[Nation] Mogadishu - Key Somalia groups have reached an agreement on a number of pending transitional government tasks, including a federal structure for a future government and representation in parliament. … [Read more...]

[East African] Nearly three months since the lifting of sanctions on Libya by the United Nations Security Council, uncertainty surrounds the fate and ownership of businesses owned by Tripoli across East Africa. It has now emerged that the UN is still investigating these investments. … [Read more...]

[Nation] Antananarivo - A powerful cyclone that hit the Madagascar is again threatening to touch down, just days after killing eight people and displacing about 40,000 others. … [Read more...]

[Nation] Accra - All is not well with Ghana's educational system, even though the government is beating its chest that it has achieved much in the provision of classrooms and other basic needs. … [Read more...]

[Leadership] A bomb blast allegedly targeted at a branch of the Christ Embassy Church in Suleja went off at about 10 am Sunday morning. … [Read more...]

[RNW Africa] Kaolack - In the early morning of Saturday 18 February, the office of a local branch of the Parti Démocratique Sénégalais of President Abdoulaye Wade was ransacked and burned. We went to take a look. … [Read more...]

[African Arguments] There is a limit to what one can read into visual impressions made during the Mining Indaba in Cape Town earlier this month. For one thing, the paucity of Chinese mining, banking or government delegates at a large African mining conference does not reflect the contemporary picture on the continent generally. Meanwhile, the DRC stand in the … [Read more...]

[Af Conf] After two decades of political mayhem, Somalis and more perspicacious foreign diplomats are intensely sceptical about high-level conferences. Many approach the London Conference on Somalia on 23 February with muted hopes of any political advance and say that its most important contribution will be to raise the profile of Somalia's internal political and … [Read more...]

[Zimbabwe Standard] DRAFTING of the new constitution has been thrown into disarray after the MDC led by Welshman Ncube declined to sign an update report meant for the principals' meeting set for tomorrow, further casting doubt on prospects of holding elections this year. … [Read more...]

[Zimbabwe Standard] PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has endorsed diamonds from Marange saying the country was operating within international standards but said there should be transparency in the extraction and marketing of the mineral. … [Read more...]

[Zimbabwe Standard] ROWDY young men and women move from house to house ordering residents to attend Zanu PF meetings regardless of their political affiliation. … [Read more...]

[Zimbabwe Standard] CONTROVERSY rages on over the construction of a five-star hotel near the National Sports Stadium in Harare with the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) saying the project will continue as it met all environmental requirements. … [Read more...]