18 weeks 20 hours 13 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Nigeria militants release crew ! Militants from Mend say the releases were a "dividend" from the ceasefire Militants in Nigeria have released six crew members they seized from an oil ...

18 weeks 20 hours 24 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Former minister in Ghana arrested Mr Osei-Adjei said prosecutors had not given him details of the charges Ghana's former Foreign Minister Akwasi Osei-Adjei has been charged with causing financial ...

18 weeks 20 hours 27 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Kenya boosts Somali border force ! Kenya is worried the lawlessness in Somalia could spill over the border Kenya has promised to reinforce its border with Somalia after several abductions near ...

18 weeks 20 hours 38 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Kenya boosts Somali border force ! Kenya is worried the lawlessness in Somalia could spill over the border Kenya has promised to reinforce its border with Somalia after several abductions near ...

18 weeks 20 hours 49 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Former minister in Ghana arrested ! Mr Osei-Adjei said prosecutors had not given him details of the charges Ghana's former Foreign Minister Akwasi Osei-Adjei has been charged with causing ...

18 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Mineral firms 'fuel Congo unrest' ! Rebel groups control large parts of the trade, Global Witness says Western mineral firms are fuelling violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo by failing ...

18 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Somali Islamists ban UN agencies ! Al-Shabab and its allies control much of southern Somalia and Mogadishu Somali militants accused of links to al-Qaeda have banned three United Nations agencies ...

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

China firm in Namibia bribe claim ! Nuctech is a leading supplier of airport security scanners Namibia is investigating allegations of bribery over a government contract with a Chinese ...

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

Mali ex-rebels to tackle al-Qaeda ! The main group of Tuareg ex-rebels in Mali has agreed to help the army tackle al-Qaeda's North African branch. Both groups roam across the Sahara Desert and so correspondents say the ...

18 weeks 4 days 18 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

German freighter freed for ransom ! Pirate attacks have resumed after a brief lull caused by bad weather Somali pirates have released a German-owned cargo ship held for nearly three months and ...

18 weeks 4 days 18 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Ghana secures $600m loan from IMF ! Oil could offer Ghana a bright future Ghana is to get a $600m three-year loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), amid concerns about the impact of the ...

18 weeks 4 days 18 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Nigeria 'ready for 10,000 rebels' ! Militant attacks have sharply cut Nigeria's oil production Some 10,000 militants could benefit from an amnesty in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta region, a ...

18 weeks 6 days 13 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Bongo son set for Gabon candidacy ! Ali-Ben Bongo's candidacy is likely to prove controversial The son of Gabon's late President Omar Bongo has been chosen by the ruling party to stand in the ...

18 weeks 6 days 13 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

UN 'open to Uganda rebel talks' ! Mr Kony is said to have little interest in the peace process The UN has insisted it is committed to talks with Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony and his rebel group, ...

18 weeks 6 days 13 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Wanted Bashir 'drops Uganda trip' ! Mr Bashir has visited Egypt and Libya since the warrant was issued Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has cancelled plans to travel to Uganda, a Ugandan official ...

19 weeks 10 hours 32 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Zambia prosecutes editor of Post ! Chansa Kabwela edits Zambia's best-selling newspaper An editor at Zambia's biggest-selling newspaper has been charged with distributing obscene materials ...

19 weeks 15 hours 59 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Nigeria authorities welcome truce ! Mend has attacked pipelines and buildings in the Delta Nigeria's government has welcomed a 60-day ceasefire declared by the main militant group in the ...

19 weeks 1 day 38 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Swiss court releases Mobutu money ! Mobutu Sese Seko ruled for nearly 32 years A Swiss court has ruled that the assets of Mobutu Sese Seko, former leader of Zaire, now the DR Congo, who died in ...

19 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Genocide court jails Rwandan man ! Some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed in 1994 A UN court has sentenced the former governor of the Rwandan capital, Kigali, to life in prison for ...

19 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Foreigners abducted in Mogadishu ! Islamist guerrillas roam freely in many parts of lawless Mogadishu Two Europeans, believed to be French, have been kidnapped from a hotel in Somalia's capital ...