26 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

SOUTH AFRICA GOES INTO RECESSION !   Building new stadia for the World Cup has protected ...

26 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Cathy Buckle's Weekly Letter from Zimbabwe ! GREED AND SPEAD ! Dear Family and Friends, As Zimbabwe struggles out of the darkness of a decade of dictatorship and political mayhem we are beginning to see how hard the return journey is going to be. And how long. Little snapshots tell the story: Two policemen, in uniform and on foot, did a ...

26 weeks 3 days 22 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

KENYA'S SAFARICOM IN PROFIT SLIDE !   African mobile phone use has rocketed in recent years ...

27 weeks 16 hours 50 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

ZIMBABWE VIEW : MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE ! In a new series of weekly viewpoints from African journalists, reporter Farai Sevenzo considers Zimbabwe's power-sharing government, as it approaches 100 days in office. I've been thinking about marriages of convenience, of how they can inconvenience your life by virtue of their very ...

27 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

WORLD BANK RESUMES ZIMBABWE AID !   The Zimbabwean economy has been ravaged by the effects ...

27 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

SOMALI ANTI-PIRATE COASTGUARD BID ! Chaotic Somalia's lack of government has allowed piracy to flourish Somalia has asked the international community to help it set up a national coastguard to help tackle piracy. Nur Mohamed ...

27 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

SOUTH AFRICA SHANTY TOWN BILL ROW An estimated one in 10 South Africans live in informal settlements The South African government is being taken to court over plans to abolish shanty towns in the city of Durban. Community ...

29 weeks 21 hours 26 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

LESOTHO AIDS DIARY : ORPHAN !   The BBC, in conjunction with Medecins Sans Frontieres, has been following the lives of seven people from the community of St Rodrigue, in Lesotho, as they struggle to ...

29 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

WORK BEGINS ON NIGER URANIUM MINE   Areva's Anne Lauvergnon and Niger's Mamadou Tandja ...

29 weeks 3 days 11 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

SCOTS FIRM MAKES MALAWI AMBULANCE Scots firm makes Malawi ambulance The boat has been designed ...

29 weeks 4 days 21 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

NO PAY RISES IN 'BROKE' ZIMBABWE ! Mr Tsvangira said the new government needed more time to fix the economy Zimbabwe's Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, has said the new unity government is broke and can not meet trade union ...

29 weeks 5 days 23 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

EXPERTS UNVEIL AFRICAN GENE STUDY The study looked at genetic material from across the African continent A group of scientists have unveiled what they say is the most comprehensive study ever of African genes. Published following a ...

30 weeks 4 days 14 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

VIOLENCE ON THE RISE IN DR CONGO ! The FDLR has long been established in eastern DR Congo Civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have subjected to escalating reprisals at the hands of armed groups, aid agencies say. The ...

30 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

SOMALI CLERIC DEMANDS AU LEAVES ! Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys spent two years in exile in Eritrea Islamist opposition leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys has called for African Union troops to leave Somalia before he talks to the ...

32 weeks 17 hours 46 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

ZIMBABWE ECONOMY 'STARTING FROM ZERO'   By James Melik ...

32 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

US POLITICIAN TARGETED IN SOMALIA ! US politician targeted in Somalia Donald Payne (L) met ...

32 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

PRIZE FOR 'SUN IN THE BOX' COOKER !   By Richard Black Environment ...

33 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

SOUTHERN AFRICA SWAMPED BY FLOODS !   Half a million people have already been affected by ...

33 weeks 3 days 14 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

ZIMBABWE 'TO RE-ENGAGE WITH WEST' !   Zimbabwe's political foes are sharing power in an ...

33 weeks 3 days 22 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

SOUTH AFRICA LEADER WELCOMES G20 !   South Africa has lost jobs in the mining industry ...