Forecasters are warning that recent rains in northern Niger and Mali may have incubated a second generation of desert locusts bred by parent swarms that descended on the two ... Read more »
The United Nations has condemned the roadside bomb attack that killed a former minister and left two others seriously injured in Mogadishu. Read more »
A nutrition programme aims to diversify the diet of locals, by equipping them with skills, to help tackle chronic malnutrition on the island nation that is among the worst affected ... Read more »
Despite pressure from NGOs and civil society groups, Unesco has awarded the prize, ignoring the controversy surrounding President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo and his regime. Read more »
Leaders of the seven-nation contact group on Mali have urged political leaders and the civil society in the country to hold consultations leading to the formation of a government ... Read more »
The World Bank has approved a funding loan that Ethiopia and Kenya needed to build a 1,000-kilometre high-voltage power line from the controversial Gibe III dam to Kenya. Read more »
Justice Minister, Eugene Wamalwa, has announced that William Ruto and Deputy Prime Minister, Uhuru Kenyatta, are free to run for the presidency now that their trial at The Hague ... Read more »
The country has denied reports that clashes broke out between two ethnic groups in Abyei. Read more »
International Criminal Court judges have sentenced Thomas Lubanga for conscripting and recruiting children under the age of 15 years and using them in armed conflict. But they ... Read more »
Contrary to widespread speculation, former UN Deputy Secretary General Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro announced that she has no plans to vie for the country's top job after returning home ... Read more »
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