Africa
Libya pressing for landmines payout
Libya is pressing Britain for compensation for the deaths and injuries caused by thousands of landmines left behind by the British Eighth Army during its North African campaign fighting the Germans and Italians in North Africa in the Second World War.
Inside Africa
The great drought
Saturday, 3 October 2009
Daniel Howden: Rotting carcasses testify to the scale of the disaster that East Africa is facing.
Guinea says it will investigate massacre
Thursday, 1 October 2009
The military leader of Guinea banned all "subversive" gatherings yesterday after his soldiers opened fire on crowds at a pro-democracy rally, killing a reported 157 people and wounding at least 1,250.
International court to act over Kenyan election violence
Thursday, 1 October 2009
The International Criminal Court prosecutor intends to pursue charges against "those most responsible" for Kenya's 2008 post-election violence, his office said yesterday.
Horror of Guinea stadium massacre that killed 157
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Condemnation after rally ends with soldiers 'killing and raping' hundreds.
58 killed as Guinean soldiers open fire at rally
Tuesday, 29 September 2009
At least 58 people were killed when Guinean security forces fired into the crowd at an opposition rally at a football stadium yesterday, according to a human rights organisation in the country.
Can one woman save Africa?
Monday, 28 September 2009
Johann Hari: Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai saw trees being chopped down in her backyard in Kenya and dedicated her life to saving Africa's rainforests.
Gadhafi meets with Lockerbie family members in NYC
Saturday, 26 September 2009
A woman whose brother died in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, says she and another victim's relative met in New York City with Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, whose country has been blamed for the attack.
The dark secrets of the trillion-dollar oil trade
Saturday, 26 September 2009
Tankers full of oil its owners don't want to sell. Shady deals with brutal regimes. Cahal Milmo investigates.
How Africa's party animals drank themselves to death
Friday, 25 September 2009
Alex Duval Smith: Buy alcohol in Kampala and you risk losing your sight – or even your life
Africans resigned to long wait before drugs are available
Friday, 25 September 2009
The news of progress in medical trials in Thailand was greeted in Africa with a combination of excitement and resignation yesterday.
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