Uganda government distances itself from anti-gay bill
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda's government says it does not support a parliamentarian's decision to reintroduce a bill that originally proposed the death penalty for some homosexual ...
View ArticleEthiopia Set to Achieve Universal Primary Education by 2015
Ethiopia, one of Africa's poorest countries, is among the few on track to achieve the goal of universal primary education by 2015. Our correspondent in Addis Ababa, reports on how, according to analys
View ArticleCricket South Africa set to name seventh T20 team
Cricket South Africa will reveal the seventh team for this season's domestic T20 Challenge - two days before the competition begins.
View ArticleKibaki holds talks with UN chief over Somalia
Kenya's President Kibaki attends the 18th ordinary summit at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on January 28, 2012. AFP / ...
View ArticleCause of Zimbabwe general's killer blaze unknown
"The cause of the fire could not be determined," Bothwell Mutandiro, director of the police forensic section, told an inquest into the death of Mujuru in a mysterious inferno in August ...
View ArticleUganda MP to drop death clause in anti-gay bill
KAMPALA (AFP) - A Ugandan lawmaker behind a proposed draconian anti-gay bill that sparked an international outcry said Friday he wanted to drop clauses that would see the death penalty introduced ...
View ArticleOchocinco plans to get old surname back before wedding
Chad Ochocinco has told his friends that he wants to get his last name changed back to Johnson, before his wedding this summer because he does not want his wife to have a made-up surname.
View ArticleFarewell dreadful Zimbabwe, now for a real challenge
The less said about Zimbabwe the better although I can't let their dreadful tour end without a few comments. They are the worst side to tour this country, below even the poor Bangladesh outfits of ...
View Article110-year-old Sudan bookshop struggles on
It's as if the dust-caked volumes have been sitting on the shelves of Sudan Bookshop for the past half century since some of them were published. Three weeks might pass without a single book ...
View ArticleInter-ethnic fighting 'displaces 40,000 in Kenya'
More than 40,000 people have fled recent clashes between two northern Kenyan tribes over access to water and pasture, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said ...
View ArticleSouth America, via Canada; The Maldives; Morocco in style; longer check-in at...
Anyone in need of a short-notice winter warmer should consider the "southern cone" of South America. Argentina and Chile are at their best this month. You may be deterred by the high fares ...
View ArticleRodrigues - A Colonial Outpost Longing to Be Free
The Indian Ocean island of Rodrigues is governed by Mauritius, but it's inhabitants yearn for self-governance. How much longer will they have to ...
View ArticleZuma Details Massive Infrastructure Spend
South Africa: State of the Nation Address 2012 ) Cape Town - South Africa will spend billions of rands over the coming years on new infrastructure, with the government to focus on building ...
View ArticleThe Faith Diaries - When Silence Brings You HIV
Studies have shown that the highest rates of HIV infection are among women stuck in financially dependent relationships where the only right is the right of the man. Silence increases violence. ...
View ArticleGovt 'Keen' on Cooperation With Sudan
Prime Minister Dr. Kamal Al Ganzouri received on Thursday Ahmed Ibrahim Altaher, Chairman of the Sudanese National Council and his accompanying delegation. Ganzouri stressed Egypt's keenness ...
View ArticleThe Global Fund At Ten Years - Not a Happy Birthday
"These past 12 months have been the Fund's most difficult to date, so the anniversary celebrations were rather muted. Whether the Fund's eleventh year will be more successful depends ...
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