Africa
Obasanjo's bid for third term rejected by Senate
Published: 17 May 2006
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo's dreams of a third term in office appeared to be over after the Senate threw out amendments to the country's constitution that would have allowed him to run in next year's elections.
Aids and a lost generation: Children raising children
Published: 16 May 2006
Ruth Nakabonge crouches on the ground clutching a handful of earth to fling over her father's coffin. Like millions of children across Africa she has lost a parent to Aids - and been deprived of a childhood
The woman who has the power to change Africa
Published: 16 May 2006
Africa's medicine man
Published: 16 May 2006
These children have seen things that no child should ever see
Published: 16 May 2006
Transcript of interview with Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigerian Finance Minister
Published: 16 May 2006
She's late
Sorry, it's my first day back in the country [from
the IMF/World Bank meetings in Washington] and I had to go and see the
President
Kenya: White mischief (part two)
Published: 14 May 2006
Nigerian petrol thieves suspected as blast kills 200
Published: 13 May 2006
A huge explosion tore through an eastern suburb of the Nigerian city of Lagos yesterday, killing up to 200, after people had reportedly gathered to collect oil leaking from a ruptured pipeline that had been damaged by villagers looking for free fuel.
Egyptian trial of pro-reform judges halted after protests
Published: 12 May 2006
Thousands of riot police locked down central Cairo as the government attempted to discipline two senior judges for speaking out about election fraud.
Sequel to White Mischief as aristocrat kills again
Published: 12 May 2006
Tom Cholmondeley, heir to Kenya's vast Delamere estates, has been arrested after killing a suspected poacher on his land, just a year after he narrowly escaped facing murder charges for shooting dead a wildlife ranger.
Saved from the sea, the treasures of Alexandria
Published: 12 May 2006
It is as significant as Pompeii, yet its discovery began just a decade ago in polluted waters four miles off the Egyptian coast. Now, the priceless remains of the ancient port of Alexandria and its predecessor cities, Heracleion and Canopus, are being exhibited for the first time in Berlin.
British farmer building gallows for export to Africa
Published: 10 May 2006
A British farmer who sold execution equipment to countries such as Zimbabwe and Libya has been accused of "making a mockery" of UK efforts to oppose the death penalty abroad.
ANC's Zuma cleared of rape charge but rebuked by judge
Published: 09 May 2006
Jacob Zuma, South Africa's former deputy president, has been acquitted of rape after a politically charged case that jeopardised his career and split the ruling African National Congress.
Zuma cleared in South African rape case
Published: 08 May 2006
A judge ruled today that former South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma and an HIV-positive family friend who accused him of rape had consensual sex.
Aid workers 'using under-age African girls for sex'
Published: 08 May 2006
Girls as young as 12 in Liberia are regularly having sex with men - often humanitarian workers and peace-keeping soldiers - in return for money or food, a British charity revealed today.
Refugees too scared to go home despite Darfur deal peace
Published: 08 May 2006
It is going to take more than a couple of signatures on a piece of paper to persuade Kaltam Ali to go back to her home in Darfur.
Township crew tackles elite of America's Cup
Published: 07 May 2006
Sudan signs peace deal with rebels over Darfur
Published: 06 May 2006
Sudan's government and the main rebel group fighting over Darfur's meagre resources have signed a power-sharing peace deal. It is hoped the milestone agreement will help end a conflict that has left more than 180,000 people dead and two million homeless.
Congo's tragedy: the war the world forgot
Published: 05 May 2006
Panadol given to Zimbabwe's Aids patients as life-saving drugs run out
Published: 04 May 2006
The HIV/Aids epidemic gripping Zimbabwe looks set to spiral further out of control because President Robert Mugabe's foundering government is running out of antiretroviral drugs.
Darfur crisis puts Sudan top of 'failed states' list
Published: 03 May 2006
The humanitarian crisis in Darfur, which is now spilling over into neighbouring Chad, has pushed Sudan to the top of the Global Index of Failed States.
Ethiopia condemned as opposition leaders are put on trial for treason
Published: 03 May 2006
Dozens of Ethiopian opposition leaders accused of plotting to overthrow the government appeared in court charged with treason and attempted genocide in a trial condemned by human rights groups as "absurd."
Hopes fade for Darfur peace deal
Published: 02 May 2006
Peace talks aimed at ending the violence in Darfur have been extended until midnight tonight. But observers in the Nigerian capital are pessimistic that a settlement will be reached.
Sudan accepts Darfur peace deal but rebels dig in
Published: 01 May 2006
The Sudanese government said that it had accepted a peace plan prepared by the African Union.
Clooney urges action as Sudanese aircraft attack villages in Darfur
Published: 28 April 2006
The Sudanese government has launched a new military assault in southern Darfur, according to a leading human rights group, attacking villages and displacing thousands of civilians before a deadline for the conclusion of peace talks.
