Zambia sees growing intolerance of homosexuality
Two high-profile cases involving a suspected gay couple and a homosexual rights activist come back-to-back in Zambian courts this week […]
Africa
Sata’s minister strays into Malawi preaching subsidy ‘bufi’ to a Zambian couple
One of president Michael Sata’s many deputy ministers loitering around the country explaining the removal of subsidies ended-up straying into […]
Sata gives free maize to Mugabe, but 100, 000 threatened with starvation in Namwala
Acting Namwala District Commissioner Godwin Sanjase has disclosed that over 100, 000 people in the district are now on the […]
UK to end direct aid to South Africa
International Development Secretary Justine Greening is to announce that the UK will stop giving direct aid to South Africa in […]
AfDB to Host the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative’s Africa Hub
During the first Advisory Board Meeting of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Initiative, Donald Kaberuka, President of the African […]
“Enormous opportunity” for ending hunger in Africa
Ministers and senior delegates from five African Nations met yesterday with FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva ahead of a […]
Reflections on the Rwandan Genocide by James Nachtwey
Image: Taken by James Natcheway. This Picture tells the genocide which took place in Rwanda This Hutu man was in one […]
Kenya swears in president, West faces balancing act
Uhuru Kenyatta took the oath of office as Kenyan president on Tuesday, presenting Western states with the challenge of how […]
Malawi to take Tanzania dispute to court
Malawi President Joyce Banda says her country is giving up on mediation efforts in the long running border dispute. President […]
Zambia’s ex-President Rupiah Banda arrested
Zambia’s former President Rupiah Banda has been arrested in connection with a Nigerian oil deal, officials say. He is accused […]
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe dodges EU travel ban and arrived in Italy for pope’s inaugural
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s controversial president, is under a European Union travel ban, but he arrived in Italy for the inauguration […]
Zambian ex-president probed for corruption
Former Zambian president Rupiah Banda appeared before an official investigation panel on Monday to answer allegations of corruption during his […]
Zimbabweans vote to adopt new constitution
Zimbabweans began voting on Saturday in a referendum expected to adopt a new constitution that would clip presidential powers and […]
Zimbabwe Radio DJs sacked for saying Mugabe is Malawian
Two DJs have been dismissed within a space of 2 weeks for alleging that President Mugabe was of Malawian origin. […]
Uhuru Kenyatta wins Kenyan elections
Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta was elected Kenya’s new president after beating his bitter rival Raila Amollo Odinga in a hotly contested […]
Kenyans go to polls to elect fourth president after gun attacks
Long lines of Kenyans queued from far before dawn as polls opened on Monday for hard-fought elections, hours after several […]
SA police arrests 3 Zimbabwe nationals over penis enlargement posters
Three Zimbabweans were among seven people who have been arrested in the past few months for putting up “penis enlargement” […]
Zimbabwe has only 2 months supply of ARV’s
Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health and Child Welfare has revealed that it only has two months’ supply of anti-retroviral drugs left […]