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Mali
Timbuktu: Historic manuscripts may be safe

afrol News, 29 January - Reports from the historic town of Timbuktu after the French-Malian re-capture are contradicting. Some claim most of the town's unique historic manuscripts may be lost for ever, while others claim most is in safe hands.

Egypt
Leaks: "Mubarak behind 2005 terror attack"

afrol News, 9 March - Documents seized from Egypt's dismantled State Security agency seem to document that the Mubarak regime itself was planning and executing the bombing of the Mövenpick Hotel in Sharm el-Sheikh in 2005.

Egypt
It's over - Mubarak has left

afrol News, 11 February - Egypt's Vice-President Omar Suleiman in a televised speech just has announced President Hosni Mubarak has decided to step down and stay in Sharm-el-Sheikh. The Egyptian revolution has gained its greatest victory so far.

Namibia | Angola
Cold War secrets of Namibia, Angola revealed

afrol News, 8 February - In a seldom interview, a Namibian ex-police chief reveals how the country's SWAPO freedom fighters fought together with the Angolan UNITA rebels in the early 1970s, at a time when UNITA started getting the apartheid regime's help in the Angolan civil war.

Morocco | Western Sahara
Moroccan report confirms "killing of 352 Saharawis"

afrol News, 19 January - The Royal Advisory Council for Human Rights (CCDH) of Morocco in a unique report confirms the killing of 352 "disappeared" Saharawis from 1958 to 1992. Out of these, over 200 died in military bases and secret detention centres, including children.

Zimbabwe
US was against Zim unity govt

afrol News, 29 November - In a 2007 report from the US Embassy in Harare, a possible national unity government in Zimbabwe is described as "less attractive." President Robert Mugabe is called "the devil" and Morgan Tsvangirai is described as "a flawed figure."

Rwanda
UN report "revisionist" on Rwanda genocide

afrol News, opinion, 5 November - A recent UN report looking into Rwandan war crimes in Congo Kinshasa (DRC) legitimises a "double genocide theory", confusing victims and perpetuators to the Rwandan genocide, according to Fulvio Beltrami in Kampala.

Mali
Timbuktu ancient document centre opening

afrol News, 27 May - Mali's famous old city of Timbuktu this weekend will see the opening of a new building housing and restoring a collection of an estimated 700,000 ancient manuscripts, recognised as one of Africa's principal cultural heritages.

South Africa
Kill the Boer or Boer Republic?

afrol News, 6 April - The mention of the 'Boer Republic' within South Africa was almost forgotten until after the Saturday night killing of the leader of the racist Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging or AWB, Eugene Terreblanche.

Algeria | Morocco
Berber languages "threatened in Morocco, Algeria"

afrol News, 31 March - A new report about the world's most threatened languages especially highlights the languages of the indigenous Berber people in Morocco and Algeria. Despite constituting around 50 percent of the population, their languages have been discriminated against and ignored.

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