By Stella Mapenzauswa HARARE – Zimbabwe has dismissed South Africa’s suggestion of U.N. intervention to end its long crisis, hinting that an invitation to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan was no […]

UGANDA police harassed reporters from a radio station after it broadcast comments by an opposition politician who accused the army of corruption, a media watchdog and top local official said […]

DAR ES SALAAM – Tanzanian political parties and rights groups on Tuesday hailed a High Court ruling outlawing a traditional practice of entertaining candidates during elections, which they say encouraged […]

KHARTOUM- Sudan has agreed to allow an African Union-U.N. assessment mission into the country ahead of a possible deployment of U.N. troops to war-torn Darfur, a U.N. diplomat said on […]

By David Lewis KINSHASA – Congo’s army has turned to gold smuggling and militia disarmament programmes are failing in the violence-prone northeast, setting back efforts to pacify the country before […]

SARAJEVO- Bosnian Prime Minister Adnan Terzic bowed to Bosnian Serb pressure on Thursday and formed a commission to investigate crimes against Serbs and other ethnic groups in Sarajevo during the […]

By David Lewis KINSHASA- The Congolese presidential candidate who had contracted South African, U.S. and Nigerian security consultants accused of plotting a coup said on Thursday their arrests were a […]

NEW YORK – Special training using video feedback can help mothers with eating disorders interact in a healthier way with their infants during mealtimes, a new study shows. Past research […]