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Nov 13 2009
At least 18 people, including 14 women, have been killed in the collapse of an illegal gold mine in Ghana. The disaster occurred on Wednesday in a privately-owned mine in the West African nation, the world’s second largest producer of...
Oct 28 2009
There is a feisty old woman in every village. In Maparanhanga, a remote village in Mozambique, reached by a several-hour-trip through potholes held together by scraps of road, the feisty old woman didn’t stand out at first. She sat alongside her...
Oct 24 2009
Muslims have been ordered to withdraw their children from Catholic-run schools in protest at the church’s Hijab ban. Sheikh Mohammed Dor said the church’s action was provocative and could spark Muslim anger in the country. “From...
Aug 3 2009
The sectarian violence which broke out in several parts of northern Nigeria at the end of July has more to do with popular anger and frustration with prevailing economic conditions than religion, say religious experts and Muslim groups. Concerns have...
Jun 23 2009
RECENTLY, AID TO AFRICA has come under attack from the most unlikely quarters — the Africans themselves. The most recent of these has come from Dambisa Moyo, a Zambian economist, whose recently-published book, Dead Aid, makes a convincing argument...
Apr 4 2008
The leaders of Kenya’s two main parties say a new power-sharing agreement will be announced on Sunday and cabinet ministers are to be sworn in on Saturday, April 12. The sides have been deadlocked on the naming of the cabinet ministers, prompting...
Mar 12 2008
A dispute over the role of the new prime minister is emerging as a potential obstacle to agreement on a coalition government in Kenya even before the constitution has been amended to allow for its formation. Mwai Kibaki, the president, and Raila...