Category: Africa

Mali’s Islamist Ansar Dine (Defenders of the Faith) rebel group, which holds swathes of the country’s vast desert north, has split and the breakaway faction said Thursday it was ready...

“We can no longer pretend that the creation of wealth for a few will inevitably benefit the many-too often the reverse is true”- Jeremy Hobbs; Executive Director, Oxfam International LAST...

A South African man has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for raping a 3-year-old girl with a live snake. Regional Magistrate Jan Greyvenstein said he had presided over...

Heartlessness of man. How can a mother or father burial her own baby alive. This is unimaginable. This baby was dug out this morning somewhere in Lagos and miraculously the...

Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has promised to organize a credible vote in the March 4th general election following a meeting with political parties. IEBC Commissioner Yusuf Nzibo...

The Kenyan authorities should halt their plan to forcibly move 55,000 registered refugees and asylum seekers from cities to overcrowded and underserviced refugee camps, Human Rights Watch said today. Citing...

Arriving illegally from the Republic of Guinea to Israel in 2005, Avi Bari overcame all obstacles that once stood in his path and became an officer in the IDF. He...

Johannesburg - President Jacob Zuma has been honoured with the 29th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) silver plate, the local organising committee (LOC) said on Monday. Spokesperson...

France has reportedly imposed a media blackout on its invasion of Mali amid a growing war that rages on in the West African nation. On January 11, France launched the...

A four-day siege at a gas facility in the Sahara desert has ended, with militants and some hostages killed. Seven hostages were killed by their captors during a final raid...