The communications director of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said several heads…
Taylor trial: Mbeki to give evidence?
Johannesburg - Charles Taylor's chief lawyer said he wants former South African President Thabo Mbeki…
Africa ‘must redouble peace efforts’
Pretoria - Africans need to redouble their peace efforts to ensure the continent is not…
Man butchers parents, siblings
Lagos - The son of a senior intelligence officer has confessed to killing his own…
Nkomo statue to be dismantled
Harare - Public anger over a decision to allow a North Korean firm to make…
Kenyan woman killed, mutilated
Nairobi - A Kenyan woman was found murdered and her genitals cut off, an official…
France probes group kidnap in Niger
Paris - French firms Areva and Vinci said on Thursday that seven of their employees…
Hunger costs poor countries $450bn per year
Poor nations part with $450 billion a year, ten times more the amount needed to…
US plans to train Nigerian forces
Lagos - A US diplomat says his country will provide training to the Nigerian military…
Guinea delays presidential polls
Conakry - The second round of Guinea's presidential election will not be held on Sunday…