Frontpage Latest News
Subscriptions
Countries
Central AfricaEast AfricaHorn of AfricaIndian OceanNorth AfricaSouthern AfricaWest AfricaAfrica / World
Topics
Agriculture - NutritionCulture - ArtsEconomy - DevelopmentEnvironment - NatureGay - LesbianGender - WomenHealthHuman rightsLabourMediaPoliticsScience - EducationSocietyTechnologyTravel - Leisure
Satire
From Behind
Archives
By Country By Topic Chronological
Currencies The Company
Press Releases Partner Media Contact Us
Subscriptions
  Vea esta sección en español  

History feature articles
 
Beads - a showcase of Africa
German Wituland, a colonial rarity
Mozambique
Rise and Fall of the Adamawa Emirate


Current afrol News Top Stories
» SA crime perception remains
» Zim tensions worry monitors
» Gambia granted AGOA visa
» 'Embrace green revolution'
» UN scribe condemns Darfur attacks
» Zimbabwe unionists charged for inciting uprising
» Armed bandits chop off Senegalese villagers' ears
» 'Zimbabwe right to nationalise its properties'
» Canada sells combined AIDS drugs to Rwanda
» DRC projects attract $60m

Zimbabwe
Economy - Development | Politics | Society | Human rights
Mugabe punches Britain

afrol News, 18 April - Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, has renewed scathing attacks on his country's former colonial master and opponents of his regime, warning against recolonisation of the southern African country.

Read more

Ghana
Politics | Economy - Development | Society
Ghana’s CPP warns against "new scramble for Africa"

afrol News, 18 April - The party that brought independence in Ghana, the Convention People’s Party (CPP) has warned against what it called "new scramble for Africa."

Read more

Ghana
Economy - Development | Politics | Society | Human rights
Ghana awaits massacre march

afrol News, 6 March - Human rights activists would not let up in their efforts to seek justice for families and victims of the 23 July 2005 massacre in The Gambia. As such, a memorial march has been scheduled for the 44 Ghanaians and six African nationals in the Ghanaian capital Accra on 12 March.

Read more

Rwanda
Politics | Society | Human rights
Genocide transfer agreed

afrol News, 5 March - An agreement for the transfer of genocide convicts to complete their jail terms in Rwanda has been signed between the government of Rwanda and the Arusha-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).

Read more

South Africa
Politics | Society | Human rights
28 racist protesters nabbed

afrol News, 5 March - South African police have arrested 28 people at the University of Free State (UFS) during a protest against the shooting of a racist video.

Read more

» 03.03.2008 - Ex-minister leads Kenya talks
» 29.02.2008 - Kenya talks pay dividends
» 29.02.2008 - Genocide convict transferred
» 13.02.2008 - Somalis await peace talks
» 08.02.2008 - DRC: UN hails warlord's arrest
» 06.02.2008 - Gacaca jails genocide doctor
» 05.02.2008 - Uganda combats demons
» 01.02.2008 - Liberian warlord snubs TRC
» 31.01.2008 - Libyan detainee battles illness
» 28.01.2008 - Back pain hospitalised Moi
» 25.01.2008 - No Hissène Habré trial in 2008
» 16.01.2008 - Libya fined $6bn for bombing
» 15.01.2008 - Gbabgo to outlaw tribalism
» 15.01.2008 - Ghana complains to ECOWAS
» 14.01.2008 - Rwandans put away genocide
» 03.01.2008 - Police disrupts ODM rally
» 02.01.2008 - Zim floods displace hundreds
» 31.12.2007 - Senegal lost powerful cleric
» 19.12.2007 - Protest over Sahrawi oil deal
» 18.12.2007 - Nigeria executions uncovered
» 17.12.2007 - Slapped Kenya MC sacked
» 17.12.2007 - Ghana: CPP nails tensions
» 14.12.2007 - CAR: A phantom state
» 14.12.2007 - UK officialises slavery day
» 13.12.2007 - Kenya's 1st lady at it again
» 29.11.2007 - ICTR upholds genocide case
» 28.11.2007 - Cote d'Ivoire polls date set
» 27.11.2007 - Senegal ready for Habré trial
» 27.11.2007 - UN hands over Liberia courts
» 23.11.2007 - 'Bakassi handover is illegal'
» 22.11.2007 - Queen lauds Uganda peace
» 22.11.2007 - Somali appoints Premier
» 21.11.2007 - Smith's death creates uproar
» 21.11.2007 - CHOGM to suspend Gambia
» 19.11.2007 - Gambia's torture leader falls
» 16.11.2007 - DRC warlord in the dock
» 15.11.2007 - Sierra Leone leader renews graft battle
» 14.11.2007 - Mauritanians await repatriation
» 13.11.2007 - Rwanda journalist acquitted of genocide
» 29.08.2007 - UK unveils Mandela’s statue
» 24.08.2007 - Illegal Liberians’ deportation contested
» 24.08.2007 - Angola accepts root communities
» 20.07.2007 - France finally detains Rwandan genocide suspects
» 02.07.2007 - Ghanaians proud of Mugabe
» 05.04.2007 - Mozambique celebrates its women heroes
» 09.03.2007 - Egypt shocked by Israeli killing of POWs
» 06.03.2007 - Ghana celebrates 50 years of independence
» 02.03.2007 - Libyan leader marks revolution, attacks West
» 22.02.2007 - Angola rests in peace 5 years after Savimbi's death
» 16.02.2007 - No controversy to stop Ghana's 50th anniversary
» 15.01.2007 - Ethiopia gears up for millennium party
» 11.01.2007 - Life sentence for ex-Ethiopian dictator
» 08.01.2007 - Uganda opposition prevented from revealing "bomb"
» 15.12.2006 - With Annan, Africa loses its first UN chief
» 13.12.2006 - Rwandan priest jailed for genocide
» 12.12.2006 - Ethiopian ex-dictator found guilty of genocide
» 12.12.2006 - Iran gathers racists to "discuss" Holocaust
» 07.12.2006 - Ethiopia court to decide ex-Dictator's case
» 07.12.2006 - Apartheid flag lifting angers South Africa
» 24.11.2006 - Rwanda genocide: What if Kagame killed Habyarimana?
» 24.11.2006 - Can Africa really learn from Korea?
» 23.11.2006 - Anti-French riots in Rwanda after warrants
» 21.11.2006 - Rwanda damns French charges against President Kagame
» 01.11.2006 - No state funeral for apartheid PM Botha
» 30.10.2006 - 50 years ago, Suez War changed Africa
» 27.10.2006 - South African airport named after anti-apartheid hero
» 23.10.2006 - New revelations on troubled Mozambique-South Africa past
» 13.09.2006 - Preparations for Timbuktu manuscript centre advance
» 12.09.2006 - Mauritania's Prussian past revealed: A desert pharmacy
» 19.06.2006 - Remembering Soweto, 30 years after the uprising
» 07.06.2006 - US declassifies documents on freedom fighter Amílcar Cabral
» 12.04.2006 - Medieval trans-Sahara mineral trade mapped
» 07.04.2006 - Secrets of Judas, Jesus kept in Egypt for 1700 years
» 04.04.2006 - Evicted Chagos islanders granted short visit home
» 09.02.2006 - South Africa to review Samora Machel death
» 06.12.2005 - Castro reveals role in Angola, Namibia independence
» 11.11.2005 - Mass graves found in Namibia
» 11.11.2005 - Angola celebrates 30 years of independence
» 21.07.2005 - 186 year old court refurbished in Sierra Leone
» 12.07.2005 - Chad's torture victims still await justice
» 27.05.2005 - Germany pays for colonial errors in Namibia
» 18.04.2005 - Mugabe's Zimbabwe celebrates 25 years of freedom
» 10.02.2005 - South Africa's Robben Island hosts Valentine's weddings
» 09.02.2005 - African rock art "under severe threat"
» 19.01.2005 - Dhlakama; Mozambique's eternal opposition leader
» 18.01.2005 - Joaquin Chissano, 18 years in Mozambique's presidency
» 17.01.2005 - Namibia's Damara want inclusion in 1904 genocide debate
» 17.12.2004 - Namibia's Herero find reconciliation with Germans
» 28.09.2004 - Burundi princess, top model seeks presidency
» 18.08.2004 - More Swiss Abacha funds to return to Nigeria
» 18.08.2004 - Namibia wants dialogue with Germany on Herero killings
» 16.08.2004 - Germany apologises for "1904 Namibia genocide"
» 16.08.2004 - Identity Crisis: the last fortress of Somalism is about to fall
» 16.08.2004 - "Somaliland's day of judgment arrives"
    Recommend this page to a friend

top of page about afrol News | news | countries | archive | services | feed back | español 

© afrol News. Reproducing or buying afrol News' articles.

   You can contact us at mail@afrol.com