"Africa is far less homogenous -- geographically, culturally, religiously and politically -- than Europe or the Americas. South Africa and Burkina Faso have as much in common as Spain and ... Read More

Libya has some of the best-preserved archaeological sites from Roman, Greek, and Byzantine civilizations, but a steady stream of treasures are being stolen from these and the country's museums according ... Read More

According to Lisa Ann Bargeman, author of a new book The Egyptian Origins of Christianity, "many Christian rituals and beliefs, specifically Roman Catholic ones, may have come from Ancient Egyptian ... Read More

What is to be made of news reports that Zimbabwe is redistributing the farmland seized under President Robert Mugabe's land reform programme once again, and this time white farmers ... Read More

In a tape broadcast on Sunday on Aljazeera, the leader of al-Qaeda Osama Bin Laden has "urged Muslim supporters to go to Sudan to foil what he called Western, ... Read More

Global warming and extraction of water by humans are being blamed for Lake Chad shrinking to 20 per cent the size it once was, according to BBC News. The lake ... Read More

Back in 1990 Charles Taylor's mother, Yassa Zoe Taylor, described him as "a very stubborn person – since his childhood days” (quote on IRIN). Stubbornness alone doesn't make a dictator, ... Read More

The midnight-to-sunrise curfew that has existed in Burundi has been lifted by the government after years of civil war. The BBC News reports that the curfew had been in ... Read More

New fossils found in the Middle Awash region of Ethiopia (view map) are the "second stage of human evolution" and plug a gap in the knowledge of our ancestors reports ... Read More

The haunting photo of a vulture stalking an emaciated Sudanese girl who'd collapsed on her way to a feeding station won photographer Kevin Carter a Pulitzer Prize in 1994. Carter ... Read More

The scenario: you're a journalist in Swaziland watching three kids unable to go to school that year for the sake of US$150, an amount you can easily afford. Do you ... Read More

Despite all the talk about how genocide such as happened in Rwanda must never be allowed to happen again, it is, in the Dufar region of Sudan and in northern ... Read More

Representatives from Transparency International (TI) from various African nations have issued a declaration ("The Nairobi Declaration on International Obligations and on the Recover and Repatriation of Africa's Stolen Wealth") calling ... Read More

"Before the guns, to take a life in a raid was a serious matter. It meant you were a great warrior but the life taken had to be atoned for. ... Read More

Egypt's top Islamic jurist, the Grand Mufti of Egypt Shaikh Ali Gomaa, has issued a fatwa declaring the display of statues in homes as un-Islamic, causing concern that it could ... Read More

The South African government is introducing legislation (the Prohibition of Mercenary Activity and Prohibition and Regulation of Certain Activities in an Area of Armed Conflict Bill) that will prohibit its ... Read More

If you're in New York between now and 9 July, pop along to the Metropolitan Museum for its Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh exhibition showcasing the artistic achievements during Hatshepsut's ... Read More

The article Healing Powers in Newsweek magazine on how various African women are taking on high-powered government positions has much to recommend it. But it's disappointing in the way it ... Read More

Three years after the United Nations backed Special Court for Sierra Leone issued a warrant, former Liberian president Charles Taylor has finally been arrested (view photos of Taylor's arrest). Taylor ... Read More