It is now 6 months since Abuja and Africa lost the hosting bid of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Another African city or perhaps Abuja , might host the second most prestigious multidiscipline games in the world after the Olympic Games,

By Hastings Loka President Bingu Mutharika has incited to force Members of Parliament (MPs), particularly those from opposition, to stop their Section 65 advances over other Parliament business, mainly the 2008/09 national budget when Parliament starts convening on April 28

The government, the armed groups, and international parties should urgently implement the Goma Peace Agreement to end horrific human suffering in the east of the country, 63 international and Congolese human rights and aid groups said.

The Holy See embassy was on Tuesday night hit by a mortar explosion that came from rebel positions in the hills surrounding the Burundian capital.

President George W. Bush's special envoy to Angola, the US assistant secretary of State for African Affairs, Jendayi Frazer left Luanda this Saturday morning on her way to Lusaka (Zambia), where she will continue with her tour through countries of

South Africa had a "persisting inability" to deal with the legacy of inferior health, education and other social infrastructure for working-class communities, Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Saturday.

Three Ugandan journalists including a well-known editor are arrested for publishing seditious material.

Dozens of supporters of the Movement for Democratic Change were held in the raid on its offices in Harare in an operation that police said was designed to find the perpetrators of recent arson attacks. The head of the Zimbabwe

Some 13 seats have been recounted so far. Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF must win nine of 10 remaining constituencies to take back control of parliament, according to figures from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), the state-run Herald newspaper reported in its

Just when the political rift between ODM MPs in Mombasa over the election of mayor was beginning to heal, a fresh confrontation has emerged, this time over the controversial waste management contract for the coastal town.

If you have been keen over the past few weeks, you must have noticed how aggressive Kenya's domestic tourism marketing is becoming.

Kenya Prisons face an uphill task in their maiden show at the Africa women's volleyball championships after their centre player, Pauline Nyongesa, was taken ill on Friday, just hours after the team arrived in Cairo.

It is becoming clear that it will not be business as usual in the running of public affairs in Mombasa, courtesy of competing interests in the grand coalition.

Top career civil servants are unhappy with the retention and appointment of permanent secretaries aged 55 and above.

Prison warders have numerous grievances which the authorities have been reluctant to address.

The new receiver managers of the controversial Grand Regency Hotel on Friday took over from their predecessors as plans to sell the business in a month went into top gear.

A former MP whose land was taken by the Government to settle squatters says he is taking the matter to the International Court of Justice.

The longest and most gruelling Olympic athletic event is the marathon. It is one of the highlights at the Olympics that every athlete's dreams of winning. You see, a marathon is not just a race, it is the ultimate endurance

Co-operative Bank shareholders on Friday approved plans by the bank to list at the stock market through an Initial Public Offering later in the year.

Radio Shabelle news director Abdi Mohammed Ismail, who is also known "Abdi Uud," was released on 21 April 2008 after being held for eight hours by police in Mogadishu without being given any explanation. "They treated me well but did