"'Hundreds' disarmed in DR Congo"

Combined Anti-Aids And Malaria Drug Possibility

Malawi agents raid Muluzi's home

Donors to halt aid if Malawi leader impeached
Lilongwe - Britain and other key aid donors to Malawi said on Thursday they would not support a new government if President Bingu wa Mutharika, a campaigner against graft in the Southern African country, was impeached.

Dozens wounded in Kenya Constitution riot
Dozens of people were wounded, one of them seriously, on Thursday in clashes between rival factions in the increasingly bitter campaign for next month's referendum on Kenya's draft Constitution, police and witnesses said.

Kenya coup a risk if constitution passes
The risk of a military coup in Kenya will increase if voters approve a draft constitution in a referendum in November, a cabinet minister said on Thursday, in remarks sure to heighten political tensions ahead of the poll.

Stockpiles gone but landmines a continued threat
Guinea-Bissau's government has announced the destruction of its stockpile of roughly 5,000 landmines but disposing of the ones already in the ground is likely to prove far more difficult.

The Dawn of Ghana's Renaissance
Kofi Akosah-Sarpong, after deep reflections and consultations, announces the dawn of Ghana's Renaissance in her development process and concludes that it is irreversible

Eritrea, Ethiopia: Crisis brews
United Nations - In response to warnings of a dangerous crisis brewing between Ethiopia and Eritrea, a draft Security Council resolution demands that they immediately agree to an international commission's decision ruling on their border, which Ethiopia has rejected.

'Hundreds' disarmed in DR Congo
Some 1,000 militiamen in the Democratic Republic of Congo have handed over their weapons, UN officials say.

DR Congo tribunal holds first trial of soldiers committing group rape
The military tribunal of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has put on trial soldiers who committed group rape in the northwestern province of Equator, the UN peacekeeping mission in the country said Wednesday.

WB disapproves revision of Chad's petroleum law
N'DJAMENA, October 26 -- Chadian government's intention to amend its Petroleum Revenue Management Law has raised disapproval of the World Bank, which insists that oil revenues should benefit the poor.

Burundian Refugees Finally Begin To Head Home
Tens of thousands of Burundian refugees are heading home following the end of civil war. Trucks cross the dusty border town of Mugano, each filled with Burundian refugees returning from Tanzania.

Burundi's former child soldiers struggle to fit in

Burkina Faso Opposition Leader Forced to Run for President
Burkina Faso opposition leader, Hermann Yameogo is not fighting to get on the November 13 presidential ballot. He wants to be taken off.

Obasanjo pledges to remain focused
"We will remain focused and not allow these events to cause despondency, especially at the higher levels of government, because if we do, it could permeate our entire national life." This was the pledge made by President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday 36 hours after the untimely death of his wife, Mrs Stella Obasanjo.

SA gun violence stats some of world's highest
South Africa has one of the highest rates of gun violence in the world, with more than 100 000 people dying of bullet wounds between 1994 and 2004, according to a Gun Free South Africa (GFSA) report.

Swiss helped apartheid SA with nukes
Geneva - Neutral Switzerland played a key role in building the nuclear weapons of the former apartheid regime of South Africa, a government-sponsored report said on Thursday.

Mogae urges SA to support Botswana's economy
Botswana has urged South Africa to be a better and more helpful neighbour - and instead of sorting its diamonds in the West, to do so closer to home in Gaborone.

West draining doctors from poor nations
Doctors from the world's poorest countries are leaving in droves to pursue jobs in richer nations, draining much of the developing world of critical medical care, a study shows.

Devastating Exodus of Doctors From Africa and Caribbean Is Found
A new study documents for the first time the devastating exodus of doctors from Africa and the Caribbean to four wealthy English-speaking nations, the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia, which now depend on international medical graduates for a quarter of their physicians.

'SACP did not back land occupation'
South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki says the notion that the South African Communist Party (SACP) had backed mass land occupation in South Africa was a "misconception".

Zim land model 'not for SA'
Parliament - President Thabo Mbeki has dismissed speculation South Africa might follow Zimbabwe's example in dealing with land reform.

SA details ten-point plan for trade talks
As international trade talks before the 6th international World Trade Organisation meeting in Hong Kong in December heat up, South Africa has put a list of ten proposals that it wants to see adopted on the table.

Slaveowner descendants march in Barbados

Mormon missionaries giving up on Venezuela

Egypt parliament in love affair with big money

What's Slowing Down Your PC?

U.S.: House Amendment Tilts Playing Field for Death Penalty

The Secret Government - Part I