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In his memoir, "God Sleeps in Rwanda," Joseph Sebarenzi presents a thoughtful critique of Kagame's regime. His tale is a provocative warning to the many outsiders who are ready to canonize Kagame.
A British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates say via video footage that they fear they may be killed within a week.
A Swiss court orders the seizure of $350m in assets from the son of Nigeria's ex-ruler Sani Abacha after a 10-year investigation.
Police are injured as Egypt fans' anger over reported violence after a World Cup game erupts in Cairo.
East African leaders sign a common market trade agreement, allowing the free movement of people and goods.
More than 50,000 people flee DR Congo amid deadly ethnic clashes over fishing rights in the north-west, the UN says.
The UN condemns violent attacks against Zimbabweans seeking work in South African vineyards, which has left many homeless.
Europe signs a $1bn deal with Nigeria, aimed at tackling corruption and promoting peace in the troubled Niger Delta.
Sierra Leone is to enlist youths as crime-fighting volunteers in the crime-ridden capital, Freetown, police say.
PAKISTAN A blast early Friday killed two police officers a day after a suicide bomber killed 19 people outside a courthouse in northwestern Pakistan, the latest attacks by Islamist insurgents retaliating against an army offensive near the Afghan border.
IRAQ Kurdish officials threatened Tuesday to boycott the upcoming national elections in the three provinces they control in northern Iraq unless more parliament seats are allocated to the region.
For the first time in nearly eight years, the United States will participate in a conference with members of the International Criminal Court, a decision that signals growing U.S. support for a war crimes tribunal the Bush administration once shunned.
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:
SHANGHAI -- As a mixed-race girl growing up in this most cosmopolitan of mainland Chinese cities, 20-year-old Lou Jing said she never experienced much discrimination -- curiosity and questions, but never hostility.
An American who was captured by Kenyan forces in January 2007 filed suit in U.S. District Court in Washington on Tuesday, arguing that FBI agents allegedly involved in his interrogation and transfer to other countries violated his constitutional rights.
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.
PARIS, Nov 11 (IPS)- West Africa is one of the world's regions most affected by pirate fishers. Illegal, unreported or unregulated fishing has been devastating local livelihoods and ecosystems for decades. National fisheries management authorities are often helpless to protect their maritime resources.
FREETOWN, Nov 11 (IPS)- It may be seven years after the country's civil war, but Sierra Leone is still battling to obtain an independent judiciary.
GENEVA, Nov 9 (IPS)- Given the billions of dollars and euros that the U.S. and EU spend on trade-distorting support measures and the intractable lobby groups demanding these subsidies, these rich states' promises to reduce such amounts will come to nought. It makes no sense for poor African states to allow these goods to flood their markets.
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.
BERLIN, Nov 18 (IPS)- Africa, the continent already most affected by hunger and food scarcity, is likely to see its woes increased due to climate change and the changing rain patterns it provokes, experts and scientists say.
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, Nov 18 (IPS)- Poor women will bear the greatest ‘climate burden', says the United Nations Population Fund in its 2009 State of the World Population report, released today.
FREETOWN, Nov 18 (IPS)- Nothing has ever sparked a debate on the state of governance in the country like the song released by one of Sierra Leone's most popular artists, Emerson Bockarie.
FREETOWN, Nov 18 (IPS)- Nothing has ever sparked a debate on the state of governance in the country like the song released by one of Sierra Leone's most popular artists, Emerson Bockarie.
JUBA, South Sudan, Nov 19 (IPS)- The guns have gone silent - except for sporadic conflict in parts of the vast South Sudan region, such as the Eastern Equatoria State. It may not be the absolute end of the conflict in the region, but it is a reason for renewed hope.
KAMPALA, Nov 19 (IPS)- Family planning: key to reducing child mortality and improving maternal health; a way to put less strain on the environment; and a smaller population makes the challenge of providing adequate education and health services that little bit easier.
DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 19 (IPS)- The sun is setting slowly over Dar es Salaam's Tabata Changombe neighbourhood. Ameenah and Skukulu Juma lean against the corrugated iron walls of their makeshift charcoal shop.
KAMPALA, Nov 19 (IPS)- The growth of cellphone use, particularly in the developing world, is providing health experts with a new channel of communication to provide family planning information.
GABORONE, Nov 21 (IPS)- When Kgomotso Mogami threw her name into the hat to contest the Gaborone Central parliamentary seat it was easy for many people to write her off.
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.
NAIROBI, Nov 14 (IPS)- Resistance to a government scheme to upgrade housing in Nairobi's Kibera slum is enmeshed in economics, history and identity.
MOUNT ELGON, Uganda, Nov 13 (IPS)-"We have been reduced to begging from relatives and to migrate to urban areas where life is not safe. We were living in the mountain for more than 200 years. Transferring us means burying us, completely. We want to stay in our area and develop."
LUSAKA, Nov 10 (IPS)- When journalists were beaten by political supporters for covering the president's return trip from abroad, and cabinet ministers and police officers looked on without stopping it, it seemed to be the last straw in the victimisation of the media. But it was not.
GENEVA, Nov 18 (IPS)- The consequences of the Doha Round of trade talks for larger developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa could include job losses and deindustrialisation if a new study forecasting how Kenya is set to be affected is anything to go by.
JUBA, South Sudan, Nov 19 (IPS)- The guns have gone silent - except for sporadic conflict in parts of the vast South Sudan region, such as the Eastern Equatoria State. It may not be the absolute end of the conflict in the region, but it is a reason for renewed hope.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT -- Wen Jiabao, China's premier, has pledged $10 billion in new low-cost loans to Africa over the next three years and has defended his country's engagement on the continent against accusations that it is "plundering" the region's oil and minerals.
DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 19 (IPS)- The sun is setting slowly over Dar es Salaam's Tabata Changombe neighbourhood. Ameenah and Skukulu Juma lean against the corrugated iron walls of their makeshift charcoal shop.
KAMPALA, Nov 9 (IPS)- The Ugandan government will put to death gay citizens repeatedly caught having sex and throw into jail those who touch each other in a "gay" way, if a new proposed Bill becomes law.
GABORONE, Nov 21 (IPS)- When Kgomotso Mogami threw her name into the hat to contest the Gaborone Central parliamentary seat it was easy for many people to write her off.
WINDHOEK, Nov 13 (IPS)- They are called the "born frees", the children of Namibia's Independence, and they will vote for the first time this month. Struggle credentials mean zip to them, and they have a serious beef with politicians.
MBABANE, Nov 12 (IPS)- It is one of the world's oldest professions, dating so far back that it is even mentioned in the Bible. But in the deeply cultural and religious country of Swaziland, Senator Thuli Msane stirred a hornet's nest when she publicly challenged a new strict bill opposing prostitution.
SHANGOMBO DISTRICT, Zambia, Nov 14 (IPS)- The Zambezi is home to the fishing community on Mbeta Island. But after the river rose and swallowed their homes last year, they have learned to fear it as well.
NHLANGANO, Swaziland, Nov 16 (IPS)- Seven-year-old Ntombi* frowns after swallowing the tablets her grandmother has given her. The HIV-positive child has contracted multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).
LILONGWE, Nov 17 (IPS)- In Malawi, local government elections are as rare and endangered as the country's black rhinoceros.
KINSHASA, Nov 17 (IPS)- Kinshasa's population needs an estimated 700,000 cubic metres of water per day. The Régie de distribution des eaux (REGIDESO) produces only 425,000 cubic metres - vast neighbourhoods like Kitokimosi and Mpasa receive almost none of this water.
GURUVE, Zimbabwe, Nov 12 (IPS)- Last season, for the first time in her more than 20 years as a farmer, Elizabeth Runema harvested her maize crop at the beginning of February.
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