Foreign farm ownership should be restricted – report

A 2011 study on agricultural land prices in Namibia has recommended that the Ministry of Lands and Resettlement restrict farm sales to foreigners. The report...

Egypt unrest: Six soldiers shot dead in Cairo

Six Egyptian soldiers have been killed by gunmen at a checkpoint in the northern Cairo suburb of Shubra al-Khayma, state media reports. A security...

France says EU shirking duty to Central African Republic

(Reuters) - France said on Friday the European Union was shirking its responsibilities for international security after an EU plan to send up to...

Zim: Curious case of the returned farm

In Zimbabwe, there’s nothing unusual about a dispossessed white farmer going to court to fight for his farm. They usually lose the case. But...

Jihadists Behead Two Christians in Somalia – Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs

On March 4 jihadists called residents to the town center to witness the executions of the 41-year-old mother, Sadia Ali Omar, and her 35-year-old...

Mozambican Prison Service Denies Sex Abuse Claims By African Media

Neither the prisoners themselves, nor the South African High Commission in Maputo, have complained of any sexual abuses, said Samo Paulo Goncalves, the head...

DR Congo massacre may alter international law – Genocide Watch

DR Congo massacre may alter international law. Case to be decided on March 7 could represent a breakthrough for justice related to sexual crimes...

Student dies as worsening Darfur violence extends to Khartoum

Activists said dozens were arrested in Tuesday's campus unrest, which came as UN human rights chief Navi Pillay voiced alarm over armed groups targeting...

Harare potholes: SA firm strikes deal

HARARE – Harare officials have reportedly signed a deal with South African firm Neo Capital to repair the potholes in the council. The official...

Red Cross worker killed in Central African Republic

BANGUI (Reuters) - A Red Cross worker was killed on Saturday in the north of the Central African Republic, amid escalating religious violence that...

Nigeria falls into ‘a state of war’ as Islamist insurgency rages

More than 1,300 people have died in the past two months as an insurgent Islamist group, Boko Haram, wages a rebellion rooted in poverty,...

Suicide car bomber rocks Somalia’s presidential palace

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - A suicide car bomber attacked the Somali presidential palace in Mogadishu on Friday, triggering a massive explosion, before about 10...