Africa
British agents 'not in contact' with hijacked tanker
"No direct contact" has been made with a UK-flagged tanker attacked by Somali pirates since it was seized, the ship's managers said today.
Inside Africa
Poet who battled apartheid dies at 85
Tuesday, 29 December 2009
Banned in South Africa, Dennis Brutus kept up the fight from exile in the US
Independent Appeal: The plant-a-tree scheme that could bring back the rain
Tuesday, 29 December 2009
Children are being encouraged to fight deforestation. Daniel Howden reports from Narok in Kenya
Millionaire banker lost track of son
Monday, 28 December 2009
The response of Alhaji Umaru Mutallab to the news that his son was suspected of trying to blow up an airliner was to explain that he had contacted the US embassy in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, just six weeks ago to convey concern about his son's increasingly militant views.
Daniel Howden: First the act, then claims of allegiance to al-Qa'ida
Monday, 28 December 2009
Al-Qa'ida is not a mass movement in Africa in any recognisable form
Unesco criticised over dictator's $300,000 prize
Thursday, 24 December 2009
A Human rights group has accused Unesco of gross hypocrisy for its collaboration with Equatorial Guinea's dictator of 30 years, Teodoro Obiang Nguema.
Archbishop condemns Ugandan anti-gay debate
Thursday, 24 December 2009
The Archbishop of York spoke out today against anti-homosexual laws being debated in Uganda.
Independent Appeal: Processing power gets a new start in Africa
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Rave reviews for the latest version of Windows were not just good for Microsoft – for people helped by Computer Aid, the consequences could be life-changing
Gorillas: still wild at heart
Monday, 21 December 2009
A pioneering project to reintroduce traumatised gorillas to their natural habitat is bringing extraordinary success. Chris Green reports on how British conservationists are achieving what few thought was possible
Independent Appeal: Fighting the stigma of HIV and Aids
Monday, 21 December 2009
In Uganda, the group Tusitukirewamu recruits HIV-positive adults to help give hope to others affected by the virus. Claire Soares reports from Kampala
Daniel Howden: A golden example for Africa's resources
Monday, 21 December 2009
Lake Victoria Notebook: Mwanza is one of those places that doesn't get written about
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1 Now Iran turns its fury on Britain
2 Palin's daughter loses fight for secret custody hearing
3 Wealthy, quiet, unassuming: the Christmas Day bomb suspect
4 Resort body was missing British man
5 Exclusive: The unseen photographs that throw new light on the First World War
6 Body found of British skier who went missing from Swiss resort
7 Insults fly as UK hits out at China execution
8 Bomber warns: there are more like me in Yemen
9 Charlie Sheen 'held four-inch blade' to wife's neck during row
10 Police urged to scour resort as mystery of missing skier deepens
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1 Brittany Murphy death 'natural' insists coroner
2 Bomber warns: there are more like me in Yemen
3 Eleven-year jail sentence for Chinese dissident
4 Police urged to scour resort as mystery of missing skier deepens
5 Mystery donor rescues broke Montmartre museum
6 French aristocrats break free from sect leader
7 Body found at ambassador's Austria home
8 Unesco criticised over dictator's $300,000 prize
9 Now Iran turns its fury on Britain
10 Taliban 'staring defeat in the face' claims Pakistani army
Commented
1Brown condemns Briton's execution
2Boys aged three 'must work more'
3Liz Hoggard: A morning-after pill is best served without a sermon
4Mary Dejevsky: Britain's student visa system is a security breach in itself
5Conservatives step up battle with Labour over class
6Bomber warns: there are more like me in Yemen
7Hopes fade for Briton facing execution
8Toby Young: Why giving boys chocolate powder and coloured sand is no way to go
9Robert Fisk: The silent cleric who holds the key to Iran's future
Columnist Comments
• Mary Dejevsky: Visa system is a security breach in itself
MI5 and the rest should pause to reflect, there but for the grace of God...
• Terence Blacker: Why satire no longer stings the powerful
It no longer hurts because the satirised are now part of the game
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