Africa
'We want him to rule all African countries'
Richard Dowden in Ghana reports on the frenzy generated by Barack Obama's visit.
Inside Africa
Game on for Zuma as workers strike at World Cup stadiums
Thursday, 9 July 2009
South African construction workers began an indefinite strike yesterday, halting work at stadiums for the 2010 World Cup in the biggest industrial action since President Jacob Zuma took office in May.
The plot to oust Liberia's leading lady
Wednesday, 8 July 2009
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf could be barred from office because of her links to a warlord
How the swine flu virus spread across the UK
Monday, 6 July 2009
The virus has swept through the UK since April, infecting thousands of people although most have suffered mild symptoms.
Daniel Howden: I ran for fun. But my friend Elijah didn't
Monday, 6 July 2009
Nairobi Notebook: Helicopters and wardens on motorbikes were busy herding the lions, rhinos and elephants away from the course
African nations unite to defend Sudanese leader
Saturday, 4 July 2009
After bitter wrangling, Africa's leaders agreed to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted for crimes against humanity in Darfur.
Sole crash survivor 'could hardly swim', says father
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Man who lost wife in Yemenia Airbus disaster thanks God for the life of his 13-year-old daughter
Yemenia plane may have been circuiting
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
The Yemenia Airbus 310 that crashed into the Indian Ocean near Comoros may have been attempting a circuiting manoeuvre when it hit the sea, a pilots association says.
14-year-old survives Airbus crash
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Rescuers were tonight hailing the "miracle survival" of a single child after a passenger jet crashed into the sea off the Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean.
Survivor of Yemeni plane crash 'doing well'
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Nursing staff today said the teenager believed to be the only survivor of a Yemeni jet crash is "doing well'' in a hospital in Comoros.
Kenya's decline and fall
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
The streets are no longer burning, but smouldering corruption at every level of government threatens to rip the country apart. Once the pride of East Africa, it has now been judged a failure of a state, writes Daniel Howden
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