18 weeks 3 days 1 hour ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

South Sudan army denies UN charge ! By James Copnall BBC News, Khartoum ...

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

Zuma replaces central bank chief The recession means Mr Zuma has little room for manoeuvre South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has named former deputy governor Gill Marcus as the new governor of ...

18 weeks 4 days 6 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Cathy Buckle's Letter from Zimbabwe ! BRICKS AND HUNEY ! Dear Family and Friends, On the side of the main highway near Harare there's a hand painted sign on a piece of battered tin. 'Bricks 4 Sale,' it says, the message wedged into a forked stick. Standing in a forlorn heap alongside are the very bricks. Its a sad little ...

18 weeks 4 days 25 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Darfur rebels free Sudan troops ! By James Copnall BBC News, Khartoum ...

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

Kenyan mosque jams mobile calls ! One mosque has tried to fine people whose phones ring during prayers A device which blocks mobile phone signals has answered the prayers of some Kenyan ...

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 5 days 20 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Sudan rivals agree to avert war ! Much of Abyei was left in ashes after last year's clashes Rival parties from north and south Sudan have agreed new plans to prevent conflict ahead of next week's ...

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 19 hours 11 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

China issues alert in Algeria ! There are still many troops on the streets of Urumqi China has urged its citizens in Algeria to take extra care, after reports that a militant group might take ...

19 weeks 19 hours 58 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

S Africa stadiums strike ending ! Workers have been dancing and singing outside the stadiums Workers building stadiums for next year's World Cup in South Africa are ending a week-long strike, according to negotiators in Johannesburg. After threatening to wreck next June's tournament ...

19 weeks 1 day 16 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 19 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Zimbabwe talks resume after fight ! Supporters of Robert Mugabe disrupted Monday's meeting Zimbabwe has resumed talks aimed at framing a new constitution, a day after riot police broke up the ...

19 weeks 1 day 19 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 ...

19 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Lawyers challenge Niger president! Mamadou Tandja says the people of Niger want him to stay Niger's lawyers have called a strike, as President Mamadou Tandja begins his campaign to hold a ...

19 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Sudan women 'lashed for trousers' ! A group of Sudanese women has been flogged as a punishment for dressing "indecently", according to a local journalist who was arrested with them. Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein, who ...