Africa

Prehistoric Masterpieces: The Swimmers and The Beast

The inhospitable plateau of Gilf Kebir in the far south-west Egyptian desert was once home to an early Egyptian civilization, who left behind spectacular cave art.

Inside Africa

Spirit of the past inspires Congo campaign

Thursday, 19 November 2009

Activists re-enact London demonstration to commit to fighting new injustices

Virgin-Islands tanker's captain dies of wounds

Wednesday, 18 November 2009

The captain of a Virgin-Islands owned chemical tanker hijacked earlier this week has died from gunshot wounds sustained when the ship was attacked, a Somali pirate said today.

A matter of life and death?

Wednesday, 18 November 2009

Tomorrow's Egypt vs Algeria match is much more important than that, explains Daniel Howden

Some African countries are just not viable, says philanthropist

Tuesday, 17 November 2009

Sudanese billionaire breaks ranks to blame poor economic performance on bad leadership and fragmentation

Ugandan official: cane dead bodies as example to the living

Monday, 16 November 2009

A Ugandan government official said the bodies of those who die because of drinking a local illicit gin should be caned six times before burial as an example to the living.

Joyce Mulama: Challenges in promoting children's health in Kenya

Monday, 16 November 2009

At age seven, Johnson Mungai, from Chokaa village, in Ruai, a peri-urban settlement on the outskirts of Nairobi, already knows that children are getting a raw deal where their health is concerned.

Demand for illegal ivory soars in booming China

Sunday, 15 November 2009

Twenty years after a worldwide ban, there's a new black-market trade in elephant tusks from Africa

Kangalicious: Let your dress do the talking

Saturday, 14 November 2009

There are two rules to wearing a kanga: it must be colourful, and it must be inscribed with a proverb. Daniel Howden reports on a garment sweeping the globe.

Will the lights go out on South Africa's World Cup?

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Daniel Howden: A race row at the top of the national power company has left it without a leader

Somali pirates in record attack

Tuesday, 10 November 2009

Somali pirates yesterday attacked an oil tanker and fired automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades farther out at sea than any previous assault, suggesting that pirate capabilities are growing as they increase activity off East Africa.

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