AFRICA NEWS

UN reports on fighting in Darfur

2008-11-19T22:34:38Z

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calls on Sudan's government and Darfur rebels to refrain from attacking each other after reports of fighting. Read More......(read more)

Officials quit Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF

2008-11-19T18:41:25Z

Five senior officials from Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party resign amid attempts to revive a defunct liberation movement, Zapu. Read More......(read more)

Rebels withdraw as promised in Congo

2008-11-19T18:37:11Z

Rebel forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo withdraw from two fronts, as promised. Read More......(read more)

Diplomat in South Africa in rhino horn embarrassment

2008-11-19T18:11:04Z

Vietnam is to recall a diplomat from South Africa after she was filmed in an apparent illegal purchase of a rhinoceros horn. Read More......(read more)

UN makes record $7bn aid appeal

2008-11-19T17:03:26Z

The UN launches its largest ever annual aid appeal, saying it needs $7bn (£4.6bn) to help 30 million people in Africa and the Middle East during 2009. Read More......(read more)

UN report says torture rife in Equatorial Guinea

2008-11-19T15:47:00Z

cPolitical prisoners and criminal detainees are systemically tortured in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, a United Nations investigator said on Wednesday. Read More......(read more)

Esperance name new coach

2008-11-19T15:14:36Z

Portugal's Jose Do Morais replaces Carlos Cabral as the coach of Tunisian giants Esperance. Read More......(read more)

Rwandan aide extradited to France

2008-11-19T14:53:47Z

A Rwandan presidential aide is extradited to France from Germany in connection with the killing of a former president. Read More......(read more)

Saudi owners 'talking to pirates'

2008-11-19T14:10:55Z

The owners of a Saudi oil tanker hijacked by Somali pirates are negotiating a possible ransom, the Saudi foreign minister says. Read More......(read more)

Zim health services 'in state of collapse'

2008-11-19T14:04:00Z

With its main hospitals closed and a cholera epidemic raging, Zimbabwe's health services are facing collapse, reports a leading medical body. Read More......(read more)

Must we industrialise to develop?

2008-11-19T13:35:08Z

Should there be an industrial revolution in Africa or has it become too late? Read More......(read more)

Daewoo rents Madagascar plantation

2008-11-19T13:16:10Z

South Korean firm Daewoo says it has leased a vast tract of land in Madagascar, which will produce half of its corn supply by 2023. Read More......(read more)

Rwandans protest over extradition

2008-11-19T12:48:20Z

Rwandans protest against the expected extradition of a presidential aide from Germany to France. Read More......(read more)

Shock at Kenya prisoner beatings

2008-11-19T12:10:41Z

Kenya's prisons service says it is shocked at a video showing warders beating inmates, one of whom later died. Read More......(read more)

Nigerian army gunrunners get life

2008-11-19T10:50:26Z

A military court in Nigeria sentences six soldiers to life in prison for selling thousands of guns to suspected oil militants. Read More......(read more)