Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the signing of a decree setting up a transitional government in Mauritania, which he hopes will pave the way for the holding of free and fair presidential elections next month.

The United States has shipped about 40 tons of small arms and munitions to Somalia in the last two months to help the country's transitional government fight off a challenge from Islamist militants, a senior American official has revealed.

At least three people were killed and three others wounded when clan militias attacked militias of a rival clan in Adale district, local sources reported.

Guinea-Bissauans hope a presidential election process that opened with a political killing will end with a peacefully elected leader who will help move the country toward long-elusive civilian rule and stability.

Rivers State militant, Mr Solomon Ndigbara, who goes by the moniker Osama Bin Laden, was the first to accept the federal government's offer of amnesty yesterday when he laid down his weapons and formally handed them over to the Inspector

Is the recent criticism of Zapiro's cartoon on the South African elections by Annar Cassam (a Tanzanian, who was formerly director of the UNESCO Bureau at the UN Office in Geneva and consultant at UNESCO/PEER Nairobi.) valid? The cartoon that

Thanks to the Mail & Guardian, Zoopy.com and others an unedited version of the "Special Assignment" documentary on political satire was made available to the public worldwide via the internet. The programme was posted on the Mail & Guardian's website

There had been questions asked over the last couple of months with regards to the state of the South Africa economy, with some saying that South Africa is not in a recession like other countries in the world. But today,

Well those who watched Sunday's opening match against the Asian champions Iraq will come away disappointed. South Africa missed three relatively easy chances to create a goal to beat the no 86 in the world especially when Bernard Parker acted

What has the SABC got to be scared of? For the second time the South African Broadcasting Corporation has pulled the documentary on political satire. Initially planned to be aired before the elections on April 22, it was withdrawn with

Fighting between the Kurya and Luo tribes broke out when Kurya cattle rustlers invaded a Luo village and stole some cows

Human Rights Watch Africa Director Georgette Gagnon said security forces have turned a peaceful area into a "nightmare of lawlessness and horrific violence"

Charles Ray was U.S. ambassador to Cambodia from 2002 to 2005, and since 2006 has been deputy assistant secretary of defense for prisoners of war and missing personnel affairs

Ousted president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi gives up claim to power

Presidential candidates wrapped up campaigns with big rallies in capital Friday, promising economic development, stability

Eleven candidates compete in a vote that is being monitored by the ECOWAS alliance, UN, EU, the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries, and AU

Ship and its crew of two Belgians, a Dutch, three Filipinos and four Croatians were seized April 18, north of the Seychelles

Tunisia aims at becoming a high value added Mediterranean industrial hub by 2016", said Mr Afif Chelbi , Minister of industry, energy and small and medium enterprises on Thursday.

Two guests of honor at the 2009 Carthage Investment Forum hailed the Tunisian economic model, as well as the mechanisms set up to contain the effects of the economic and financial crisis.

In a press release dated June 25, 2009, the Tunisian Central Bank's Executive Board meeting has announced that it will maintain its key interest rate, "while focusing on the need to ensure a continuous and rigorous follow up of the