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Libya crisis: African leaders heading for Tripoli and Benghazi

Nouakchott - African leaders are heading for Libya in an attempt to broker a peace deal between rebels and forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. The team will consist of South African President, Jacob Zuma and four other leaders, representing the African Union.

In the Media by Kev Hedges

At least 36 dead in Mali stadium stampede

More than 30 people were killed during a religious stampede ceremony in the capital of Mali. Most of the victims were women.

In the Media by Owen Weldon

Web inventor seeks voice-enabled Internet in Africa

The father of the World Wide Web is often considered by people to be Tim Berners-Lee, but Berners-lee has a new side project that he is working on in Mali and Senegal.

In the Media by Owen Weldon

Op-Ed: France and the West take their anti-terror war into Africa

The increase in incidents of hostage-taking of French nationals in African countries by alleged al-Qaida affiliates AQIM has led France to step up its use of force to get them back and eliminate those responsible if necessary. Will that policy work?

In the Media by Michael Cosgrove - 7 comments

Op-Ed: The Ivory Coast and the end of French colonialist connivance

France’s reputation for influence-peddling and widespread corruption in Africa is nobody’s secret, but Nicolas Sarkozy's reactions to the current electoral deadlock in the Ivory Coast indicate that France's shadowy African era may be coming to an end.

In the Media by Michael Cosgrove

‘Cocaine Airlines’: old planes fly the South America-Africa route

Drug trafficking gangs in Latin America are buying cheap passenger and cargo airplanes to bring their illegal cargo to Africa as a “technical stop” required before transfer into Europe.

In the Media by Igor I. Solar - 1 comment

'People first' stressed on 20th Anniversary edition of HDR

New York - People are the real wealth, reiterates the 20th anniversary edition of Human Development Report (HDR) 2010. It also comes up with three new measures for discussing poverty and inequality.

In the Media by Srijit Mishra - 4 comments

Mauritanian Army kills 12 Al Qaeda militants

Nouakchott - The Mauritanian army has launched an offensive against the local Al Qaeda branch, killing a dozen militants, reports say.

In the Media by Christopher Szabo - 2 comments

Aid agencies say West Africa on the brink of starvation, need aid

Niamey - Two of the largest humanitarian agencies, Oxfam International and Save The Children, are stating that the western region of Africa is on the brink of starvation. The aid agencies launched campaigns that appealed for $10 million just to help Niger.

In the Media by Andrew Moran

10 million at risk of hunger as a severe drought hits West Africa

Aid agencies have warned that 10 million people in four countries across the Sahel in West and Central Africa risk hunger as a severe drought continues.

In the Media by Paris Franz

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