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» 06.11.2009 - "Uganda AIDS prevention threatened"
» 05.11.2009 - "Send Central African leaders to ICC"
» 05.11.2009 - Rwandan tea baron jailed over genocide
» 04.11.2009 - Slavery still persists in Mauritania
» 04.11.2009 - Morocco-Sweden row over Western Sahara
» 04.11.2009 - Swaziland "worst offender on workers' rights"
» 03.11.2009 - "Strip Gambia off AU human rights body"
» 02.11.2009 - Sierra Leone judge takes over Taylor case
» 02.11.2009 - Panic as Nigeria govt demolishes houses
» 02.11.2009 - Africa discusses cooperation with ICC
» 30.10.2009 - Panic hits Kampala after bomb scare
» 30.10.2009 - Last Burundian refugees repatriated
» 30.10.2009 - Anti kidnapping legislation passes second reading
» 30.10.2009 - Security Council extends sanctions on Ivory Coast
» 30.10.2009 - Assembly shop for efficient stoves launched in Darfur
» 30.10.2009 - Alliance plans to immunise 130 million children against Pneumonia
» 29.10.2009 - Security Council calls for trying of Guinea's massacre
» 29.10.2009 - Remove death penalty on gays - Clergy
» 29.10.2009 - UN steps in to help in Angola/DRC refugee saga
» 29.10.2009 - Abdelaziz calls on UN to protect Sahrawi
» 29.10.2009 - Darfurian rebel died in detention, AI argues
» 28.10.2009 - Angola slams French ruling on arms deal
» 28.10.2009 - Zimbabwe turns away from UN human rights expert
» 28.10.2009 - SA racism case back in court
» 27.10.2009 - Gabon rejects nearly 300 migrants
» 27.10.2009 - Guinean killings were planned - HRW
» 27.10.2009 - FAO commences work on international land-tenure governance guidelines
» 26.10.2009 - Tribunal up-holds sentence for 3 former rebels
» 26.10.2009 - Kenya probes missing funds in resettlement programme
» 23.10.2009 - Uganda must pursue peace and unity - Mwesigwa
» 23.10.2009 - Court frees Kenyan sect leader
» 22.10.2009 - UN pledges support to AU's refugees' treaty
» 22.10.2009 - EU considering sanctions on Guinea
» 21.10.2009 - $1 billion required annualy to reach children with life-saving vaccines
» 21.10.2009 - Eritrea is the bottom last in Press Freedom Index 2009
» 21.10.2009 - Displaced Somalis failed international community, UN rights expert
» 21.10.2009 - US backs arms embargo on Guinea
» 21.10.2009 - UNICEF appeals for donor support to protect CAR's children
» 20.10.2009 - Mali armed to fight al Qaeda insurgents
» 19.10.2009 - UN advance plan to probe Conakry massacre
» 19.10.2009 - Central Africa's peace process still a long way, Ban
» 19.10.2009 - Ethiopia rebels deny state media reports
» 19.10.2009 - Insurgents search for US airplane wreckage
» 19.10.2009 - AU-UN mission voices concern over military build-up in Sudan
» 16.10.2009 - Zimbabwe's forced marriage collapses?
» 16.10.2009 - Arrest Al Bashir - ICC
» 16.10.2009 - Obiang warns US and Europe of growing piracy in Gulf of Guinea
» 16.10.2009 - HRW calls on Burundi to halt deportation of refugees
» 16.10.2009 - Chad expels Cameroon editor
» 16.10.2009 - UN expert calls for independent investigation into DRC killings
» 15.10.2009 - Homosexuals angered by proposed law
» 15.10.2009 - ICC prosecutor to investigate Guinea’s killings
» 15.10.2009 - Nizeyimana pleads not guilty before ICTR
» 15.10.2009 - World leaders must change debate on poverty and human rights, AI
» 14.10.2009 - ECOWAS holds an extra-ordinary summit to discuss Guinea and Niger
» 14.10.2009 - ICC prosecutor invited for talks in Kenya
» 14.10.2009 - UN calls for renewed efforts to save millions of children from diarrhoea
» 14.10.2009 - World's poorest more food insecure with the economic crisis
» 14.10.2009 - Dafur sanctions' monitoring mandate expanded
» 13.10.2009 - African governments urged to recommit to develop people
» 13.10.2009 - Somalia must be stable and well organised by August 2011, UN envoy
» 12.10.2009 - Guineans heed stay-away call
» 09.10.2009 - UN experts raise concern on Gambia's threats of rights defenders
» 09.10.2009 - New report documents abuse of Sahrawi refugees' rights in Algeria camps
» 09.10.2009 - UN lawyers on a study mission in Côte d'Ivoire
» 08.10.2009 - Environmentalists condemn Mozambique's planned damming of Zambezi
» 07.10.2009 - Young Liberians to audition for top music award
» 06.10.2009 - Former Rwandan intelligence officer handed to ICTR
» 06.10.2009 - UNICEF calls for further steps to protect children
» 06.10.2009 - UNESCO chief condemns killing of Nigerian editor
» 05.10.2009 - SADC leads Africa on governance barometer
» 05.10.2009 - Maximise gains and protect rights of migrants, HDR
» 02.10.2009 - Euro 1.6 million to boost efforts to counter human trafficking
» 01.10.2009 - UN calls for independent probe in Guinea's deaths
» 30.09.2009 - Guinea's leader to be tough against future protests
» 30.09.2009 - Somalis need more support to talk, UN envoy
» 29.09.2009 - France threatens total pull-out from Guinea
» 29.09.2009 - UN hails Sudanese order to lift censorship
» 29.09.2009 - $59 million awarded to eliminate exploitive child labour in 19 countries
» 28.09.2009 - Scores killed by soldiers in Guinea protest
» 28.09.2009 - Release of Zimbabwean activits signal new beginning
» 28.09.2009 - Stakeholders discuss post-crisis reproductive health needs of populations
» 25.09.2009 - Ugandan editors charged with sedition
» 25.09.2009 - Nigerien editor face criminal libel charge
» 24.09.2009 - ICTR's trial of Ngirabatware commences
» 24.09.2009 - CGI partners announce new commitments to empower girls and women
» 23.09.2009 - Ban urges for release of children in Uganda conflict
» 23.09.2009 - Rwandan fugutive handed to ICTR
» 22.09.2009 - New partnership to keep children free from HIV in Africa
» 22.09.2009 - US offices in SA closed
» 21.09.2009 - Rescuers abandon search for survivors
» 17.09.2009 - UN chief condemns AU base bomb attack
» 17.09.2009 - Former Rwanda official pleads guilty to war crimes
» 17.09.2009 - Toxic wastes caused deaths, illnesses in Côte d’Ivoire - UN expert
» 16.09.2009 - Schools for Africa partnership raise $71 million
» 16.09.2009 - Govt steps up security as MEND extends ceasefire
» 15.09.2009 - $70 million to revive Zimbabwe’s education
» 15.09.2009 - Kenyan govt all out to fight cattle rustling
» 14.09.2009 - MEND threatens fresh attacks in Nigeria
» 14.09.2009 - Commission orders Libya not to execute Nigerians on death row
» 11.09.2009 - Global child mortality figures dropping
» 11.09.2009 - Uganda tribal clashes continue into second day
» 11.09.2009 - Kenya preparing for impact of possible torrential rains
» 10.09.2009 - Egypt must investigate border killings, AI
» 09.09.2009 - Commissioner calls for urgent reforms in DRC’s security
» 09.09.2009 - Swaziland media urged to speed up self-regulation process
» 08.09.2009 - Court hands death sentence to alleged Norwegian spies
» 08.09.2009 - International community urged to refocus on security reforms in Eastern DRC
» 08.09.2009 - UN refugee chief begins visit to Western Sahara camps
» 07.09.2009 - Fresh talks expected next month in Sudan
» 07.09.2009 - New UN trained special police graduate in Liberia
» 03.09.2009 - Violence erupts as junior Bongo declared winner
» 03.09.2009 - Bemba to remain in ICC custody
» 02.09.2009 - 16 Somalis die in an attempt to reach Yemen
» 31.08.2009 - UNICEF head visits children traumatised by DRC war
» 31.08.2009 - UN expert urges Zambia to keep poverty reduction promises
» 28.08.2009 - LRA attacks uproot thousands in DRC
» 28.08.2009 - Rwanda gets $8 million recovery grant
» 27.08.2009 - SA lawyer appointed UN rights expert on violence against women
» 27.08.2009 - Senegalese police unit joins AU-UN peacekeeping force in Darfur
» 26.08.2009 - Drought induced crisis looming in the Horn of Africa
» 26.08.2009 - Four Uganda’s journalists face criminal charges
» 25.08.2009 - WFP appeals for urgent assistance for Kenya
» 25.08.2009 - UNICEF grants DR Congo $500.000
» 25.08.2009 - Niger’s civil society faces increased intimidation, TI
» 25.08.2009 - Crackdown on independent media ahead of election
» 25.08.2009 - AU-UN Dafur mission donate supplies to female prison
» 24.08.2009 - JED calls for investigation of journalist's death
» 24.08.2009 - Kenyan census kicks-off
» 24.08.2009 - Senegal should intensify efforts to monitor migrants’ situation
» 24.08.2009 - Young people’s needs put into action plans
» 21.08.2009 - Commission outraged by more Senegalese arrests
» 20.08.2009 - Zimbabwe still at risk of Cholera outbreak
» 20.08.2009 - South Africans raged by sexuality tests of Semenya
» 20.08.2009 - Somali insurgents regain control in the south
» 19.08.2009 - 1st World humanitarian day marked
» 19.08.2009 - Special unit to guard gender and sexual violence for Darfur
» 19.08.2009 - More Somali refugees moved from overcrowded Kenyan camp
» 17.08.2009 - Chiluba acquitted
» 17.08.2009 - Russian ship found off West Africa coast
» 17.08.2009 - UN condemns attack on Somali aid compound
» 17.08.2009 - Côte d’Ivoire wraps up polio immunisation campaign
» 17.08.2009 - US funding to help sustain Chad’s humanitarian flights
» 14.08.2009 - Bemba granted conditional release
» 14.08.2009 - A few more days before Chiluba’s verdict
» 14.08.2009 - State policy should not leave populations homeless, UN expert
» 13.08.2009 - South Sudan most hit by global meltdown, UN official
» 13.08.2009 - WB commits to support DRC’s post-conflict programmes
» 12.08.2009 - World population data sheet shows more growth in Africa and Asia
» 12.08.2009 - Grant to support grassroots development in Uganda
» 12.08.2009 - $1.5 million life-saving support needed in CAR
» 12.08.2009 - AI calls for safeguards on arms transfers to Somalia
» 12.08.2009 - Sudanese fighters enrol for disarmament
» 11.08.2009 - Zuma to halt appointment of chief prosecutor
» 11.08.2009 - Great lakes leaders urged to move quick
» 11.08.2009 - Humanitarian situation in CAR worsening, UN official
» 10.08.2009 - Eritrea dismiss insurgents support allegations as smear campaign
» 10.08.2009 - Indigenous community must be celebrated with honour, Ban
» 10.08.2009 - Zim humanitarian situation still acute, UN
» 07.08.2009 - Madagascar’s food security remains vulnerable
» 07.08.2009 - San communities in Botswana get USADF funding
» 06.08.2009 - British funding to secure land peace in Rwanda
» 05.08.2009 - Poverty a threat to education, UN
» 05.08.2009 - Security Council strengthens protection of children in war
» 05.08.2009 - Not for sale, MEND pronounce stance
» 05.08.2009 - IFJ condemns seizure of magazines in Morocco
» 04.08.2009 - Somali’s named in Australia terror arrests
» 04.08.2009 - SA govt makes fresh commitment to uplift the poor
» 04.08.2009 - UN officials ordered to use all in aid of violence victims
» 04.08.2009 - AU-UN mission provides funds to Dafur
» 03.08.2009 - WHO stresses breatfeeding in emergencies
» 03.08.2009 - Niger’s referendum will go ahead
» 31.07.2009 - 30 million children targeted in Nigeria's immunization campaign
» 30.07.2009 - Angola gets UN support to boost access to water
» 29.07.2009 - Security in CAR still shaky, UN official
» 28.07.2009 - Yar’Adua assures clean sweep of militants
» 28.07.2009 - Anti-piracy training planned for Somali forces
» 28.07.2009 - Thousands risk lives to flee Somali’s escalating violence
» 28.07.2009 - Security beefed up in northern Nigeria
» 28.07.2009 - Ban calls for tough measures against sexual violence
» 27.07.2009 - UN voices concern over SA housing riots
» 27.07.2009 - Demobilisation of Darfur child soldiers commences
» 27.07.2009 - Violence spread to other Nigerian states
» 27.07.2009 - Madagascar’s humanitarian appeal revised down
» 24.07.2009 - More people uprooted by DRC's fighting
» 24.07.2009 - Albino murderers jailed
» 24.07.2009 - CPJ worried on new anti-terror legislation
» 21.07.2009 - Islamists order closure of 3 UN agencies
» 21.07.2009 - RSF denounces journalists’ harassment in Congo
» 21.07.2009 - Prosecute officers responsible for Jos killings – HRW
» 20.07.2009 - Renewed clashes puts Darfur civilians at risk, AU-UN
» 20.07.2009 - Uganda urged to charge or release five detainees
» 17.07.2009 - Botswana’s San population receive US grant
» 17.07.2009 - Aid critical in Somalia, UN
» 17.07.2009 - South Sudan commits to peace after ruling
» 17.07.2009 - Corrupt DRC magistrates send packing
» 15.07.2009 - Nigerian militants declare 60 days ceasefire
» 15.07.2009 - CPJ denounces death threats on journalist
» 15.07.2009 - China warns of Al Qaeda reprisals
» 14.07.2009 - Oxfam records serious atrocities in DRC
» 10.07.2009 - HRW report was fallacy, E/Guinea
» 09.07.2009 - Annan submits Kenyan post election lists to ICC
» 09.07.2009 - Political tension hampers media freedom
» 09.07.2009 - Kenyans in court over Anti-Counterfeit Act
» 08.07.2009 - Amnesty International warns Ethiopia on new anti terrorism law
» 08.07.2009 - Guinea’s junta accused of undermining rights
» 08.07.2009 - CPJ calls on Gambia to end media hostilities
» 07.07.2009 - Liberian president angered by TRC report
» 07.07.2009 - West Africa makes progress on security
» 07.07.2009 - Uganda rebels re-launch attacks
» 26.06.2009 - 10, 000 girls to be repatriated to Nigeria
» 22.06.2009 - Rights body call for cessation of torture in Angola
» 19.06.2009 - MEND claims attack on Agip’s major pipeline
» 19.06.2009 - UN condemns latest Somali bombing
» 19.06.2009 - Algerian police killed in an ambush
» 19.06.2009 - Tunisia dismiss fears of inmates’ mistreatment
» 18.06.2009 - Opposition leader calls for the release of journos
» 18.06.2009 - Call for release Sahrawi prisoners in Morocco
» 17.06.2009 - Congo deny reports on Bemba’s case
» 17.06.2009 - Over 16 militants killed in a raid
» 17.06.2009 - UN probes stolen aid in Somalia
» 12.06.2009 - Chadian released from Guantanamo Bay
» 12.06.2009 - Revival of peace talks in Uganda critical – EU official
» 12.06.2009 - Expelled agencies not welcome - Khartoum
» 11.06.2009 - Kenya given August deadline to institute tribunal
» 10.06.2009 - Nigeria’s militant group claims sabotage on oil station
» 09.06.2009 - Insecurity in N/Delta delays power supply
» 09.06.2009 - CPJ calls for protection of journalists in Somalia
» 09.06.2009 - 32 alleged coup plotters charged in Ethiopia
» 05.06.2009 - Political figures killed and hunted in Guinea-Bissau
» 05.06.2009 - International courts appeal for cooperation from member states
» 04.06.2009 - Ethiopia finally admits presence in Somalia
» 03.06.2009 - Ethiopia rebels accuse oil companies of genocide
» 03.06.2009 - Disagreement on Burundi peace achievements
» 03.06.2009 - Swazi human rights lawyer arrested
» 02.06.2009 - Stop biasness, Rwanda Tribunal told
» 02.06.2009 - US senators petition Gambia in missing journalist's case
» 29.05.2009 - Regional action plan to combat human trafficking adopted
» 29.05.2009 - Law enforcement is 'missing link' in fight against maritime piracy, Interpol
» 29.05.2009 - Museveni must appoint independent commissioners
» 29.05.2009 - Togo institutes the truth and conciliation commission
» 29.05.2009 - Tribal clashes claim over 240 lives
» 28.05.2009 - Norway restores operations in Kenya after bomb threat
» 28.05.2009 - Gays mistreated in Rwanda - AI
» 28.05.2009 - International court rules against Habre’s detention in Senegal
» 27.05.2009 - Eritrea rejects release of Swedish journalist
» 27.05.2009 - MPs angered by dissolution of parliament
» 27.05.2009 - Court upholds decision to sack anti graft chief
» 27.05.2009 - AU mission in Somali extended until 2010
» 26.05.2009 - Alleged coup plotters denied bail
» 26.05.2009 - Over 60 combatants die after rebel-army clashes in Sudan
» 25.05.2009 - UN appeals for urgent humanitarian assistance in north Darfur
» 20.05.2009 - Sudan sentences nine men to death
» 20.05.2009 - Yar’dua says Delta crisis would not discourage foreign visitors
» 20.05.2009 - Thousands demand Junta to scrap elections
» 20.05.2009 - Ethiopia rejects Somalia invasion reports
» 19.05.2009 - Alleged albino killers in court
» 19.05.2009 - Global health advocates call for African voices against Obama's budget cut
» 19.05.2009 - Rights groups call for civilian protection in Congo
» 19.05.2009 - More people homeless after a week of violence in Mogadishu
» 19.05.2009 - Nigeria’s rebel group intensifies fight against state and oil companies
» 18.05.2009 - Darfur rebel leader appears before international court
» 18.05.2009 - Over 11 million people displaced in central and east Africa
» 18.05.2009 - Legislators pass dual citizenship bill
» 18.05.2009 - Australia to donate 4250 Lapdesks to a Maputo school
» 15.05.2009 - UN voices concern on rising death toll in Somali clashes
» 15.05.2009 - MEND declares war against govt troops
» 15.05.2009 - Libya gets 3 patrol boats from Italy
» 15.05.2009 - Gambia is liable for Ghanaian deaths - report
» 14.05.2009 - Over 200 political prisoners in Burundi released
» 14.05.2009 - Rwanda refugees in Uganda flee repatriation
» 14.05.2009 - Mauritania editor narrowly escapes death
» 14.05.2009 - Tanzanian newspaper faces closure from harsh court decision
» 14.05.2009 - Kenya to dispel repressive clause in media law
» 13.05.2009 - Tunisian president urged to stop bullying the media
» 13.05.2009 - UN calls for international support to end Somali crisis
» 13.05.2009 - Egypt continues slaughtering pigs despite protests
» 12.05.2009 - Increasing Diarrheal related child mortality a global scandal, rights organisations
» 12.05.2009 - Broadcasting commission suspends licence of private radio station
» 12.05.2009 - US condemns renewed clashes in Mogadishu
» 12.05.2009 - Authorities ready for BBC suspension talks
» 12.05.2009 - Burundi doctors continue strike over pay
» 12.05.2009 - Comprehensive strategies critical for Kivu peace, ICG says
» 11.05.2009 - RSF condemns suspension of local station in DRC
» 11.05.2009 - UN envoy condemns rebels attacks in DRC
» 11.05.2009 - Egypt threatens to dismantle NGO for accepting foreign funding
» 08.05.2009 - Sex starved Kenyan man seeks compensation in court
» 08.05.2009 - Attacks on peacekeepers constitute war crimes, UN warns
» 08.05.2009 - UNICEF warns Horn of Africa’s children at risk from triple threat
» 07.05.2009 - WFP suspends operations in Chad
» 07.05.2009 - Italy highly criticised for returning asylum seekers
» 06.05.2009 - Libya lodges official request for al-Megrahi's release home
» 06.05.2009 - Rwanda seeks neutral country trial for Nkunda
» 05.05.2009 - UNICEF calls on Sudanese warring parties to protect children
» 05.05.2009 - Sudan denies plans to attack Chad
» 05.05.2009 - AI calls on Ethiopian govt to reveal fate of political prisoners
» 04.05.2009 - Got you swine...!
» 04.05.2009 - SA revokes visa restrictions on Zimbabweans
» 04.05.2009 - Madagascar's govt willing to compromise on early election date
» 04.05.2009 - Taylor's acquittal plea thrown out
» 30.04.2009 - Leading Al Qaeda member killed in Algeria
» 30.04.2009 - SA accused of continued deportation of Zims despite moratorium
» 30.04.2009 - Mixed reactions posted on Sudan’s census
» 30.04.2009 - UN calls for a 'full stop' on child victimisation in conflict zones
» 30.04.2009 - Cairo to host international anti piracy summit
» 28.04.2009 - Amnesty International begs for protection of alleged gay men
» 28.04.2009 - Libyan appeals Lockerbie bombing conviction
» 28.04.2009 - 27 soldiers sentence to life imprisonment
» 27.04.2009 - Fresh army violence eruppts in Madagascar
» 27.04.2009 - Kenya ready to counter attacks - deputy minister
» 27.04.2009 - Rwanda suspends BBC broadcast for being bias
» 24.04.2009 - Two more dead in Madagascar clashes
» 24.04.2009 - ECOWAS asked to intervene on the missing journalist case
» 24.04.2009 - HRW calls for drastic changes on draft Sudanese press law
» 22.04.2009 - Lesotho's Prime Minister safe
» 22.04.2009 - Lesotho govt still numb on state house attack
» 22.04.2009 - Near assassination plot foiled in Lesotho
» 22.04.2009 - Donor pledges should not perpetuate violence on civilians - HRW
» 22.04.2009 - Expulsion of aid agencies in Sudan detrimental to civilians, UN
» 22.04.2009 - Arabic network condemns sentencing of journalist
» 21.04.2009 - More than 60 people arrested for village killings
» 21.04.2009 - Nkunda not illegally detained - court
» 21.04.2009 - Bouteflika told to redress rights violations in Algeria
» 21.04.2009 - Countries set to meet the 2015 education for all target
» 17.04.2009 - Call for probe into Burundi activist's death
» 16.04.2009 - Eritrea’s human rights violations deepen the rights crisis, HRW
» 15.04.2009 - 10 Darfur rebels condemned to death
» 15.04.2009 - UN calls for peaceful talks on the future of W/Sahara
» 15.04.2009 - Armed men threaten to kill journalist in DRC
» 15.04.2009 - Residents flee homes fearing reprisals from the army
» 15.04.2009 - Ethiopia completes destruction of mines
» 14.04.2009 - Nine hanged for editor’s murder
» 14.04.2009 - Somali pirates hijack 2 vessels
» 09.04.2009 - UNICEF commends Sudan for child protection law
» 09.04.2009 - Former MP asks ICC to prosecute govt officials
» 08.04.2009 - Lesotho ready to roll out social cash grants
» 08.04.2009 - S/Leone rebels sentenced
» 08.04.2009 - UN calls for end of violence in CAR
» 08.04.2009 - Senegalese gay men appeal a homophobic sentence
» 08.04.2009 - Uganda must take active role to curtail abuses and torture
» 07.04.2009 - Banning minerals trade could be disastrous – report
» 07.04.2009 - UN launches humanitarian aid appeal for Madagascar
» 07.04.2009 - Kenyan fisherman arrested in disputed Migingo island
» 07.04.2009 - Belgium calls for ex-Chad president's trial
» 07.04.2009 - Protestors dispersed with gunfire in Somaliland
» 06.04.2009 - Police deployed to foil strike
» 06.04.2009 - Lawyers seek Taylor’s acquittal
» 06.04.2009 - Sudan work to free two abducted workers
» 03.04.2009 - Yar'Adua proposes amnesty to armed Delta rebels
» 03.04.2009 - Zimbabweans to get special permits in SA
» 03.04.2009 - Opposition condemned for raising a black flag
» 02.04.2009 - Mbeki in Darfur for talks
» 02.04.2009 - Obiang warns action against the judiciary
» 02.04.2009 - W/Sahara asks UN to establish protection mechanism
» 01.04.2009 - ICC warns to act on Kenya if tribunal not established
» 01.04.2009 - US sends off envoy to Sudan
» 01.04.2009 - Libya says more than 230 could be dead
» 01.04.2009 - Escalating violence could worsen humanitarian crisis in CAR
» 01.04.2009 - Bissau troops crackdown on critics
» 31.03.2009 - No further talks with rebels – Uganda
» 31.03.2009 - Kenya urged to halt abuses in refugee camps
» 31.03.2009 - Egyptian troops sent to Darfur
» 30.03.2009 - Congo and Rwanda to continue discussions on Nkunda’s extradition
» 30.03.2009 - Annan calls for speedy implementation of reforms in Kenya
» 30.03.2009 - 5 missionaries expelled for trying to convert Muslims
» 30.03.2009 - Next president urged to address impunity
» 27.03.2009 - Nigeria tops asylum seekers' ranks
» 27.03.2009 - Kenyan police caught in mistaken identity crisis
» 27.03.2009 - Khartoum urged to reconsider its decision on aid agencies
» 27.03.2009 - Somalis flee despite new government in place
» 26.03.2009 - UK orders probe into alleged torture on its resident
» 26.03.2009 - Somali minister injured in a road side blast
» 26.03.2009 - Al Bashir travels to Ethiopia
» 25.03.2009 - Over a million will go without food rations by May - UN says
» 25.03.2009 - ICC should be a last resort, HRW urges Kenya
» 25.03.2009 - Uganda deploys troops to beef up AU mission in Somalia
» 24.03.2009 - DRC to release rebels in the new peace deal
» 24.03.2009 - Aid worker killed in Darfur
» 23.03.2009 - Hello, I'm calling to find out if I'm still alive...
» 23.03.2009 - Two African states among the highest with impunity
» 23.03.2009 - Clerics fear Al Bashir’s arrest on trip to Qatar
» 23.03.2009 - Pirates attack Japanese ship
» 20.03.2009 - Swazi youth accuse SADC of double standards
» 19.03.2009 - Court releases opposition leader
» 19.03.2009 - Bin Laden urges Somalis to oust the president
» 18.03.2009 - 1,000 alleged “Witches” kidnapped by security forces
» 18.03.2009 - Al Bashir administration would bear responsibility for Darfur crisis, US
» 18.03.2009 - Chevron slashes production after attack on pipeline
» 18.03.2009 - UN send mission to assess Sahrawi refugees situation
» 17.03.2009 - UN grounds West Africa air service
» 16.03.2009 - There is a coup in Madagascar...!
» 16.03.2009 - UN commits to work with government to fill agency gaps
» 16.03.2009 - Opposition rejects referendum offer
» 13.03.2009 - Madagascar’s armed forces gear up for war
» 13.03.2009 - Aid workers’ kidnapers demand ransom
» 12.03.2009 - Gambian opposition formally charged
» 12.03.2009 - Bennett released on bail
» 12.03.2009 - Medical charity workers kidnapped
» 11.03.2009 - Madagascar's democracy at the mercy of army rebellion
» 10.03.2009 - UN fight to reverse the expulsion of aid group in Sudan
» 10.03.2009 - Suspected pirates handed to Kenya
» 10.03.2009 - Nigeria’s main oil exporter halts operations after attacks
» 10.03.2009 - Conviction of Mai Mai leader is justice served for victims - HRW
» 09.03.2009 - Opposition leader arrested
» 09.03.2009 - Rwanda tribunal takes Kenya to Security Council
» 06.03.2009 - Mbeki appoint to mediate ICC-Sudan squabble
» 06.03.2009 - Alston calls for independent probe into death of activists
» 05.03.2009 - Police on high alert as demonstrations hit Nairobi
» 05.03.2009 - Al-Bashir rejects ICC ruling
» 05.03.2009 - Obama extends Zimbabwe sanctions
» 05.03.2009 - UN demobilises 880 children in DRC
» 05.03.2009 - Government restricts opposition ahead of elections
» 04.03.2009 - Will Sudan submit to ICC's warrant of arrest for Al Bashir?
» 04.03.2009 - LRA top official captured
» 04.03.2009 - Bissau’s interim president affirms democratic rule
» 04.03.2009 - Egyptian internet activists freed
» 03.03.2009 - ECOWAS delegation to Bissau
» 03.03.2009 - UN to keep peacekeepers in Sudan
» 03.03.2009 - Nkunda under house arrest - Kagame
» 02.03.2009 - Fears of a coup in Bissau subsiding, but..!
» 02.03.2009 - Ethiopian press ordered to re-register
» 02.03.2009 - MP sentenced to life for genocide
» 02.03.2009 - Bissau president killed by army
» 27.02.2009 - Morocco convicts 18 terrorists
» 26.02.2009 - Kenya will act on UN report findings - Karua
» 26.02.2009 - Cult clashes kill 15 in Benin
» 25.02.2009 - Kenya must clean official messy killings, UN expert
» 25.02.2009 - Rights organisation calls for speedy trial for detained activist
» 25.02.2009 - Appeal court upholds editor’s sentence
» 25.02.2009 - Rwandan troops pull out in DRC
» 24.02.2009 - ICC to rule on Al Bashir in March
» 23.02.2009 - Reform electoral commission – HRW
» 20.02.2009 - Belgium sues Senegal for delayed dictator’s trial
» 20.02.2009 - Opposition driven out of government buildings
» 19.02.2009 - UN condemns attack on civilian in DRC
» 18.02.2009 - Burundi senators reject bill criminalising homosexuality
» 18.02.2009 - Kenyan tribunal deadline extended
» 17.02.2009 - Nigeria and Italy team up to dismantle organised crime
» 17.02.2009 - Egypt truckers strike enters fourth day
» 17.02.2009 - British missionary in court again
» 16.02.2009 - 5 die as boat capsize off Canary Islands
» 16.02.2009 - Islamists fighters kill 8 in Algeria
» 13.02.2009 - Bouteflika to seek third term as independent candidate
» 13.02.2009 - Kenya rejects post election tribunal
» 13.02.2009 - Teachers outraged by caning of colleagues
» 12.02.2009 - No decision yet on Al Bashir - ICC
» 12.02.2009 - Egyptian lawmaker slapped with two year jail term
» 12.02.2009 - Nigeria arrests 12 for killer teething mixture
» 11.02.2009 - Bouteflika to run for third term
» 10.02.2009 - Govt and rebels seek peace agreement for Darfur
» 10.02.2009 - Thousand flee rebel aggression after Ethiopia pull out
» 10.02.2009 - Zimbabwe receives $11 million in humanitarian aid
» 09.02.2009 - Madagascar leaders commit to talks
» 09.02.2009 - Commission calls for withdrawal of tribunal bill
» 09.02.2009 - Nigeria oil workers delay strike
» 06.02.2009 - Include children in national AIDS strategies - HRW
» 06.02.2009 - Govt refutes rights report
» 05.02.2009 - AU imposes sanctions on Mauritania
» 05.02.2009 - Darfur rebels threaten to recapture town
» 05.02.2009 - Tuareg rebels beg for Algeria's mediation
» 04.02.2009 - Three migrants perish enroute to Spain
» 04.02.2009 - Uganda deny shooting civilians in Somalia
» 03.02.2009 - Body of murdered journalist found in forest
» 03.02.2009 - Court upholds sentence for genocide perpetrator
» 03.02.2009 - HRW calls for arrest of former rebel leader
» 02.02.2009 - Court overturns jail terms for 4 editors
» 02.02.2009 - UN mission told to leave Darfur town
» 30.01.2009 - Regional cooperation key to uprooting Somali piracy
» 30.01.2009 - Nigeria militants call off ceasefire
» 29.01.2009 - Cameroon accused of violence to silence opposition
» 29.01.2009 - Uganda rebels killed 100 in DRC
» 28.01.2009 - Sudanese spy slapped with 17 year jail term
» 28.01.2009 - Kenya told to halt Somali deportations
» 27.01.2009 - Islamists seize Baidoa for the first time
» 27.01.2009 - 4 killed in Rwanda-Congo joint operation
» 27.01.2009 - UN denounces renewed clashes in Darfur
» 26.01.2009 - Healers ignore government order
» 26.01.2009 - Congo warlord denies war crimes
» 23.01.2009 - Congo rebel leader arrested
» 22.01.2009 - Delta rebels release Romanian oil worker
» 22.01.2009 - African leaders urged to take tough stance on Zim
» 21.01.2009 - 10 killed in rebel-government clashes in Somalia
» 21.01.2009 - Supreme Court rules on death penalty
» 21.01.2009 - Three Eritrean Christians die in military camps
» 20.01.2009 - 2,000 Rwandan troops advance into Congolese borders
» 20.01.2009 - Tanzania to send 918 troops to Sudan
» 16.01.2009 - Journalists organisation criticises new media law
» 15.01.2009 - Ethiopia's last troops leave Somalia
» 15.01.2009 - Road safety commission arrests 30 without helmets
» 14.01.2009 - AI blames prolonged Zim crisis on AU
» 14.01.2009 - Dafur women saved from attempted abduction
» 14.01.2009 - MEND threatens to end ceasefire after killing of gang leader
» 14.01.2009 - Journalist and activists released on bail
» 13.01.2009 - Uganda halts Gaddafi's meeting with traditional leaders
» 13.01.2009 - Genocide tribunal rejects Rwanda's extradition call
» 13.01.2009 - Ethiopia pulls out of main posts in Somalia
» 12.01.2009 - Somalis rejoice after Al-shabab’s defeat
» 12.01.2009 - RSF condemns sentencing of Cameroonian editor
» 09.01.2009 - Rwandan top aide returns to France for trial
» 09.01.2009 - Security and rebuilding in fragile states need a different approach, Zoellick
» 09.01.2009 - Rights watch urges Egypt to halt migrants deportation
» 08.01.2009 - Zimbabwe delays new school term by two weeks
» 08.01.2009 - Algerians donate blood of solidarity with Gaza victims
» 08.01.2009 - Over 800, 000 children targeted for immunisation in CAR
» 07.01.2009 - Children's advocacy organisation gets a boost
» 07.01.2009 - US to suspend aid to Guinea
» 06.01.2009 - Ethiopia adopts a bill to restrict aid agencies
» 06.01.2009 - Bissau Army confirms attack on chief of staff
» 05.01.2009 - Ethiopia re-arrests opposition official
» 25.12.2008 - Court gives Christmas present to Ugandan gays
» 24.12.2008 - SA defends its aid to Zimbabwe
» 23.12.2008 - China accuses western media over Zim-DRC arms saga
» 22.12.2008 - Zim and DRC named in 'Top Ten' worst crises states
» 22.12.2008 - Security Council extends UN mission in DRC
» 22.12.2008 - Ousted Mauritanian president set free
» 22.12.2008 - Morocco repress Sahrawi population - HRW
» 19.12.2008 - Mugabe torment citizens to tighten his grip on power
» 19.12.2008 - Kenya rejects HRW report on ARV roll out
» 18.12.2008 - Sweden suspends aid to Rwanda
» 18.12.2008 - Rwandan former army colonel gets life
» 17.12.2008 - Kenyan children neglected in life saving drugs - HRW says
» 17.12.2008 - Striking health workers resume duties
» 17.12.2008 - Post election tribunal to be set up in Kenya
» 17.12.2008 - UN adopts resolution to chase pirates in Somalia
» 16.12.2008 - Police arrest 11 journalists protesting media bill
» 16.12.2008 - HRW warns against violence on civilians as Great Lakes hunts Kony
» 16.12.2008 - RSF criticises continuing impunity in Gambia
» 15.12.2008 - British discuses UN accusations on Rwanda-DRC
» 15.12.2008 - UN hails EU support to curb piracy on food aid
» 11.12.2008 - SA investigating websites with child porn
» 11.12.2008 - Torture still rife in Angola's Cabinda
» 11.12.2008 - Togo govt to abolish death penalty
» 09.12.2008 - Comoros rights groups want Mayotte talks stopped
» 05.12.2008 - Moroccan sentenced to 10 years for Madrid bombings
» 05.12.2008 - Two Britons charged with sedition in Gambia
» 04.12.2008 - Bail application for Senegalese editor rejected
» 03.12.2008 - Cluster bombs banned in 34 African countries
» 03.12.2008 - Ban warns against worsening political challenges in Central Africa
» 03.12.2008 - Mauritarian detainees subjected to torture – Amnesty international
» 03.12.2008 - Rights organisation calls for protection of former graft chief
» 02.12.2008 - Egypt revokes ban on doctor's visas
» 02.12.2008 - Family protests 15 years sentence for musician
» 02.12.2008 - Pirates flop to hijack a cruise liner
» 02.12.2008 - Agadir student killings trigger protests
» 01.12.2008 - Zimbabwe rejects regional court ruling
» 01.12.2008 - Religious clashes victims laid to rest
» 28.11.2008 - Liberian judiciary wrestle media freedom
» 28.11.2008 - UN rights agency calls for action in eastern DRC
» 28.11.2008 - Nigeria arrests seller of killer chemical on teething mixture
» 27.11.2008 - EU "shocked" by Burundi's gay criminalisation
» 27.11.2008 - Ethiopia presents "proof" against war crimes allegations
» 27.11.2008 - Kenya's violence perpetrators to be booked
» 26.11.2008 - UN Security Council calls for peaceful solutions in Guinea-Bissau
» 26.11.2008 - Libya extends humanitarian aid to Gaza Strip
» 26.11.2008 - Teething concoction kills 25 children in Nigeria
» 25.11.2008 - CPJ condemns murder of journalist in DRC
» 24.11.2008 - Burundi to criminalise homosexuality
» 21.11.2008 - Burkina Faso petition enjoys success
» 21.11.2008 - Rwanda's attainment of MDGs still bleak
» 21.11.2008 - Caritas launches US$4 million appeal for DRC
» 20.11.2008 - Guinea is Africa's worst union oppressor
» 20.11.2008 - Rebels will not go unpunished - ICC
» 19.11.2008 - Torture rife in Equatorial Guinea, UN confirms
» 19.11.2008 - MDC protests for its supporters reported still missing
» 19.11.2008 - Gambia rights violations seen as investor risk
» 19.11.2008 - Ensure better protection for Albino children - UNICEF
» 19.11.2008 - Uganda failing conflict brutality victims
» 18.11.2008 - Hong Kong cargo ship hijacked in Somali waters
» 18.11.2008 - Egyptian rights organisation rejects media blockade in trial
» 18.11.2008 - ICC postpones Lubanga's case to January
» 17.11.2008 - Kagame calls for rebel leader imprisonment
» 17.11.2008 - UN mission in DRC ready to respond to rebels' ceasefire violation
» 14.11.2008 - Improved situation for migrants stranded in Libya
» 13.11.2008 - Senegal gay community regroups to demand rights
» 13.11.2008 - Egypt condemned for shooting migrants
» 12.11.2008 - Somali militants seize Merka port
» 12.11.2008 - Egypt contests doctor's conviction
» 12.11.2008 - Burundi opposition leader charged with contempt
» 12.11.2008 - 10 hostages freed in Cameroon
» 11.11.2008 - Germany ambassador sent packing in Rwanda
» 10.11.2008 - Nkunda warns against troops in DRC
» 10.11.2008 - Italian nuns kidnapped in Kenya
» 10.11.2008 - Six killed in AU peacekeepers base attack
» 10.11.2008 - Rwandan presidential aide arrested in Germany
» 07.11.2008 - Somali stoning victim was a mere child, not an adulterous woman
» 07.11.2008 - Algerian mayor killed by alleged terror group
» 06.11.2008 - Terror suspects arrested in Ethiopia
» 06.11.2008 - Protestors torch opposition headquarters
» 06.11.2008 - Bashir's indictment could spark violence
» 05.11.2008 - Lebanese hostage rescued in Nigeria
» 05.11.2008 - UN urges immediate release of captured aid workers in Somalia
» 05.11.2008 - Hostage killed in failed rescue operation
» 05.11.2008 - Renewed clashes erupts in eastern DRC
» 04.11.2008 - Editor jailed for misidentification of a judge
» 04.11.2008 - A man shot dead in fuel cut protests
» 03.11.2008 - International blocs concerned on DRC humanitarian crisis
» 31.10.2008 - Two Austrian hostages freed in Mali
» 31.10.2008 - Cameroonian militia threatens to kill hostages
» 30.10.2008 - DR Congo rebel leader announce ceasefire
» 30.10.2008 - Pirates hijacks Turkish vessel
» 30.10.2008 - MSF pulls out of Niger
» 29.10.2008 - Sudan condemns killing of oil workers
» 29.10.2008 - Victory for Botswana bushmen as mining company withdraws
» 29.10.2008 - UN halts rebel advances in DRC
» 28.10.2008 - Somali woman stoned to death for adultery
» 28.10.2008 - Ex Mauritanian minister faces prison sentence
» 28.10.2008 - Congolese rebels expand attacks on army and peacekeepers
» 28.10.2008 - Egyptian couple arrested for swapping sex partners
» 28.10.2008 - Five Chinese oil workers killed in Sudan
» 27.10.2008 - Schoolboy jailed for his love for Spanish team
» 27.10.2008 - Still no hope for hijacked Ukrainian ship in Somalia
» 27.10.2008 - Kenya's post-election violence must be tackled, UN official
» 24.10.2008 - Somali teenage jail birds receive UN assistance after release
» 24.10.2008 - First UN-trained Chadian forces deployed to protect civilians
» 24.10.2008 - SA court declares 'samurai boy' fit to stand trail
» 23.10.2008 - Nine captured pirates handed to Somali authorities
» 23.10.2008 - Somali's internal refugees increased
» 22.10.2008 - Somali piracy not easy to overcome
» 22.10.2008 - Human rights bodies convene in Nairobi forum
» 22.10.2008 - Rwandan reporter released after 14 years detention
» 22.10.2008 - Security Council raises concerns on DRC's resurgent violence
» 21.10.2008 - Innocent Nigerian prisoners die on death row
» 20.10.2008 - Clearing Liberia of Marijuana an uphill battle
» 20.10.2008 - Satellite system to help speed up Sudan's border dispute
» 20.10.2008 - SA judge receives international justice award
» 17.10.2008 - Nigerian journalist slained near his home
» 17.10.2008 - Sudan's president has not yet escaped ICC arrest
» 16.10.2008 - Kenya under attack threat from Somali Islamists
» 16.10.2008 - Zimbabwe’s education in much deeper crisis
» 15.10.2008 - International tribunal for Kenya..?
» 13.10.2008 - Tried Rwandan denies genocide charges
» 10.10.2008 - SA musicians sing against human trafficking
» 10.10.2008 - AU comments Niger journalist release
» 10.10.2008 - Former Rwandan official pleads not guilty to genecide
» 10.10.2008 - Cameroonian songbird jailed for rioting
» 10.10.2008 - US awards $4.7 million to strengthen workers' benefits of international trade
» 09.10.2008 - Army base seized by rebels in DRC
» 09.10.2008 - Former Rwandan official and genocide suspect transferred to Tanzania
» 08.10.2008 - Kenya deports anti-Obama author
» 08.10.2008 - AU urges urgent funds for its peace operations
» 08.10.2008 - Sierra Leonean refugees' benefits expire
» 08.10.2008 - Aid agencies suspend work in eastern Chad
» 08.10.2008 - ITUC slams aggressive repression of Mauritanian trade unionists
» 07.10.2008 - South Korea considers Somalia pirate fight
» 07.10.2008 - Niger radio director freed after 384 days
» 07.10.2008 - MISA Zimbabwe acknowledges proposed ICT bill
» 06.10.2008 - Lesotho climbs one place in latest index of African governance
» 03.10.2008 - COSATU campaigns for democracy in Zimbabwe and Swaziland
» 03.10.2008 - Nigerian military quell clashes in south-east region
» 03.10.2008 - Zimbabwe needs urgent aid to avert worsened crisis
» 03.10.2008 - UN helicopters in attack action in eastern DRC
» 03.10.2008 - Congolese urged to stand against govt
» 02.10.2008 - Contempt proceedings against local paper to start
» 02.10.2008 - US awards $58 million to eliminate exploitive child labour around world
» 01.10.2008 - SA refugee camps' closure criticised
» 01.10.2008 - DRC forces still recruit child soldiers
» 01.10.2008 - Pirates deny shootout reports
» 01.10.2008 - 230 African immigrants land on Canary Islands
» 30.09.2008 - Rights activists condemn Egyptian editor conviction
» 30.09.2008 - Ex Malawian president takes another shot at presidency
» 29.09.2008 - European tourists freed
» 29.09.2008 - UN helicopter crash kills 2 in Darfur
» 29.09.2008 - Suicide bomb kills 3 in Algeria
» 29.09.2008 - Egypt tourist kidnappers killed
» 26.09.2008 - UN renews Chad peacekeeping mission
» 26.09.2008 - Uganda's rebel group denies media reports
» 26.09.2008 - Hijacks escalate in Somalia
» 25.09.2008 - Zambia calls off live radio phone-in programmes
» 25.09.2008 - Egypt hostages whisked to Libya
» 24.09.2008 - Former Rwandan lawyer gets life imprisonment
» 24.09.2008 - Ugandan rebels attack catholic mission
» 24.09.2008 - Tunisia accused of violating journalists rights
» 24.09.2008 - Militants accuses Nigeria of air raids
» 24.09.2008 - Rights groups demonstrate outside UN
» 24.09.2008 - Renewed clashes erupt in Somali capital
» 23.09.2008 - Al-Qaeda calls for holy war in North Africa
» 23.09.2008 - Two aid workers kidnapped in Ethiopia
» 23.09.2008 - Fighting continues in Eastern DRC
» 22.09.2008 - Sudan lobbies against president's indictment
» 22.09.2008 - UNICEF calls for release of 90 abducted children
» 22.09.2008 - SA cartoonist under fire again
» 22.09.2008 - SA hostages freed in Niger Delta
» 22.09.2008 - 30 killed in Somali rebels attack
» 22.09.2008 - Mauritania army mourn death of colleagues
» 22.09.2008 - Nigeria militants declare ceasefire
» 22.09.2008 - Tourists kidnapped in Egypt
» 22.09.2008 - Blast kills 2 in Swaziland
» 19.09.2008 - IFJ request Algeria to respect journalist right
» 19.09.2008 - South Sudan accuses Uganda rebels of attacks
» 19.09.2008 - Ethiopian rebels demand food aid in Ogaden
» 19.09.2008 - Moroccan blogger freed
» 18.09.2008 - Eastern DRC witnesses yet another fighting
» 18.09.2008 - UN to reduce Darfur peacekeepers by half
» 18.09.2008 - Greek ship hijacked off Somalia coast
» 18.09.2008 - Swazi police arrest protesters
» 17.09.2008 - Red Cross resumes aid distribution in Zim
» 17.09.2008 - Habre victims file a complain in Senegal
» 16.09.2008 - Preacher arrested for having too many wives
» 16.09.2008 - French nationals freed from Somali pirates
» 15.09.2008 - Botswana tops charts as safest for children
» 15.09.2008 - Army attack could derail Darfur truce
» 15.09.2008 - Ugandan peacekeeper killed in Somali explosion
» 15.09.2008 - Deadly attack kills 12 in Mauritania
» 15.09.2008 - Nigeria militants declare war on oil
» 12.09.2008 - MEND dismisses new ministry in Niger Delta
» 11.09.2008 - ICC appeals for $14m for Africa's war victims
» 10.09.2008 - US filmmaker released in Nigeria
» 10.09.2008 - DR Congo frees goats from prison
» 10.09.2008 - Mass graves discovered in Namibia
» 10.09.2008 - Somali lawmaker shot dead
» 10.09.2008 - Moroccan blogger jailed
» 09.09.2008 - 25 injured in prison riots in Egypt
» 09.09.2008 - Ugandan rebel leaders hunted
» 09.09.2008 - Somali opposition requests help against piracy
» 08.09.2008 - WFP cornered to abandon relief services
» 08.09.2008 - Sailor dies in vessel hijacking
» 08.09.2008 - Kidnappers of two journos demand $2.5 ransom
» 08.09.2008 - African immigrants arrested in Spain
» 05.09.2008 - CAR shuns rebel violence
» 05.09.2008 - South Africa to send illegal immigrants home
» 04.09.2008 - Bomb blast kills four in Ethiopia
» 04.09.2008 - Nigeria president's health under spotlight
» 04.09.2008 - Two French citizens kidnapped by pirates
» 03.09.2008 - 6 die in Ghana's political violence
» 03.09.2008 - Journalist and media worker detained in Nigeria
» 02.09.2008 - Kagame furious over general's indictment
» 02.09.2008 - African children's choir to grace fair trade concert
» 02.09.2008 - Kidnapped Israeli oil worker freed in Nigeria
» 02.09.2008 - Somali pirates demand $8.2 m ransom
» 02.09.2008 - Zim NGOs face a setback in aid distribution
» 01.09.2008 - Journalists sentenced for defaming prime minister
» 01.09.2008 - Ugandan army chief to fend off 'bad characters'
» 01.09.2008 - 10 killed in cattle raid in Kenya
» 01.09.2008 - Ivorian leader wins party's nomination
» 29.08.2008 - Surgeons successfully rejoin Ugandan's cut off penis
» 29.08.2008 - Congolese army clashes with rebels
» 29.08.2008 - UK firm accused of funding DR Congo conflict
» 29.08.2008 - US imposes sanctions on Uganda rebel leader
» 28.08.2008 - Africans back anti-racism law
» 28.08.2008 - Hijacked passengers arrive safely in Sudan
» 28.08.2008 - Police arrest 21 Egypt's opposition members
» 28.08.2008 - Warlord reveals his part in Burkina Faso coup
» 27.08.2008 - SA shelved land reform bill
» 26.08.2008 - Botswana private sector to shape foreign policy
» 26.08.2008 - One dies aboard seized Malaysian tanker
» 25.08.2008 - Nigeria set for racism combat
» 25.08.2008 - Opposition MPs arrested in parliament
» 25.08.2008 - Over a million risk child labour in Senegal
» 25.08.2008 - Odinga rejects media reports on indictment of al-Bashir
» 25.08.2008 - "Kenya's entire justice system is weak"
» 25.08.2008 - South Sudan accuses Ugandan troops of civilian attacks
» 25.08.2008 - Wedding reception turns into a slaughter-house
» 25.08.2008 - SA relief workers detained in Uganda
» 25.08.2008 - 10 Islamist rebels killed in security operation
» 22.08.2008 - Qaddafi's son unveils free trade accord with Europe
» 22.08.2008 - Niger extends state of alert
» 22.08.2008 - Southern Somalia death toll hits 55
» 22.08.2008 - Biya to protect Nigerians in Bakassi peninsula
» 22.08.2008 - Al-Qaeda claims Algeria blasts
» 21.08.2008 - Burundi census invites row
» 21.08.2008 - Sudan's constitutional court dismisses anti-terror appeal
» 21.08.2008 - Qaddafi's son quits politics
» 21.08.2008 - Genocide suspects plead not guilty
» 21.08.2008 - Niger rebels deny ceasefire
» 21.08.2008 - Two more vessels hijacked off Somalia coast
» 20.08.2008 - Genocide survivor set ablazed
» 20.08.2008 - Burundi crisis may jeopardise future stability
» 20.08.2008 - UN condemns Algeria blast
» 20.08.2008 - New suicide attacks in Algeria
» 20.08.2008 - Nine prisoners killed in a fire in Cameroon
» 20.08.2008 - Malaysian tanker seized off Somali coast
» 19.08.2008 - 43 die in Algerian suicide bomb attack
» 19.08.2008 - Great Lakes countries have until 30 December to brand arms
» 19.08.2008 - LRA chief ready for talks
» 19.08.2008 - Gambian journalist found guilty of sedition
» 19.08.2008 - Amnesty slams Sudan's anti-terror trials
» 19.08.2008 - Niger rebels to lay down arms
» 18.08.2008 - Sudan’s president risks Turkey arrest
» 18.08.2008 - 'Habré cannot be tried twice'
» 18.08.2008 - Joint probe on Ghanaian massacre
» 18.08.2008 - Newspapers ransacked in Senegal
» 18.08.2008 - Aid worker killed in Somalia
» 18.08.2008 - Sudan condemn 8 to death
» 15.08.2008 - SA extends deadline for closure of camps
» 15.08.2008 - Ex-Chadian dictator sentenced to death
» 15.08.2008 - Kidnapped Germans freed in Nigeria
» 14.08.2008 - 'Zim first needs justice'
» 14.08.2008 - ICC updates Wade on activities
» 14.08.2008 - Libya and US sign compensation deal
» 14.08.2008 - More vessels fall victim of Somali waters pirates
» 13.08.2008 - Guinea army seeks forgiveness
» 13.08.2008 - South Africa to close refugee shelters
» 13.08.2008 - Angola's fair vote under threat
» 12.08.2008 - SADC urged to end Zim violence
» 11.08.2008 - Nigeria militia repeats attack warning
» 11.08.2008 - Suicide bomb kills 8 in Algeria
» 08.08.2008 - Zim talks 'progressing well'
» 08.08.2008 - SA worried by Zuma threats
» 08.08.2008 - Court discharges Gambia's fired newspaper manager
» 07.08.2008 - Gambia denounces Shia faith
» 07.08.2008 - Canadian ship to escort food aid to Somalia
» 07.08.2008 - Sudan urged to review death penalties
» 06.08.2008 - Rwanda accuses France over genocide
» 06.08.2008 - Sudan appoints Darfur prosecutor
» 05.08.2008 - Egypt activist verdict condemned
» 05.08.2008 - OIC slams Sudan leader's indictment
» 05.08.2008 - 30 killed in Kenya drought clashes
» 05.08.2008 - Seven killed in market blast
» 04.08.2008 - Zuma seeking to scrap corruption charges
» 04.08.2008 - Bashir vows not to cooperate with ICC
» 04.08.2008 - US senator questions Gambia's human rights
» 04.08.2008 - Roadside bomb kills 20 in Somalia
» 04.08.2008 - Two French oil workers abducted in Nigeria
» 01.08.2008 - Zim opposition fairly satisfied with negotiation
» 01.08.2008 - 22 Darfur rebels condemned to death
» 01.08.2008 - Roadside bomb kills Ugandan peacekeeper
» 31.07.2008 - Call for probe into Niger-China oil deal
» 31.07.2008 - Tunisia's Ben Ali seeks 5th mandate
» 30.07.2008 - Zim negotiators adjourn talks
» 30.07.2008 - Sudan rebel attackers sentenced to death
» 29.07.2008 - Refugees forcefully removed in South Africa
» 29.07.2008 - Security Council divided on Bashir indictment
» 28.07.2008 - Kenya "responsible for missing people"
» 28.07.2008 - Uganda police torture gay rights activist
» 28.07.2008 - Brazzaville considers human rights legislation
» 28.07.2008 - Darfur peacekeeping mission "fails civilians"
» 25.07.2008 - Gang robs South Africa bank
» 25.07.2008 - CAR opposition fears political consensus lapses
» 25.07.2008 - 12 killed in Cameroon attack
» 25.07.2008 - Rwanda threatens Darfur's pull-out
» 25.07.2008 - MSF ordered to halt operations in Niger
» 24.07.2008 - Swiss protests Libyan retaliation
» 24.07.2008 - Senegal clears Hissène Habré trial hurdles
» 24.07.2008 - SA's forceful removal condemned
» 24.07.2008 - Displaced Abyei residents fear renewed clashes in Sudan
» 23.07.2008 - Militants threaten to blast oil pipes
» 23.07.2008 - 60 injured after Moroccan-Sahrawi clashes in Dakhla
» 23.07.2008 - Kenya bans use of mobile phones in schools
» 23.07.2008 - Pirates abduct 20 Philippines in Somali waters
» 23.07.2008 - Taylor accused of starving Nigerian journalists to death
» 22.07.2008 - AU biased, Darfur rebels complain
» 22.07.2008 - Kenyan students charged for inciting violence
» 22.07.2008 - Hope for Burundi peace
» 22.07.2008 - DRC prison deaths alarming
» 21.07.2008 - Kenyan forces accused of blocking aid
» 21.07.2008 - Scores die in DRC despite peace agreement
» 21.07.2008 - Sudan requests AU aid to stop Bashir's arrest
» 21.07.2008 - Niger to benefit from education project
» 18.07.2008 - Mandela frowns at gap between rich and poor
» 18.07.2008 - ICC adamant to prosecute Sudanese president
» 18.07.2008 - ICC investigates attacks against peacekeepers in Darfur
» 18.07.2008 - Renewed clashes claim 6 lives in Somalia
» 18.07.2008 - SA's and Namibians fish illegally in West Sahara
» 17.07.2008 - EU agrees to tighten Zimbabwe sanctions
» 17.07.2008 - MDC snubs crisis deal
» 17.07.2008 - Rwanda ex-leaders granted life immunity
» 17.07.2008 - Swiss police arrests Qaddafi's son
» 17.07.2008 - African leaders attempt to free Sudanese president
» 16.07.2008 - Niger delta residents flee militants
» 16.07.2008 - Norwegian ship attacked in Nigeria
» 16.07.2008 - UN denounces use of child soldiers in Darfur
» 15.07.2008 - Cameroonian soldiers injured in a raid
» 15.07.2008 - Deteriorating security worrying in Somalia
» 15.07.2008 - Sudan to mass weight to block ICC's action
» 15.07.2008 - 5 dead in Kenyan shootout
» 15.07.2008 - Zim church leaders disapprove violence
» 14.07.2008 - ICC seeks arrest of Sudan president Omar al-Bashir
» 14.07.2008 - UN denies Zimbabwe bias
» 14.07.2008 - UK steps up tough Zimbabwe sanctions
» 14.07.2008 - 20 die in Nigeria recruitments
» 11.07.2008 - Fear surrounds Botswana Sim-card registration
» 11.07.2008 - Eritrea debunks overstepping in Djibouti
» 11.07.2008 - UN agency calls on SA to stop Zimbabwean deportation
» 11.07.2008 - Sudan president faces war crimes before ICC
» 10.07.2008 - UN and Sudan condemn recent Darfur attack
» 10.07.2008 - British involvement angers Nigeria militia
» 09.07.2008 - Lesotho govt cornered to enact child legislation
» 09.07.2008 - Fourth WFP driver killed in Somalia
» 09.07.2008 - Rwandan genocide fugitive nabbed by interpol
» 09.07.2008 - Peacekeepers killed in Darfur ambush
» 09.07.2008 - Pirates free German cargo ship off Somalia coast
» 09.07.2008 - Congolese war crimes suspect Lubanga kept in custody
» 08.07.2008 - Nigeria seek global help to combat oil theft
» 08.07.2008 - Somali rebels deny killing senior UN official
» 08.07.2008 - Fresh fighting deepens Chad's food insecurity
» 08.07.2008 - Somali government base attacked by rebels
» 07.07.2008 - Top UN official murdered in Somalia
» 07.07.2008 - Equatorial Guinea coup plotter gets 34 years
» 07.07.2008 - Zim opposition claims more attacks
» 07.07.2008 - Uganda refutes civilian attack allegations
» 04.07.2008 - Gambia leader validates Mugabe's re-election
» 04.07.2008 - Toybou confirmed Anjouan president
» 04.07.2008 - Congo ex-leader appears in court
» 04.07.2008 - 71 Somali insurgents killed in fresh clashes
» 03.07.2008 - Congolese warlord transferred to ICC
» 03.07.2008 - Algerians convicted for Christianity
» 03.07.2008 - Congolese warlord released
» 02.07.2008 - Ethiopia set for NGO "assault"
» 01.07.2008 - Mandela off US terror list
» 01.07.2008 - AU condemns Eritrea military attack on Djibouti
» 01.07.2008 - Uganda troops told to leave Sudan
» 30.06.2008 - Zimbabwean Refugees deported from SA
» 30.06.2008 - Ethiopian troops attacked by insurgents in Somalia
» 27.06.2008 - Indonesia executes two Nigerian drug smugglers
» 27.06.2008 - Zimbabweans go to a one-side poll
» 27.06.2008 - Nine killed in Somali ambush
» 26.06.2008 - Nigeria's insurgents threaten to call off ceasefire
» 26.06.2008 - Pirates demand $1 million for release of hostages
» 26.06.2008 - French hostages released in Niger
» 25.06.2008 - Kenya in row with UN Rwanda tribunal
» 25.06.2008 - Tunisia rejects torture claims
» 24.06.2008 - Somali pirates kidnap German tourists
» 24.06.2008 - ANC "dismayed" by Zimbabwe's "rough riding"
» 24.06.2008 - "Public debate in Benin being silenced"
» 24.06.2008 - Bacar's extradition ruled out
» 23.06.2008 - Mugabe could have lost Friday runoff - opinion poll
» 23.06.2008 - Four French expatriates abducted in Niger
» 23.06.2008 - Tunisia accused of human rights violations
» 23.06.2008 - Guinea PM names new cabinet
» 20.06.2008 - Mugabe won't retire unless...
» 20.06.2008 - Cameroon denies attacks on Bakassi peninsula
» 20.06.2008 - Sudan opens fresh row with ICC
» 20.06.2008 - Sudan mounts massive campaign to disarm civilians
» 20.06.2008 - UN extends Liberia embargo
» 20.06.2008 - Morocco bans official truth commission quotes
» 19.06.2008 - Mbeki "tells Mugabe to call off elections"
» 19.06.2008 - Gambia worried by Algeria bomb threats
» 19.06.2008 - UN: "Don't send Eritreans back to torture"
» 19.06.2008 - EU tightens illegal migration
» 19.06.2008 - SA prisoners on hunger strike
» 19.06.2008 - Gay activists' arrest "shows African HIV response gaps"
» 18.06.2008 - Possible 30 years for 'British mercenary'
» 18.06.2008 - 39 face terrorism charges in Sudan
» 18.06.2008 - Chad accuses Sudan of fresh border attacks
» 18.06.2008 - President Mbeki in Zimbabwe for election talks
» 18.06.2008 - Egypt: UN accesses detained asylum-seekers
» 18.06.2008 - Gambia's ex-minister becomes media manager
» 17.06.2008 - Eritrea shuns border dialogue
» 17.06.2008 - Mugabe threatens to arrest MDC leaders
» 17.06.2008 - ICC may release Congolese warlord
» 17.06.2008 - ANC warns against recklessness
» 16.06.2008 - Mbeki tasks youths to protect foreigners
» 13.06.2008 - Botswana regrets Activox flop
» 13.06.2008 - Senior ANC official stabbed
» 13.06.2008 - Mauritania terror suspects "risk torture"
» 13.06.2008 - "Child labour still prevalent in Ghana"
» 12.06.2008 - 3 million Ugandan minors risked forced labour
» 12.06.2008 - Eritreans forcibly returned "to torture"
» 12.06.2008 - 37 die in community raids in CAR
» 12.06.2008 - Piracy threatens Somali food emergency shipments
» 12.06.2008 - HRW blames Ethiopian troops for atrocities
» 12.06.2008 - Children’s rights violations high in Somalia
» 12.06.2008 - Kenya's ODM wins 3 parliamentary seats
» 11.06.2008 - Cameroonian official abducted in Bakassi
» 11.06.2008 - SA regrets xenophobic deaths
» 10.06.2008 - Islamist leader rejects Somali truce
» 10.06.2008 - U.N. cuts Sudan's aid flights
» 10.06.2008 - Ethiopia separatist rebels launch major operations
» 10.06.2008 - Fresh Nigeria militant attacks claim nine lives
» 10.06.2008 - Kenya set for crucial by-elections
» 09.06.2008 - Egypt lawmakers ban FGM
» 09.06.2008 - Zim runoff "dead on arrival"
» 09.06.2008 - Somali peace-talks reach a stalemate
» 09.06.2008 - Somalis threaten mass suicides to get UN attention
» 09.06.2008 - Border line deal reached in Abyei
» 09.06.2008 - Algerian blasts kills 12 people
» 06.06.2008 - Tsvangirai re-arrested
» 06.06.2008 - New friction arises over border deal between Sudan and Ethiopia
» 06.06.2008 - Rwanda gets support for extradition of genocide suspects
» 06.06.2008 - French court convicted toppled Anjouan leader
» 06.06.2008 - Gambia ordered to free missing journalist
» 05.06.2008 - Suicide bomber hits Algerian army
» 05.06.2008 - Zim police nabs diplomats
» 05.06.2008 - ICC demands surrender of Sudanese suspects
» 05.06.2008 - Six civilians killed in DRC insurgents attacks
» 05.06.2008 - DR Congo backs Uganda to fight rebels
» 05.06.2008 - Rwandan genocide suspect deported by France
» 04.06.2008 - Zimbabwean police detains Tsvangirai
» 04.06.2008 - Zimbabwe: Aid agencies barred from distributing food
» 03.06.2008 - More believers detained in Eritrea
» 03.06.2008 - Child soldiers to be freed in Chad and CAR
» 03.06.2008 - Malawi ex-President defies ban, heads for elections
» 03.06.2008 - Court remands 14 Zimbabwean activists
» 03.06.2008 - Gambian police arrests "gay tourists"
» 02.06.2008 - Genocide tribunal triggers fury in Rwanda
» 02.06.2008 - More arrests ahead of Zimbabwe polls
» 02.06.2008 - 10 Liberians die in soccer accident
» 30.05.2008 - Cape Town may declare disaster status
» 30.05.2008 - TICAD IV "falls short of expectations"
» 30.05.2008 - Zim opposition scorns govt maize purchase
» 30.05.2008 - Munyakazi odds for a home trial ebb
» 29.05.2008 - Ex-soldiers want Liberia's president impeached
» 29.05.2008 - Madonna wins Malawi adoption right
» 29.05.2008 - More punishment for Sierra Leone's war criminals
» 29.05.2008 - Egypt court upholds HIV sentences
» 29.05.2008 - Civil society in Lesotho begs for peace
» 29.05.2008 - Libya releases political prisoner
» 29.05.2008 - Prohibitive law repealed in Uganda
» 29.05.2008 - Fresh taxi violence erupts in Lesotho
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