News: Africa

The head of the global financial lending body, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has said it is still not prepared to offer Zimbabwe any new loans, citing the ongoing political crisis in the country.

The Principals to the Global Political Agreement on Monday failed to come to an agreement concerning the unilateral re-assignment of ministerial functions that were gazetted by government last week Friday.

A damning report outlining how Mugabe's regime has used torture and imprisonment to manipulate elections and other political processes will be launched at the Book Café in Harare on Thursday. The report entitled 'Cries from Goromonzi - Inside Zimbabwe's Torture Chambers' was commissioned by the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition and contains 23 harrowing testimonies from individuals tortured between 2000 and 2009.

Catholic papal Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday condemned the "atrocious" mayhem in Jos where over 500 people were massacred at the wee hours of last Sunday, also police said 49 people responsible would be charged with murder.

Botswana government it is totally against Kenya's plans of a 20-year moratorium on ivory trading.

Botswana government it is totally against Kenya's plans of a 20-year moratorium on ivory trading.

The 2009 My Star winner, Kitso Selato, has revealed that he has signed a three-year contract with Pop Star Botswana Company. My Star Company, owned by Master D, has also hired a manager for Selato, his runners-up Dineo and Naledi, and the 2008 winner Tebogo Tlhagadikgora.

The Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta have destroyed fresh 500 illegal crude oil refineries and arrested six suspected oil thieves at Egbekebor and Gbelekumor communities in Delta State.

The Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta have destroyed fresh 500 illegal crude oil refineries and arrested six suspected oil thieves at Egbekebor and Gbelekumor communities in Delta State.

High-level representatives from 44 African countries wrapped up a United Nations-backed conference in Nigeria today with the approval of an ambitious plan to generate employment, income and food security across the continent through agribusiness.

High-level representatives from 44 African countries wrapped up a United Nations-backed conference in Nigeria today with the approval of an ambitious plan to generate employment, income and food security across the continent through agribusiness.

As soldiers replaced police officers at every junction stretching from the Churchill Town Junction near the petrol station to the airport in rapid succession many people using the route began to ask: "What is going on? What is Going on?" The Foroyaa Office became the place of inquiry for many people. They also told us what they saw as they made enquiries. The soldiers were heavily armed. They did not only take position on the main road, they also moved inside Ibo Town.

It costs more to vaccinate a child in Chad against polio - almost 70 US cents per child - than in any other country in the world at risk of polio outbreaks, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

On 9 March, UNAMID, collaborating with other humanitarian agencies, conducted a mission to Taiba Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, about 40 km north of Zalingei, West Darfur. More than 600 people, mainly women, children and elderly persons, have fled inter-tribal fighting in Khorramla village, east of Zalingei.

South African President Jacob Zuma submits his declaration of interests, after critics urged an inquiry into his finances.

Up to half the food aid in Somalia is routinely diverted to corrupt contractors and militants, a UN report says.

Police say 49 people are to be charged with murder following communal violence that left scores of Nigerian villagers dead.

It is fitting that one of the sharpest minds and committed leaders of South Africa's illustrious AIDS activist movement has documented not only the atrocities perpetuated by the Mbeki-Manto reign, but also the evolution of one of the greatest civil society activist movements in our country's history.

The Treatment Action Campaign's General Secretary Vuyiseka Dubula-Majola and Chairperson Nonkosi Khumalo have received the John M Lloyd Foundation Leadership Award in Los Angeles.

Mozambique's National Disaster Management Institute (INGC) has raised the flood alert level to "red" and some 130,000 people living along three main rivers in central Mozambique are at risk of possible floods and need to be moved urgently.