Africa

Pollution in paradise: Flamingos vs the factory

It is one of the world's greatest natural spectacles. More than 500,000 flamingos congregate on the salty shores of Lake Natron in the north of Tanzania every year to breed. And it could be about to end.

Inside Africa

Mbeki residence targeted by thieves

Thursday, 8 May 2008

President Thabo Mbeki has become the latest victim of South Africa's crime wave after thieves climbed on to the roof of his official residence in Pretoria and stole aluminium coverings designed to protect CCTV and electronic equipment.

Call for inquiry into US role in Somalia

Wednesday, 7 May 2008

Amnesty International has called for the role of the United States in Somalia to be investigated, following publication of a report accusing its allies of committing war crimes.

Tens of thousands riot in Mogadishu in eruption of anger over food prices

Tuesday, 6 May 2008

Troops have fired into tens of thousands of rioting Somalis, killing two people in the latest eruption of anger over high food prices in Africa, witnesses said.

Confusion over run-off date for Zimbabwe poll

Tuesday, 6 May 2008

The uncertainty surrounding a possible second round of voting in Zimbabwe has deepened, with no date announced and no confirmation from the opposition that it will take part while its supporters are under attack from state-sponsored militias.

Mogadishu rocked by food demonstrations

Monday, 5 May 2008

Thousands of Somalis protested in Mogadishu's streets today, angry at food traders refusing to take old currency notes that have been blamed for spiralling inflation, witnesses said.

Malawi's farming revolution sets the pace in Africa

Monday, 5 May 2008

A green revolution taking place in the fields of Malawi has, in three years, turned a nation that was once reliant on international aid to feed half its population into a food exporter.

Parenting: Madonna, Malawi and a tale of two children

Sunday, 4 May 2008

Life began in very similar ways for David Banda and Lydia Solomon. David was born in the village of Lipunga, 100 miles east of Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, in September 2006. Lydia was born one month later, 10 miles down the road in Chikoi.

MDC faces impossible choice over Zimbabwe run-off vote

Sunday, 4 May 2008

Zimbabwe's opposition leaders face an agonising dilemma today as they meet to decide whether to contest the second round of the presidential election against President Robert Mugabe.

Tsvangirai faces run-off election

Saturday, 3 May 2008

Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe accepted that the opposition's Morgan Tsvangirai won more votes in the presidential election and will contest a run-off in a political battle that has raised fears of bloodshed.

Tsvangirai 'fails' to secure outright win over Mugabe

Friday, 2 May 2008

Zimbabwe's opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, defeated President Robert Mugabe in the presidential elections, but failed to win enough votes to secure outright victory, the Zimbabwean Election Commission was reported to have announced last night.

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