Africa
British gem expert hacked to death
A renowned British gem expert has been hacked to death with machetes by a gang of illegal miners who ambushed him in Kenya.
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Clinton demands end to sexual violence in Congo
Tuesday, 11 August 2009
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was today demanding an end to rampant sexual violence that has engulfed war-ravaged eastern Congo.
Oil is no gift for Africa's poor
Tuesday, 11 August 2009
Nigeria and Angola are Africa's top two oil producers, yet most of their people live in wretched poverty, often in shanties dwarfed by fire-belching derricks.
Islamic sect pulling out gold teeth with pincers
Tuesday, 11 August 2009
The Islamist group al Shabaab is forcibly removing gold and silver teeth from residents in southern Somalia because it says they contravene strict religious law, locals from a coastal town said yesterday.
The wildebeest river is running dry
Monday, 10 August 2009
The animals' stampede through the Mara river is one of nature's most spectacular events. But now the watercourse is drying up, a sign of the damage being done to Africa's fragile eco-system
Madagascar rivals agree power-sharing deal
Monday, 10 August 2009
Madagascar's feuding leaders said yesterday they had agreed a power-sharing deal and would hold elections on the Indian Ocean island within 15 months.
Bullet in the post is price of power for enemy of Mugabe
Friday, 7 August 2009
Alex Duval Smith: Threats will not stop the MDC's march to power, says Zimbabwe's Finance Minister.
The Big Question: Is it time for business, tourists and expats to return to Zimbabwe?
Friday, 7 August 2009
Fight to save rare gorillas
Thursday, 6 August 2009
A bloody battle is raging in Eastern Congo over the illegal charcoal trade that is killing the region's great apes
Poets speak of hopes for a new Zimbabwe
Wednesday, 5 August 2009
Alex Duval Smith: Harare's youth are providing the soundtrack to their country's slow escape from poverty.
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