SIRTE: African heads of state yesterday approved a plan to enhance the powers of the African Union and give it a role in coordinating defence policy and trade negotiations, a participant in the talks...

U. students Erin Brown, left, and Stephen Manortey interview a Ghanaian mother in the village of Adankwame last month. Both doctoral candidates in public health, the students participate in the U.'s...

Cardinal Newman to be beatified African heads of state yesterday approved a plan to enhance the powers of the African Union and give it a role in co-ordinating defence policy and trade negotiations,...

The community centre and clinic put in place by Edzimkulu in Ndawana, South Africa. Four of the five buildings there recently caught on fire and were...

SIRTE, Libya (AP) - After bitter wrangling, Africa's leaders agreed Friday to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted...

Omar al-Bashir, March 2008 (Salah Malkawi, Getty Images) SIRTE, Libya (AP) - African leaders have approved a contentious decision to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to...

SIRTE, Libya: African leaders reached a compromise early Friday on the powers of a new regional authority that will coordinate key policies but have little power to act without a mandate from member...

The Associated Press SIRTE, Libya -- After bitter wrangling, Africa's leaders agreed Friday to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who...

Sirte: African leaders agreed yesterday to a Libya-driven push to transform the African Union and in theory greatly extend its powers. The change was materialised by morphing the African Union's...

Published Date: July 02, 2009 SIRTE: Iran's hardline president yesterday cancelled his first foreign trip since his re-election was confirmed, leaving African leaders to turn their focus to Somalia...

That image has now taken a hit. In its final report, released yesterday, Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), a body modeled on South Africa's historic truth commission, says Johnson...

Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) [official website] urged Thursday that several one-time military and political leaders be prosecuted in a special Liberian court for war crimes. Those named...

A U.S.-based human rights group says arbitrary arrests and vigilantism in Guinea has raised concerns about the human rights situation in the West African nation. Corinne Dufka, a senior West Africa...

The Zambian government is ready to face a leading South African bank in court for 74.3 million dollars sought over the breach of a feedstock contract, the attorney general said Friday. "They have not...

The diverse crowd on Friday included office workers on break, schoolchildren on holiday and Jackson impersonators sporting red satin jackets and fedoras. Some fans emulated the hip-jutting moves that...

A draft adopted by African heads of state after 15 hours of talks is aimed at simplifying the AU and boosting its power over defense, diplomacy and trade...

African leaders have reached a compromise on the powers of a new regional authority that will coordinate key policies but will have little power to act without a mandate from member...

Colonel Moammar Gadhafi attends the opening of the Arab Summit on March 29, 2008 in Damascus, Syria. (Salah Malkawi, Getty Images) SIRTE, Libya (AP) - African leaders have agreed to a Libyan-driven...

Sirte, Libya - African leaders agreed on Friday to establish a common executive "authority" for the African Union (AU) which will coordinate key policies on the continent, the Libyan secretary in...

Newcastle Falcons have signed Springbok centre Gcobani Bobo on a two-year deal from Super 14 outfit the Stormers.The 29-year-old has played eight Tests for the Boks and represented Western Province...

South African hopefuls in this year's Mr Price Pro Ballito put Wednesday's devastating 12-man loss behind them with six surfers advancing on day four of the R1.4 million event. A substantial drop...

By Peter GraffSORKHDOZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Hundreds of British troops have key seized canal crossings in a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan, military officials said on Friday, part of...

Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund (PAIDF) has invested KES7.5 billion (USD100 million) in Kenya’s fourth and newest mobile operator Essar Telecom Kenya (ETK), formerly known as Econet...

MyWildAfrica is looking for 50,000 people to sign up to a revolutionary concept in game ranch and wildlife conservancy ownership in Africa. Predicated on a subscription based, not for profit,...

Sirte, Libya - African leaders reached a compromise early on Friday on the powers of a new regional Authority that will coordinate key policies but have little power to act without a mandate from...

Liberians and perhaps the rest of the world are still trying to come to grip with the political impact of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) final report...

A South African businessman accused of orchestrating a 15 billion rand ($1.93bn) fraud has admitted to forging documents to deceive Qatar's Barwa Real Estate, a source close to the matter said on...

By Barry Bateman Have you got a burning question for the most powerful man in the world? Then hurry up and SMS it to United States President Barak Obama so that he can address it during his visit...

AFRICAN leaders reached a compromise early today on the powers of a new African Union Authority that will coordinate key policies, but have little power to act without a mandate from member...

Sirte: Concluding marathon talks late into the night, African leaders have agreed to a Libyan-driven push to transform the African Union and in theory greatly extend its powers. The change was...

ALGIERS: More than 8,000 artists and writers from all over Africa, as well as Brazil and the United States, are descending on Algeria for a huge cultural festival that kicks off this weekend until...

DENVER -- A U.S. aid agency and Western Union Co. are teaming up to offer a cash boost to sub-Saharan Africans who live in the U.S. but have business plans back home.The African Diaspora Marketplace...

The presidential elections in Guinea-Bissau will go to a second round after no outright winner emerged in Sunday's vote, the West African country's National Electoral Commission (CNE) announced on...

After repeated appeals by the Liberian government, the United Nations will fund the country's efforts to reform its beleaguered justice system. "This project is designed to increase public...

Algerian star accused of kidnap and trying to force abortion on ex-partner The African Union will not co-operate with the International Criminal Court over its indictment of Sudanese president Omar...

Excerpts: Ahmadinejad no-show at African Union summit.Saudi to 'security fence' its borders July 02, 2009 +++NAHARNET 2 July '09:"Iran's Ahmadinejad Cancels Libya Visit", Associated Press FULL...

Guinea-Bissau is a nation known around the world for political killings, drug trafficking and crippling poverty. As the country awaits the results of presidential elections held June 28, a group of...

SIRTE, Libya: African heads of state Thursday discussed a drastic new decision against the International Criminal Court (ICC) that would in practice give Sudan's president impunity from prosecution...

Vote MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia's truth and reconciliation commission recommended Thursday that ex-President Charles Taylor and seven other former warlords be prosecuted for crimes...

opinion RUNAWAY FOOD PRICES GAVE the world a wake-up call last year. Two weeks ago, another alarm went off: UN food agencies reported that the world's hungry have surpassed one billion in number. At...

SIRTE, Libya (AP) - Africa's leaders were locked in a heated debate Thursday over a draft African Union summit decision that would give Sudan's president continent-wide impunity from prosecution for...

to replace assassinated leader Joao Bernardo Vieira in the coup-prone former Portuguese colony of 1.3 million people. Sanha served as interim president...

(AFP)--Libyan leader Moamer Gadhafi briefly walked out of the African Union summit Thursday in frustration at divisions over his scheme to create a powerful continental government, diplomats...

A draft resolution obtained by AFP "expresses its deep concern at the indictment" of Bashir in March over crimes against humanity and war crimes in the western Sudanese region of Darfur. It also...

More than fifty institutions from eighteen African countries - from Senegal to Sudan to South Africa - are to participate in international consortia under a £30 million initiative from the Wellcome...

Starting July 3, you are invited to send a text message to President Barack Obama with your questions and comments in advance of his visit to Africa. Those who respond early will receive SMS...

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - July 2, 2009) - New Guinea Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE:NGG)(FRANKFURT:NG8) - Gold production continued to increase throughout the second quarter 2009...

Following a call from the party's youth wing for nationalisation of South Africa's mines, the ruling ANC party's Secretary-General said nationalisation of the country's mines was not on the party's...

Elections in Guinea-Bissau to replace assassinated President Joao Bernardo Vieira are to go to a second round, the electoral commissioner says.Mr Vieira was killed in March in apparent revenge for...