A lack of legislation stipulating a minimum age at which boys can attend an initiation school and be circumcised has seen boys as young as 12 dropping out of school and heading for ... Read more »
The frequent looting of relief aid in Mogadishu by local or state security agents seriously undermines efforts to help hundreds of thousands of people, say officials and aid ... Read more »
Paris prosecutors have said that, due to lack of evidence, they called off a probe into claims that former French president Jacques Chirac and other politicians took millions from ... Read more »
According to a United Nations report, heavy rains and an outbreak of cholera in Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp is worsening the situation in the overcrowded camp where aid efforts ... Read more »
The largest known pear-shaped "fancy vivid yellow" diamond in the world, mined in South Africa, has sold for a record price in Geneva. Read more »
An appeal against a million-euro fine on multinational oil trader Trafigura for the illegal export of toxic waste later dumped in Ivory Coast after a stopover in the Netherlands, ... Read more »
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's announcement that the American government now prioritizes creating an Aids-free generation could be more than just political lip-service - ... Read more »
Security analysts question the 2007 mandate of Africa Command, a military organization, especially after bungled operations in Somalia and Uganda. Read more »
AllAfrica speaks to economist Paul Collier about his latest book, The Plundered Planet. It deplores the extraction of Africa's natural resources to benefit a few and presents a ... Read more »
Former President Thabo Mbeki is not happy with NATO, the West or the UN Security Council. All drew criticism from the former president, who is worried that the Libyan intervention ... Read more »
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