Despite mounting criticism, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean President since 1980, is credited with leading the former state of Rhodesia out of the colonial...
When residents of Mathare slum in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi staged a recent protest over a five-day water shortage, the police moved to break the...
A new study shows that inadequate regulatory controls and increased targeting of sharks in South African waters could make certain species vulnerable...
Edward Lomude, 16, lives in the village of Morsak, about 25km from Yei town in Southern Sudan. In a voice barely above a whisper, he told IRIN about...
Daughters have become a high-priced commodity in Zimbabwe, where a dowry has become a means of escaping poverty in a rapidly declining economy. "When...
