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Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban, has been honoured by Harvard University.
Scientists have discovered the underground remnants of an ancient lake in Sudan’s arid Darfur region, offering hope of tapping a precious resource and easing water scarcity,…
Three top members of a United States-backed alliance of warlords have fled their last remaining stronghold in southern Somalia, apparently to discourage an attack on the town by…
Genet Kidane has been separated from her farm by a field of landmines since her nation’s 1998-to-2000 war with Ethiopia. Efforts to remove mines stopped after Ethiopia refused to…
A searing drought has killed dozens of wild animals in Kenya and neighbouring Tanzania, and has partially disrupted the annual migration of wildebeest and zebras between the two…
The Kenyan government said the owner and contractor of a building that collapsed, killing at least 14 people, were rushing construction workers to put up new floors even before…
A five-storey building collapsed in central Nairobi on Monday with more than 280 construction workers inside, killing at least 11 people and injuring more than 70, witnesses and…
Elephants, buffaloes and other wild animals drink water from one side of a swamp, while Maasai warriors watch hundreds of cattle graze on another side as the tropical sun sears…
Women and children in arid north-eastern Kenya are begging along roadsides for water and food from motorists, the United Nations’s World Food Programme said on Friday as it…
Uganda’s detained opposition leader was expected to appear before a military tribunal and a civilian court on Monday for the start of two trials on charges that could result in a…
A senior United States envoy and Sudan’s vice-president discussed their efforts to bring peace to troubled Darfur on Friday. Also on Friday, the US moved to cement ties with the…
A shouting match on Thursday between a senior United States envoy and a Darfur government official illustrated the difficulties of peacemaking in the restive region of western…
Researchers in Kenya and South Africa are using cellphone technology to gather information on elephants, cheetahs, leopards and other animals. The relatively cheap tracking…
A black-clad choir, many with tears streaming down their cheeks, sang a mournful song of peace on Saturday at the start of the funeral of southern leader and first vice-president…
A television journalist who was slapped by Kenyan First Lady Lucy Kibaki has filed a formal complaint with the police, charging her with assault and calling for her arrest. ”In…
President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party secured a two-thirds majority on Saturday, winning 71 seats which along with 30 seats appointed directly by the president carried it to a…
Kenya is taking seriously the political message behind the United States move to suspend ,5-million in funding for anti-corruption work in the country, Minister of Justice…
Margaret Ashira, sitting in a tin-roofed shack in Africa’s largest slum, owes her survival to private charity groups who donate treatment. She believes her own government could…
The narrow gravel airstrip in the dusty, desolate town of Rumbek has been a hive of activity since rebel and government leaders signed a historic peace accord officially ending…
British Treasury chief Gordon Brown began a six-day visit to Africa on Wednesday by touring a school in what some say is the largest slum in Africa, to see the impact of Kenya’s…
