African Diplomats called for Congress to reauthorize the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for another 15 years. Read more »

Most of the focus in the furious controversy over Zimbabwe's July 31 election, in which President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF is set to extend its rule to nearly four decades, is on ... Read more »

With no candidate obtaining over 50 percent of the votes necessary for an outright victory, the government has announced that the presidential election will go to a second round on ... Read more »

A new study by the World Food Programme and Swaziland's government has revealed that the country's reliance on international donors hasn't helped avert the reality of chronic food ... Read more »

Analysts say the scourge of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea can only be truly eradicated if the socio-economic and political environment in which piracy emerges as a viable activity ... Read more »

The Zimbabwe Election Support Network, a coalition of 31 non-governmental organisations monitoring polls in the country since 2000, has said that the election was "seriously ... Read more »

The government has indicted several people linked to a corruption saga at the Liberian Airport Authority. They allegedly defrauded the government of hundreds of thousands of U.S. ... Read more »

A new report by an American advocacy group says the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, Joseph Kony, is losing control over the rebels that for decades have wrought havoc ... Read more »

According to the Bureau of Statistics, inflation has risen from 3.6 percent in June to 5.1 percent in July. Drought led to a reduction in food supplies and an increase in prices. Read more »

An official said on Sunday that the death toll of the violent confrontations which erupted during the early hours of Saturday by the Rabaa al-Adaweya Mosque has increased, with ... Read more »