Chat show queen Oprah Winfrey has denied reports that she is threatening to shut down her girls' school in South Africa following allegations of sexual...

PARIS — Brazil's air force released a recording Friday it said proves it handed over control of Air France Flight 447 to Senegalese authorities before it crashed — but African officials...

Lions players who have not played much in the Tests so far get a run-out and show what they can do and, for the Lions, a test victory against the Boks would be massive. After losing seven...

The Pacific Boychoir had logged thousands of miles on its passports, bringing its distinct sound to destinations near and far. And no place is considered too far for this group. The Oakland-based...

Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara of Zimbabwe has invited the president of the International Federation Of Football Associations, Sepp Blatter, to visit Zimbabwe ahead of the World Cup of Soccer...

The Zimbabwean government will increase salaries for state workers at the end of July to put them closer to normal levels than the current US$100 monthly allowance, reports said. Executive Secretary...

Barack Obama’s Africa policy may become more active in a positive sense in the months and years ahead. But on the evidence so far it does seem credible that the African continent itself would have...

Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka address supporters at a past rally at Nairobi's Uhuru Park. Politicians are not keen on national cohesion although Parliament has passed a law to speed it up...

KAMPALA, Jul 3 (IPS) - Africa must embrace agricultural biotechnology or risk being excluded from a major technological revolution that has had increased food production in the Europe, North America...

The Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho caused a major frenzy among Nigerian fans as he arrived in the country for a three-day visit.Mourinho arrived in Lagos on Friday as a guest of the Kwara Football...

Leaving little doubt about his disdain for poor governance, he rebuffed the tired song that Africa’s problems were a creation of colonial legacy, saying that the problem is bad leadership. How...

Africa shared top billing with climate change at last year's Group of Eight summit, but the global financial crisis has since undermined developed nations' efforts to meet the financial commitments...

Kampala Ugandan lady golfers breathed a sigh of relief when they learnt that Zambian teen sensation Melissa Nawa had withdrawn from the prestigious Kenya Amateur Strokeplay Championship on the eve...

After that, most went into teaching. And only then did some find opportunities and scholarships to pursue degree courses away from East Africa, mostly in Britain. A few opportunities came from India,...

Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir attends the opening of the African Union summit in Sirte, about 600 kilomertres east of Tripoli, July 1, 2009. The AU has decided not to cooperate with a war...

NAIROBI, Jul 4 (IPS) - Concern is mounting in Kenya that the government has leased a big slice of agricultural land to the Qatari foreign investors to produce food for export.Land rights activists...

Kampala African leaders who embezzle public resources and steal elections should prepare for stinging reproach when US President Barak Obama visits the continent in week’s time or clean up their...

Students from the Universal American School in Dubai (left to right) Homam Zituni, Nader Sayes, Aya Gawda, Alexander Koch, Fadi Al Garawan, Noufel Al Barwani, Abdo Hamdi, Yassin Al Shehabi, Abdullah...

analysis Windhoek — Increased production at existing uranium mines in Namibia and the opening of new ones in response to growing world demand for nuclear fuel will spearhead renewed economic...

Windhoek — Gold One International, which has operations in Namibia, announced this week that it has sold its Twin Hills project in North Queensland to North Queensland Metals Limited and...

(AP) — JOHANNESBURG - Several hundred South Africans gathered on Friday for a moonwalking tribute to the King of Pop that reflected the diversity of the rainbow nation. They were in...

Arusha — The US Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, Jacob Lew, has said that his country's role in humanitarian needs and emergency assistance will continue in the East...

A two-day People's Constitutional Convention aimed at getting civil society organizations together to define and adopt fundamental principles on Zimbabwe's new Constitution kicked off in Harare...

A megaphone atop a truck parked in Accra's main market warns customers that some "unscrupulous persons" are copying Dr. Alhaji Yakubu's medicine to cure all diseases. So make sure you get the...

Militants fighting to overthrow Somalia's U.N.-backed government have condemned talks at the African Union summit in Libya, where African leaders are considering giving the African Union...

A human rights group says civilians in eastern and northern Democratic Republic of Congo are under increasing attack from all sides of the conflicts raging there between Congolese and rebel forces....

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe met Thursday on the sidelines of the African Union summit in Libya with the top U.S. diplomat for Africa, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie...

Corruption within public institutions continues to plague the nations of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, according to a report by a group of regional transparency organizations. Out of the three...

A U.S.-based human rights group says arbitrary arrests and vigilantism in Guinea has raised concerns about the human rights situation in the West African nation. Corinne Dufka, a senior West Africa...

Ireland's cricketers got off to the best possible start in their 4 day Intercontinental Cup match against Kenya at Eglington cricket club, writes John Kenny. In the first match in defence of their...

African leaders gathered at Sirte in Libya for the African Union summit say that they are against the arresting of Sudanese President Al Bashir's, saying the move will not bring peace to the troubled...

ABUJA, Nigeria - Nigeria, Algeria and Niger have signed an agreement to create a $10 billion pipeline that would ship gas across the Saharan desert to Europe, Nigeria's state oil company said Friday....

Africa's leaders meeting in Libya have taken a step toward creation of a continental authority that would have enhanced powers to deal with matters of mutual interest. But a compromise reached after...

Twelve-year-old Joseph Kasirye never made it to the village well after leaving his home in Kayugi in southern Uganda.As he walked to fetch water on Oct. 27 last year he was hit on the head with a...

The International Monetary Fund says economic policy reforms in Zimbabwe have produced a "nascent" economic recovery, but continues to insist the country pay down its debt arrears of more than US$1...

Despite being majority Muslim, Senegal is a known for its religious tolerance. Muslims, Christians, Jews and adherents to traditional African beliefs came together in Dakar to discuss what tensions...

analysis I Grudgingly Have to Admit the Economic Meltdown is very much with us and that we are now suffering from the secondary round fall-out: Production falling, inventories rising, exports...

Nairobi — Protestant churches in Kenya have dispatched one of their leaders to the International Criminal Court at The Hague to deliver a one-million signature petition urging investigations of...

A Darfuri refugee shelters from rain: 'AU member states shall not co-operate... relating to immunities for the arrest and surrender of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to the...

Male circumcision has become an important factor in the spread of HIV in Tanzania, health officials have said, naming regions where it is not practised as the worst affected by the pandemic. Dr Nay...

African leaders in Libya were on Friday hotly debating a draft resolution by the African Union (AU) which will, if adopted, deal a major blow to the efforts of the International Criminal Court (ICC)...

A Zimbabwe government official today appealed to Chinese firms to invest in Zimbabwean mines, asking companies to ignore the country's recent troubles and strike now while the iron is hot. Zimbabwe...

GABORONE, Jul 3 (IPS) - As Botswana prepares for general elections in October, gender activists are protesting against the lack of female parliamentary candidates.The ruling Botswana Democratic Party...

Windhoek — The City of Windhoek said residents should use electricity wisely as they will pay more since the implementation of Time Of Use (TOU) tariffs took effect this week. Only larger...

When Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became Africa's first elected woman President in 2006, she inherited a country shattered by nearly two decades of civil war. Harvard educated, a former banker and World...

The Hague, Netherlands - The International Criminal Court says Kenya will ask it to investigate violence that followed disputed 2007 elections if the country's Parliament cannot agree on how to...

LAGOS (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's choice of Ghana for his first official trip to Africa next week has triggered a bout of self-questioning in Nigeria and Kenya, where many see his...

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Maputo — Emergency work on the Sena rail line in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, following a major derailment on 23 June, have been concluded, much earlier than initially expected,...

Maputo — Mozambican computers are now rolling off an assembly line in Maputo, under a deal between the Mozambican government and the South African company Sahara Computers. The factory began...