The current round of ceasefire talks between the Government of Sudan and a Darfur rebel group have been suspended, a United Nations spokesperson told reporters in New York today.

Analysing the colonial and historical roots of the violence in Darfur, Mahmood Mamdani concludes that the crisis in Darfur is not genocide, but a fight for land, triggered by drought, which has been racialised by outside powers. Mamdani, a third-generation

The 44th President of the United States has a triple ancestral heritage. Obama is descended from Africans, from Muslims and from mainstream Americans. In the bid to be elected President of the US, Barack Obama emphasised his affinity with mainstream

Humanitarian aid to Sudan has been restored following the government's expulsion in March of some aid organizations, but the U.S. special envoy for Sudan says the suffering of refugees in camps is continuing and there is much to be done

The United Nations reports that progress is being made in the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) of soldiers in north and south Sudan, a key component of the 2005 agreement that ended the country's 21-year civil war.

THE country has just within this week experienced two serious electricity blackouts, and eyebrows are now being raised on whether these incidents are mere accidents or are an act of sabotage by some people.

THE Government and Human Rights Commission (HRC) have pleaded with striking nurses in some parts of the country to resume work for the benefit of ordinary people.

THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested former chief accountant at the Copperbelt provincial administration in Ndola, Innocent Hatombwe, and three others for theft and money laundering amounting to about K500 million.

THE Government suspects sabotage in the recent fires which have burnt Zesco installations, with the recent one being yesterday when the entire 11-kilowatt Coventry Street power distribution unit in Lusaka was reduced to a shell, leaving several parts of the

FORMER High Court judge Kabazo Chanda has called for the amendment of the Parliamentary and Ministerial Code of Conduct to leave out Supreme Court judges from being appointed to sit on tribunals.

West African leaders , including Togo President Faure Gnassingbé, will on Monday hold a summit in Abuja to discuss recent political developments in several member states, an official statement by regional bloc ECOWAS said Wednesday.

Secretary General of the International Organisation of the Francophony (OIF) Abdou Diouf is expected in Lome next Saturday on a three-day visit to Togo, official sources said. Mr. Diouf will hold talks with the local authorities on the cooperation between

AFRICAN Sun, Zimbabwe's largest hotelier, is about to conclude a final agreement with Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts to adopt the international brand for its new Botswana five-star hotel currently under construction.

The interim appointed Chief Executive Officer of Robben Island, Professor Henry Bredekamp, is working hard to ensure the smooth running of the museum.

Tourist arrivals will decline by 20% this year, the Bank of Namibia said this week.

Newly appointed general manager at Auas City Hotel, Stephan Hyman said the establishment is working on plans to expand in the near future. Pointing out the hotel's excellent location, he said Auas' location makes it a very attractive accommodation establishment

A loss of income due to delays in the registration process, the need for decentralisation at the Namibia Tourism Board (NTB), outdated statistics on the occupancy rate and the lack of powers of tourism inspectors, are some of the issues

Described as the most beautiful waterfall in Central Africa, Gabon's Kongou Falls are also at the heart of an environmental controversy that some believe has far-reaching implications for conservation in the country.

An evironmental Rights Action (ERA) /Friends of the Earth, Nigeria has disclosed that Nigeria is losing over $2.5billion to gas flaring annually just as the country also flares 2.5 billion standard cubic feet gas yearly Athus becoming the second highest

With the snow-capped peak of Mount Kilimanjaro providing a backdrop under simmering tropical sunshine, a group of women in Mijongweni village break into song.