Africa
Building for diplomacy: Our men in a mess
The new British Embassy building in Algiers is a striking piece of modernist design. But cutbacks mean it could well be the last of its kind, warns Jay Merrick
Inside Africa
Independent Appeal: Africa's Schindler
Monday, 7 December 2009
Claire Soares learns how one man has saved thousands from the clutches of lethal militias.
The secrets of Tutankhamun's decaying tomb
Monday, 7 December 2009
Guy Adams: Millions of visitors to the Egyptian king's chamber are destroying the wonder they came to see.
Guinea leader 'doing fine' after shooting
Monday, 7 December 2009
Morocco's chief military doctor says the president of Guinea is doing fine after surgery following an assassination attempt.
Guinea plunged into chaos
Saturday, 5 December 2009
With military leader recovering after a gun attack, the African state awaits next chapter in its turbulent history.
Somalis with al-Qa'ida link deny hotel blast
Saturday, 5 December 2009
Somalia's Security Minister has blamed Islamist militants linked to al-Qa'ida for a bomb attack that killed 22 people at a university graduation ceremony at a hotel in the Somali capital.
Somalian ministers killed in hotel bomb attack
Friday, 4 December 2009
Suicide bomber dressed as veiled woman kills 19 people at graduation ceremony
Going home: orphans of the gorilla massacre
Friday, 4 December 2009
Two baby gorillas who survived an attack in a Congo national park have made their first move back to the wild.
Guinea's junta leader injured in shooting by rebel soldier
Friday, 4 December 2009
Country's deep rifts exposed after aide opens fire at a military camp in Conakry
Ruthless clashes inside the world's most hostile city
Thursday, 3 December 2009
Matteo Fagotto reports from Mogadishu - bloated with arms and young men with nothing to do but kill after 18 years of civil war
The Big Question: Was President Zuma's speech a turning point for Aids in South Africa?
Thursday, 3 December 2009
The South African leader has just announced a barrage of new HIV and Aids commitments that he bills as "the opening of a new era" in the fight against the disease.
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