.04.2008 - Côte d’Ivoire's "steady progress" hailed
» 17.04.2008 - UN Congo mission lauded
» 17.04.2008 - Togo set for TRC creation
» 16.04.2008 - US, UN discuss Zim crisis
» 16.04.2008 - Fire kills 19 Ugandan girls
» 15.04.2008 - Food crisis concerns World Bank President
» 15.04.2008 - Zimbabwean opposition agent murdered
» 14.04.2008 - Court rejects MDC petition
» 14.04.2008 - Kenya police kill 12 rioters
» 14.04.2008 - Madonna's case set for ruling
» 14.04.2008 - Gunmen raid South Africa court
» 11.04.2008 - Mugabe's party awaits results
» 11.04.2008 - Deputies extend Biya's term
» 11.04.2008 - Kony's concerns "legimitate"
» 11.04.2008 - EU observers blame ECK
» 11.04.2008 - Tunisians protest against price hike
» 10.04.2008 - Somaliland parliament bombed
» 10.04.2008 - MDC rules out run-off
» 10.04.2008 - Tutu condemns gay persecution
» 10.04.2008 - Chad, Sudan mistrust lingers
» 10.04.2008 - US to lift ban on Mandela
» 10.04.2008 - More UN truckers killed
» 09.04.2008 - Zambia calls for crisis talks
» 09.04.2008 - Senegal legalises Habré trial
» 09.04.2008 - 'Give me a nice present'
» 09.04.2008 - 'Rebels beheaded my mother'
» 09.04.2008 - Tanzania leader appoints albino
» 08.04.2008 - Police assault Zim activists
» 08.04.2008 - Protest returns to Kenya
» 07.04.2008 - Court can rule on Zimbabwe polls
» 07.04.2008 - 'The graves are not yet full'
» 07.04.2008 - Niger sued over slavery laws
» 07.04.2008 - Calls for tax rebate in SA
» 07.04.2008 - Gambian police went missing
» 04.04.2008 - 'Mugabe won't doctor results'
» 04.04.2008 - MDC contests results delay
» 04.04.2008 - Mali signs truce with rebels
» 04.04.2008 - Editors condemn death threats
» 03.04.2008 - Kenya set for unity gov't
» 03.04.2008 - Exiled Swazi hero murdered
» 03.04.2008 - UN details Liberia violations
» 02.04.2008 - Doubts cast on Egypt polls
» 02.04.2008 - Kagame damns Spain court
» 01.04.2008 - UN extends DRC embargo
» 01.04.2008 - Media stimulates development
» 01.04.2008 - SA probes racism in schools
» 31.03.2008 - 'Prevent Zim from sinking'
» 31.03.2008 - Zimbabwe minister lost seat
» 31.03.2008 - CAR: open season for bandits
» 31.03.2008 - Niger rebels seize village
» 28.03.2008 - France holds deposed leader
» 28.03.2008 - Chad press fights in unity
» 27.03.2008 - Mbeki hates Comoros assault
» 27.03.2008 - Zim bars election coverage
» 27.03.2008 - Sudan starts prison reform
» 27.03.2008 - CAR prioritises security
» 27.03.2008 - Somalia declared polio-free
» 26.03.2008 - Mugabe threatens investors
» 26.03.2008 - Somalia aid work dangerous
» 26.03.2008 - WFP truckers killed in Sudan
» 26.03.2008 - Egypt's vocal editor jailed
» 20.03.2008 - Ethiopia battles food scarcity
» 20.03.2008 - 'Ghana mistreats refugees'
» 20.03.2008 - Habitat celebrates success
» 20.03.2008 - Nigerian cinema hits US
» 20.03.2008 - W. Sahara talks continues
» 19.03.2008 - Serious flaws mar Zim polls
» 19.03.2008 - Kenya deputies back coalition
» 19.03.2008 - Darfur deployment urged
» 18.03.2008 - Kenya MPs begin crucial tasks
» 18.03.2008 - NGO denies "nude" protest
» 18.03.2008 - Comoros soon goes to polls
» 18.03.2008 - Army mistreats journalists
» 18.03.2008 - Chad lifts emergency rule
» 17.03.2008 - Spy reporters await arrest
» 17.03.2008 - UN hails Dakar Agreement
» 17.03.2008 - Gbagbo trusts African solution
» 14.03.2008 - Zim police chief fires threats
» 14.03.2008 - Chad, Sudan sign peace deal
» 14.03.2008 - Wade damns Islamophobia
» 14.03.2008 - Islam prohibits terrorism
» 14.03.2008 - Makeba meets rape survivors
» 13.03.2008 - Genocide priest jailed for life
» 13.03.2008 - UN hails Somalia dialogue
» 13.03.2008 - Senegal probes journalist's abduction
» 13.03.2008 - Darfur negotiations worry envoy
» 12.03.2008 - Zanu-PF strongholds favoured
» 12.03.2008 - Joint trial for Congo warlords
» 11.03.2008 - Palestine seeks AU support
» 11.03.2008 - 37 leaders to grace OIC
» 11.03.2008 - Kenya leaders invite tourists
» 11.03.2008 - Banditry mars Darfur supplies
» 11.03.2008 - Taureg rebels free 22 hostages
» 10.03.2008 - ICC, LRA discuss legal affairs
» 07.03.2008 - Kenya wants lost glory back
» 07.03.2008 - No-work-no-pay rule damned
» 07.03.2008 - Editor jailed over "discredit"
» 07.03.2008 - Namibia hosts IT roadshow
» 06.03.2008 - Militant leader faces treason
» 06.03.2008 - Kenyan militiamen killed
» 06.03.2008 - Eritrean officials punch UN
» 06.03.2008 - Ghana awaits massacre march
» 06.03.2008 - Missing peacekeeper found dead
» 05.03.2008 - Gabon angered by expulsion
» 05.03.2008 - Genocide transfer agreed
» 05.03.2008 - 28 racist protesters nabbed
» 05.03.2008 - UN lauds Annan's mediation
» 04.03.2008 - Cameroon media faces crisis
» 04.03.2008 - Tanzania fund disburse stands
» 03.03.2008 - Wade mediates Chad, Sudan mistrust
» 03.03.2008 - Ex-minister leads Kenya talks
» 03.03.2008 - RSF chief denied Niger visa
» 03.03.2008 - 'Eliminate harmful cultural practices'
» 29.02.2008 - Kenya talks pay dividends
» 29.02.2008 - Racist victims feel betrayed
» 29.02.2008 - Genocide convict transferred
» 29.02.2008 - Uganda rebels backtracked
» 29.02.2008 - Cameroon writers warn MPs
» 28.02.2008 - Racist video sparks tension
» 28.02.2008 - Cameroon leader alerts overthrow
» 28.02.2008 - Gambia editor returns to dock
» 27.02.2008 - Zim police threatens to shoot
» 27.02.2008 - Atiku rubbishes polls verdict
» 27.02.2008 - ODM called off mass protests
» 27.02.2008 - Activists petition Morocco
» 27.02.2008 - Darfur arrests campaign starts
» 26.02.2008 - AU to diffuse Kenya deadlock
» 26.02.2008 - Uganda, LRA reach peace deal
» 26.02.2008 - 7 killed in Cameroon protest
» 25.02.2008 - Mugabe predicts polls victory
» 25.02.2008 - Senegalese homosexuals flee
» 25.02.2008 - Former VP fears Kenya-style
» 25.02.2008 - S Leone warlords lost appeal
» 25.02.2008 - Nigeria sets Okah's trial date
» 22.02.2008 - UN supports Bissau recovery
» 22.02.2008 - Cameroon minister closes TV
» 22.02.2008 - Minister denies genocide
» 21.02.2008 - Kenyan leaders strike deal
» 21.02.2008 - Terrorist risks deportation
» 21.02.2008 - UN extends Somalia mission
» 21.02.2008 - UN applauds Uganda accord
» 21.02.2008 - Eritrea damns allegations
» 20.02.2008 - EU renews Zimbabwe ban
» 20.02.2008 - Kenya faces further threats
» 20.02.2008 - African NGOs call for moratorium on biofuels
» 20.02.2008 - Benin let-go CAR rebel leaders
» 20.02.2008 - Nigerian oil manager abducted
» 20.02.2008 - Chad media launch blackout
» 20.02.2008 - Africa needs value-based journalism
» 19.02.2008 - Fury over missing leaders
» 19.02.2008 - AU trumpets Somalia mission
» 19.02.2008 - Tortured journalist flees Gambia
» 18.02.2008 - Senegalese anti-gay protesters teargased
» 18.02.2008 - Militant group petitions Bush
» 18.02.2008 - First ladies fight for peace
» 18.02.2008 - Rice talks with Kenya leaders
» 14.02.2008 - Chad probes missing politicians
» 14.02.2008 - Rebels await repatriation
» 14.02.2008 - Kenya scolds British diplomat
» 13.02.2008 - Senegal urged to legalise gay
» 13.02.2008 - 6 killed in Nigeria shootout
» 13.02.2008 - Somalis await peace talks
» 12.02.2008 - Meningitis threatens CAR
» 12.02.2008 - UN assess Darfur violence
» 12.02.2008 - Annan briefs Kenya parliament
» 12.02.2008 - Court rejects Kaka's release
» 11.02.2008 - Spain warrants rubbished
» 11.02.2008 - Kenya begins national healing
» 11.02.2008 - Congolese warlord before ICC
» 11.02.2008 - Insecurity engulfs Chad media
» 08.02.2008 - Unity gov't signals in Kenya
» 08.02.2008 - DRC: UN hails warlord's arrest
» 07.02.2008 - 'Stop criminalizing HIV'
» 07.02.2008 - AI fears secret arrests in Chad
» 06.02.2008 - Chad repulses rebellion
» 06.02.2008 - UN holds Kenya leaders liable
» 06.02.2008 - Gacaca jails genocide doctor
» 05.02.2008 - Chad rebels agree on ceasefire
» 05.02.2008 - Senegal gay arrest condemned
» 05.02.2008 - Renewed fight against FGM
» 04.02.2008 - Mediator leaves Kenya talks
» 04.02.2008 - Chad battles fierce rebellion
» 01.02.2008 - Zim deports UK 'mercenary'
» 01.02.2008 - Liberian warlord snubs TRC
» 01.02.2008 - Publisher escapes death trap
» 01.02.2008 - MSF halts Somalia operations
» 31.01.2008 - AU: "stop Kenya burning"
» 31.01.2008 - Libyan detainee battles illness
» 30.01.2008 - Editors petition Kenya leaders
» 30.01.2008 - Zoë workers sent to prison
» 30.01.2008 - Court decides Gambia case
» 29.01.2008 - 'Respect good governance'
» 29.01.2008 - Kenyan MP assassinated
» 29.01.2008 - Blast kills Somali journalist
» 29.01.2008 - US leader tours Africa
» 28.01.2008 - Kenya unrests disturb AU
» 28.01.2008 - Africa urged to avoid EPAs
» 28.01.2008 - Ghana shuns labour standard
» 25.01.2008 - No Hissène Habré trial in 2008
» 25.01.2008 - 'Kibaki derails mediation'
» 24.01.2008 - 'ODM planned ethnic attacks'
» 24.01.2008 - Court backs Zambian satirist
» 24.01.2008 - Special Court hails Taylor trial
» 23.01.2008 - Congo’s historic deal signed
» 23.01.2008 - Somali militias spread wings
» 23.01.2008 - Prayer meeting ends in clash
» 23.01.2008 - Darfur food supplies suffer
» 22.01.2008 - Kenya gov't grills diplomats
» 22.01.2008 - Congo peace deal delayed
» 22.01.2008 - MNJ abducts state officials
» 22.01.2008 - Gambia suspends RFI
» 21.01.2008 - ICC investigates CAR crimes
» 21.01.2008 - Ghana massacre probe set
» 21.01.2008 - Editors' forum scolds Zuma
» 18.01.2008 - ODM set for economic boycott
» 18.01.2008 - Banned Zim paper invited
» 18.01.2008 - Niger ordered to free reporters
» 18.01.2008 - Horn of Africans protest in UK
» 17.01.2008 - Kenya polls fails int'l test
» 17.01.2008 - Libya deports illegal migrants
» 17.01.2008 - DRC rebels spell out demands
» 16.01.2008 - Algiers refuses UN blast probe
» 16.01.2008 - Kenya faces fresh riots
» 16.01.2008 - Libya fined $6bn for bombing
» 16.01.2008 - Windfall for Liberian business
» 16.01.2008 - UN extends Côte d’Ivoire mission
» 15.01.2008 - Rift engulfs Kenya parliament
» 15.01.2008 - Nigerian traffickers nabbed
» 15.01.2008 - Gbabgo to outlaw tribalism
» 15.01.2008 - Ghana complains to ECOWAS
» 15.01.2008 - France hails terrorist arrest
» 14.01.2008 - Rwandans put away genocide
» 14.01.2008 - Saharawi talks continue [revised]
» 14.01.2008 - Unrest ruins Kenya tourism
» 14.01.2008 - Gambia gets alternative media
» 11.01.2008 - Kenya unrest far from over
» 10.01.2008 - Kenyan ministers take oath
» 10.01.2008 - Gabon scolds political NGOs
» 10.01.2008 - SA gold production drops
» 09.01.2008 - ODM snubs crisis meeting
» 09.01.2008 - Landmine kills media chief
» 09.01.2008 - Somali PM presents new gov't
» 04.01.2008 - Kenya leader backs fresh polls
» 04.01.2008 - Somali leader back to hospital
» 04.01.2008 - UNMIL sex abuse declines
» 04.01.2008 - 51 Egypt websites escape ban
» 04.01.2008 - Kenya needs relief support
» 04.01.2008 - DRC calls on rebels to disarm
» 03.01.2008 - Kenya AG favours vote tally
» 03.01.2008 - Police disrupts ODM rally
» 03.01.2008 - Gambia increases salaries
» 02.01.2008 - AU mediates Kenya unrest
» 02.01.2008 - Sudan probes assassination
» 02.01.2008 - Somalia: MSF medics freed
» 31.12.2007 - Kibaki's win heightens chaos
» 31.12.2007 - UNAMID at last in Darfur
» 30.12.2007 - Tamoil shuns Sharawi oil
» 28.12.2007 - Raila leads Kenya polls
» 28.12.2007 - UN fears Eritrea-Ethiopia clash
» 28.12.2007 - Ethiopia jails human activists
» 27.12.2007 - Gambia set for oil drilling
» 27.12.2007 - Chad kidnappers convicted
» 26.12.2007 - Mauritania hunts al-Qaeda
» 26.12.2007 - 3 police killed in polls clash
» 26.12.2007 - What's killing Gambian soldiers?
» 20.12.2007 - Fatal explosions hit Freetown
» 20.12.2007 - Sierra Leone battles blackout
» 20.12.2007 - Sudan leader preaches peace
» 19.12.2007 - Protest over Sahrawi oil deal
» 19.12.2007 - Somalia kidnapping damned
» 19.12.2007 - Journalist on hunger strike
» 19.12.2007 - Africa trafficking study soon
» 19.12.2007 - Liberia urged to guard peace
» 18.12.2007 - Nigeria executions uncovered
» 17.12.2007 - Slapped Kenya MC sacked
» 17.12.2007 - Editor's killers still at large
» 17.12.2007 - Senegal bans radical musician
» 14.12.2007 - CAR: A phantom state
» 14.12.2007 - UK officialises slavery day
» 14.12.2007 - Harvest eyes Gabon oil
» 14.12.2007 - Sudan needs $2 billion
» 14.12.2007 - Chad set for abduction trial
» 14.12.2007 - Zambia bans radio calls
» 13.12.2007 - Kenya's 1st lady at it again
» 13.12.2007 - ZANU-PF endorses Mugabe
» 13.12.2007 - Ghana signs EPA-light
» 12.12.2007 - SPLM returns to unity gov't
» 12.12.2007 - LRA boss given ultimatum
» 12.12.2007 - Ghanaians protest price hikes
» 12.12.2007 - Journalists attract solidarity
» 11.12.2007 - Zuma garners more support
» 11.12.2007 - UK urges more aids to Africa
» 11.12.2007 - Sudan effects major reshuffle
» 10.12.2007 - Annan bags justice award
» 10.12.2007 - 10 face Chad child abduction
» 10.12.2007 - Angola's gas project approved
» 07.12.2007 - Mugabe arrives in Portugal
» 07.12.2007 - Journalists expose threats
» 07.12.2007 - Gambia telecoms finally gets board
» 06.12.2007 - ICC punches Sudan gov't
» 06.12.2007 - Nigeria urged to nail unrest
» 06.12.2007 - Zambia leader hails Zim progress
» 06.12.2007 - Tunisia journalists cry foul
» 05.12.2007 - Sudan leaders solve crisis
» 05.12.2007 - Senegal axes 10 ministers
» 05.12.2007 - Rice meets African leaders
» 05.12.2007 - CAR protects refugees
» 04.12.2007 - Egypt signals sound growth
» 04.12.2007 - Somali leader hospitalised
» 04.12.2007 - Senegal opposes EPA
» 03.12.2007 - EASSy gets big boost
» 03.12.2007 - Somali PM names cabinet
» 03.12.2007 - UN fears Sudan killings
» 03.12.2007 - 'We never object UK talks'
» 03.12.2007 - SADC favours free trade
» 03.12.2007 - EU lifts Togo ban
» 29.11.2007 - Over 2,500 eye Kenya seats
» 29.11.2007 - Somali gay bloggers receive death threats
» 29.11.2007 - ICTR upholds genocide case
» 28.11.2007 - Gambia sued over torture
» 28.11.2007 - Zambian eyes AU post
» 28.11.2007 - Somalia mayor grilled
» 28.11.2007 - Cote d'Ivoire polls date set
» 27.11.2007 - Senegal ready for Habré trial
» 27.11.2007 - Blatter defends South Africa
» 27.11.2007 - Kenya police kills over 8,000
» 27.11.2007 - UN hands over Liberia courts
» 27.11.2007 - Niger court snubs illegal evidence
» 23.11.2007 - SA 2010 on right track
» 23.11.2007 - 'Bakassi handover is illegal'
» 23.11.2007 - Queen urges good governance
» 23.11.2007 - Appeal for Libyan migrants
» 23.11.2007 - 409 Congolese repatriated
» 23.11.2007 - Gambia judgment rescheduled
» 22.11.2007 - Queen lauds Uganda peace
» 22.11.2007 - Somali appoints Premier
» 21.11.2007 - Violent strike rocks Senegal
» 21.11.2007 - Smith's death creates uproar
» 21.11.2007 - CHOGM to suspend Gambia
» 20.11.2007 - Liberia, Israel firm sign deal
» 20.11.2007 - MFWA petitions bulldozers
» 20.11.2007 - Kenya's poverty fight sealed
» 20.11.2007 - Korea, Africa share experience
» 20.11.2007 - South African leads hybrid
» 19.11.2007 - Zim alerts British invasion
» 19.11.2007 - Congo sexual abuse probed
» 19.11.2007 - Gambia's torture leader falls
» 19.11.2007 - Mbeki urges Africa-diaspora dialogue
» 16.11.2007 - Ex-major jailed for genocide
» 16.11.2007 - Rwanda searches oil
» 16.11.2007 - Burundi replaces VP
» 16.11.2007 - Senegal, Spain seal deal
» 16.11.2007 - DRC warlord in the dock
» 16.11.2007 - Zimbabwe inaugurates Africa's first biofuel factory
» 16.11.2007 - Kenya to increase milk production
» 15.11.2007 - Sonatel, Ascade seal major deal
» 15.11.2007 - Gambia hippos destroy crops
» 15.11.2007 - Sierra Leone leader renews graft battle
» 15.11.2007 - African journalists federate
» 14.11.2007 - Nigeria denies Bakassi attack
» 14.11.2007 - Togo benefits EU grants
» 14.11.2007 - Students protest Chad abduction
» 14.11.2007 - Mauritanians await repatriation
» 13.11.2007 - Togolese Premier resigns
» 13.11.2007 - 'Avoid counter-revolution'
» 13.11.2007 - Liberia's debt cancellation approved
» 13.11.2007 - Rwanda journalist acquitted of genocide
» 13.11.2007 - 58 Gambian migrants drowned
» 12.11.2007 - Israel expands Africa activity
» 12.11.2007 - Gambia leader awaits indictment
» 12.11.2007 - Another blow for EPAs
» 12.11.2007 - Somalia: Mounting bloodshed prompts pleas for help
» 12.11.2007 - African editors set for AU
» 02.11.2007 - All South African industries increase turnover
» 02.11.2007 - Chad abduction embarases France
» 02.11.2007 - Amnesty seeks justice for Sierra Leone's conflict survivors
» 02.11.2007 - Uganda rebels storm capital
» 02.11.2007 - AU-UN set for Darfur mission
» 02.11.2007 - “Avoid too many loans“
» 31.10.2007 - Genocide investigations into Morocco's Sahara occupation
» 31.10.2007 - DRC bans 38 broadcasters
» 31.10.2007 - Gambians mourn seasoned journalist
» 31.10.2007 - Africa to enjoy ICT boom
» 31.10.2007 - Minister tasks ECOWAS states
» 31.10.2007 - EC approves Mozambique fisheries partnership
» 29.10.2007 - Somali Premier resigns
» 29.10.2007 - Algerian right activist jailed
» 29.10.2007 - Somaliland introduces displaced support tax
» 26.10.2007 - Mbeki misses deadline again
» 26.10.2007 - Chad, rebels sign truce
» 26.10.2007 - Darfur rebels kidnap foreign oil experts
» 26.10.2007 - Nigeria governor harasses journalists
» 25.10.2007 - Desertation rocks LRA
» 25.10.2007 - DRC's hidden crimes exposed
» 25.10.2007 - Kenya leader shuns violence
» 24.10.2007 - Rwanda tops gender equity
» 24.10.2007 - Ethiopia diapora lured
» 24.10.2007 - Liberia media confronts threats
» 24.10.2007 - Ethiopia dashes rebel claims
» 24.10.2007 - 150 Senegalese migrants drowned
» 24.10.2007 - Gambian journalist missing
» 23.10.2007 - Mozambican parliament ignores domestic violence
» 23.10.2007 - No state funeral for Dube
» 23.10.2007 - Somalia frees UN staff
» 22.10.2007 - Mozambique ex-leader bags Africa leadership prize
» 22.10.2007 - “IMF is failing Liberia”
» 22.10.2007 - Angola to produce millions of gas tons
» 22.10.2007 - Sudan obstructs peacekeeping deployment
» 22.10.2007 - 5 arrested for Dube's murder
» 22.10.2007 - SPLM asked to rejoin gov't
» 19.10.2007 - SA reggae king assassinated
» 19.10.2007 - Conflict over Malagasy mine
» 19.10.2007 - Cry for Ugandan gays
» 19.10.2007 - Can making plant for Angola
» 19.10.2007 - Burundi peace talks progress
» 19.10.2007 - Libya grabs UN seat
» 18.10.2007 - UN staff killed in Sudan
» 18.10.2007 - Ghana bar fights prison closure
» 18.10.2007 - DRC warlord before ICC
» 18.10.2007 - Togo ruling party sweeps poll
» 17.10.2007 - UN stops food aid in Somalia
» 17.10.2007 - Burkina Faso cotton farmers hail WTO subsidy ruling
» 16.10.2007 - Eritrea: Worst press freedom abuser
» 15.10.2007 - Comoros coup plotter dies
» 15.10.2007 - Togolese await poll results
» 12.10.2007 - Sub-Saharan Africa off-track MDG targets
» 12.10.2007 - Egypt: Anti-torture activists detained
» 12.10.2007 - Gambia frees AI officials
» 12.10.2007 - Ghanaian bags Africa Reform Prize
» 11.10.2007 - Conflict costs Africa $300 bn
» 11.10.2007 - ‘Attack on north Darfur imminent’
» 11.10.2007 - Gabon newspapers suspended
» 11.10.2007 - Senegal editor abducted, beaten
» 11.10.2007 - Somali ministers demand confidence vote
» 10.10.2007 - Gambia seizes AI officials’ passports
» 10.10.2007 - Joburg Pride magnetises thousands
» 08.10.2007 - Gambian security detains AI officials
» 07.09.2007 - Zimbabwe talks progress
» 07.09.2007 - Uganda's food insecurity still fragile
» 06.09.2007 - Sudan, Darfur talks agreed
» 06.09.2007 - Ethiopia: Over 100 rebel suspects missing
» 06.09.2007 - Somalis discuss emancipation
» 06.09.2007 - Leaders boycott peace rally
» 06.09.2007 - Moroccan king scolded on press freedom violations
» 05.09.2007 - Sick Darfur leader allowed overseas treatment
» 05.09.2007 - ZANU-PF chefs’ kids deported
» 05.09.2007 - 30 Somali journalists flee
» 04.09.2007 - Bissau: “Allow drugs reporting”
» 04.09.2007 - Sierra Leoneans march for peace
» 03.09.2007 - US, Morocco sign largest MCC compact
» 03.09.2007 - Ghana cleric draws sword at journalists
» 03.09.2007 - Armed forces arm Ugandan cattle rustlers
» 03.09.2007 - Ethiopian rebels cease fire
» 31.08.2007 - Burundi leader refutes coup fabrication
» 31.08.2007 - Uganda politicians endorse rebel consultation
» 31.08.2007 - Nigeria bins national petroleum company
» 30.08.2007 - MALI: Child marriage a neglected problem
» 30.08.2007 - Fact-finding humanitarian mission begins in Ogaden
» 30.08.2007 - Sudan accepts UN envoy
» 30.08.2007 - Libyan leader sues Niger newspapers
» 30.08.2007 - Offshore IT outsourcing center for Ethiopia
» 29.08.2007 - UK unveils Mandela’s statue
» 29.08.2007 - CAR crisis displaces 291,000
» 29.08.2007 - Chad: 40,000 anti-malaria nets for refugees
» 28.08.2007 - Sierra Leone leader threatens emergency rule
» 28.08.2007 - Sudan expels diplomats
» 28.08.2007 - Sharp increase for Angola's customs revenue
» 28.08.2007 - Gambia defends telecoms sale
» 24.08.2007 - Mugabe pressurised on reforms
» 24.08.2007 - ‘Journalists are like prophets’
» 23.08.2007 - Burundi leaders hold crisis talks
» 22.08.2007 - Ugandans defend gay sex ban
» 22.08.2007 - Burundi politicians confront grenade attacks
» 22.08.2007 - Liberia’s post-war challenges exposed
» 21.08.2007 - Senegal radio wins broadcast rights
» 21.08.2007 - Run-off confirmed in Sierra Leone polls
» 20.08.2007 - Taylor’s trial pushed to next year
» 17.08.2007 - Death sentence awaits Libyan protesters
» 17.08.2007 - 350,000 Burundian refugees return home
» 17.08.2007 - Mauritania to make ECOWAS comeback
» 17.08.2007 - Bissau journalists forced into hiding
» 17.08.2007 - DRC, Uganda resume border survey
» 17.08.2007 - Ghanaians' massacre takes political twist
» 16.08.2007 - Zimbabwe snubs reform calls
» 16.08.2007 - Ghana: Massacre survivor exposes
» 16.08.2007 - South Africa: Cold reception for Zimbabwean migrants
» 14.08.2007 - Sierra Leone leader urges calm
» 14.08.2007 - Global Fund lifts Chad’s grant suspension
» 14.08.2007 - Taylor’s attorneys seeks adjournment
» 14.08.2007 - Somalia: UN urged to deploy troops
» 10.08.2007 - 18 gay Nigerians remanded
» 10.08.2007 - Senegalese newsroom records minister’s arsenals
» 09.08.2007 - "Gambia leader orders Ghanaians' massacre"
» 09.08.2007 - South African lesbians targeted for murder
» 09.08.2007 - Mauritania outlaws slavery
» 08.08.2007 - Ethiopia rebels warn foreign oil companies
» 08.08.2007 - AI petitions Somaliland over opposition arrest
» 08.08.2007 - Liberian leader wins freedom award
» 03.08.2007 - Kenya minister freed on bail
» 03.08.2007 - Nigeria: Gunmen freed speaker’s mother
» 03.08.2007 - 97 Zambian prisonsers escape death penalty
» 03.08.2007 - Rwanda: More hope for genocide extradition
» 02.08.2007 - Kenya parliament maintains death penalty
» 02.08.2007 - Rwanda, France in fresh genocide row
» 02.08.2007 - Sierra Leone: Militia chiefs convicted of war crimes
» 01.08.2007 - DRC: Bemba’s return deadline expires
» 01.08.2007 - Kenya Minister clashes with police
» 31.07.2007 - Egypt poet refuses to pay court fine
» 30.07.2007 - Thousands of Zimbabweans flee to South Africa
» 30.07.2007 - Missing Gambian journalist hospitalised for high blood
» 30.07.2007 - DRC: 6 millions displaced by conflicts
» 27.07.2007 - South Africa: Ex-leader accused of apartheid crimes
» 27.07.2007 - France set to aid Habré’s trial
» 27.07.2007 - Eritrea’s arms embargo violations uncovered
» 26.07.2007 - Côte d'Ivoire toxic waste probe goes to France
» 26.07.2007 - Darfur rebels vow to boycott peace talks
» 25.07.2007 - Prisoner killings, norm in Rwanda
» 20.07.2007 - France finally detains Rwandan genocide suspects
» 19.07.2007 - Long sentences for Sierra Leone's war criminals
» 19.07.2007 - Crisis in Congo's North Kivu "ignored"
» 19.07.2007 - "NGO independence under threat" in Zambia
» 16.07.2007 - Protest over harsh Ethiopian sentences
» 16.07.2007 - Editor killed in bid to flee Eritrea
» 13.07.2007 - Niger media punished for rebel coverage
» 12.07.2007 - Sierra Leone warned ahead of polls
» 11.07.2007 - Rwanda scraps death penalty
» 06.07.2007 - Uganda rebels damn special court
» 06.07.2007 - UN Envoy set for Darfur fresh talks
» 05.07.2007 - Rwandan major jailed for mass murder
» 03.07.2007 - Ex-Liberian leader ceases trial revolt
» 29.06.2007 - Libyan: Lockerbie 'bomber' set to appeal verdict
» 29.06.2007 - Gambia President "not welcome in Ghana"
» 29.06.2007 - Senegal "fails to act on Habré trial"
» 28.06.2007 - London again delays Chagossian return
» 26.06.2007 - Central African Republic: Concern over collapse of law and order
» 23.06.2007 - UN to investigate Taylor’s “hidden wealth”
» 21.06.2007 - Somalia offers amnesty to rebels
» 21.06.2007 - Sierra Leone: AI goes beyond war crimes conviction
» 21.06.2007 - Malian journalists troubled by presidential essay
» 21.06.2007 - Sierra Leone’s war criminals convicted
» 19.06.2007 - Gender violence outlawed in Sierra Leone
» 19.06.2007 - Gambia sued over "missing journalist"
» 18.06.2007 - "Probe foreign corporations in Africa"
» 14.06.2007 - Zimbabwe legalises communication censorship
» 13.06.2007 - Lesotho: fertile ground for human traffickers
» 09.06.2007 - Joy after Mauritania acquittal of 24 "Islamists"
» 07.06.2007 - Emirates royals threaten Tanzanian indigenous people
» 06.06.2007 - Tunisia's only independent media under fire
» 06.06.2007 - Gambian journalist convicted
» 06.06.2007 - Violence against Chad unions "escalates"
» 01.06.2007 - Niger govt agrees to fight slavery
» 31.05.2007 - Harsh penalties for human trafficking Cameroon couple
» 22.05.2007 - ICC probes Central African sex crimes
» 12.05.2007 - Angry Guinean soldiers calm down
» 11.05.2007 - Guinea’s right abuses denounced
» 08.05.2007 - Zimbabwe police beat lawyers
» 03.05.2007 - Death toll on Guinean crisis out
» 30.04.2007 - Rwandan General’s life sentence upheld
» 25.04.2007 - Mugabe not bothered by degree strip
» 24.04.2007 - Rwanda military chief refutes killing ex-PM
» 20.04.2007 - AU, EU agree to tackle land mines
» 19.04.2007 - Rwandan commander's trial opens in Brussels
» 18.04.2007 - Rwanda summons France to UN Court
» 17.04.2007 - Ex-Liberian President's associate cries foul
» 16.04.2007 - Delegates devise ways to bolster freedom in Africa
» 11.04.2007 - Tunisia blocks video-sharing web
» 10.04.2007 - Cold commemoration of Gambia's student massacre
» 09.04.2007 - Ethiopia frees genocide, treason suspects
» 09.04.2007 - Rwandan ex-President pardoned
» 05.04.2007 - Uganda legalises extra-marital sex
» 05.04.2007 - US state Iowa orders Sudan divestment
» 04.04.2007 - Gambian leader threatens judiciary
» 29.03.2007 - Mugabe forced to accept SADC mediation
» 28.03.2007 - Zimbabwe opposition leader arrested again
» 28.03.2007 - Gambia's free press exterminated 1 year ago
» 27.03.2007 - Eritrean footballers join row of asylum seekers
» 27.03.2007 - Ivorian adolescents tricked by football agent
» 23.03.2007 - Southern Africa fed up with Zimbabwe regime
» 22.03.2007 - Zimbabwe calls for African support
» 21.03.2007 - "South Africa must be up against Mugabe"
» 21.03.2007 - Liberian ex-President monitored in cell
» 21.03.2007 - Death by stoning hangs over Sudanese women
» 19.03.2007 - Zimbabwe threatens Western diplomats
» 14.03.2007 - Appeals court upholds Egyptian blogger's conviction
» 13.03.2007 - Tortured Zimbabwe opposition leader hospitalised
» 13.03.2007 - Tunisia journalist sentenced for "belonging to opposition"
» 12.03.2007 - Protests over Tsvangirai's arrest in Zimbabwe
» 12.03.2007 - 42 Gambian sex workers jailed
» 09.03.2007 - Egypt shocked by Israeli killing of POWs
» 08.03.2007 - South Africa launches action plan against gender violence
» 07.03.2007 - Another Rwandan priest faces genocide charges
» 01.03.2007 - Nigeria's anti-gay bill causes protests
» 28.02.2007 - AU chief supports press freedom
» 26.02.2007 - South Africa's schools start bridging apartheid gap
» 23.02.2007 - Mounting reports of "end game" for Mugabe regime
» 23.02.2007 - Egypt's jailing of Islam-insulting blogger causes uproar
» 23.02.2007 - Eritrea state journalists remain supervised
» 22.02.2007 - Little African interest in banning cluster bombs
» 20.02.2007 - Gambian tortured journalist seeks for justice
» 16.02.2007 - Army "terrorising" Guinea civilians
» 15.02.2007 - Egypt raids Islamist opposition
» 14.02.2007 - Another Eritrea journalist killed in prison
» 14.02.2007 - Guinea lifts curfew but violence persists
» 13.02.2007 - South Africa's land reform starts with expropriations
» 13.02.2007 - Martial law in Guinea causes more protests
» 12.02.2007 - Namibia's San still "landless and marginalised"
» 29.01.2007 - Senegal police beat opposition protesters
» 26.01.2007 - Singapore hangs two African "drug dealers"
» 23.01.2007 - Death toll up in Guinea rebellion
» 23.01.2007 - Evangelical group "frees 102 slaves" in Sudan
» 22.01.2007 - Rwanda genocide witnesses killed
» 22.01.2007 - Guinea confronts strike with fire
» 18.01.2007 - Togolese victims of govt abuse seek redress
» 18.01.2007 - Nigeria tops "press predator" list
» 17.01.2007 - Nigerian media boss faces terror charges
» 15.01.2007 - Missing Gambian journalist found
» 12.01.2007 - France denies asylum to wife of assassinated Rwanda President
» 11.01.2007 - Life sentence for ex-Ethiopian dictator
» 08.01.2007 - Activists seek legal redress for Gambia's torture victims
» 08.01.2007 - Islamists arrested in Egypt "face torture" in Tunisia
» 04.01.2007 - San barred from Botswana reserve despite court order
» 03.01.2007 - Zimbabwe police nabs 20,000 illegal miners
» 03.01.2007 - Striking Cameroon prison guards "tortured"
» 20.12.2006 - EU urged to maintain sanctions on Zimbabwe
» 19.12.2006 - Activists scold Gambia for harassing prostitutes
» 19.12.2006 - French military to testify before Rwanda genocide tribunal
» 15.12.2006 - Botswana govt unhappy with San ruling
» 15.12.2006 - Gambian President tells citizens "Forgive me"
» 13.12.2006 - San people win over Botswana govt
» 13.12.2006 - Rwandan priest jailed for genocide
» 12.12.2006 - Ethiopian ex-dictator found guilty of genocide
» 12.12.2006 - South Africa remains lesbian-bashing society
» 12.12.2006 - Ghana looks into mass murder in Gambia
» 12.12.2006 - Gambia's torture agents axed
» 12.12.2006 - "Witchcraft" an excuse for child abuse in Angola
» 12.12.2006 - Iran gathers racists to "discuss" Holocaust
» 07.12.2006 - Ethiopia court to decide ex-Dictator's case
» 06.12.2006 - Zimbabwe grilled over rights, again
» 01.12.2006 - Senegal journalists decry death threats
» 30.11.2006 - Opposition rights "trampled on" in Central African Republic
» 29.11.2006 - Many to blame for war crimes against Congo's women
» 28.11.2006 - Nigeria women raped by police and army
» 28.11.2006 - Zimbabwe begs African Commission to defer its case
» 24.11.2006 - Rwanda genocide: What if Kagame killed Habyarimana?
» 24.11.2006 - African rights treaties just coloured paper?
» 23.11.2006 - Anti-French riots in Rwanda after warrants
» 23.11.2006 - West Africans parents "tricked into child trafficking"
» 22.11.2006 - Spain probably funding Gambia torture unit
» 22.11.2006 - Survivors of gender violence lead Jo'burg march
» 22.11.2006 - "Terror reigns again among journalists in Eritrea"
» 21.11.2006 - Rwanda damns French charges against President Kagame
» 20.11.2006 - African Union packs aside Zimbabwe's rights report
» 17.11.2006 - Rwanda priest convicted of genocide, rape
» 16.11.2006 - Egyptian minors sold for prostitution under guise of marriage
» 15.11.2006 - Three journalists "killed in Eritrean prison"
» 13.11.2006 - UN chief negotiates with Ugandan war criminal
» 13.11.2006 - Ghana forced to ban blood diamond trade
» 07.11.2006 - Zimbabwe women preach love to demand change
» 07.11.2006 - "Still 63 political prisoners held in Equatorial Guinea"
» 06.11.2006 - Media harassment undermining Sudan peace
» 03.11.2006 - Senegal closer to try ex-Chadian leader
» 01.11.2006 - Ethiopian opposition damn riot inquiry report
» 01.11.2006 - Mozambique discovers its gay minority
» 01.11.2006 - Uganda signs new ceasefire with LRA rebels
» 30.10.2006 - Zimbabwe human rights row in Malawi
» 27.10.2006 - Chad enters Niger's nomadic fray
» 26.10.2006 - Fears of instability after Niger expels Arabs
» 26.10.2006 - Burundi "must prosecute" indicted secret agents
» 26.10.2006 - Botswana state media "muzzled" in San expulsion affair
» 25.10.2006 - Rwanda probes French role in genocide
» 24.10.2006 - Protect civilians, Amnesty tells Chad government
» 19.10.2006 - South Africans celebrate media freedom
» 19.10.2006 - Ethiopian human rights lawyer arrested
» 18.10.2006 - Gambian coupist reveals horrendous torture
» 18.10.2006 - Gambian journalist's whereabouts still unknown
» 17.10.2006 - Arms exporters to embargoed Congo revealed
» 17.10.2006 - Concern over humanitarian crisis in Congo
» 11.10.2006 - Court vows to acquit Gambian journalist
» 11.10.2006 - UN condemns anti-gay laws of Cameroon
» 11.10.2006 - EU gauges Togolese democracy
» 06.10.2006 - Suspected Gambian coupists before court martial
» 05.10.2006 - UN slams Morocco on abuses in Western Sahara
» 04.10.2006 - Angola pushes through unpopular Cabinda peace deal
» 28.09.2006 - "Child labour still widespread in Congo Brazzaville"
» 26.09.2006 - Most Ugandan rebels now have arrived Sudan
» 25.09.2006 - "Gambia elections not free and fair"
» 15.09.2006 - Zimbabwe unionist "tortured in detention"
» 14.09.2006 - "New, secret oil installations in Darfur"
» 12.09.2006 - Sudan press ordered silent on murdered editor
» 12.09.2006 - Gambia press crackdown intensifies before elections
» 11.09.2006 - Uganda peace process making progress
» 08.09.2006 - EU wants Security Council action against Zimbabwe
» 05.09.2006 - Ghana turns down homosexuals' bid for recognition
» 21.06.2006 - US cuts aid to Gambia over dictatorship tendencies
» 20.06.2006 - Ex-Dictator Taylor sent to The Hague
» 08.06.2006 - Gambia pays lip service to torture convention
» 07.06.2006 - "Algiers, Cairo, Rabat used as CIA detention centres"
» 06.06.2006 - Political prisoners let to leave Equatorial Guinea
» 01.06.2006 - Senegal cancels repatriation deal with Spain
» 01.06.2006 - Benin opts to maintain death sentences
» 26.05.2006 - New attacks on Gambian press
» 24.05.2006 - "Escalation of hysterical repression" in Tunisia
» 23.05.2006 - Chadian journalist released after 20 days' detention
» 22.05.2006 - Habré case again haunts Senegal
» 03.05.2006 - The most censored countries: Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Eritrea
» 03.05.2006 - Zimbabwe govt tries to silence musicians
» 29.04.2006 - Sierra Leone war crimes prosecutor resigns
» 27.04.2006 - Denmark says no to Taylor, Finland an option
» 26.04.2006 - "Impunity remains total in Togo"
» 26.04.2006 - Gambia's 'Independent' prevented from reopening
» 26.04.2006 - Central African refugees in Chad "neglected"
» 25.04.2006 - Non-Tswana, foreigners face tough discrimination in Botswana
» 12.04.2006 - Swazi pro-democracy activists arrested in SA
» 11.04.2006 - AU asked to delay Banjul summit over editors' detention
» 07.04.2006 - Senegalese politician detained over remarks
» 05.04.2006 - Niger government blocks reporting on hunger
» 05.04.2006 - Djibouti govt continues war on unions
» 04.04.2006 - Evicted Chagos islanders granted short visit home
» 04.04.2006 - UN asked to protect civilians or get out of Western Sahara
» 03.04.2006 - Gambian 'Independent', editor still gagged
» 03.04.2006 - Taylor pleads not guilty in Sierra Leone court
» 30.03.2006 - Taylor saga: Trial may be held in The Hague
» 30.03.2006 - Tourists asked to stop child prostitution
» 30.03.2006 - Angola slammed over forced evictions
» 29.03.2006 - Taylor caught in north-eastern Nigeria
» 29.03.2006 - New Zimbabwe rights body "should be independent"
» 28.03.2006 - Final govt attack on free press in The Gambia
» 28.03.2006 - Taylor "disappears" from Nigerian villa
» 27.03.2006 - Taylor's whereabouts unknown as handover nears
» 27.03.2006 - Western Sahara activists released, re-arrested in riots
» 24.03.2006 - Nigeria urged not to "criminalise gay rights"
» 22.03.2006 - Coup claims in Gambia lead to wave of arrests
» 22.03.2006 - Ethiopia frees opposition activists, journalists
» 07.03.2006 - Kenyans march to protest attacks on press
» 06.03.2006 - Botswana strongly criticised at UN for San relocation
» 02.03.2006 - Shock over raids against Kenya press
» 02.03.2006 - Nigeria urged to surrender Liberia ex-Dictator
» 01.03.2006 - Cabindans announce war crime case against Angola
» 01.03.2006 - Tunisia still holds some 200 political prisoners
» 28.02.2006 - Refugee smuggling out of Somalia turns more brutal
» 24.02.2006 - Tutu defends resistance against racism, homophobia, oppression
» 22.02.2006 - Dozens dead in religious violence in southern Nigeria
» 22.02.2006 - Uganda election campaign ending
» 21.02.2006 - Djibouti trade union leaders arrested
» 10.02.2006 - Egyptian paper published cartoons in October
» 07.02.2006 - Cartoon protests spread to Niger, Nigeria, Somalia
» 07.02.2006 - Editorial: Banning blasphemy would be an insult to Islam
» 07.02.2006 - "Daily attacks on Chad from Darfur"
» 03.02.2006 - Morocco bans Spanish newspaper
» 03.02.2006 - Rwandans blamed for July raid in Congo Kinshasa
» 01.02.2006 - Congo war criminal left operating by govt, UN
» 06.12.2005 - CIA prisoners "taken to North Africa"
» 06.12.2005 - Eritrea sends untried journalist back to jail
» 05.12.2005 - Murder attacks on Zimbabwe farmers continue
» 02.12.2005 - "Slavery still casts shadow over Mauritania"
» 02.12.2005 - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood fails to win more seats
» 01.12.2005 - Senegal calls for AU "dictator tribunal"
» 30.11.2005 - Sierra Leone editor finally freed
» 30.11.2005 - Attacks on press, opposition in Egypt
» 29.11.2005 - Senegal leaves Habré case to African Union
» 25.11.2005 - Chad ex-Dictator to stay in Senegal, for now
» 24.11.2005 - Uganda crisis deepens
» 24.11.2005 - Amnesty denounces abuse in Western Sahara
» 22.11.2005 - France follows up on Rwanda genocide accusations
» 22.11.2005 - Eritrean-Swedish journalist finally freed
» 18.11.2005 - Grave human rights violations in Togo documented
» 18.11.2005 - "Never again Tunisia," 14 organisations
» 17.11.2005 - Concerns over Uganda arrest and riot
» 17.11.2005 - Angola going for e-governance .. or e-censorship
» 17.11.2005 - South Africa's asylum policies slammed
» 16.11.2005 - UN finally signals discontent with Tunisia
» 16.11.2005 - Western Sahara riot intensifies
» 16.11.2005 - Three Gambian opposition leaders arrested
» 15.11.2005 - Chad ex-dictator detained in Senegal
» 15.11.2005 - More protesters released from jail in Ethiopia
» 11.11.2005 - Mass graves found in Namibia
» 08.11.2005 - Rwanda genocide suspect turns himself in
» 07.11.2005 - Sudan's organisations fear new legislation
» 04.11.2005 - "War crimes still committed in Burundi"
» 03.11.2005 - Libyan Internet journalist imprisoned
» 01.11.2005 - Violence escalating in Ethiopia
» 31.10.2005 - African editors feared for life of Gambian colleague
» 31.10.2005 - Annan asks Zimbabwe to let UN help homeless
» 31.10.2005 - Sahrawi killed in Intifada against Moroccan occupation
» 09.09.2005 - Deterioration of rights situation in Tunisia
» 08.09.2005 - Sahrawi political prisoners on hunger strike
» 07.09.2005 - Basic freedoms being restored in Mauritania
» 29.07.2005 - Professor loses Botswana deportation appeal
» 27.07.2005 - Torture "still routine" in Nigeria
» 26.07.2005 - Annan turns down invitation to Zimbabwe
» 25.07.2005 - Prominent Sahrawi activists "tortured in prison"
» 22.07.2005 - Botswana govt committee denies torture of San
» 22.07.2005 - UN strongly condemns Zimbabwe evictions
» 21.07.2005 - Western Sahara activists jailed for protests
» 12.07.2005 - Chad's torture victims still await justice
» 11.07.2005 - Fears of enhanced gay repression in Uganda
» 23.06.2005 - Now 300,000 evicted in Zimbabwe raid
» 20.06.2005 - UN to look into Zimbabwe slum evictions
» 17.06.2005 - Botswana President explains academic's deportation
» 17.06.2005 - Egypt police protected men attacking women journalists
» 16.06.2005 - Donors shy away Eritrea despite famine
» 16.06.2005 - No progress in Gambia editor murder case
» 14.06.2005 - Post-election violence continues in Ethiopia
» 14.06.2005 - Burundi, Rwanda violate refugee laws
» 14.06.2005 - Equatorial Guinea police seize opposition newspaper
» 13.06.2005 - 101 injured in Western Sahara Intifada
» 13.06.2005 - UN to investigate Togo abductions, torture
» 02.06.2005 - Côte d'Ivoire peace threatened, again
» 01.06.2005 - 200,000 poors evicted from Zimbabwe townships
» 01.06.2005 - Sudan may drop charges against MSF workers
» 01.06.2005 - West demands Sudan set aid workers free
» 31.05.2005 - Botswana expels government critic
» 31.05.2005 - Half of Nigeria's women experience domestic violence
» 30.05.2005 - Is it Good or Botswana President Mogae?
» 27.05.2005 - Western Sahara riot met with mass arrests
» 27.05.2005 - Togo abductions cause new refugee stream
» 27.05.2005 - Controversy over Rwandan refugees in Burundi
» 26.05.2005 - "Ethnic cleansing" of nomads in Central African Republic
» 25.05.2005 - Sahrawis talk of "new Intifada" in El Aaiun
» 25.05.2005 - Campaign to release Eritrea's religious prisoners
» 24.05.2005 - No prosecutions after Nigeria religious violence
» 24.05.2005 - Sierra Leone court asks for greater UN support
» 23.05.2005 - Rwanda genocide leader gets reduced sentence
» 18.05.2005 - African leaders reject Western engagement in Sudan
» 17.05.2005 - "Torture perpetrators not prosecuted in Uganda"
» 13.05.2005 - Refugee numbers from Togo still increasing
» 10.05.2005 - Labour standards remain poor in Nigeria
» 09.05.2005 - Ethiopia limits rights in Oromia ahead of election
» 04.05.2005 - Tunisia lawyer to prison over "false news"
» 04.05.2005 - Case against Botswana professor starts
» 02.05.2005 - Thousands flee post-election violence in Togo
» 02.05.2005 - "Zimbabwe media silenced, Swaziland next"
» 25.04.2005 - Cameroon students on hunger strike
» 25.04.2005 - Violence continues after Togo polls
» 25.04.2005 - No pardon for journalists in Algeria
» 22.04.2005 - Norwegian journalists detained in occupied Sahara
» 22.04.2005 - Concern over Togo's Sunday elections
» 18.04.2005 - Newspaper launched to advocate Zambia media reform
» 13.04.2005 - "Women are a lucrative commodity in Equatorial Guinea," NGO
» 06.04.2005 - France "should be charged" for Rwanda genocide
» 05.04.2005 - Sudan with most death penalties in Africa
» 01.04.2005 - Relief as Darfur war crimes are referred to ICC
» 31.03.2005 - Côte d'Ivoire recruiting Liberian ex-child soldiers
» 31.03.2005 - Role of African memorial museums discussed
» 31.03.2005 - Cyber-dissident reportedly arrested in Libya
» 22.03.2005 - Burundi's women still live in fear of violence
» 22.03.2005 - Slavery research "damages Mauritania's image"
» 18.03.2005 - Little support for Nigeria's Darfur court
» 17.03.2005 - Slavery research halted by Mauritania police
» 17.03.2005 - "No asylum seekers from Seychelles"
» 16.03.2005 - Thousands flee Kenya clashes, 30 killed
» 14.03.2005 - Exiled Equatoguineans protest Obiang regime
» 11.03.2005 - Botswana tourism boycott campaign launched
» 11.03.2005 - Burundians flee for Rwanda, citing violence
» 11.03.2005 - Ghana defends rights of illegal immigrants in Libya
» 10.03.2005 - Nigeria "must do more" against religious violence
» 08.03.2005 - Malawi's tobacco tenants "suffer horrible abuses"
» 08.03.2005 - Military operation in south Nigeria injures civilians
» 07.03.2005 - South Africa's San people still victimised
» 07.03.2005 - Confusion over Niger govt stand on slavery
» 07.03.2005 - One of 17 journalists freed in Eritrea
» 04.03.2005 - Niger govt to free 7,000 slaves
» 02.03.2005 - Janjaweed "leader" says Sudan govt supported militia
» 01.03.2005 - Curfew after clashes in Comoros' Anjouan island
» 28.02.2005 - Despite court order, Botswana determined to expel academic
» 25.02.2005 - Draconian Gambia press code kept secret
» 24.02.2005 - Pressure on Nigeria to hand over Charles Taylor
» 24.02.2005 - Criticism of Tunisia not allowed at UN meeting
» 23.02.2005 - "Mass arrests, torture" after Egypt bomb
» 23.02.2005 - Outrage as Botswana expels critical academic
» 17.02.2005 - Unions protest new Djibouti labour code
» 16.02.2005 - UN urged to take action on Darfur, Sudan
» 16.02.2005 - Egypt houses up to 1 million stateless children
» 15.02.2005 - Fate of Mauritania's stateless still disputed
» 14.02.2005 - Next West African cocoa harvest "without slave labour"
» 11.02.2005 - San eviction trial goes on in Botswana
» 11.02.2005 - Nomadic pastoralists meet in Addis Ababa
» 09.02.2005 - Child labour affects 72% of Sierra Leone's children
» 08.02.2005 - New attacks on Zimbabwe opposition leaders
» 03.02.2005 - South Africa union again expelled from Zimbabwe
» 02.02.2005 - "No impunity" for war crimes in Sudan's Darfur
» 02.02.2005 - Total censorship remains in place in Tunisia
» 01.02.2005 - "Burundi refugees forced home by Tanzania"
» 31.01.2005 - "No genocide in Darfur," UN
» 31.01.2005 - Increased pressure for Tunisia democratisation
» 28.01.2005 - Zimbabwe gay group wins international award
» 27.01.2005 - Botswana confirms expulsion of Namibia refugee
» 24.01.2005 - Strike threat in Swaziland, despite prohibition
» 20.01.2005 - Torturer from Chad removed from UN mission
» 17.01.2005 - Namibia's Damara want inclusion in 1904 genocide debate
» 13.01.2005 - Botswana "deported Namibian refugees"
» 12.01.2005 - War crimes in Central African Rep go to The Hague
» 06.01.2005 - Peace for South Sudan; new atrocities in Darfur
» 06.01.2005 - Weekly protests against Eritrea to free journalist
» 05.01.2005 - First oil from Bomboco Field in Cabinda, Angola
» 23.12.2004 - Togo bows to democracy, rights pressure
» 22.12.2004 - Locals "evicted" by Ethiopia tourism project
» 20.12.2004 - Somaliland to pardon teenager sentenced for espionage
» 17.12.2004 - Somaliland teenage "spy" convicted in "unfair trial"
» 17.12.2004 - UN suspends soldiers in Burundi over sex abuse
» 16.12.2004 - Genocide conviction of Rwanda clerical welcomed
» 16.12.2004 - Concerns over detained Equatoguinean politician
» 14.12.2004 - New protests in occupied Western Sahara
» 14.12.2004 - Still impunity for rape in Liberia
» 14.12.2004 - Tunisia police stop human rights gathering
» 14.12.2004 - Call for long-term peacekeeping in Côte d'Ivoire
» 10.12.2004 - Death penalty abolished in Senegal
» 10.12.2004 - South Africa to fight child pornography
» 10.12.2004 - Zimbabwe approves NGO Act despite protests
» 07.12.2004 - Libya blocks visit by rights group
» 03.12.2004 - "Rape, fighting continue in Darfur"
» 03.12.2004 - Zimbabwe considers even more draconic press laws
» 01.12.2004 - Persecution of gays intensifies in Uganda
» 29.11.2004 - Algerian human rights activist released
» 26.11.2004 - Somaliland rights situation "gravely deteriorating"
» 26.11.2004 - Zimbabwe wave of attacks on free expression
» 23.11.2004 - Opposition welcomes EU condemnation of Eritrea
» 22.11.2004 - Summary executions to be reintroduced in Burundi
» 19.11.2004 - Race discussion reaches South Africa's sports
» 17.11.2004 - EU partially resumes development aid to Togo
» 16.11.2004 - "Hate messages ending" in Côte d'Ivoire
» 15.11.2004 - Female mutilation Benin's main human rights problem
» 15.11.2004 - Genocide concerns over Côte d'Ivoire hate media
» 12.11.2004 - Swaziland judges protest forcible evictions
» 12.11.2004 - Stronger international efforts to stop Uganda's war
» 11.11.2004 - Hatred still spread in Côte d'Ivoire
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