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The ICC's top prosecutor says perpetrators of Kenya's post-poll violence could face trial as early as next July.
Madagascar's rival political leaders agree to form a power-sharing government after months of wrangling.
An Ivory Coast court rules that compensation to victims of waste dumping should not be paid to one man to distribute.
The DR Congo army has been using measles vaccination clinics as "bait" to attack civilians, an aid agency says.
President Abdullah Gul criticises the EU after it asks Turkey to reconsider an invitation to Sudan's president.
Islamists in Somalia stone a man to death for adultery but spare his pregnant girlfriend until she gives birth.
Spain resists pressure to free two Somalis accused of piracy in exchange for Spanish sailors held in Somalia.
Nigeria is blocking Niger from importing goods, Niger's foreign affairs ministry confirms, but a reason is still unclear.
KENYA The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said Thursday that post-election violence in Kenya that killed more than 1,000 people was a crime against humanity and pledged to initiate proceedings that could result in top officials facing trial.
CAIRO, Nov. 4 -- After four days of Arab criticism over her efforts to break the impasse in the Mideast peace process, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton enjoyed a respite here Wednesday, as her Egyptian counterpart agreed it was time to "focus on the endgame" of direct negotiations betwee...
CAIRO -- The Obama administration has concluded that an early resumption of high-level negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians over a Palestinian state is unlikely in the near future -- an acknowledgment that it has fallen short, for now, on one of its major initial foreign policy goals.
NAIROBI -- The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo will suspend its support of Congolese army units accused of deliberately killing 62 civilians during a controversial military operation against rebels in eastern Congo, U.N. officials said Monday.
MARRAKESH, MOROCCO -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton tried to soothe Arab uneasiness Monday over weekend statements she made praising the Israeli government's offer to "restrain" growth in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, saying it "falls far short" of the Obama administration's...
MARRAKESH, Morocco -- Arab leaders gathering for a conference here with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday they would confront her over what they called a major shift in the U.S. position in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process, charging that she had set negotiations back more...
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 22 (IPS)- Eleven years ago, Raloke Odetoyinbo had been married for two years and a month when she found out she was HIV positive.
FREETOWN, Oct 29 (IPS)- When in power, the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) promised that thanks to its pursuit of a pro-agriculture agenda, no Sierra Leonean would go to bed hungry by 2007. But the appointed date came and the people were still hungry. Unfortunately for the SLPP, it was an election year.
BONOUA, Côte d'Ivoire, Oct 22 (IPS)- Karim Diabaté, looks questioningly at his vast 20 hectare pineapple plantation in Bonoua in south-eastern Côte d'Ivoire. "I'm asking myself if if I'll get the money I need for in time for the inputs I need and keep my plants going."
KAMBIA DISTRICT, Sierra Leone, Nov 4 (IPS)- They call her "Marie Nerica", after a new breed of rice.
YAOUNDE, Nov 4 (IPS)- A countrywide survey of the incidence of rape in Cameroon has returned disturbing statistics: 20 percent of the nearly 38,000 women surveyed reported having been raped; another 14 percent said they had escaped a rape attempt.
KAOLACK, Senegal, Nov 3 (IPS)- Farmers are complaining about a lack of technical assistance and the poor quality of seeds they've planted this year in the Kaolack region, Senegal's groundnut-producing area, 200 kilometres south of the capital Dakar.
BONDOUKOU, Côte d'Ivoire, Oct 31 (IPS)- Every year, Robert Assalé, a farmer at Tangamourou in the Bondoukou region in east-central Côte d'Ivore, produces an impressive amount of yams. He harvested 30 tonnes in 2007, 42 tonnes in 2008 and has almost surpassed 50 tonnes this year.
NAIROBI, Nov 5 (IPS)- Just three percent of malaria-infected children in Africa get World Health Organisation-recommended drugs. One expert has equated this to a death sentence for sick children.
MASERU, Nov 5 (IPS)- Fifteen-year-old Ntsebeng Tlokotsi* sighs with relief as she is given 140 dollars. Along with it she receives a bag of maize meal and cooking oil. It is a government handout, and she qualifies for this only because both her parents are dead.
NIASSA PROVINCE, Mozambique, Nov 5 (IPS)- A visit from Dutch contractors to Niassa Province, in northwestern Mozambique has got communities excited about the prospect of a carbon credit scheme in the area.
ACCRA, Nov 5 (IPS)- The small shack beside Marjorie Patterson's house encloses evidence of a hard day's work. Bags overflow with the bold prints of traditional African fabrics.
KAMPALA, Nov 6 (IPS)- Uganda is considering an anti-counterfeit bill which analysts say will impair the country's ability to import and export cheap but effective generic medicines. Activists fear that the bill, once enacted, will deny Ugandans access to safe, effective, quality and affordable generic medication which currently forms the bulk of Uganda's medicine imports.
ROME, Nov 6 (IPS)- Of the many proposals on how to combat poverty in Africa, the United Nations' International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is championing what must be one of the simplest - make it cheaper and easier for migrants to send money home.
HARARE, Nov 6 (IPS)- Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda is a troubled man. When he took office in July 2008, one of his most immediate tasks was to resolve the water crisis in the capital.
CAPE TOWN, Nov 6 (IPS)- Africans "should dare to imagine an African world not defined by the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund but one that comes out of Africa". This is necessary for Africans to grow out of dependence and become the agents of their own development.
LAGO DISTRICT, Mozambique, Nov 6 (IPS)- As if they were going to the races, Emma Musako and Monica Mhango showed up in their finest outfits to attend a meeting on the health, social and environmental impacts of uranium mining. They came because they, like the other attendees, no longer want to remain uninformed citizens.
MOMBASA, Oct 27 (IPS)- Kenyan teenagers are having sex. And they appear to have no clue how to go about it.
KAMPALA, Nov 3 (IPS)- It is a public-private partnership intended to reduce Uganda's dependence on imported vegetable oil while creating sustainable jobs and income for several thousand people. Its critics say it's destroying forests with no regard for environmental regulations.
NAIROBI, Oct 30 (IPS)- Despite the sweltering sun and with a heavy load on her back Mary Muthoni strides to the tea buying centre with joy and pride painted on her face. "This is a different year," she smiles, hurriedly greeting other women farmers at the centre. For them, the story is the same: blessings in times of calamity.
LUSAKA, Oct 28 (IPS)- Pressure is mounting for a new constitution that is inclusive of all citizens' views as the ongoing delays by the body granted to draft it still continues.
KAMPALA, Nov 3 (IPS)- Specioza Nakabugo (63) sits on a mat under a mango tree on a well-mowed grass patch, her expression a blend of boredom and gloom.
NAIROBI, Nov 5 (IPS)- Just three percent of malaria-infected children in Africa get World Health Organisation-recommended drugs. One expert has equated this to a death sentence for sick children.
Total number of U.S. military deaths since 2001 and names of the U.S. troops killed recently in the Afghanistan war, as announced by the Pentagon:
KAMPALA, Nov 6 (IPS)- Uganda is considering an anti-counterfeit bill which analysts say will impair the country's ability to import and export cheap but effective generic medicines. Activists fear that the bill, once enacted, will deny Ugandans access to safe, effective, quality and affordable generic medication which currently forms the bulk of Uganda's medicine imports.
KAMPALA, Oct 27 (IPS)- Charles Odobo Bichachi, editor of the Independent Newspaper has in a span of a year, been summoned to the police several times accused of publishing seditious statements. And just last month, Bichachi fell into trouble again: this time over a cartoon.
LAGO DISTRICT, Mozambique, Nov 6 (IPS)- As if they were going to the races, Emma Musako and Monica Mhango showed up in their finest outfits to attend a meeting on the health, social and environmental impacts of uranium mining. They came because they, like the other attendees, no longer want to remain uninformed citizens.
CHITSA, Zimbabwe, Nov 2 (IPS)- In Chitsa, a village with some 2,000 inhabitants located about 250 km from Zimbabwe's capital of Harare, it has become difficult to conduct everyday transactions involving money.
COBUE, Mozambique, Oct 31 (IPS)- When Dorothy Kakongwe smiles, her creases tell stories no history book can recount. This elderly nurse can reflect on numerous changes in the landscape and people around her.
LIMBE, Malawi, Nov 4 (IPS)- Every morning 12-year-old Thomson Genti and his seven-year-old brother, Chifundo, emerge dirty and wretched from the squalor of their hideout behind the crowded shops in the commercial town of Limbe. It is the start of a day of begging, beatings from the older street boys and insults from passers-by.
NIASSA PROVINCE, Mozambique, Nov 5 (IPS)- A visit from Dutch contractors to Niassa Province, in northwestern Mozambique has got communities excited about the prospect of a carbon credit scheme in the area.
HARARE, Nov 6 (IPS)- Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda is a troubled man. When he took office in July 2008, one of his most immediate tasks was to resolve the water crisis in the capital.
MASERU, Nov 5 (IPS)- Fifteen-year-old Ntsebeng Tlokotsi* sighs with relief as she is given 140 dollars. Along with it she receives a bag of maize meal and cooking oil. It is a government handout, and she qualifies for this only because both her parents are dead.
MAPUTO, Oct. 29 (IPS)- Mozambique's incumbent president looks set to serve a second term of office as partial results of the country's presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections are announced.
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