Zimbabwe: Summit Tells Leaders to 'Show Maturity'

South Africa's President Kgalema Motlanthe opened an extraordinary summit of southern African leaders on Sunday with a call to Zimbabwean leaders to "show political maturity" by… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: What Went Wrong With Historic War Crimes Case?

More than 30 months after the history-making arrest of Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo - the first suspect to be sent to The Hague in the Netherlands to face war crimes… Read more »

Nigeria: Rewarding Non-Violence in the Niger Delta

At a time of historically high oil prices, a model has emerged in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta that could allow more than a million barrels per day of production to come back… Read more »

Kenya: Battle Tanks in Pirate Drama Off Somalia

A hijack drama is playing out off the coast of Somalia, where pirates have seized a cargo ship reportedly carrying Russian T-72 tanks destined for Kenya. Read more »

South Africa: New President Removes Health Minister

New South African President Kgalema Motlanthe has unexpectedly removed controversial Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang from her portfolio. Read more »

Sudan: Mbeki Joins Bashir to Reject War Crimes Charges

South African President Thabo Mbeki has backed Sudan’s rejection of an international prosecutor’s bid to indict President Omar al-Bashir on charges of genocide and war… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Leaders Sign Historic Pact

Zimbabwe's three principal political leaders signed a power-sharing agreement in Harare on Monday, bringing to an end nearly 30 years of exclusive rule by the Zimbabwe African… Read more »

Sudan: Hijackers Release Passengers in Libya

Two hijackers who seized a Sudanese airliner flying from the Darfur region to the capital, Khartoum, have released the flight's 87 passengers in Libya, the Sudan Tribune newspaper… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Justice or Peace? War Victims Speak

In Africa's worst conflicts, victims' voices are rarely heard during the elite debate that treats peace and justice as though they were an either-or. Read more »

Zimbabwe: 'Get Politics Right, Then Economy'

The Zimbabwe crisis continues to capture headlines as negotiations enter a third week. Last week, AllAfrica sat down with Rejoice Ngwenya, a Zimbabwean writer and intellectual who… Read more »

Mauritania: President Deposed By Military Officials

Mauritantia's President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdellahi was deposed early Wednesday in what appears to be a bloodless military coup, local sources said. Read more »

Liberia: U.S. Representative Calls for $225 Million in Funding

Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (Democrat - Illinois) has proposed legislation in the United States Congress which would authorize U.S. $225 million in assistance to Liberia over the… Read more »

Sudan: World Shamed Over Darfur Helicopters

An international coalition of activists on Thursday set out to name and shame governments around the world for their failure to provide even one of the additional helicopters… Read more »

Sudan: South Africa Asks UN to Suspend Indictment

South Africa, supported by China, is trying to persuade the United Nations Security Council to suspend the attempt to prosecute Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir for genocide and… Read more »

Sudan: Security Council Should Set Govt Benchmarks

The United Nations Security Council is no stranger to intractable international disputes. But soon Sudan will present it with a different kind of problem, one it has not faced in… Read more »

Sudan: Court Accuses Al-Bashir of Darfur War Crimes

The prosecutor of the newly-established International Criminal Court (ICC) today accused Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir of genocide and war crimes arising out of the war in… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Russia, China Veto UN Sanctions on Mugabe

Russia and China vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution on Friday which would have imposed an arms embargo against Zimbabwe and financial and travel sanctions on… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Lays Down Talks Conditions

Zimbabwean political leader Morgan Tsvangirai has characterised Thursday's meeting between representatives of his party and the ruling Zanu-PF as talks about talks. Read more »

Africa: History Can Be Cruel for Eritrea, Ethiopia

A decade ago Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki launched a border war in the Horn of Africa that killed 80,000 people. Read more »

Liberia: Farm Workers Killed in Clash

At least 13 farm workers are dead after a violent clash over a plot of farmland 55 kilometers south-east of the capital, Monrovia. Read more »

Africa: Yar'Adua Explains Stand on Africom

President Umaru Yar'Adua reiterated in South Africa Tuesday that he had asked the United States to give military assistance to groupings of African nations, but that he had… Read more »

Somalia: UN Security Council Pushes Peace Process

The United Nations Security Council is beginning a 10-day, five-nation mission to Africa with a drive to support the Somali peace talks being held in neighbouring Djibouti. Read more »

Sudan: Abyei Conflict Threatens to Escalate

Sudan could be sliding back into a national civil war. Read more »

Sudan: U.S. Candidates Urge End to Darfur Violence

All three remaining United States presidential candidates have demanded that the "genocide and violence in Darfur be brought to an end" in an advertisement in Wednesday's… Read more »

South Africa: A Cape Town Suburb Copes With Refugees

Violence or the threat of it has forced an estimated 20,000 migrants out of their homes to places of temporary shelter in Cape Town. AllAfrica intern Faatimah Hendricks blogs on… Read more »