A shoot-out between Somali pirates has occurred on a seized Ukranian...

In the small rural village of Eshisiru in Western Kenya, hundreds of women in colourful dresses, many of them surrounded by a gaggle of children, queue patiently in the midday sun. These women are not waiting to draw water from a borehole or to buy food. Instead, they are waiting to be tested for HIV - something that campaigners say is virtually unheard of in...

London, Sep 30 : Just few days after being caught with drugs, popstar George Michael has hit the African safari with lover Kenny...

London, Sept.30 : Out of favour England fast bowler Darren Pattinson has revealed that he had disagreed with the England selectors' decision to play him in the second Test against South Africa at Headingley, and given the acrimony that followed his July call-up, the Victorian-born pace man said he would be content to never again play for...

Flag of Zimbabwe (Ross Land, Getty Images) HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Zimbabwe's opposition says its leader met with President Robert Mugabe but failed to agree on sharing Cabinet posts to finalize a...

Mbabane - Swaziland's new anti-corruption commission on Tuesday pledged to crack down on graft in the impoverished southern African kingdom as it was sworn in after months of delays. The...

AIRN ), a leading provider of WiMAX-based broadband wireless access networks, announced today that it has been selected by One Communications (OneCom), a newly-acquired subsidiary of Safaricom, as...

Officials in Kenya and South Sudan are denying reports that a shipment of tanks and other military equipment was headed for Sudan when it was seized by Somali pirates last week. The reports have...

A family of elephants and some zebras graze in the Masai Mara game reserve while a balloon with tourists takes flight in the background in Kenya earlier this...

September 30, 2008 · More than two dozen albino residents have been murdered in Tanzania since the beginning of the year. NPR's Tony Cox talks with Vicky Ntetema, bureau chief for the BBC in...

MDC deny that Zimbabwe cabinet deal is imminent September 30, 2008, 13:15 Zimbabwe's opposition today denied a suggestion by President Robert Mugabe that a unity government deal was imminent, saying...

Call it a love of ethnicity and urge for authenticity, or a way of expressing the power of green. For all those elements are penetrating the shows of this summer 2009 season. Africa - its nobility,...

A real agenda for action between now and 2015 has been drawn. We also want to do more when it comes to the global partnership for agriculture and...

0 posts A debate over the traditional practice of virginity testing is occurring between the South African Zulu tribe and the government, which banned the practice for girls younger than age 16 last...

+ ] JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The rand regained some of its poise on Tuesday after falling to nearly six-year lows against the dollar overnight when U.S. lawmakers voted against a $700 billion...

+ ] (Adds analysts) NAIROBI, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Kenya's economy recovered from a 1.0 percent first quarter contraction, caused by the post-election crisis, to register 3.2 percent year-on-year...

+ ] By Gordon Bell JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's credit and money supply growth eased in August, while the monthly trade deficit shrank, giving the central bank more reasons to leave...

Zimbabwe's opposition cannot agree Cabinet post deal with Robert Mugabe Spokesman: Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai appealing for help Opposition claims Mugabe trying to hang on to all major...

United States officials have made it clear that Washington won’t fund economic recovery in Zimbabwe unless there’s genuine political power sharing. A recent agreement between President Robert...

ANTANANARIVO, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- The 59th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China was celebrated here Tuesday at the Chinese Embassy with the presence of Madagascan Senate...

September 30, 2008 · On today's "Africa Update," we recap the ongoings at the Clinton Global Initiative. Plus, South Africa swears in a new president, and Nigerians make a bid to buy the...

Though Dr Mwangi revealed that his bank will start off with six branches, Equity is keen on saving costs through its Eazzy 24/7 solution compared to investing in brick and...

The UN Security Council has decided to extend the peacekeeping mission in Liberia for at least one more year while reducing the number of troops and increasing the number of police. The 15-member...

-(Dow Jones)- South African trade union Solidarity Tuesday called on the country's newly elected president to urgently release the findings of a mine safety...

+ ] By Phakamisa Ndzamela JOHANNESBURG, Sept 30 (Reuters) - African countries can save more lives with free health care and rapid diagnostic tests to fight malaria, one of the world's deadliest...

+ ] (Updates with pirates' quotes) By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Somali pirates holding a Ukrainian ship carrying 33 tanks reiterated their demands for a $20 million ransom on...

-(Dow Jones)- The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries may hold an early meeting if oil prices suffer a sustained fall but this option will only be assessed when the final outcome of a...

Kenya Football Federation secretary Sam Obingo said the match had reverted to the original date that was decided by the Guinean football administration after Fifa scrapped plans to have all matches...

+ ] By Andrew Cawthorne NAIROBI (Reuters) - A Ukrainian ship captured by Somali pirates en route to Somalia is carrying at least 30 tanks, a regional maritime organisation said on Friday. ...

September 30, 2008 — IDG News Service — African communications regulators are moving to combat poor services by mobile service providers by imposing heavy fines. The regulators are...

By Paul-Marin Ngoupana BANGUI, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Central African Republic's parliament has passed an amnesty law seen as crucial to efforts to end northern rebellions, but opposition deputies...

September 30, 2008 George Michael is on safari in Africa. The Fast Love singer - who was arrested in a UK public toilet earlier this month and cautioned for possessing crack cocaine and marijuana...

September 30, 2008 · Shoppers in Zimbabwe are now paying for goods using $10,000 and $20,000 notes. Prices are rising so fast that people are using up all their paper money, and the country's...

+ ] (Adds Afghan envoy, paragraphs 10-11) By Mark Heinrich VIENNA, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Syria said on Tuesday it would pursue its bid for a seat on the U.N. nuclear watchdog's governing body...

Mercy Akide-Udoh has targeted the African Championship in November to make her international comeback. The United States-based Nigerian striker has not been seen in a Super Falcons jersey since...

HARARE, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai have failed to break a deadlock on forming a unity government despite direct talks, the...

+ ] RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco's economy grew 6.5 percent year-on-year in the second quarter, down from 7 percent a quarter earlier, but almost treble the rate a year ago as farms recovered from...

In this Monday, Nov. 5, 2007 file photo Senegalese port workers prepare for the arrival of the USS Fort McHenry at the port in Dakar, Senegal. A new command takes over all U.S. military operations in...

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 30, 2008) - Africa Oil Corp. ("Africa Oil" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE:AOI)reports that an insider of the Company has agreed to provide a loan to...

+ ] By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Williams made a loss of 21.4 million pounds in 2007 compared to a deficit of 27.7 million pounds the previous year, according to accounts filed by the...

Population Services International , has distributed almost 60 million condoms in the country during the past two years in an attempt to scale up the fight against...

Washington — The director of the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) warns that the burgeoning global food crisis is “a silent tsunami striking the most vulnerable” wherever they are located. ...

JOHANNESBURG, 30 September 2008 (IRIN) - Temporary shelters set up for foreigners displaced by xenophobic violence earlier in 2008 have to close, said a South African provincial government spokesman....

"They are expected to meet... soon and finalize the issue of government," Nelson Chamisa, spokesman for Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change told AFP. "It can happen anytime. It could happen...

+ ] By Stephen Brown ROME (Reuters) - The 19 Europeans and Egyptians kidnapped in the Sahara were not rescued in a military operation but were released by their captors and driven to safety by...

Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on Tuesday denied a suggestion by President Robert Mugabe that a unity government deal was imminent, saying talks were still...

+ ] BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two men have died from their wounds in a bomb blast in north Lebanon, taking the death toll from the attack to seven, security sources said Tuesday. The bomb attack Monday...

) - Adjusting to college or university life can be rough – moving into residence, living with roommates, balancing academic demands with those of social life. Now try taking your antiretroviral...

) - In Dongamuzi village, in the Lupane district of Zimbabwe's Matabeleland North Province, Jestina Moyo, 56, is making a deal she knows is unfair, but she also knows she has little choice but to...

In this Dec.21, 2005 file picture a mother gently places her son in a basket, as she takes him to a Medecins Sans Frontieres clinic, in Lankien, Southern Sudan after he contracted malaria. An...