Reuters - Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic is picking up speed, with a total of 1,732 deaths out of 34,306 cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday.
AFP - Ethiopia's parliament on Tuesday adopted a controversial bill imposing heavy restrictions on foreign-funded humanitarian groups operating in the war- and famine-ravaged country.
AFP - The Zimbabwean government has hiked fees for foreign journalists and media organisations who must apply for permits to operate in the country, state-run daily The Herald reported Tuesday.
Reuters - Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic is picking up speed, with a total of 1,732 deaths out of 34,306 cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
AFP - Pirates seized a ship belonging to French maritime services company Bourbon off the coast of Nigeria during the weekend and are holding nine crew members hostage, the company said Monday.
Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush promised on Monday not to forget after he leaves office about violence in the Darfur region of western Sudan, which the United States has described as genocide.
AFP - A Zimbabwe court on Monday postponed for 24 hours a case involving leading human rights activist Jestina Mukoko and eight others accused of trying to overthrow President Robert Mugabe's regime.
AFP - A lethal storm on South Africa's eastern coast killed 18 people over the weekend, including four family members struck dead by lightning, a local government official said on Monday.
AFP - President George W. Bush on Monday authorized the immediate use of US aircrafts to transport supplies to the international peacekeeping force in Darfur, the White House said.
AP - An Eni SpA official says an explosion that damaged one of its pipelines in Nigeria's restive south has cut the company's daily oil output by 12,000 barrels.