South African singer and Unicef ambassador Yvonne Chaka Chaka is in New York to help campaign for the voices of Africa's women and children to be heard.
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Migrants Return to Libya to Face Abuse
A new report alleges that Italy forcibly returns African boat migrants and asylum seekers to Libya where they are detained in inhumane conditions and abused.
Lel turns attentions to big apple
Martin Lel believes he can achieve his next major task of winning the New York Marathon on November 1, after his brilliant win in Sunday's Bupa Great North…
Tanzania to host 2010 World Economic Forum on Africa
Tanzania will host the 2010 World Economic Forum on Africa which President Jakaya Kikwete says is an honor for the East African country, the local Daily News reported…
Kenya: ICC proposes a three-tier approach
The International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Moreno O'campo has proposed a three pronged approach to deal with the perpetrators of the post election violence that rocked Kenya after…
SA wants athletics chief
South Africa's government has demanded that athletics chief Leonard Chuene be sacked after he admitted lying about runner Caster Semenya's gender tests.
Egypt border guards kill migrants near Israel
Egyptian border guards shot dead two sub-Saharan migrants on Wednesday, a security official said, bringing to at least 14 the number killed this year as they tried to…
Angelina Jolie takes Zahara to Ethiopia during United Nations business trip
According to reports, Jolie broke away from the trip this weekend to cross the border into Ethiopia with four-year-old Zahara and her little sister Shiloh, three, while Pitt…
Zimbabwe Army Continues Tight Grip on Diamond Fields
The military's brutal grip on the diamond fields in Chiadzwa, which has continued despite an international report recommending the demilitarisation of the zone, has resulted in yet another…
New approach could stop 6 million African malaria cases
A third of malaria cases in African babies can be prevented by giving them regular doses of antimalarial drugs even before the children are infected, researchers said on…