Africa

Unesco criticised over dictator's $300,000 prize

A Human rights group has accused Unesco of gross hypocrisy for its collaboration with Equatorial Guinea's dictator of 30 years, Teodoro Obiang Nguema.

Inside Africa

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

Weak and in pain, but home after 32-day hunger strike

Saturday, 19 December 2009

Weak and in pain, Aminatou Haidar, the award-winning Sahrawi activist expelled by Morocco, has finally returned to her Western Sahara homeland after a 32-day hunger strike among tourists at Lanzarote airport.

Rooibos tea farmers on the front line of climate change

Friday, 18 December 2009

When Mma Precious Ramotswe, the heroine of the best selling “No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” has a particularly troublesome case to consider she sits down and pours herself a soothing cup of bush tea.

Email scam targets Mandela Foundation

Friday, 18 December 2009

The Nelson Mandela Foundation, which promotes "the values, vision and work" of the former South African president, has denounced an email scam which asks people to send money to fraudsters who have borrowed the foundation's name.

Death of doctor who advocated beetroot as Aids remedy

Thursday, 17 December 2009

South Africa's former health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, known as "Dr Beetroot" after her dogged promotion of the vegetable, along with lemons, garlic and olive oil to treat Aids, has died aged 69.

Lawyer takes action to prevent power vacuum

Thursday, 17 December 2009

A leading human rights lawyer has launched legal action to try to force Nigeria's President, Umaru Yar'Adua, to hand executive powers to his deputy while he receives medical treatment in Saudi Arabia.

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