Kenya
HIV/AIDS is now 20 years old in Kenya but details about the stigma it has had on religious leaders across Africa are just emerging.
18 July 2005 - Henry Neondo
Malawi
The WorldFish Centre, an autonomous non-profit international scientific research organization is striving to alleviate poverty and hunger in the rural communities by encouraging fish farming and aquaculture.
16 July 2005 - Raphael Mweninguwe
Nigeria
A group of armed street children is on the rampage in the streets of Lagos,harassing motorists and pedestrians and extorting money from them.
14 July 2005 - IRIN
Djibouti
For thousands of years, girls in the area that is now the tiny African country of Djibouti, have been subjected to pharaonic circumcision.
12 July 2005 - IRIN
Africa
In this interview with BBC Newsnight's Paul Mason (reproduced here with permission of Paul Mason) Marie Shaba, chairperson of the Tanzanian Association of NGOs, discusses how the G8 can assist Africa's development.
7 July 2005 - Pambazuka
Kenya
Even as the World Refugee Day was marked on 20 June, refugees living in Kenya had little to celebrate, given the continued violation of their rights.
7 July 2005 - Diana Masila
Botswana
The government has issued a ban on the public flogging of convicted petty criminals by customary courts, but has refused to outlaw such punishment, attracting wide condemnation from human rights groups.
5 July 2005 - IRIN
South Africa
The textile industry in the country is facing a major crisis following the ploriferation of cheap Chinese textiles in the local market.
30 June 2005 - IRIN
Zimbabwe
Over 200,000 people have been left homeless by the ongoing government crackdown on informal settlements and markets. These demolitions have turned to be a nightmare to many.
29 June 2005 - Venetia Makoni
Kenya
In Isiolo, a local imam, Rashid Haroun, preaches about the dangers of risky sex and has tackled the abuse of women and the stigmatization of persons infected and affected by AIDS.
27 June 2005 - Darren Taylor
Somalia-Tanzania
As part of activities to mark the World Refugee Day, the government of Tanzania is due to grant citizenship on Monday to the first 182 of 1,320 Somali refugees, a UN official said.
20 June 2005 - IRIN
Sudan
Tony Blair is slammed for ignoring the genocide in Darfur, while lecturing world leaders on helping Africa. A report by pressure group Waging Peace, criticises the prime minister for a “policy of appeasement” towards the Sudanese regime.
20 June 2005 - OneWorld
Sudan
Sudan has responded to the attentions of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) by setting up its own national court to investigate war crimes. Such a court could have no credibility whatsoever, argues Amnesty International.
20 June 2005 - Amnesty International
Tanzania
As part of the activities to mark the Day of the African child, leaders have called for a stop to early marriages and child labour that are still rampant in the East African country.
18 June 2005 - IRIN
Kenya
The April murder of Samson ole Sisina, a Maasai game warden, by Tom Cholmondeley, a white farmer, has rekindled bitter rivalries between the Maasai and white farmers, that have existed since pre-independence days.
18 June 2005 - Zachary Ochieng
