10 weeks 19 hours 26 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

KENYA BEGINS HUGE SLUM CLEARANCE !   The Kibera slum is infamous for overcrowding and crime Kenyan authorities have begun to move residents ...

10 weeks 1 day 26 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

FINNISH GENOCIDE TRIAL IN RWANDA !   Mr Bazaramba is following proceedings via a video link ...

10 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

SOMALI FURY AT 'AL-QAEDA KILLING' !   ...

10 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

MIGRANTS 'DROWN' OFF SOMALI COAST !   UNHCR says about 43,000 people have tried to cross ...

10 weeks 3 days 13 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

ZIMBABWE'S PM ALLEGES PERSECUTION !   The rally was held to mark ten years of MDC ...

13 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

BIRTH CERTIFICATE BACKS SA GENDER ! Caster Semenya's birth certificate clearly states she is female The BBC has seen the birth certificate of South African athlete Caster Semenya, which states that the new 800m world champion is ...

13 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

PROGRESS AT DARFUR PEACE TALKS ! The Jem rebel groups have not signed up to the deal At least four of the numerous rebel groups in Darfur have agreed to work together, says the US envoy to Sudan. Scott Gration said the deal ...

13 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

SOMALI INSURGENTS IN DEADLY RAID ! Civilians are often caught in the crossfire in Mogadishu More than 20 people have been killed in heavy battles in Somalia's capital after Islamist fighters launched a pre-dawn raid in the south of ...

13 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

SEMENYA 'ALMOST BOYCOTTED MEDAL' ! Caster Semenya left her opponents trailing in the race New 800m world champion Caster Semenya almost snubbed her gold medal ceremony after being told to take a gender test, a South African sports ...

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

SCORES OF MIGRANTS PERISH AT SEA ! By David Willey BBC News, Rome ...

13 weeks 6 days 15 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

KENYA DROUGHT WORSENS HUNGER RISK ! People are saying it is the worst drought for years More than one million Kenyans risk facing hunger because of a prolonged drought, the UN has warned. The lack of rains has caused crops to fail ...

13 weeks 6 days 15 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

ANC CONDEMNS ATHLETE GENDER TEST ! Caster Semenya was the only girl in her village's football team South Africa's ruling party has backed the new 800m world champion, Caster Semenya, condemning those who have raised doubts about her ...

14 weeks 2 min 6 sec ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

UGANDAN MAN DEFIES TOMB TRADITION ! Seventy-five-year-old Ugandan Gabriel Kyotera tells the BBC's Africa Have Your Say programme why he feels it is important to be prepared for death - and as a consequence built his own tomb five years ago. Mr Kyotera has been ...

14 weeks 8 min 33 sec ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

CHOLERA 'MAY RETURN TO ZIMBABWE' ! Cholera 'may return to Zimbabwe' Many Zimbabweans rely on unsanitary water sources Zimbabwe is at risk of another outbreak of cholera later on because it failed to deal with causes of the epidemic that began last year, aid agencies say. Both Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) and the UN ...

14 weeks 15 hours 57 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

SOMALI TOWN CLEARED OF RADICALS ! Islamist groups control much of southern Somalia Islamists fighting Somalia's UN-backed government have lost control of a town - the second such loss in recent days. Commanders from a local militia ...

14 weeks 16 hours 40 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

TUNISIA REPORTER MOVE 'BODES ILL' ! The group says media freedom is already extremely limited A group of pro-government reporters has seized control of Tunisia's largest journalism union two months before a general election, ...

14 weeks 23 hours 11 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

SA 'RACIST VIDEO' TRIAL TO START ! The video sparked student protests on campus Four white former university students in South Africa who allegedly forced black campus employees to eat food soaked in urine are going on trial. They ...

14 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

ERITRA TO PAY ETHIOPIA MILLIONS ! Tens of thousands of troops remain entrenched along the border An international tribunal in The Hague has ruled that Eritrea will have to pay Ethiopia millions of dollars in compensation for war ...

14 weeks 1 day 15 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

APARTHEID POLICEMAN LOSES JOB BID Wybrand du Toit wanted to rejoin the police service An apartheid-era South African policeman has lost a court battle to get his old job back. Wybrand du Toit was found guilty in 1996 of killing ...

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

SOUTH AFRICA : TOWNSHIP REPORTS ! South Africa: Township reports South Africans living in the townships of Port Elizabeth share their views on President Jacob Zuma's first 100 days in power. You can read their views below: Asanda, 24, administrator: ...