15 weeks 3 days 23 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Amputee just keeps on running ! By Jane Elliott Health reporter, BBC News ...

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

ZIMBABWE - LETTER FROM THE DIASPORA ! 7 August 2009 Dear Friends. It is common to all cultures to honour the dead. There was one death in the UK this week that united the British nation in respect for Harry Patch, the 111 year-old last remaining survivor of the horrors of the 'War to end all wars': World War 1. Watched by ...

15 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Gambia media jail terms 'unjust' ! President Yahya Jammeh came to power in a coup in 1994 A media watchdog has criticised two-year jail terms handed down to six Gambian journalists for publishing ...

15 weeks 6 days 49 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

'New era' for DR Congo and Rwanda ! Usher The leaders of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo have pledged to boost economic and security ties, hailing an "all new era" after a rare meeting. The talks took place 13 years after the neighbours broke diplomatic ...

16 weeks 13 hours 57 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Botswana 'frees hunting bushmen' ! Rights groups say the Bushmen's lifestyle is being made "impossible" Six Botswana bushmen found guilty of hunting without a permit on their ancestral ...

16 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

UN admits failures in Kenya camp! The water supply is not enough for all camp residents, officials say One of the world's largest refugee camps fails to meet even the most basic standards, the UN ...

16 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Protests at Sudan woman's trial ! Lubna Hussein was arrested in a restaurant in Khartoum Police have fired tear gas at supporters of a Sudanese woman charged with wearing "indecent ...

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

Scale of Nigerian unrest emerges ! Aftermath of the bloody fighting in Maiduguri, northern Nigeria Around 700 people were killed in the city at the centre of the recent wave of violence in Nigeria, according to a senior regional military official. Col Ben Ahanotu, head of ...

16 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Brutal reality of Nigeria killing ! Most of the 300 people killed this week have been militants By Andrew Walker ...

16 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Nigeria row over militant killing ! The BBC has seen the dead body of Mohammed Yusuf. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT In pictures Nigerian Islamic sect leader Mohammed Yusuf ...

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

South African workers end strike ! Striking workers had demanded a 15% wage increase A deal has been reached to end a week-long strike over pay by some 150,000 municipal workers in South Africa, ...

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

Zimbabwe: The price of reconciliation ! Some Zimbabweans remain sceptical about the 'unity' government By Andrew Harding ...

16 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Dutch held 'heading for Somalia' ! Hardline Islamists control much of southern Somalia Four Dutch nationals have been arrested in Kenya on suspicion of aiding insurgents in Somalia. The four ...

16 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Nigeria forces storm sect mosque ! Security forces poured into Maiduguri earlier in the week Nigerian security forces have stormed a mosque where militants from an Islamic sect blamed for days of ...

17 weeks 19 hours 16 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Hostages freed in Nigeria clashes ! Bodies of suspected Islamists lay outside Maiduguri's police HQ Police in Nigeria have freed more than 180 women and children from a house in the north of the ...

17 weeks 23 hours 59 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

SA doctor: 'Turning patients away' Striking workers are demanding a 15% wage increase A doctor in South Africa says strikes by municipal workers have left his hospital without adequate water. Dr ...

17 weeks 1 day 25 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Hunt for Nigerian Islamist sect ! The aftermath of gun battles in Bauchi on Sunday and suspected militants Nigerian troops are tracking down members of an Islamist sect who went on a killing spree in northern cities. Soldiers are searching areas near the home of sect leader ...

17 weeks 1 day 56 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Tanzania launches bank for women! Tanzania has launched a bank aimed specifically at women in what officials say will be an empowering move. The bank says women need only an ID card or passport to open an account, unlike ...

17 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Sudanese woman 'faces 40 lashes'! Lubna Hussein was arrested in a restaurant in Khartoum A Sudanese woman who is due to appear in court in Khartoum says she faces up to 40 lashes for wearing ...

17 weeks 3 days 12 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Cathy Buckle's Weekly Letter from Zimbabwe ! Baby in a box ! Saturday 25th July 2009 Dear Family and Friends, Late in the afternoon a friend got a call on his mobile phone. The words were garbled and broken up, the call lasting just a few seconds before cutting off. The musukuru (grandson) is serious, come now. You have to be a ...