A 32 year old Kenyan security guard, Philipp Onyancha, has confessed to 19 murders and intends to kill 100 people in 5 years, fuelled by belief in spirits and greed, local media reported on Thursday.
At least 20 African leaders have confirmed their attendance for the first World Cup to be held on the continent, and they started arriving in South Africa today.
The vast majority of businesses in Rwanda, like elsewhere in Africa, are informal. Government expects that a drive to register an estimated 900,000 informal enterprises will both strengthen these businesses and improve tax revenues.
The Algiers parliament has approved a bill to spend an extraordinary 100 billion Dinars (US$ 1.48 billion) on science over five years. Algeria now hopes to reverse the "brain drain".
Alpha Condé, the "eternal opposition leader" of Guinea who is widely believed to have won the 1993 presidential election, is gathering the largest crowds as Guinea's first truly democratic poll has kicked off.
The corruption case against South Africa's President Jacob Zuma, which was dropped by the prosecution before he became President, still haunts national politics. The opposition fights for documents in the Zuma prosecution case.
The unity government of Zimbabwe has put the controversial indigenisation programme on ice, fearing investors will not return to the country. The programme demands Zimbabweans to hold a share majority in mains sectors.
In an effort to ensure that African youth learn about their common heritage, the UN, historians, education specialists and governments are now developing a history syllabus for schools across the continent.
The UN refugee agency UNHCR today confirmed it was entering into dialogue with the government of Libya to avoid closing its activities in the important transit country, following a leave order on Tuesday.
Ghana, expected to become a net oil exporter next year, has been endowed with yet another offshore oil discovery. The Ghanaian deepwater offshore region now seems commercially viable, but analysts warn of an emerging "oil curse".
The entry of a Swedish-led oil consortium into southern Sudan in 1997 triggered civil war and crimes against humanity, concludes a new report by a European coalition of aid agencies.
The parliament of Chad this week voted against government's proposed media law, which would have included prison terms for journalists "insulting the President."
The N'djamena National Assembly decided to reject a print media bill that had been presented by the government. The bill was to have replaced Decree No. 5, which President Idriss Debut issued on 20 February 2008, the day after the launch of a rebel offensive on the capital.
A UN agency has teamed up with Sony Corporation to market TVs in poor areas in Cameroon during the World Cup, showing example matches to the football loving nation. Short anti-AIDS statements turn the campaign into "development aid".
Carlos Gomes Júnior, embattled Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, had to deny local press reports that his government had been sacked. The continued power struggle now will get international mediators.
President Jacob Zuma says after many years of planning and hard work, South Africa should now celebrate the long journey it had travelled in preparation for the first football World Cup on African soil.
Algeria is dissatisfied with its relations with the European Union (EU), claiming these only secure EU gas imports and EU consumer goods exports. But a deepening of ties is now being prepared.
Djibouti and Eritrea have signed an agreement that see the Qatari government as mediators. Qatar is also to deploy its troops on the Eritrea-Djibouti border in a move that helps out a pressured Djiboutian government.
Libya, a hotspot for migrants crossing the Sahara to reach Europe, today ordered the UN refugee agency UNHCR to close its office and halt activities. No reasons were given for the decision.
If we follow our sixth sense, the full establishment of the rule of law and the attainment of functional judicial reform are two drawback factors that stand standing between Liberia and full international security confidence.
The new Mauritian government announced by Prime Minister Navichandra Ramgoolam fails to address the gender gap in terms of women's participation in positions of authority. Only three women have been appointed ministers in the 25-member cabinet.
