India and the United States joined forces to showcase the strengths of India's HIV/AIDS prevention and control program for a delegation from Ghana, a real-life example of the bilateral partnership on global...

George Clooney has said that amongst all his humanitarian efforts, Darfur has been the biggest failure of his...

JOHANNESBURG — A nationwide civil service strike entering its third week is causing massive backlogs at courthouses, and a top South African lawyer said Friday that defendants whose legal...

Tyres burn in a street in Maputo, Mozambique after police opened fire on stone-throwing crowds who were protesting rising prices in this impoverished country, 01 Sept...

The Southern Sudan government is purchasing 10 Mi-17 military transport helicopters from Kazan, a Russian company, for a total cost of $75 million, according to a March 2009 supplement to a May 2007...

Price Riots Spread in Mozambique The United States says it will provide $1 billion over the next five years to help fight AIDS in Mozambique, where some 1.5 million people are living with HIV, the...

TUSTIN, Calif., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Vita-Tech International, Inc. has donated 3 1/2 tons of fresh-dated multi-vitamin tablets to under-served populations in Guinea, West Africa. "Nutritional...

Internally-displaced Sudanese wait to receive food supplies from from the World Food Program in Kalma Camp, near Nyala town in Sudan's southern Darfur region in this file photo. AFP PHOTO|JOSE...

This map provided by Main One Cable Co., shows the Main One undersea fiber-optic cable, which extended to Lagos, Nigeria this summer, bringing vastly greater communications capacity to West...

the 60th session of the Africa Committee of the WHO how the global economic situation could impact funding for health programs in Africa and the ability for countries to reach U.N. Millennium...

G8 pledged $22 billion to in July 2009. According to the article, the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), which seeks to increase African spending on agriculture to foster...

Washington Post editorial encouraging the U.S. to generously support Pakistan as it recovers from major flooding, states: the "humanitarian interest is heightened by Pakistan's centrality to...

Associated Press reports. The Walikale Civil Association "first sounded the alarm on July 25," in a meeting with the Congolese army and local authorities and first warned the U.N. on July 29,...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso -- The two candidates facing off in Guinea's historic runoff election later this month say they'll respect its outcome.Both signed an agreement on Friday in Burkina Faso...

health authorities said.The attack came as unions representing over 1 million public servants, who have been on strike since August 18, defer until Monday their final answer on government's latest...

Mozambique's economy has lost more than $3 million because of deadly riots over the rising prices of food and other goods, the government said Friday, as state media reported new protests in two...

AGOK, Sudan — Four months before Southern Sudan is scheduled to hold an independence referendum, tensions are already rising in this oil-rich region that sits on the expected future border,...

MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambique police fired rubber bullets and teargas at demonstrators on Friday as rioting flared in the capital following two days of protests over high bread prices that saw seven...

A spike in food prices has triggered deadly riots in Mozambique this week, and experts worry other countries that saw such unrest during the last global food crisis in 2008 could be hit...

MAPUTO - Mozambique police fired rubber bullets and teargas at demonstrators on Friday as rioting flared in the capital following two days of protests over high bread prices that saw seven people...

LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia's main opposition leader on Friday said the government should restore mining agreements with foreign investors which it cancelled and reinstate tax concessions, in a major...

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - The two rivals in Guinea's September 19 presidential run-off agreed in writing on Friday to respect the final result of the landmark election intended to bring civilian rule...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) signed an agreement with Kenya on Friday to set up an office in the country to pursue the masterminds of Kenya's post-election violence,...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Activists launched this week a poster campaign backing Egypt's intelligence chief General Omar Suleiman for the 2011 presidency, a move to head off an ongoing campaign for President...

MAPUTO, Mozambique — Mozambique's economy has lost more than $3 million because of deadly riots over the rising prices of food and other goods, the government said Friday, as state media...

Maputo — This week's riots in Maputo will not prevent Portuguese businesses from investing in Mozambique, according to Telmo Fernandes, managing partner of Market Access, a consultancy firm...

Maputo — Groups of looters attacked stalls in the main markets of the central Mozambican city of Beira on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning, according to a report in Friday's issue of...

The matter of MPs choosing to drive rather than fly, at a lesser cost, between Parliament and their constituencies will be examined at a meeting of the multi-party Parliamentary Oversight Authority...

Maputo — The death toll from the rioting in Maputo and the neighbouring city of Matola on Wednesday and Thursday has now risen to ten, according to Health Minister Ivo Garrido. Speaking at a...

A Western Cape construction worker was seriously injured on Friday when the trench he was working in collapsed, ER24 said. Spokesman Andre Visser said the accident happened at the Delft Day Hospital...

Maputo — After two days of rioting over price rises, Maputo was mostly calm on Friday, but a few minor disturbances occurred in some outlying neighbourhoods. AIM reporters who drove across the...

Maputo — Despite threats of a third day of rioting, Maputo was calm on Friday, and by mid-morning there was no sign of further disturbances. On Thursday night, there were still barricades of...

Nairobi — Food security in many parts of Southern Sudan is set to improve after good rains, according to recent crop and precipitation assessments. Some 2.4 million people in Southern Sudan...

Ndalatando — The minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, Afonso Pedro Canga, is expected Friday in northern Kwanza Norte province for a few-hour visit, to check the...

Malanje — Administrators and finances professionals of the districts of the provinces of Bengo, Kwanza Norte and Malange attend since Thursday in this city, a regional seminar on the new State...

Luanda — Angola will host an African chess summit on Saturday in Luanda, with the participation of 13 countries, to adopt a unified programme for the development of the sport in the continent. ...

South African midfielder Steven Pienaar at a training session during the World Cup. Pienaar has warned his South Africa team-mates not to underestimate little Niger when they clash on September 3 in...

Human Rights Watch’s work to curb atrocities perpetrated by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a Ugandan rebel group, took a major step forward in May, when the Obama administration agreed to...

A top South African lawyer says people whose trials have been delayed because of a nationwide civil service strike could end up suing the government for...

Vodacom's M-Pesa mobile phone banking service is all the rage in Kenya, where in 3 years it jumped to 10 million customers in a country of 37 million. But as M-Pesa launches in South Africa, it will...

South Africa has long been reputed to produce some of the world's best auditors. This was given credence when the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Survey for 2009 to 2010 ranks us second...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) - The two candidates facing off in Guinea's historic runoff election later this month say they'll respect its outcome. Both signed an agreement on Friday in Burkina...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A top South African lawyer says people whose trials have been delayed because of a nationwide civil service strike could end up suing the government for damages. Paul Hoffman,...

Guinea’s Prime Minister Backs off Involvement in Presidential Run-Off The two candidates in Guinea's run-off presidential election have signed an agreement to run "peaceful" campaigns and respect...

Koranic students walk past a policeman as they beg to meet the daily quota imposed by their Koranic teacher in the Parcelles Assainies neighborhood of Dakar, Senegal, 31 Aug...

China Using Detention to Silence Dissent China and Nigeria are building one of Africa's largest free trade zones in the commercial capital, Lagos. Chinese companies will use the facility to...