Full Coverage: Africa

31.03.2006 MONROVIA, Mar 31 (IPS) - Liberia's newly-elected but cash-strapped government has begun to find ways that the U.N. sanctions can be lifted to allow the country to exploit its immense timber resources for the benefit of its war-ravaged people.

31.03.2006 The tension of expectation is building in Zimbabwe as people’s misery becomes unsustainable. Will this be the year for change, wonders Mary Ndlovu.
* OneWorld UK Guide to Zimbabwe

31.03.2006 The Botswana government has admitted that evicted Bushmen are drinking themselves to death in relocation camps: there were no known deaths from alcohol consumption when the Bushmen were living on their ancestral land and drinking was rare.

30.03.2006 African farmers know little about the uses and risks of GM crops, says Ebenezer T. Bifubyeka, so he asks delegates at the Convention on Biological Diversity what they plan to do to spread awareness.

30.03.2006 The current rate of death from the war in northern Uganda is three times higher than in Iraq, finds a report released today as a senior UN official holds meetings in Kampala to address the 20-year conflict.

30.03.2006 UN peacekeepers delivered handcuffed former Liberian president Charles Taylor into the custody of a UN-backed Special Court in Sierra Leone on Wednesday where he will be the first former African head of state to face prosecution for war crimes before an international tribunal.

30.03.2006 African Education Ministers have pledged their support for the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), formally launched, at the on-going Biennial meeting of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) in Libreville, Gabon.

29.03.2006 Just hours after his disappearance was announced, Charles Taylor was caught at the northern Nigerian border Wednesday, nearly 1000 miles from his home. He was attempting to leave the country in a jeep with diplomatic plates and a trunk full of U.S. dollars.

29.03.2006 Former Liberian president Charles Taylor, who disappeared from his residence in the country's southeast one day ago, has been detained and likely be expelled soon, a Nigerian police spokesman said on Wednesday.

29.03.2006 Less than three days after revoking his asylum, the government of Nigeria announced Tuesday that Charles Taylor had disappeared, drawing outrage from rights groups and causing unease in Liberia's capital.

29.03.2006 An Israeli company is using the latest water-saving technology to grow fruit and vegetables in Angola, which imports much of its food after 27 years of civil war.

29.03.2006 Good communication is vital to small farmers who need better access to markets and to reliable information about prices, product quality and market conditions. Can new information and communication technologies (ICTs), especially the Internet, help? The First Mile is a two-year pilot project supported by the Government of Switzerland.

29.03.2006 Nearly 100 exiles from the Chagos islands will pay a brief visit to their homelands on Thursday, 40 years after their illegal removal by the British Government to make way for a US military base on the main island, Diego Garcia.

29.03.2006 Campaigners claim that a leaked legal opinion from the European Parliament reinforces the need to amend a fisheries agreement with Morocoo to prevent the EU from violating international law.

29.03.2006 Former Liberian president Charles Taylor, who is wanted to face war crimes charges in Sierra Leone, has disappeared from the luxury mansion where he lives in exile in Nigeria, the president’s office said on Tuesday.

29.03.2006 The UN has launched a $92 million appeal for food and nutrition needs in the Sahelian countries for 2006.

28.03.2006 A UN Security Council resolution on Darfur - where conditions continue to deteriorate - is a small step forward but is insufficient, a leading US African affairs group warned yesterday.

28.03.2006 WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar 27 (OneWorld) - Arab leaders must press Sudan's government to let the United Nations take charge of peacekeeping in Darfur, the oil-rich country's war-wrecked western region, Arab and Western human rights advocates said in advance of regional talks starting Tuesday.

28.03.2006 Armed militants in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta freed three remaining foreign hostages held captive for five weeks yesterday, but vowed to continue attacks on oil installations.

27.03.2006 Oh, no – not another film about Africa seen through white eyes. I thought I would dislike Shooting Dogs. I was wrong. It’s superb, and it has sparked important debate on several fronts, says Daniel Nelson.