Nigeria
More than three decades ago Onitsha and the bridge across the Niger were key battlegrounds as Nigeria fought a bloody civil war to prevent the attempted secession of the Republic of Biafra by the region's mainly ethnic Igbos. Now Onitsha is once more at the centre of the latest attempt to resuscitate the Biafra cause.
4 September 2006 - IRIN
Uganda
An uneasy calm has returned to most parts of northern Uganda, 20 years after the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) launched its war against the Ugandan government.
30 August 2006 - IRIN
Uganda
Both the Ugandan government and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) were upbeat on Monday about a peaceful end to their 20-year-old war that has killed thousands and displaced almost two million people in the north of the country.
29 August 2006 - IRIN
South Africa
South Africa could face "a grave constitutional crisis" that could leave judges considering whether they should "continue on the bench", the Durban High Court said on Monday August 28/06 . A court ordered government to speed up treatment of prisoners at Westville prison. A Government spokesman said the issue was whether a court should be able to determine an aspect of government policy.
29 August 2006 - Giordano Stolley
Cote d' Ivoire
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cote d'Ivoire on Thursday issued a scathing report on the country's penitentiary system, saying people were being held in overcrowded, unsanitary, crumbling prisons, with severe malnutrition a leading cause of death.
18 August 2006 - IRIN
Sudan
Only a renewed and determined engagement by the UN and the international community can offer hope for an end to the people's suffering.
17 August 2006 - Amnesty International
Somalia
For Zehera Ali, the rain of bullets that showered Mogadishu when the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) seized control of the city in June was just another episode of life in the war-ravaged city.
15 August 2006 - IRIN
Africa
The expiry of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA) has led to the closure of several textile factories in Africa and with it job losses.
12 August 2006 - Gumisai Mutume
Migrating to Europe
It has not been a bed of roses for African labourers who leave their countries in search of greener pastures in Europe. But it is time a lasting solution to their plight was found.
12 August 2006 - Gumisai Mutume
War on HIV/Aids
Pseudo-science and money mania have clouded past efforts aimed at coming up with an Aids cure.
7 August 2006 - Zachary Ochieng
Health and medicine
After the first vaccine trials failed to yield the desired results, scientists did not give up and are currently involved in more clinical trials.
7 August 2006 - Zachary Ochieng
Sudan
In a bid to restore law and order in the region following the signing of the north-south Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in January 2005, the Sudanese government introduced a disarmament programme in Jonglei last December.
3 August 2006 - IRIN
Benin
Motorbike taxi drivers are swarming around Benin in pro-education t-shirts, chatting with women about the importance of educating girls.
3 August 2006 - IRIN
Health Journalism
In Botswana, Senegal, Zambia and Kenya very creative approaches address the content and quantity shortcomings of media coverage of health issues in sub-Saharan Africa. Radio and print journalists receive practical and technical skills training to produce good stories about HIV/AIDS.
31 July 2006 - IRIN
DRC
The congolese children find themselves trapped in war and die in large numbers according to this new report by UNICEF.
31 July 2006 - Zachary Ochieng
