Full Coverage: Africa

30.09.2009 Details of attacks committed by Guinean security forces while suppressing a mass rally in Conakry - and the extent to which the violence was organised by the army - are revealed by an international rights group.
+ Reporters for foreign media go into hiding after death threats

30.09.2009 Darfuri refugee women and girls face high levels of rape and other violence on a daily basis both inside and outside refugee camps in eastern Chad, despite the presence of UN security forces, a new report reveals.

29.09.2009 Zimbabwe's Supreme Court ordered a halt to the criminal proceedings against prominent human rights activist Jestina Mukoko.

29.09.2009 Guinean security forces should immediately cease violent attacks on demonstrators protesting against the military government, a leading rights group said today.

27.09.2009 It's no use making laws against corruption if there is no capacity to identify abuses and prosecute. Zambia still has a long way to go. Zambian Economist

20.09.2009 An ngo that is part of the UK-based team coordinating election observers for the much-delayed presidential elections in the internationally unrecognised Republic of Somaliland has expressed "profound disappointment and concern" at the indefinite postponement of the poll.

16.09.2009 A wide ranging assessment of global food security by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. No date is given but August 2009 appears to be date of publication. (pdf file) Afronline

16.09.2009 Winston the carrier pigeon delivered a packet of data 60 miles in a faster time than South Africa's flagship ADSL service. BBC News

16.09.2009 As people get richer they have smaller families, to the benefit of economic growth. There are plenty of reasons why this pattern may not be repeated in Africa. The Economist

16.09.2009 Visual depiction of Africa's exclusion from the global economy in maps of trade patterns and internet connectivity. Aid Watch

12.09.2009 President Robert Mugabe criticised Western sanctions against him, condemning "bloody whites" for meddling in Zimbabwe's affairs, on the eve of visit by a European Union team.

09.09.2009 The number of people hit by floods across West Africa has now topped 600,000, and the heavy rains have also destroyed crops and infrastructure, says the UN.

09.09.2009 The Kenyan government's use of the army to distribute food has been criticised by an international development charity.

07.09.2009 Sierra Leone struggles to combat child labour through legislation. IRIN News

07.09.2009 The Kenyan drought is now so prolonged that nomadic farmers are abandoning their traditional way of life. Guardian

07.09.2009 Serious questions about whether Sudan's oil revenues are being shared fairly could jeopardise the peace agreement which bought an end to the conflict between one of Africa’s longest-running wars, says a new report.

04.09.2009 As a Sudanese court prepared to resume its trial of journalist Lubna Hussein for wearing trousers, a rights group called on the government to withdraw the charges and repeal the law used to justify the flogging of women for wearing "indecent" clothing.

03.09.2009 A total failure of the international community to deal effectively with the Somalia crisis and help end the war is resulting in a spiral of human suffering and exodus to neighbouring countries, warns an international charity.

01.09.2009 A major setback for gender campaigners as protests in Mali persuade the president to reject a new law improving the rights of women. BBC News

01.09.2009 How will the new South African president address the long failure of post-apartheid land reforms? His first move is to establish new ministerial responsibilities. IRIN News