Africa News

The Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement have reopened the road between Yei in Uganda and Juba in southern Sudan, local press reported on Tuesday.

Blame it on lack of time, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is unable to meet members of the 60,000-strong Indian community in France.

Universal devastation caused by the second World War will continue to haunt those who still ... It is not surprising that fierce peasant uprisings in countries such as Algeria and Kenya led to independence in most countries.

Jordanian Major Mohamad al-Shawabkeh crouched behind sandbags in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince last month, ducking the frequent gunfire from gangs controlling a nearby shantytown.

The bodies of the 13 victims of last week's plane crash in Congo will be repatriated to Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo transport minister said on Monday.2.7

ANYONE reading our state-controlled media in Zimbabwe might be forgiven for thinking the Cold War between America and the Soviet Union was still going with a high prospect of victory for Stalin and Mao Tse ...2.7

As local tourism industry players report a decline in visitors and predict further losses, the city police has announced additional security measures aimed at improving the city's image for potential tourists.3.2

The .za Domain Name Authority launched its public consultative discussion document here yesterday.2.7

AN elderly Summerstrand woman is in intensive care in hospital after being beaten up in her home by two young intruders at the weekend.2.7

Nearly 14,000 Burundi refugees returned home last month from camps neighbouring in Tanzania, more than twice the number that returned in July, UN refugee agency said.2.7

The archipelago of three Indian Ocean islands between mainland Africa and Madagascar called the Comoros Islands, with a population of just over 600,000 inhabitants, became the 207th FIFA member Monday, Sept.2.9

POLICE investigating gangsterism in Nelson Mandela Bay's northern suburbs have called on the area's tavern owners to help with the probes as residents are too afraid to speak up.2.7

NIGERIA Deposit Insurance Corporation has declared a N10.9 billion liquidation dividend for depositors of the 34 liquidated banks in the country.2.7

All the evidence as well as recent history points to a heavy defeat for Zimbabwe when they face India in the first of two cricket Tests which starts at Queens Sports Club here on Tuesday .2.7

It was on the beach and in the sea at the Sicilian coastal town of Gela Sunday where 11 bodies of illegal immigrants from Africa crossing from Libya were found.2.9

PRESIDENT Olusegun Obasanjo pledged, yesterday, in far away Madrid, Spain that contrary to fears, the 2007 elections in the country would be devoid of violence.2.7

LONDON: Kevin Pietersen's maiden Test hundred secured England's first Ashes series win for 18 years after the fifth and final Test against Australia was drawn at the Oval here on Monday.2.9

Lucknow-based Sahara Computers and Electronics Ltd , a joint venture between the South African IT major, Sahara Computers , and Sahara India Pariwar, has signed a MoU for the acquisition of SES Technologies, ...2.7

By Thokozani Mtshali ANC leaders in KwaZulu-Natal believe they can breathe a little easier after the party's national executive committee's decision to force President Thabo Mbeki and his former deputy, Jacob ...4

Chef Matthew Kemp in Restaurant Balzac. Photo: Jane Dyson Two years after it closed, one stand-out restaurant still feeds Sydney.2.9

ROME: An Italian missionary was hacked to death by villagers in the Congo Republic after a car accident in which a three-year-old girl was killed, Rome-based Catholic news agency Misna reported.2.7

A MAGNIFICENT knock of 90 at Edgbaston was one of three half-centuries. The Somerset left-hander was second highest run scorer.2.9

Major 'Gentleman Jim' Almonds, who has died aged 91, was the oldest surviving member of the ... In September 1942 Almonds, then a sergeant with "L" detachment SAS, took part in a pre-dawn raid on Benghazi, Libya.2.7

Stansfield Motors on Thursday launched the new Peugeot 407 and Partner Combi at a colourful ... Stansfield Motors Chief Executive Officer Tich Robb said the new vehicles are suitable for Malawi and they are economical in terms of fuel consumption.2.7

By Hillary Kiirya LOCAL oil companies have met Kenyan officials over the increasing fuel scarcity in Uganda and asked them to relax the recently imposed regulations on the products.2.7

When it rains, the saying goes, it pours. Since the dying days of August it's never stopped pouring in New Orleans, Biloxi and all the other towns devastated when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast region of ...2.7

UNDERDEVELOPED Burkina Faso, a small landlocked country in the African continent, is confident of achieving a 7 per cent economic growth annually with the participation of Malaysians in its various sectors, ...2.7

By Cyprian Musoke SCARCITY in southern Sudan might be a thing of the past after the Yei-Juba road reopened last Monday.2.7

The article was not a blanket commendation of the president though. In it, I had pointed out that he was to be commended for instituting the war against corruption.2.7

The powerful Hammers striker could have spent most of the season languishing on the bench if Czech international Milan Baros had not snubbed a move to West Ham in favour of Aston Villa.2.9

Transport department spokeswoman Wendy Watson believes more than half of all drivers in South Africa have forged licences or licences issued against forged licences from other African states.2.7

A HIGH Court judge on Monday refused defence attorney calls for her to step down from trying a ... Critics of Mugabe's government say the anti-graft drive was an attempt to divert attention from Zimbabwe's economic crisis.2.7

The issue of the Rafah crossing is one of the thorniest accompanying the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, which was completed on Sunday.2.7

KCB Safari Rally winner Glen Edmunds has been ruled out of the KCB Mavuno Loan Rally slated for Nanyuki next weekend.2.7

The slick allies simply could no longer tolerate the continuous loss of the Ogoni quota of crude oil production in the face of the ever rising oil price and huge revenue the corruption-ridden Obasanjo regime is ...2.7